Antony Beevor: the greatest war movie ever – and the ones I can't bear
He groaned at Valkyrie and despaired at Saving Private Ryan. The award-winning historian takes aim at the war films that make him furious – and reveals his own favourite
June 2017
Film blog
Hit the road, Jack Reacher: why Tom Cruise should ditch the goody two-shoes act
Cruise plays the hero with a megawatt smile yet again in The Mummy. But a survey of his less likable characters reveals an actor born to play the baddie
July 2014
Why are we so obsessed with films about the second world war?
Andrew Pulver: The events they depict happened decades ago and they're often historically dubious. Yet second world war films are more in fashion than ever. Why can't Hollywood get enough?
June 2009
Reel history: Tom Cruise's Hitler thriller Valkyrie
Valkyrie, Bryan Singer's film about the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, is out now on DVD and Blu-ray. But how does it score on historical accuracy? Alex von Tunzelmann went to Berlin to find out. Warning: contains spoilers
January 2009
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Secret Germany
November 2008
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Film trailer: Valkyrie
Tom Cruise-starring thriller based on the true story of a doomed second world war plot by a group of high-ranking officers to assassinate Hitler
September 2007
Cruise's Valkyrie 'can shoot in execution building'
German authorities have officially announced that the Tom Cruise historical drama Valkyrie, about a plot to assassinate Hitler, will be allowed to film in the building where the conspirators were executed.
