Feudal Japan. Kamo Serizawa and Isami Kondo turn a collection of student fencers into a band of assassins Read More »
History
Silkwood (1983) Mike Nichols, Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher
Fairly accurate recounting of the story of Karen Silkwood, the Oklahoma nuclear-plant worker who blew the whistle Read More »
The Kautokeino Rebellion AKA Kautokeino-opprøret (2008) Nils Gaup, Mikkel Gaup, Anni-Kristiina Juuso, Aslat Mahtte Gaup
Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village. Read More »
Is Paris Burning? AKA Paris brûle-t-il? (1966) René Clément, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron
In this sprawling, star-laden film, we see the struggles of various French resistance factions Read More »
Executive Action (1973) David Miller, Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Will Geer
A dramatization about how the high level covert conspirators in the JFK assassination might have planned Read More »
Bitter Springs (1950) Ralph Smart, Tommy Trinder, Chips Rafferty, Gordon Jackson
Wally King, with his family and stockmen, drive livestock over hundreds of kilometres of dry country Read More »
Cheyenne Autumn (1964) John Ford, Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden
When the government agency fails to deliver even the meager supplies due by treaty to the proud Cheyenne Read More »
In the Name of the Pope King AKA In nome del Papa Re (1977) Luigi Magni, Nino Manfredi, Danilo Mattei, Carmen Scarpitta
In 1867, with Garibaldi’s forces close to bringing Rome into the Italian kingdom, Monsignor Colombo da Priverno Read More »
Comrades (1986) Bill Douglas, Keith Allen, Dave Atkins, Stephen Bateman
The story of “The Tolpuddle Martyrs”. A group of nineteenth century English farm laborers who formed Read More »
Michael Strogoff (1956) Carmine Gallone, Curd Jürgens, Geneviève Page, Jacques Dacqmine
In 19th century Russia a Tartar rebellion led by Feofar Khan separates mainland Russia from the Russian far east. Read More »