Welcome to Rosie the Reviewer, a Dutch-Canadian female-led WW2 media podcast. A new episode airs every Friday!
Rosie the Reviewer is a passion project, built episode by episode. If you’d like to support what we do, you can help keep us on the air or pick up some Rosie merch. We’re working on more ways for you to get involved in the future.
In this episode, our friend Bec joins us to talk about Fury. Listening to Bec talk about Fury is much better than watching Fury, for the most part.
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X Company’s Faber cries, and we’re meant to feel something. But what happens when World War II villains become emotionally complex and maybe even… sympathetic? This piece explores the discomfort and consequences of redemption arcs for Nazis on screen.
This week, we discuss Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan’s 2017 movie about Operation Dynamo, with the most nerve-wracking soundtrack ever. Maartje may or may not offend the entirety of Britain…
In episode 20 (are you proud? We’re proud!), we discuss Allied, a movie Mark requested! And by discuss, we mean we razz on it for 40 minutes. We hope you enjoy it anyway, Mark. Thanks for your request ;).
In this episode of Rosie the Reviewer, we discuss the beautiful Ballad of a Soldier (1959), a Soviet-era WWII film that might just be the gentlest war movie we’ve ever seen. The film follows a young soldier named Alyosha as he travels across Russia to visit his mother on furlough. Along the way, he meets the love of his life. Not a very outspoken war movie, but a gentle story with sincere performances from main cast and supporting actors.
In this episode of Rosie the Reviewer, we discuss recent Netflix hit The Swedish Connection (2026), based on the true story of Swedish diplomat Gösta Engzell, who helped rescue Jewish people during World War II using the power of paperwork.
We also dive down the rabbit hole of a much smaller character in the film, but a real badass dude in real life: Raoul Wallenberg. (Can someone please make a movie about him, thanks?)
Rosie the Reviewer is a passion project, built episode by episode. If you’d like to support what we do, you can help keep us on the air or pick up some Rosie merch. We’re working on more ways for you to get involved in the future.