A fascinating 5-star film by Polish filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski explores faith and the complex history of eastern Europe. Click the title to read my entire review.
The Last Days (1998)
Five Hungarian Jews, survivors of the Nazi Holocaust share their stories.
Divided We Fall (2000)
(Czech and German with English subtitles) Rated: PG-13. Running time: 1 hour 57 min. Our content rating: Violence 4; Language 1; Sex/Nudity 5. But before they lay down, the men of the city, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house; and they called to Lot, “Where are the …
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Rated PG-13. Running Time: 1 hour 56 min. Our content rating: Violence 4; Language 1; Sex/Nudity 0 Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end… And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the …
The Pianist (2002)
Rated R. Running time: 2 hours 30 min. Our content rating: V-7; L-2; S/N-1. For I was envious of the arrogant; I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For they have no pain; their bodies are sound and sleek. They are not in trouble as others are; they are not …
The Grey Zone (2001)
A true story of the Nazi plan to force Jewish prisoners to make counterfeit Allied money to hurt the enemy financially, the prisoners worked to sabotage it.
The Book Thief (2013)
Based on a beloved novel, the story is set in Germany in WWII as a young girl must hide with foster parents when the Gestapo arrest her real parents. Click the movie title to read the whole review.
The Attack (2012)
A powerfulm by a French-Lebanese filmmaker about an Arab-Israeli doctor shocked to discover that his wife is the suicide bomber who killed 17 people, many of them children, in a Tel Aviv café. Most of the film consists of his physical and spiritual journey to try to find out why such a loving person as his wife committed such a terrible deed.