Stephen Poliakoff’s dark, labyrinthine account of England’s tumble into the Second World War was premiered at the London Film Festival this year and we were impressed by it. As today sees the film’s release I wanted to take another look at this drama, to see if it lives up to its name. Glorious 39 is [...]
BFI LFF Review: Glorious 39
October 27, 2009 By 1 Comment
Glorious 39 marks acclaimed filmmaker Stephen Poliakoff’s return to the big screen after twelve long years and it is an epic triumph of ambition and craft, delivering a superb and engaging thriller of duplicity and deceit on the eve of World War II. Threatened by the impending ‘little war’ the aristocracy, fearing their way of [...]
