In this week's long review I take a look at Generation War, a German miniseries about five 20-year-old Berliners pulled into Hitler's doomed assault on the Soviet Union; it's hardly a masterpiece, but it's entertaining and sometimes compelling, and its weeklong run at Music Box includes a panel discussion Saturday at 2:30 PM (between parts one and two) on the historical controversies surrounding the project. We recommend Black Jack (1979), an 18th-century children's adventure directed by Ken Loach, and An Honest Living, a documentary about four creative Chicagoans (director Jordan Freese attends both screenings).…
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