World War II

Condor’s Nest

By Alex Saveliev | March 2023

You have to be in the right mood to watch a film like writer-director Phil Blattenberger’s exploitative war actioner Condor’s Nest. Making up…

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You have to be in the right mood to watch a film like writer-director Phil Blattenberger's exploitative war actioner Condor's Nest. Making up for...

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The title of writer-director Andreas Kessler's short film, Nakam, refers to the controversial group of fifty Holocaust survivors who sought to hunt down...

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The Second World War has been the source of scores of urban legends and bizarre tales that defy explanation. The story of Hiro Onoda has long been among...

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NEW TO THEATERS! There's no denying that Tahir Rana and Èric Warin's animated feature Charlotte is a remarkable tale of a formidable artist. It's bound...

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Martha Coolidge's sprawling period drama I'll Find You harkens back to the romantic films of yore, ones set against the turbulent background of an...

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A father tells the tragic story of his marriage to his older daughter in Frank Christian Wagner's short film, A Father's Job. Johann (Christian Harting)...

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NEW TO THEATERS! One gets a queasy feeling watching co-writer/director Vanessa Lapa's Speer Goes to Hollywood. That nausea arises from witnessing a man who...

Oh, It Hertz! image — Oh, It Hertz!
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Did the Nazis raise the decibels on the orchestral tuning standard in 1939 to destabilize civilization through pop music? While the premise is worthy of a...

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The title of Hiroshi Kurosaki's splendid Gift of Fire is a direct reference to Prometheus, who bestowed fire upon humanity, both a gift and a curse. Fire...

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For decades, filmmakers have tackled the horrors of war to tell moving stories of courage and self-sacrifice. Independent filmmaker Brett Bentman takes a...

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