France, the beginning of the XIV century. Every night, Queen Margaret of Burgundy Read More »
History
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) Charles Jarrott, Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas
Henry VIII of England discards one wife Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of a young and beautiful woman Read More »
Ruby (1992) John Mackenzie, Danny Aiello, Sherilyn Fenn, Frank Orsatti
An exploration of certain conspiracy theories surrounding the JFK assassination from Jack Ruby’s perspective. Read More »
The Mill on the Po (1949) Alberto Lattuada, Carla Del Poggio, Jacques Sernas, Mario Besesti
Berta Scarceni is betrothed to Orbino Verginesi and the engagement is celebrated on the floating mill of the Scarceni. Read More »
The Man to Kill (1979) Veljko Bulajic, Zvonimir Crnko, Vladimir Popovic, Charles Millot
After the murder of the Russian Emperor Peter III, who was succeeded by Empress Catherine Read More »
Black Gold (1947) Phil Karlson, Anthony Quinn, Katherine DeMille, ‘Ducky’ Louie
In the early 1920s, in the desert near the Texas-Mexico border, Charley Eagle (Anthony Quinn), is Indian who owns a small Read More »
Becket (1964) Peter Glenville, Richard Burton, Peter O’Toole, John Gielgud
Debauched King Henry II installs his longtime court facilitator Thomas Becket as the Archbishop of Canterbury Read More »
The Idiot (2011) Rainer Sarnet, Risto Kübar, Katariina Unt, Tambet Tuisk
Based on the Dostoyevsky novel of the same name The Idiot (Idioot) is an impressively stylised piece of work that takes on elements of the surreal Read More »
The Abdication (1974) Anthony Harvey, Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Cyril Cusack
Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic Church. Read More »
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) Yves Simoneau, Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, August Schellenberg
In the 1880s, after the U. S. Army’s defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the government continues to push Sioux Indians off their land. Read More »
The Night (1992) Mohamed Malas, Nezar Abohajar, Sabah Al Jazaery, Fares Al-Helou
The Night is set in the village of Quneytra, which borders on the Golan, a key battlefield in the 1967 war between Syria and Israel. Read More »
Tomahawk (1951) George Sherman, Van Heflin, Yvonne De Carlo, Alex Nicol
In 1866, a new gold discovery and an inconclusive conference force the U.S. Army to build a road Read More »
The Horseman (2003) Branko Ivanda, Niksa Kuselj, Zrinka Cvitesic, Goran Grgic
The movie takes place in the early 18th century on the borders between Bosnia and Dalmatia Read More »
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Kôji Tsuruta
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan’s greatest Samurai, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Read More »
Fox Hunter (1993) Stere Gulea, George Alexandru, Cristina Catalina, Dan Condurache
Inspired by the overthrow of the Ceausescu regime in Romania Read More »