Hold on to your hat: this week on Film Sentinel, we’re excavating the ultimate adventure film, the escapist masterpiece Raiders of the Lost Ark for re-discovery. As part of a series on Film Sentinel, we’re examining a work in the career of Steven Spielberg each week, and Raiders is one of his very best. Absolutely... Continue Reading →
1941 Review – Series Spielberg #05
It was bound to happen. After two groundbreaking blockbusters, Spielberg was due for a misfire at some point. As part of a series on Film Sentinel, each week we are taking a look back at a film in the career of Steven Spielberg. This week we’re discussing the director’s war comedy 1941. Steven had managed... Continue Reading →
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Review – Series Spielberg #04
“Ladies and gentlemen, this is a flying saucer.” With Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Steven Spielberg’s fourth directorial feature, UFOs are what Steven sought to show to the world, and that they weren’t something to fear. As part of a series on Film Sentinel, each week we are revisiting a film from the career... Continue Reading →
Jaws Review – Series Spielberg # 03
You’re gonna need a bigger screen: next up on Series Spielberg is the ultimate blockbuster, the big kahuna, the granddaddy of them all: Jaws. As part of a series on Film Sentinel, we are taking a look back at each film in the career of Steven Spielberg, the filmmaker who is most often credited with... Continue Reading →