Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
A tricky biographical picture about a divisive figure in 20th century Japan
White Dog (1982)
A nail-biting thriller that examines one of the most American of legacies: Racism
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
A film that encapsulated the grief and hope of the Soviets after years of subjugation and slaughter
Forbidden Games (1952)
The horrors of war hit home in a modern fairy-tale about death
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Mysterious and wistful glance at the power of a child’s imagination
The Shop on Main Street (1965)
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”
Alexander Nevsky
The propaganda is strong with this one…
Kanal
What horrors lie beneath the streets of Warsaw?
Au Revoir les Enfants
Once upon a time in a boarding school in Nazi-occupied France
Ashes and Diamonds
Light is found in the dark last days of WWII in Poland