In the 1880s, after the U. S. Army’s defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the government continues to push Sioux Indians off their land. Read More »
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Tomahawk (1951) George Sherman, Van Heflin, Yvonne De Carlo, Alex Nicol
In 1866, a new gold discovery and an inconclusive conference force the U.S. Army to build a road Read More »
The Horseman (2003) Branko Ivanda, Niksa Kuselj, Zrinka Cvitesic, Goran Grgic
The movie takes place in the early 18th century on the borders between Bosnia and Dalmatia Read More »
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Kôji Tsuruta
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan’s greatest Samurai, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Read More »
The Nasty Girl (1990) Michael Verhoeven, Lena Stolze, Hans-Reinhard Müller, Monika Baumgartner
Sonya is a German high school student who decides to write an essay about her town’s history during the Third Reich and its resistance to it. Read More »
No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990) Manoel de Oliveira, Luís Miguel Cintra, Diogo Dória, Miguel Guilherme
Episodes from entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a professorish soldier Read More »
A Pistol Shot (1942) Renato Castellani, Assia Noris, Fosco Giachetti, Antonio Centa
Count Anikoff, a Russian officer, challenges his best friend, Sergei, to a duel when he finds him courting the young woman he, too, is in love with. Read More »
The Man who Crossed Hitler (2011) Justin Hardy, Ed Stoppard, Ian Hart, Bill Paterson
In November 1930 brown-shirted storm troopers of Hitler’s SA break into the Communist Eden Palace club, killing several members. Read More »
Victory at Entebbe (1976) Marvin J. Chomsky, Helmut Berger, Linda Blair, Kirk Douglas
An Air France airplane is hijacked by the P.L.O. due the large number of Israeli and Jewish passengers. Read More »
The Mother of Kings (1987) Janusz Zaorski, Magda Teresa Wójcik, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Franciszek Pieczka
Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol’s husband under the tram. Read More »
The Murri Affair (1974) Mauro Bolognini, Catherine Deneuve, Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey
Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister’s reactionary Read More »
Juarez (1939) William Dieterle, Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne
The newly-named Emperor Maximillian, the only monarch of the Second Mexican Empire Read More »
Alexander the Great (1956) Robert Rossen, Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom
An epic film that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the macedonian king that united all ancient greek tribes Read More »
Princess Fragrance (1987) Ann Hui, Nuo Ai, Shichang Da, Hachier
Princess Fragrance is a 1987 Hong Kong film based on Louis Cha’s novel The Book and the Sword. Read More »
The Draughtsman’s Contract (1982) Peter Greenaway, Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Anne-Louise Lambert
Mr. Neville, a cocksure young artist, is contracted by Mrs. Herbert, the wife of a wealthy landowner Read More »