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: War
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”
The Cruel Sea
THE CRUEL SEA Review: A documentary-style account of life on board a British convoy escort ship and its officers during World War II. Director: Charles Frend Actors:… Read more “The Cruel Sea”
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”
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”
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”
A Private War
A PRIVATE WAR Review: Based on the life of the war correspondent Marie Colvin who was always driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give… Read more “A Private War”
Green Zone
GREEN ZONE Review: Set in Baghdad a US Army officer working with the CIA hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region. Director: Paul Greengrass Actors:… Read more “Green Zone”
The Exception
THE EXCEPTION Review: A German soldier Stefan Brandt goes on a mission to investigate exiled German Monarch Kaiser Wilhelm II in The Netherlands. He soon finds himself… Read more “The Exception”
For Sama
FOR SAMA Review: This documentary explores the story of Waad Al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo. Director: Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts Actors:… Read more “For Sama”
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