SON OF SAUL Review: Review: During World War II, a Jewish-Hungarian worker at the Auschwitz concentration camp is on a mission to try and find a rabbi… Read more “Son of Saul”
Category: History
Six Minutes to Midnight
SIX MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT Review: In the summer of 1939, a secret agent takes up a teaching position at a boarding school with 20 German teen girls.… Read more “Six Minutes to Midnight”
A Call to Spy
A CALL TO SPY Review: It is the beginning of WWII and Winston Churchill orders his new spy agency called Special Operations Executive to recruit and train women… Read more “A Call to Spy”
The Dig
THE DIG Review: Basil Brown, an archaeologist, sets out to excavate the Sutton Hoo in 1938. Director: Simon Stone Actors: Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes, Lily James, Danny… Read more “The Dig”
Where Hands Touch
WHERE HANDS TOUCH Review: In 1944, a 15-year old bi-racial girl in Nazi Germany meets a member of the Hitler Youth. Director: Amma Asante Actors: Abbie Cornish,… Read more “Where Hands Touch”
Mank
MANK Review: A biopic drama in which screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941). Director: David Fincher Actors: Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried,… Read more “Mank”
Sergio
SERGIO Review: A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, where a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,… Read more “Sergio”
A Hidden Life
A HIDDEN LIFE Review: Based on real events, Austrian peasant farmer Franz Jagerstatter, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II. Director: Terrence Malick Actors: August… Read more “A Hidden Life”
Tolkien
TOLKIEN Review: A British biopic drama which explores the formative years of the author J.R.R. Tolkien in which he finds friendship, love and also artistic inspiration among a… Read more “Tolkien”
Judy
JUDY Review: Thirty years after starring in “The Wizard of Oz” the actress and singer Judy Garland arrives in London in 1968 to perform a series of… Read more “Judy”
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