Historical drama

Japan

Japan marks 72nd anniversary of Hiroshima bombing

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe led the tributes to victims at a sombre ceremony

06/08/2017

Poland

Football fans unfurl provocative World War II banner

03/08/2017

Cinema

'The Lost City of Z' at the Berlin Film Festival

They came from ‘The Lost City of Z’ – the film that is to the fervour of the red carpet at the Berlinale.

15/02/2017

Cinema

'Land of Mine' opens door into corner of Danish history

Beneath a vast expanse of sand on the Danish coast lie thousands of deadly land mines.

13/02/2017

Cinema

New German film addresses Nazi child 'euthanasia'

Director Kai Wessel's film 'Fog In August' ('Nebel im August') addresses a dark period in German history - the Nazis' "euthanasia" programme.

10/02/2017

Cinema

Ben Affleck stars and directs in the gangster movie 'Live by Night'

‘Live by Night’ holds the mirror up to the prohibition era in America and is based on the 2012 novel of the same name The plot unfolds around the American military veteran and police chief’s son Joe C

13/01/2017

Cinema

Actress Natalie Portman is a strong contender for an Oscar for her role in "Jackie"

Actress Natalie Portman has become a strong contender for this year’s Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal as former first lady Jackie Kennedy.

06/12/2016

Cinema

Pitt and Cotillard versus the Nazis and each other in "Alliance"

Alliance" WWII romance that looks for on-screen chemistry between Pitt and Cotillard.

21/11/2016

Cinema

Warren Beatty is back after 15 years

Hollywood actor and director Warren Beatty is back after fifteen years.

10/11/2016

Cinema

Oscar buzz builds for Rebecca Hall in 'Christine'

When Florida TV anchor Christine Chubbuck shot herself dead on live TV in 1974 little was known about her. Now there are two films out about her life.

28/10/2016

Cinema

'Hacksaw Ridge' Mel Gibson's homage to a real life superhero

Desmond Thomas Doss, conscientious objector and hero

27/10/2016

Cinema

Remembering Andrzej Wajda: the voice of Poland

Andrzej Wajda, the acclaimed Polish director whose films reflected his country’s turbulent history, has died at the age of 90.

10/10/2016

Cinema

'Frantz': a moving period drama by François Ozon

French director François Ozon is back with an unexpected film quite different to his other movies.

07/10/2016

Cinema

Cillian Murphy stars in Nazi-era thriller

Irish heartthrobs Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan ('Fifty Shades of Grey') star in WWII thriller 'Anthropoid', based on the real story of a 1942 plan to assassinate a leading Nazi officer.

19/09/2016

Cinema

“Neruda” : an unconventional take on Chilean Nobel Prize-winning poet

For his latest film, “Neruda”, Chilean director, Pablo Larrain, has once again teamed up with the Mexican star, Gael Garcia Bernal. The film follows

18/05/2016

Cinema

Fritz Bauer: Sometimes the only way to save your country is to betray it

Little is known about the hunt for Nazi criminal Adolph Eichman. Most people have heard about his abduction by Mossad in Argentina in 1960, his trial

29/04/2016