Army of Shadows - Jeffrey Overstreet

Sign in Subscribe

Army of Shadows

A collection of 3 posts

Army of Shadows (1969)

Army of Shadows (1969)

[This capsule review was posted in 2006 when the film received a U.S. theatrical release.] • Try to imagine what it would have been like if Robert Bresson had directed Steven Spielberg's Munich. If you can manage that, you'll have a pretty good grasp of what

On Movies & Media

Conversations with Critics About Favorite Films of 2006

It was the year of the endangered baby. Tsotsi, L'Enfant, The Nativity Story, Pan's Labyrinth,Children of Men... all of these films were focused on either infants or unborn children who are carried through terrible danger. But that was a subset of films characterized by a

On Movies & Media

Thrilling "Shadows"

Try to imagine what it would have been like if Robert Bresson had directed Munich. If you can manage that, you'll have a pretty good grasp of what Army of Shadows is like. It's an nail-bitingly intense (I can testify from experience--a couple of ragged nails