June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. Read More »
History
Siege of Syracuse (1960) Pietro Francisci, Rossano Brazzi, Tina Louise, Sylva Koscina
Syracuse lies between the warring nations of Rome and Carthage; as long as the balance of power between the nations remains intact Read More »
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957) Sidney Franklin, Jennifer Jones, John Gielgud, Bill Travers
Elizabeth Barrett’s tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Read More »
Winter Soldier (1972) Rusty Sachs, Joe Bangert, Scott Shimabukuro
For three days in 1971, former US soldiers who were in Vietnam testify in Detroit about their war experiences. Read More »
The Devil’s Disciple (1959) Guy Hamilton, Alexander Mackendrick, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier
In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon Read More »
Corta (2012) Felipe Guerrero
The Corta project arises from my interest in the cane cutters who work in the southwestern region of Colombia. Read More »
The Baron of Arizona (1950) Samuel Fuller, Vincent Price, Ellen Drew, Vladimir Sokoloff
The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. Read More »
The Cardinal (1936) Sinclair Hill, Matheson Lang, Eric Portman, Robert Atkins
Set in 15th-century Italy, The Cardinal stars Matheson Lang as one Cardinal de Medici. Read More »
Giant of Marathon (1959) Jacques Tourneur, Bruno Vailati, Steve Reeves, Mylène Demongeot, Sergio Fantoni
This classical peplum tells a fictitious story set in 490 BC, the time of the Medic Wars during which Persian armies sweep the Ancient world. Read More »
Sword of Islam (1961) Enrico Bomba, Andrew Marton, Lobna Abdel Aziz, Ahmed Mazhar, Farid Shawqi
Set in the 14th century, under their leader Timur, the Tartar hordes invade the Middle East and take over areas as widespread as Persia, Egypt, and Syria. Read More »