World War II, 1940. When the Nazi hordes invade and occupy Great Britain, the English citizens are soon divided between those who choose to submissively collaborate and those who are willing to fight.

Privilege

1967

English

6.8

♡ 5

55%

Peter Watkins Director

Victor Henry as Freddie K

Jeremy Child as Martin Crossley

Doreen Mantle as Miss Crawford

Jean Shrimpton as Vanessa Ritchie

Britain's biggest pop singer, Steven Shorter, receives unwavering adulation and possesses total control over his rabid fans, which includes nearly the entire population. Yet Shorter is not an autonomous performer -- he is little more than a puppet for the government, promoting whatever agenda they see fit. When a beautiful artist, Vanessa Ritchie, is commissioned to paint his portrait, she pushes Shorter to question his obedience to his manipulative handlers.

Straight to VHS

2021

Spanish

5.8

♡ 2

portrait of a filmmaker

portrait of an artist

semi-documentary

Emilio Silva Torres Director

Alfonso Tort as

Roxana Blanco as

Manuel Lamas as Self

María Inés Pelfort as Tarotist

Act of Violence Upon a Young Journalist is a film shot in 1988 and released on VHS in 1989; a mysterious cult work of Uruguayan cinema surrounded by strange theories about Manuel Lamas, its unknown creator. Until now.

The Interrogation of Tony Martin

2018

English

6.7

♡ 1

80%

Action

based on a true story

David Nath Director

Stephen Boxer as Anthony Scrivener QC

Daniel Mays as DC Peters

Chris Wilson as Police Officer

Tristan Sturrock as Solicitor

Norfolk, England, 1999. During three days, farmer Tony Martin is questioned by police following the violent death of Fred Barras, a teenage burglar who broke into his property, Bleak House, in Emneth Hungate, along with other intruder, Brendon Fearon, on the evening of August 20th of that year.

The Last Stage

1948

Polish

7.2

♡ 14

Action

auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp

based on true story

concentration camp prisoner

Wanda Jakubowska Director

Edward Dziewonski as Auschwitz Medical Officer

Barbara Rachwalska as Elza

Mariya Vinogradova as Nadya, a nursing aide

Jadwiga Chojnacka as Prisoner #2

Poland, during World War II. Martha Weiss, a Jewish woman, arrives at the Auschwitz extermination camp with her family. She is assigned the role of interpreter, but her loved ones are much less fortunate.

Il Varco - Once More Unto the Breach

2019

Italian

6.5

♡ 2

docudrama

Documentary

experimental narrative

Federico Ferrone Director

Emidio Clementi as Uknown soldier

July, 1941. After the beginning of the German invasion, an Italian soldier, a veteran of the colonial wars, is sent to the Soviet front. As he remembers the fairy tales his Russian mother used to tell him, the train he is travelling in crosses Europe on its way to the vast Ukrainian plains, where the enemy and a cruel winter await him… (Based on the experiences of several Italian soldiers.)

The Tijuana Story

1957

English

5.3

♡ 2

László Kardos Director

Susan Seaforth Hayes as Alma Acosta Mesa

Robert Blake as Enrique Acosta Mesa

James Darren as Mitch

Paul Newlan as Peron Diaz

Courageous newspaper editor Manuel Acosta Mesa tries to take on the mob in Tijuana through his newspaper, reporting on the violence, prostitution and drug sales in the border town.

Bombardier

1943

English

6.0

♡ 4

50%

Lambert Hillyer Director

Mary Halsey as Buck's Secretary

Murray Alper as Little Boy - Spy

Pat O'Brien as Maj. Chick Davis

Barton MacLane as Sgt. Archie Dixon

A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude precision bombing, and establishes a school for bombardiers. Training is followed in semi-documentary style, with personal dramas in subplots. The climax is a spectacular sequence.

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