World War II

Swallowtail & Dragonfly

By Sabina Dana Plasse | July 2026

Swallowtail & Dragonfly is a dramatic biopic about one of China’s most notable female poets and painters, Lianxia “Ziyi” Zhou (Vanessa Yao),…

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Swallowtail & Dragonfly is a dramatic biopic about one of China’s most notable female poets and painters, Lianxia “Ziyi” Zhou (Vanessa Yao), who...

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NOW ON HBO! When James Kaminsky and Kate "Kitty" Kaminsky welcomed their son Melvin Kaminsky on June 28th, 1926, in the Williamsburg neighborhood of...

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The opening image of warplanes flying towards battle is a stark juxtaposition to the beautiful beaches and picturesque hotel where writer/director Alicia...

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Who doesn't love trains? That little kid in all of us certainly does. In Trains, Maciej J. Drygas brings us an archival documentary about trains,...

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Normandy still gets stormed each year. Among the servicemen and politicians at its D-Day commemorations comes an army of re-enactors, streaming in in...

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SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! Director Mitch Yapko's Watching Walter, written by Mark Dylan Brown, uses a simple...

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PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! The Soundman is a picture that never begs for attention, never shouts its themes, and never...

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I have visited Poland and walked through the grounds of Auschwitz-Birkenau, which was subtly devastating even months after. This is why Triumph of the...

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Sentimentality. Bombast. Larger-than-life performances. A ridiculously protracted narrative. Adhering to familiar tropes. There's a time and place for...

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Sean McNamara comes off the misfire that is Reagan with Bau, Artist At War. This is another story based on a real person’s hardships throughout their...

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