Sir Richard Shelton, a young British nobleman, returns from the War of the Roses Read More »
History
Dead Souls (2018) Bing Wang
A dozen aging survivors are interviewed from Jiabiangou Read More »
The Dawns Here Are Quiet AKA A zori zdes tikhie (1972) Stanislav Rostotskiy, Andrey Martynov, Irina Dolganova, Elena Drapeko
Based on the eponymous book by Boris Vasilyev, the film is set in Karelia (North-West of Russia, near Finland) in 1941 during WWII. Read More »
The Fall of Italy AKA Pad Italije (1981) Lordan Zafranovic, Daniel Olbrychski, Ena Begovic, Gorica Popovic
A partisan commander had to shoot one of his comrades because he had neglected the struggle Read More »
The First Texan (1956) Byron Haskin, Joel McCrea, Felicia Farr, Jeff Morrow
After arriving in Texas to escape a scandal back east, lawyer Sam Houston just wants to hang out Read More »
Beloved (1998) Jonathan Demme, Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Yada Beener
Haunted by so many painful and well-hidden secrets, former slave Sethe Read More »
Ill Met by Moonlight (1957) Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Dirk Bogarde, Marius Goring, David Oxley
Based on the true story of how, during World War II, a gang of desperados Read More »
Into the Storm (2009) Thaddeus O’Sullivan, Brendan Gleeson, Clive Mantle, Adrian Scarborough
Winston Churchill is named Prime Minister on the very day the Nazis launch their invasion of the low countries and France. Read More »
Céleste (1980) Percy Adlon, Eva Mattes, Jürgen Arndt, Norbert Wartha
In 1914, with men gone to war, Marcel Proust hired Céleste Albaret as his attendant. Read More »
The Gathering Storm (2002) Richard Loncraine, Albert Finney, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent
In the 1930s, Sir Winston Churchill (Albert Finney) was out of government Read More »
The Leopard AKA Il gattopardo (1963) Luchino Visconti, Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale
In the 1860s, a dying aristocracy struggles to maintain itself against a harsh Sicilian landscape. Read More »
The Treaty (1991) Jonathan Lewis, Brendan Gleeson, Patrick Condren, Ian Bannen
In 1921, the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the unrecognised Irish Republic Read More »
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) Roland Joffé, Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia
In real life, Robert Oppenheimer was the scientific head of the Manhattan Project Read More »
Band of Angels (1957) Raoul Walsh, Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Poitier
Living in Kentucky prior to the Civil War, Amantha Starr is a privileged young woman. Read More »
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) Charles Jarrott, Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson, Patrick McGoohan
Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. Read More »