RECOMMENDATION: DESCRIPTION: A biographical drama based on the true story of Sir Nicholas Winton, a British lawyer who saved hundreds of Jewish children during World War II. As a young man (Johnny Flynn), in 1938, seeing the growing threat to Jewish families in Czechoslovakia, Nicholas undertakes a risky mission to organize the transport of children […]
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RECOMMENDATION: Bartek Pulcyn: A cinematic giant. The story of its making and the subsequent fates of its creators mean that with the passage of time its emotional impact only grows in intensity. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, two neighbors and friends from elementary school in Cambridge, Massachusetts (they met in 1980 when they were 10 […]
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RECOMMENDATION: DESCRIPTION: A classic Japanese film from 1953, directed by Yasujirō Ozu, which explores the theme of intergenerational relationships and the inevitable changes in family life. An elderly couple, Shūkichi and Tomi Hirayama, live in the small town of Onomichi in western Japan together with their youngest daughter Kyōko, an elementary school teacher. They have […]