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9th Company
Russia, 2006, 126 min.
The Soviet Union’s ill-fated “military action” in Afghanistan in the 1980s, a taboo topic until only recently, provides the backdrop for this recent number-one hit at the Russian box office. The film provides a gritty portrayal of war with all the blood, dirt and death of a war... more
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Beyond the Call
USA, 2006, 82 min.
In an Indiana Jones-meets-Mother Teresa adventure, three middle-aged men, former soldiers and modern-day knights, travel the world delivering lifesaving humanitarian aid directly into the hands of civilians and doctors in some of the most dangerous yet beautiful places on Earth, the front lines of... more
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Black Book
Netherlands, 2006, 145 min.
Director Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct, Total Recall) returns to Holland to direct this World War II thriller. Rachel, a celebrated Jewish singer—who joins the Dutch resistance to track down the Nazis who killed her family—is caught in a web of seduction, betrayal, and revenge. In this comp... more
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Border Post
Croatia, 2006, 94 min.
This comedy about people on the verge of tragedy unfolds at an army base along the Yugoslav-Albanian border in the spring of 1987. The boring daily routine of the young soldiers suddenly changes when the commanding officer decides to hide a personal problem, namely syphilis, by declaring a state of ... more
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Days of Glory
Algeria, 2006, 120 min.
Winner of an ensemble acting prize at the Cannes and nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Independent Spirit Awards, Days of Glory is a powerful WWII story that details the bad treatment the French heaped upon their fellow soldiers of North African descent. The film features a superb ensemb... more
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Grbavica
Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2006, 90 min.
Winner of the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival, this Sarajevo-set drama highlights the plight of the thousands of Muslim women raped during the Balkan wars through the story of Esma, a hard-working single mother haunted by events from her past.... more
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The Ground Truth: After The Killing Ends
USA, 2006, 72 min.
Documentary filmmaker Patricia Foulkrod lets veterans step and recount their heartrending experiences being in Iraq, and even worse returning from that war—wounded, traumatized, with little or no government assistance to support them. It’s a story that is not only heartbreaking, but absolutely vital... more
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Iraq in Fragments
USA, 2006, 94 min.
The title of this poetic account of Iraq in 2003 has a double meaning, referring to the violence and instability of the crumbling nation as well as the film’s three-part structure, which focuses on Sunni, Shiite, and Kurdish lives. The film took top honors at Sundance for directing, cinematography, ... more
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The Moon and the Stars
Italy, 2007, 102 min.
Jonathan Pryce, Catherine McCormack and Alfred Molina star in John Irvin’s classical drama that throws a disparate group of actors and filmmakers together to try and film a version of Tosca in the Rome of 1939, despite the growing portents of war.... more
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My Country, My Country
USA, 2006, 90 min.
Filmmaker Laura Poitras traveled to Baghdad shortly after the Abu Ghraib scandal became public and worked alone in the besieged country for eight months, assembling a vital snapshot of the chaotic and resilient Iraqi lives on the front lines.... more
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Nina's Journey
Sweden, 2006, 120 min.
Based on the true story of the writer-director’s mother, it’s a powerful drama about a young Jewish woman's remarkable odyssey of survival during World War II in Poland. The gripping narrative, poignantly interspersed with testimony from the real Nina, was named Best Film and Best Script at the Swed... more
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Nomad (The Warrior)
Kazakhstan, 2006, 112 min.
A widescreen historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan with old-school sincerity and crunching battle scenes. Mansur (Kuno Becker) is rescued from certain death in infancy by the mystic Kazakh warrior Oraz (Jason Scott Lee), and destined to unite the country's three warring tribes. ... more
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The Rape of Europa
USA, 2006, 117 min.
Based on an award-winning study, this powerful documentary— using contemporary interviews and historic footage—tells the history of art during War World II, from the Nazi’s looting and destruction, to the heroes who struggled return these treasures to their rightful owners. Narrated by Joan Allen.... more
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The Situation
USA, 2006, 106 min.
Philip Haas (Angels and Insects) has made the first dramatic feature about the ongoing debacle in Iraq with this smart film that uses a love-triangle between a journalist (Connie Nielsen), a CIA man and an Iraqi photographer to explore the complex issues bedeviling the war-torn country.... more
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The Tiger and the Snow
Italy, 2006, 115 min.
Roberto Benigni (Life is Beautiful) plays an effusive poet who travels to Iraq right after the American invasion to rescue his beloved, who has been wounded in the war. His slapstick, absurd antics—obliviously walking through checkpoints and mine fields—highlight the war’s absurdity.... more
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Unknown Soldier—What Did You Do in the War, Dad?
Germany, 2006, 97 min.
Based on the recent exhibition of never-before-seen private WWII photographs that shocked an ever-more-complacent Germany, Michael Verhoeven's (The Nasty Girl) film traces some of the common crimes committed by German soldiers during the war, exploding the myth that the SS were the real bad g... more
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