Tag: Edward Zwick

Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Defiance’

R | 2 h 17 min | Drama, Biopic | 2008 “Every day of freedom is like an act of faith. Our revenge is to live.” Those lines, uttered by the lead character in Edward Zwick’s film, capture its essence. A professor of sociology and Holocaust survivor-scholar from Connecticut, Nechama Tec, once wrote a book…


Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Glory’: Edward Zwick’s Searing and Moving Civil War Story

R | 2h 2min | Drama, Historical, War | Dec. 15, 1989 (USA)As unlikely a candidate to direct a historical war movie as any, Edward Zwick’s only previous feature film was the innocuous romantic comedy “About Last Night.” Made while Zwick was still the producer and show-runner for the popular but lightweight TV series “thirtysomething,” “Glory” proved he had what…