A routine film on the surface, Flight Nurse is quite original in showing war from the point of view of a nurse who is as comely as as she is generous. Read More »
War
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983) Nagisa Ôshima, David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto
In 1942 British soldier Jack Celliers comes to a Japanese prison camp. The camp is run by Yonoi, who has a firm belief in discipline, honor and glory. Read More »
In Harm’s Way (1965) Otto Preminger, John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal
On patrol the afternoon of December 7th controlling a cruiser Captain Torrie receives word about the assault on Pearl Harbor. Read More »
The Haunted Airman (2006) Chris Durlacher, Julian Sands, Rachael Stirling, Robert Pattinson
In World War II, the airman Toby Jugg is hit in the spine during an airborne attack and he becomes paraplegic. Read More »
Paris After Dark (1943) Léonide Moguy, George Sanders, Philip Dorn, Brenda Marshall
Members of the French underground resistance, live their “normal” lives during the day Read More »
La lengua de las mariposas / Butterfly (1999) José Luis Cuerda, Manuel Lozano, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Uxía Blanco
Spain, 1936. Moncho is an outcast at school but is able to form a strong bond with his outspoken teacher. Read More »
Flight (1929) Frank Capra, Jack Holt, Lila Lee, Ralph Graves
Two Marine pilots in love with the same girl are assigned a mission to find a notorious bandit in Nicaragua. Read More »
The Purple Heart (1944) Lewis Milestone, Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Farley Granger
This is the story of the crew of a downed bomber, captured after a run over Tokyo, early in the war. Read More »
Love in a Fallen City / Qing cheng zhi lian (1984) Ann Hui, Chow Yun-Fat, Cora Miao, Gerry Barnett
A cynical playboy pursues an introverted divorcee in the decadence of Hong Kong on the eve of the 1941 Japanese invasion. Read More »
La lunga notte del ’43 / The Long Night of 1943 (1960) Florestano Vancini, Belinda Lee, Gabriele Ferzetti, Enrico Maria Salerno
In the midst of World War II, the story of the affair of a young woman, married to a man bound to a wheelchair, with a desertor from the Italian army Read More »