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Apartment in Athens
Italy, 2011, 95 min.
Based on a 1945 novel, this unusual war story explores the strange power dynamics between a German officer and the Greek family whose apartment he commandeers, and who he treats like indentured servants. Winner: Young Italian Filmmaker Award, Rome Film Festival.... more
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Cold Steel
China, 2011, 101 min.
John Woo protege David Wu weaves a touching love story against the intense conflict of the second Sino-Japanese War in this compelling adaptation of the bestselling novel by Xio Min Lee.... more
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The Flowers of War
China, 2011, 141 min.
As the Nanking Massacre unfolds in 1937, a missionary (Christian Bale) fights valiantly on behalf of the schoolgirls and prostitutes who are being victimized by the invading Japanese forces. The visual impact of Zhang Yimou's latest spectacle is only surpassed by its emotional punch.... more
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The Front Line
Korea, South, 2011, 133 min.
A superbly realized Korean War drama that subverts traditional “war is hell” expectations, Jang’s surprising work focuses on a young commander sent to the front to investigate an officer’s suspicious death. What he finds both disturbs and fascinates him….... more
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In Darkness
Poland, 2011, 145 min.
Acclaimed director Agnieszka Holland (Europa Europa) offers a compelling look at the complex reasons a man might risk his life for others with this true story of a Polish sewer worker who saved many Jewish lives. ... more
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My Best Enemy
Austria, 2011, 109 min.
When the Nazis confiscate his family’s Michelangelo sketch, Victor Kaufmann (Mauritz Bleibtreu) is set on a twist-filled World War II odyssey. An audaciously entertaining picaresque from the producers of The Counterfeiters.... more
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Postcard
Japan, 2010, 114 min.
Inspired by Kaneto Shindo's own World War II experiences, this is a tale that only the 99-year-old director could tell. In turns darkly comic and captivatingly dramatic, it pays heartfelt tribute to the lives lost during wartime and the wounded souls left behind.... more
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Return
USA, 2011, 97 min.
Linda Cardellini (ER) gives a beautifully observed performance as an Afghan War veteran who comes home to find husband Michael Shannon has had an affair and her life in a small Ohio town no longer means what it did to her.... more
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Rose
Poland, 2011, 94 min.
A riveting period drama revealing a little-known chapter of Polish history: the post-WWII persecution of the Mazurians, in northeastern Poland. It’s a tragic tale of war and survival that bears comparison to masterworks such as Elem Klimov’s Come And See.... more
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Sonny Boy
Netherlands, 2011, 132 min.
Offering a sweeping epic encompassing the years 1911–1945, this eagerly anticipated screen version of the bestselling novel by Annejet van der Zijl tells the real-life love story of a mixed-race couple and their struggle in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.... more
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The Squad
Colombia, 2011, 90 min.
When a commando squad reaches an outpost in the mountains of Colombia they find signs of a bloody massacre and evidence of witchcraft. As violence and confusion mount, the men fear a supernatural force is at work.... more
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Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Taiwan, 2011, 276 min.
A panoramic, morally complex, and occasionally brutal re-telling of the 1930 rebellion of the Seediq mountain tribe of Taiwan against the occupying Japanese army, this is epic filmmaking at its most emotionally stirring and visually arresting.... more
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Wunderkinder
Germany, 2011, 96 min.
A moving tribute to innocence, Rosenmüller’s drama focuses on three gifted child musicians—two Jewish and one German—in 1941 Ukraine whose friendship is torn apart when the Nazis invade the Soviet Union.... more
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