‘Dunkirk’ Is Not Like Other War Movies
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen Christopher Nolan’s movie “Dunkirk,” out Friday, is not like most war movies. It has no protagonist, characters make decisions without heavy-handed development scenes, and most importantly, there is no victory. There are lots of reasons the evacuation of 300,000 British soldiers from Dunkirk, France, in 1940 is an unpopular topic for…