Genre: Historical
Beloved Sisters
Directed by Dominik Graf
In this sumptuous costume drama set in late-18th-century Germany, two aristocratic sisters find themselves drawn inexorably to the young ‘Sturm …
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
Directed by Arnaud des Pallieres
Arnaud de Pallières’s adaptation of Heinrich von Kleist’s 1808 novella, a classic of German Romanticism, explores a fault line between …
Two Lives
Directed by George Maas, Judith Kaufmann
1990. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War, a flood of information from …
Giovanni’s Island
Directed by Mizuho Nishikubo
After Japan’s surrender at the end of World War II, the lives of brothers Junpei and Kanta are turned upside-down …
Back to 1942
Directed by Feng Xiaogang
In 1942, Henan province was devastated by the most tragic famine in modern Chinese history, resulting in the deaths of …
Walesa: Man of Hope
Directed by Andrzej Wajda
This remarkable historical epic, tracing Lech Walesa’s rise from simple shipyard electrician to leader of Poland’s Solidarity movement and Polish …
The Golden Era
Directed by Ann Hui
Selected as the closing night film at the Venice Film Festival, Hui’s modernist biopic tells the epic tale of Manchurian …
Belle
Directed by Amma Asante
Often missing from the gorgeous settings, romances, and sophisticated language of English period dramas is the institution at the foundation …
We Are The Best!
Directed by Lukas Moodysson
Stockholm, 1982: 13-year-old best friends Bobo and Klara are united by their feelings of outsiderness—embarrassed by their parents, repulsed by …
Gueros
Directed by Alonso Ruiz Palacios
“This plucky and effortlessly cool black-and-white film from newcomer Alonso Ruiz Palacios follows three restless teens during the student strikes …
Great
Directed by Andreas Henn
Nikola, a young Serbian projectionist, has had more than enough of the occupying Nazis, but instead of emulating his violent …
The Wind Rises
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Miyazaki, co-founder of the legendary Studio Ghibli, eschewing his typically fictional characters ensconced in a fantasy world, instead brings to …