The English Patient

Throughout November, SOS staffers will be discussing the movies that made them into film fanatics. (click here for the full list) The English Patient Anthony Minghella Michael Ondaatje and Anthony Minghella USA / UK The one which did me in was a half-comprehended French-dubbed version of The English Patient I watched with my father (who …

There is an ambition among the best of films – and the best of filmmakers – for the work to carry the same dramatic heft and dignity, be treated with the same respect and appreciation as a fine work of literature.  Think of the best works of Welles and Lean, of Kubrick and Coppola. Citizen Kane has …