Aerograd: great visuals of wilderness and flying planes in Soviet war propaganda film
Alexander Dovzhenko, “Aerograd” (1935) It’s a well-made film with stunning shots of wilderness and planes flying
Alexander Dovzhenko, “Aerograd” (1935) It’s a well-made film with stunning shots of wilderness and planes flying
Australian and New Zealand Films
Lee Tamahori, “Once Were Warriors” (1994) An intense film from New Zealand of a family
Ari Folman, “Waltz with Bashir” (2008) Few movies about war must be as personal and intense as
Chuyen Bui Thac, “Living in Fear” / “Song trong so hai” (2005) It’s mid-1975, the
Mikhail Karyukhov and Alexander Kozyr, “The Sky Calls” / “Nebo Zovyot” (1959) A visually stunning
Northern European Films | Russian and Soviet Films
Risto Orko and Alexander Ptushko, “The Sampo” (1959) A joint Finnish-Soviet fantasy production aimed at
Eastern European Films | Russian and Soviet Films
Alexander Dovzhenko, “Arsenal” (1928) Notable for its skilful use of montages of images to create
Eastern European Films | French and French-language Films
René Laloux, “Fantastic Planet” / “La Planète Sauvage” (1973) A very absorbing animated science fiction
Sergei Eisenstein, “Alexander Nevsky” (1938) Unashamedly patriotic and stirring action-movie propaganda for the masses and
Martin Scorsese, “Taxi Driver” (1976) As a character study of a lonely and alienated man