Colditz rewatch, episode 1x06, "The Spirit of Freedom"

It's back to the rewatch after a brief hiatus.

In this episode, Flight Lieutenant Phil Carrington, whom we've previously seen captured by the Gestapo and later arriving at Colditz in bad shape, is released from solitary to the British quarters. He's an American who volunteered to join the RAF, having previously been a war correspondent.

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Timeline note: references to the Lend-Lease Act, Germany's invasion of Yugoslavia, and the British withdrawal from Greece indicate that this episode occurs during March-April 1941.

WARNING: As always, spoilers for future episodes are likely in the comments.

love, blood, and rhetoric (blood is compulsory)

I finally managed to see Coriolanus today. It was outstanding. Ralph Fiennes was great both as star and director, Gerard Butler as Aufidius did better than I had hoped for (though I'd have preferred to see Michael Fassbender in the role), and Vanessa Redgrave was stellar as Volumnia.

See it if you possibly can. I almost missed it because it was playing at the tiny little art cinema, the one that barely advertises and is only intermittently listed on movie websites. I'd find it weird that with Ralph Fiennes's name behind it, the film isn't getting wider distribution, but this is obscure and grim Shakespeare rather than Oscar-bait Shakespeare.