Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city’s boss of organised crime. Read More »
History
The Mexican suitcase AKA La maleta mexicana (2011) Trisha Ziff, Ernest Alós, Juan Diego Botto, Antonio de la Fuente Ferraz
Mexican Suitcase tells the story of the recovery of 4,500 negatives by Robert Capa, Gerda Taro Read More »
The Assault AKA De aanslag (1986) Fons Rademakers, Derek de Lint, Marc van Uchelen, Monique van de Ven
In January 1945, during the 2nd world-war, the Dutch resistance kills a collaborator Read More »
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) Mervyn LeRoy, Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson, Robert Walker
The amazingly detailed true story of “The Doolittle Raid” based on the personal account by Doolittle Raider Ted Lawson. Read More »
Ghashiram Kotwal (1976) K. Hariharan, Mani Kaul, Mohan Agashe, Rajani Chavan, Vandana Pandit
This was the first movie made by this group (see Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan (1978) Read More »
Eleven Samurai AKA Jûichinin no samurai (1967) Eiichi Kudô, Isao Natsuyagi, Kôtarô Satomi, Kôji Nanbara
The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu Read More »
80 Hussars AKA 80 huszár (1978) Sándor Sára, László Dózsa, György Cserhalmi, Jácint Juhász
The film tells the story of a regiment of Hungarian hussars stationed in Poland. Read More »
The Valiant Ones AKA Zhong lie tu (1975) King Hu, Feng Hsu, Ying Bai, Roy Chiao
The emperor dispatches an officer and a small band of men to deal with pirates. Read More »
Angélique, marquise des anges (1964) Bernard Borderie, Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Jean Rochefort
In this first part of the Angélique cycle, set in Mid-17th century France under the young Sun King Louis XIV Read More »
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987) Richard T. Heffron, Armand Assante, Jacqueline Bisset, Stephanie Beacham
Epic story about the romance between the most powerful man in the world and the woman who conquered his heart. Read More »
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955) Richard Fleischer, Ray Milland, Joan Collins, Farley Granger
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing is the true story of Evelyn Nesbit Shaw, a beautiful showgirl caught Read More »
Get on the Bus (1996) Spike Lee, Ossie Davis, Charles S. Dutton, Andre Braugher
Get on the Bus follows several Black men on a cross country bus trip to the Million Man March. Read More »
Dieppe (1993) John N. Smith, Gary Reineke, Victor Garber, Robert Joy [only the first part]
Canadian troops stationed in England during the Second World War were ordered Read More »
Nell Gwyn (1934) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Cedric Hardwicke, Jeanne De Casalis
King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. Read More »
Fox Hunter AKA Vulpe – vânator (1993) Stere Gulea, George Alexandru, Cristina Catalina, Dan Condurache
Inspired by the overthrow of the Ceausescu regime in Romania Read More »