war
Out Of Iraq
Grab at least two boxes of Kleenex to watch this new documentary of a heartbreaking love story between an Iraqi soldier and an Iraqi military translator that always looks like it could end badly at any moment with either of the men being killed simply for being gay. The newsreels are full each day of so…
The People Vs Fritz Bauer
The official West German government’s hunt for war criminals in the 1950’s was getting nowhere, and a whole slew of prominent Nazis who had been responsible for crimes against humanity were still at large. By now many SS officers had simply swapped their uniforms in exchange for a desk job in one of several important governmental…
Son of Saul
Just when you may have felt that there could be nothing more new to say about the Holocaust comes one the most powerfully disturbing movies ever that plunge you into the abysses of hell from the very first scene. This brilliant new movie is the debut feature written and directed by Hungarian filmmaker László Nemes that…
Jim : The Story of James Foley
James Foley …. known to everyone as Jim….. was a American freelance photojournalist who was abducted in Syria in 2012 and then publicly beheaded byISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) eighteen months later. His compelling story is told in a new HBO documentary by first time director Brian Oakes who had been Foley’s…
