In June 1944, twelve Japanese seaman are stranded on an abandoned-and-forgotten Read More »
War
How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines (1943) John Ford, Eddie Foster, Martin Garralaga
A training film for OSS agents who are to be dropped behind enemy lines Read More »
The Bamboo Prison (1954) Lewis Seiler, Robert Francis, Dianne Foster, Brian Keith
Corp. Brady (Brian Keith) an American soldier captured during the Korean War, is taken to a POF camp. Read More »
Up from the Beach (1965) Robert Parrish, Cliff Robertson, Red Buttons, Irina Demick
In 1944, during D-Day plus two, American sergeant Edward Baxter and a platoon of American infantrymen Read More »
Hell Squad (1958) Burt Topper, Wally Campo, Brandon Carroll, Fred Gavlin
During World War II, a squad of five American soldiers become lost in Tunisia and are killed one by one in fights with German units. Read More »
The Puppetmaster AKA Xi meng ren sheng (1993) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Tian-Lu Li, Giong Lim, Kuei-Chung Cheng
This Hou Hsiao Hsien masterpiece is a portrait of the childhood and adolescence of octogenarian Taiwanese puppet master Read More »
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) John Ford, Dan Dailey, Corinne Calvet, Colleen Townsend
When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero Read More »
War AKA Voyna (2002) Aleksey Balabanov, Aleksey Chadov, Ian Kelly, Ingeborga Dapkunaite
During the bloody war in Chechnya, a British couple and two Russian soldiers are taken hostage by Chechen rebels. Read More »
Tokyo Trial AKA Tôkyô saiban (1983) Masaki Kobayashi, Kei Satô
”THE TOKYO TRIAL” is a 4 1/2-hour account of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East that is visually satisfying but historically empty. Read More »
Something of Value (1957) Richard Brooks, Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Wendy Hiller
Even though Peter and Kimani grow up together, Kimani soon finds that different races are treated differently. Read More »