The Metal Detector follows Georg, an Austrian retiree who hunts for history amidst the hill surrounding his home. As a child, his mother claims to have witnessed a crash of an Allied B-17 during the Second World War and Georg spends his days with his simple metal detector, searching for fragments of a bygone era. As…
Sometimes, the most difficult part of the war is when it’s over. Set at the conclusion of WWII in 1945, Plan A introduces us to Max (August Diehl), a man who dreams nightly of his murdered wife and daughter. Shattered by their loss, Max meets a group of Holocaust survivors who have a plan for revenge. By…
Some stories are never easy to revisit. In How Saba Kept Singing, 94-year-old David Wisnia (affectionately called ?Saba? by his grandchildren) found it too difficult to explain what took place during his time in Auschwitz-Birkenau to his family . On the 70th anniversary of the camp?s liberation, his grandson Avi accompanies Wisnia on a trip to Poland….
Set against the backdrop of World War II, Adventures of a Mathematician tells the true story of Stanislav Ulam (Philippe Tlokinski), a Polish immigrant and mathematicians who emigrated to the United States during the 1930s. Hired by the military, Ulam?s incredible intellect made him an essential member of the team tasked with developing both the atomic and…
The Good Traitor?begins on April 9th, 1940 when Nazi Germany invaded Denmark with the expectation of immediate and unconditional surrender. As the government submits to Hitler?s demands, Denmark?s ambassador to the United States, Henrik Kauffman (Ulrich Thomsen) feels torn. Though he loves his home country, he remains concerned that he will be forced to live…
You simply don?t ignore a phone call from Tom Hanks. As the director of the latest WWII epic, Greyhound, Aaron Schneider was thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Tom Hanks in bringing the story to life. Featuring a screenplay written by Hanks himself, Greyhound transports the viewer back to February 1942 and follows the journey of…
Directed by Aaron Schneider (Get Low),?Greyhound?is a visceral experience that attempts to create the terrifying realities of the Second World War. While film?s distribution change is completely understandable given the global situation,?Greyhound?is the first true cinematic victim of the pandemic era. Featuring broad visuals and incredible sound mixing,?Greyhound?is a film that truly needs to be…
Having broken box-office records overseas,?T-34?transports the viewer into the heard of Russia during the Second World War. Having been captured in the field of battle, young lieutenant Ivushkin (Alexander Petrov) is tasked to assemble a group of POWs to aid in training the Nazis tank battalion. However, as they prepare for the exercise, the team…
Directed by Ryan Boyko, That Never Happened: Canada’s First National Internment Operations?reveals the story of Canada’s first national internment operations between 1914 – 1920, when over 88,000 people were forced to register and more than 8,500 were wrongfully imprisoned in internment camps across Canada, not for anything they had done but because of their heritage….
This week, Steve welcomes podcaster David Peck (Face2Face) and ScreenFish’er Julie Levac to talk about?Dunkirk,?Nolan’s latest epic that’s scoring with critics and at the box office. ?Emphasizing visuals and sound over dialogs is a new creative step for Nolan and the film benefits from his willingness to step out of his comfort zone. ?Still, is…
