Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
By Andrew Plimpton October 6, 2022
It’s 1974 in the Philippines, and a Japanese lieutenant lives his life as though World War II is still raging.
It’s 1974 in the Philippines, and a Japanese lieutenant lives his life as though World War II is still raging.
A strong character study of a 13-year-old Polish Jew who disguised herself for two years during World War II. Based on a true story.
This fierce drama follows in the footsteps of other recent Ukrainian films examining the effect of war in the Donbass region.
A deadpan depiction of a fallen society, in which the seismic effects of war for years have yielded lawlessness and chaos.
Two Ukrainian films are reminders that the current situation in Eastern Europe isn’t unprecedented at all, but history sadly repeating itself.
This adaptation becomes a celebration of what filmmakers can achieve confined within a soundstage.
As tragic, horrifying, and bracing as it should be.
A war film set in Latvia that aims for nothing if not an epic sweep.
Based on Jake Tapper’s best-selling nonfiction book, the film features a rich and varied cast that sometimes transcends the tough-talking masculinity we expect from war films.