A 1935 USA trade-paper reviewer called it… “an impressive and technically outstanding Read More »
War
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) Richard Thorpe, Van Johnson, June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven
A sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken Read More »
The Camp at Thiaroye (1988) Ousmane Sembene, Thierno Faty Sow, Sidiki Bakaba, Hamed Camara, Philippe Chamelat
In this semi-autobiographical film, black soldiers help to defend France Read More »
Father of the Kamikaze / Â kessen kôkûtai (1974) Kôsaku Yamashita, Kôji Tsuruta, Noboru Andô, Shinjirô Ebara
Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan’s defeat in WWII was inevitable. Read More »
Sergeant Klems / Il sergente Klems (1971) Sergio Grieco, Peter Strauss, Tina Aumont, Pier Paolo Capponi
During the final days of world war one, a German army deserter steals Read More »
The Bells Go Down (1943) Basil Dearden, Tommy Trinder
The dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII. Read More »
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet / Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku (2011) Izuru Narushima, Kôji Yakusho, Hiroshi Abe, Shûichi Azumaya
The life of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto from the early 1930’s to his death at the hands of the US military in 1943. Read More »
Images of the World and the Inscription of War / Bilder der Welt und Inschrift des Krieges (1989) Harun Farocki, Ulrike Grote
Documentary examines the ‘blind spot’ of the evaluators of aerial footage Read More »
Admiral Yamamoto / Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku (1968) Seiji Maruyama, Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Yôko Tsukasa
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto Read More »
Who’ll Stop the Rain (1978) Karel Reisz, Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty
Thoroughly disillusioned by the Vietnam War, John, a journalist (Michael Moriarty) Read More »