Fred Zinnemann

I once got an email from an 88-year-old man named George, praising an essay I’d written for The Washington Post . Coincidentally, I had...

Sep 14, 20243 min read

Hollywood At War

To mark the recent 80th anniversary of D-Day, here’s my Top 10 list of Hollywood’s greatest World War II films: The Pacific Theater “From...

Jun 15, 20242 min read

With just 21 feature-length credits, director Fred Zinnemann’s batting average was awfully high, thanks to legendary releases like High...

Jul 15, 20232 min read

They say High Noon is popular with presidents: Reportedly, it was the favorite movie of Ronald Reagan, G.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton, who...

Jul 30, 20223 min read