In 17th century Kyoto, Osan is married to Ishun, a wealthy miserly scroll-maker. Read More »
History
Faraon (1966) Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Jerzy Zelnik, Wieslawa Mazurkiewicz, Barbara Brylska
The story, based on actual historic events, concerns an invented ruler Ramses XIII (Jerzy Zelnick) Read More »
Inside the Third Reich (1982) Marvin J. Chomsky, Rutger Hauer, John Gielgud, Maria Schell
A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler’s young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Read More »
I cento cavalieri (1964) Vittorio Cottafavi, Mark Damon, Antonella Lualdi, Gastone Moschin
In medieval times, Spain is occupied by the conquering Moors of North Africa. Read More »
The 47 Ronin (1941) Kenji Mizoguchi, Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, Yoshizaburo Arashi, Utaemon Ichikawa
In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun’s palace. Read More »
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956) Jean Delannoy, Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Quinn, Jean Danet
Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Read More »
Seven Wonders of the World (1956) Tay Garnett, Paul Mantz, Lowell Thomas, Claude Dauphin
Lowell Thomas searches the world for natural and man made wonders and invites the audience to try to update the ancient Greek list of “Seven Wonders of the World.” Read More »
Hill of No Return (1992) Tung Wang, Xianmei Chen, Pin-Yuan Huang, Chang-Bin Jen
In the 1920’s, when Taiwan is Japan’s colony, the small town Chiu-Fen was famous of its gold mines. Read More »
Dunkirk (1958) Leslie Norman, John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee
Two stories in one – an easygoing British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. Read More »
Battle of Britain (1969) Guy Hamilton, Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews
Historical reenactment of the air war in the early days of World War Two for control of the skies over Britain Read More »
The Hidden Blade (2004) Yôji Yamada, Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu, Hidetaka Yoshioka
During the time of change of the mid-19th Century, Yaichiro is bid farewell by his fellow samurai friends Munezo Read More »
Babaric Land (2013) Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi
Every era has its fascism. A film necessary for us at this time, over fascism and colonialism. Read More »
Field of Dogs (2014) Lech Majewski, Michael Tatarek, Elzbieta Okupska, Jacenty Jedrusik
Father ploughs a supermarket with oxen, the plough ripping the tiles. A forest full of dead and Niagara falling onto a cathedral altar. Read More »
Letters from Marusia (1976) Miguel Littin, Gian Maria Volontè, Diana Bracho, Claudio Obregón
In the late 19th and early 20th century, working conditions in Chile are abysmal. Read More »
The Sullivans (1944) Lloyd Bacon, Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell, Selena Royle
The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression and of World War II Read More »