Sharpe's World: Love, Courage, and Respect

Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe. In 1993, ITV launched a series of television movies based on Bernard Cornwell's novels about a British officer during the Napoleonic Wars. Sean Bean starred as Richard Sharpe, a sergeant who is promoted to lieutenant after he saves the life of the Duke of Wellington. Du... Read full article

Ingrid Bergman: Courage and Feminism

Three Enchanting Ladies It’s that day of the year again: August 29 or Ingrid Bergman’s birthday (and unfortunately, also her 36th death anniversary). For the occasion, I’m, once again, hosting my Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon via my main blog The Wonderful World Of Cinema. But I decided ... Read full article

The Password Is Courage (1962)

The Password Is Courage Directed by Andrew L. Stone Written by Andrew L. Stone based on a biography of Charles Coward by John Castle 1962/UK Andrew L. Stone Productions First viewing/YouTube Comparisons to other prisoner-of-war escape movies are inevitable.  Unfortunately, despite the presence o... Read full article

Red Badge of Courage (1951)

Stephen Crane’s seminal Civil War novel was made to be gripping film material and although my knowledge of the particulars is limited John Huston’s story while streamlined and truncated feels like a fairly faithful adaptation that even takes some effort to pull passages directly from the... Read full article

Red Badge of Courage (1951)

Stephen Crane’s seminal Civil War novel was made to be gripping film material and although my knowledge of the particulars is limited John Huston’s story while streamlined and truncated feels like a fairly faithful adaptation that even takes some effort to pull passages directly from the... Read full article