Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father Read More »
War
The Sand Pebbles (1966) Robert Wise, Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Candice Bergen
Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat U.S.S. San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary Read More »
A Tale of Two Cities (1958) Ralph Thomas, Dirk Bogarde, Dorothy Tutin, Cecil Parker
During the French Revolution, French national Lucie Manette (Dorothy Tutin) meets Read More »
The White Bird Marked with Black AKA Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu (1971) Yuri Ilyenko, Larisa Kadochnikova, Ivan Mikolaychuk, Bogdan Stupka
Colourful ‘optimistic tragedy’ of a poor family in Ukraine, living in the Carpathian mountains Read More »
Frantz (2016) François Ozon, Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stötzner
In 1919 Quedlinburg, Germany, a young woman named Anna is still mourning the death of her fiance Read More »
Hedd Wyn (1992) Paul Turner, Huw Garmon, Catrin Fychan, Ceri Cunnington
A young poet living in the North Wales countryside competes for the most coveted prize of all in Welsh Poetry Read More »
Mystery Submarine (1962) C.M. Pennington-Richards
During WWII, the British Royal Navy uses a captured German submarine to trick the enemy and protect their supply convoy. Read More »
Death of a Soldier (1986) Philippe Mora, James Coburn, Bill Hunter, Reb Brown
Based on a true story, James Coburn portrays a military lawyer assigned to defend a confessed psychotic killer. Read More »
A Better Tomorrow III AKA Ying hung boon sik III: Zik yeung ji gor (1989) Hark Tsui, Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Anita Mui
At the end of the Vietnam war, Cheung goes to Saigon, intent on bringing his uncle and cousin back to Hong Kong. Read More »
A Man from Wyoming (1930) Rowland V. Lee, Gary Cooper, June Collyer, Regis Toomey
When World War One pulls the U.S. in, builder Jim Baker goes enthusiastically. Read More »