There has never been a great film about September 11, 2001. There should be. For 25 years, artists and audiences have been processing the attacks onscreen. But something is still missing. You’re a moral person, I’m sure. So you may think no one should ever make a movie about 9/11. The sorrow of that day is unfathomable. Its consequences still reverberate across our brutal world. It would be respectful to leave it alone. But I love movies too much to think about this logically. Before 9/11, the deadliest attack on American soil was the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Thanks to Hollywood, we also know that Pearl Harbor was where Burt Lancaster…
