World War II

Dara of Jasenovac

By Ray Lobo | January 2021

Extreme situations warp our experiences. When you are a prisoner in an extermination camp, there are no insignificant actions. Every action is…

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Extreme situations warp our experiences. When you are a prisoner in an extermination camp, there are no insignificant actions. Every action is a delicate...

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From Auschwitz to Hollywood is a documentary about the two very different yet deeply connected lives of Branko Lustig. As a child, Lustig was imprisoned...

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NEW TO HULU! Agnieszka Holland's wartime thriller, Mr. Jones, opens ominously with author George Orwell (Joseph Mawle) behind his typewriter, banging out...

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There are no actual werewolves in Polish filmmaker Adrian Panek's blend of WWII drama and psychological horror Werewolf. The somewhat misleading title...

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An innocent is plucked from his bucolic home in 1937 Austria and placed ringside to watch history play out while befriending one of the greatest minds of...

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In September 1940, over 80 Jewish refugees were trapped on a steamship in the port of Hampton Roads, Virginia. They were hoping to be allowed on American...

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It amazes me that there are still stories to be told from World War II (haven’t we covered it all yet?). I really shouldn’t be that surprised, but...

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I am pulled in so many directions when it comes to Aaron Schneider and Tom Hank’s Greyhound. In the end, the storytelling and subject matter is worth...

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Who would've thought a film could somehow mix the desolate battlefields of WWII with a spooky French mansion? Eric Bress, the writer-director of The...

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NEW TO VIRTUAL CINEMAS AND VOD! A young Jewish boy somewhere in Eastern Europe seeks refuge during World War II, where he encounters many different...

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