Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvtunzelmann is a historian and screenwriter. Alex writes a weekly column about historical films for The Guardian Online, entitled Reel Histories.;Alex’s latest book entitled ‘ Reel History ‘, picks through Hollywood’s version of events, sorting the fact from the fiction. Based on the long-running column in the Guardian, Reel History takes a comic look at the history of the world as told through the movies – the good, the bad, and the very, very ugly.