History
Raid on Entebbe (1976) Irvin Kershner, Peter Finch, Charles Bronson, Yaphet Kotto, Action, Drama, History
Matewan (1987) John Sayles, Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell
Mingo County, West Virginia, 1920. Coal miners, struggling to form a union, are up against company operators and the gun thugs of the notorious Baldwin-Felts detective agency. Read More »
The Story of Ruth (1960) Henry Koster, Stuart Whitman, Tom Tryon, Peggy Wood, Drama, History
Gohatto / Taboo (1999) Nagisa Ôshima, Takeshi Kitano, Ryûhei Matsuda, Shinji Takeda, Drama, History, Thriller
Yokihi / Empress Yank Kwei Fei (1955) Kenji Mizoguchi, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Sô Yamamura, Drama, History, Romance
The Adventures of Gerard (1970) Jerzy Skolimowski
During the Napoleonic Wars of 18th century Europe a French Hussars Colonel is entrusted by Napoleon to be his special messenger. Read More »
Lady Oscar (1979) Jacques Demy, Catriona MacColl, Barry Stokes, Christine Böhm, Drama, History, Romance
Abraham Lincoln (1930) D.W. Griffith, Walter Huston, Una Merkel, William L. Thorne, Biography, Drama, History
Brief vignettes about Lincoln’s early life include his birth, early jobs, (unsubstantiated) affair with Ann Rutledge, courtship of Mary Todd, and the Lincoln-Douglas debates Read More »
Diario napoletano / Neapolitan Diary (1992) Francesco Rosi, Simona Caramelli, Pietro Bontempo, Documentary, Crime, History
A fascinating return to the same issues done in a semi-docu style. The ‘story’ joins Rosi as he fights his way through impossible city traffic to a school of architecture to host a discussion of the older movie. Read More »