Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies

1988

Directed by Isao Takahata

Grave of the Fireflies, based on the 1967 semi-autobiographical short story of the same name by Akiyuki Nosaka, is an animated film set in Japan during the Second World War. The film is achingly sad, abstracting grief and suffering to its most elemental forms.

Would see.

Dunkirk

Dunkirk

Directed by Christopher Nolan

2017

Dunkirk is a war drama that portrays the eponymous World War II evacuation. Deftly paced and expertly shot, Dunkirk is easily Christopher Nolan’s best film. Nolan expresses himself through Dunkirk’s visuals with seeming effortlessness; the film, perhaps not coincidentally, has a maximum of Hans Zimmer’s score and a minimum of Nolan’s dialogue.

Would see.