Journeys into the Past

By Paige Ross “Why do the oppressors praise you everywhere, / The oppressed accuse you? The plundered, Point to you with their fingers, but / […]

By Adam J. Ring Over the course of the Fall 2018 semester, my classmates and I engaged in a focused study of World War II […]

By Chad Goss Grade for “Dunkirk”:  B- If I were to give Dunkirk just a film grade, it would be a solid A. The performances, […]

By Aleah Sexton Grade for “Dunkirk”:  A Dunkirk, the 2017 British WWII film directed by Christopher Nolan, brilliantly portrays the 1940 evacuation at the Battle […]

By Jill Teitelbaum Grade for “Dunkirk”:  A- Dunkirk is a dramatic portrayal of the Allied evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940 that glorifies the British efforts […]

By John Kirchhoefer Grade for “Dunkirk”:  A+ Dunkirk is Christopher Nolan’s masterful tribute to the selfless sacrifice and patriotic integrity displayed by his countrymen in the […]

By Madeline Phaby Grade for “Dunkirk”:  A- Dunkirk is a 2017 film directed by Christopher Nolan that gives a stunning account of the 1940 evacuation […]

By Allison Perelman Grade for “Dunkirk”:  A+ “Dunkirk” (2017) focuses on the attempts to rescue trapped British soldiers from the French beach of Dunkirk. The […]

By Megan Drown Grade for the Film:  C Christopher Nolan’s 2017 film Dunkirk is a visually spectacular rendition of the 1940 evacuation of British and […]

Note:  Students in Stephen Norris’s HST/FST 252, History at the Movies, are grading historical films and offering reviews on how assigned films render the past.  […]