Movies
From the fantastic to the action-packed, Petersen, who died Friday at age 81, left a legacy of eminently bingeable movies. Here are several to watch now.
Aug. 16, 2022
The Z Channel is showing “Das Boot” at more than twice the length at which it was released in theaters.
Aug. 2, 1985
Obituaries
Wolfgang Petersen dies; filmmaker rose to fame with ‘Das Boot,’ ‘The Perfect Storm.’
Entertainment & Arts
Other new DVD releases include ‘Hobo With a Shotgun,’ ‘13 Assassins’ and ‘Of Gods and Men.’
July 3, 2011
New on DVD; ‘Das Boot: The Director’s Cut’ in Blu-ray
The Beatles: Rock Band’s brilliant mini-movie
June 23, 2009
Movie review: ‘Puss in Boots’
Oct. 28, 2011
Wolfgang Petersen’s Das Boot (Channel 13 Sunday at 8 p.m.) is such a tense and stunning World War II adventure, set aboard a German U-boat on a dangerous mission, that its anti-war sentiments become all the stronger when we’re deliberately reminded at the finish that we’ve been rooting for the Germans.
Jan. 27, 1991
The landmark German film is longer and has upgraded sound--and it still might be the most convincing war film ever made.
April 3, 1997
R-Rated Films Banned in Class?
March 30, 1990