Glorious 39 – Taking Another Look

Glorious 39 – Taking Another Look

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 not as [...]

BFI LFF Review: Glorious 39

BFI LFF Review: Glorious 39

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 life [...]