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TriageTriage (2009)
Dir. Danis Tanovic
Feat. Colin Farrell, Paz Vega, Christopher Lee
An absorbing Colin Farrell performance carries this pensive, unexpectedly subdued drama from the director of NO MAN'S LAND. Farrell plays a battered…
Within the WhirlwindWithin the Whirlwind (2009)
Dir. Marleen Gorris
Feat. Emily Watson, Ulrich Tukur, Ian Hart
The memoirs of Eugenia Ginzburg, a Russian academic sentenced to ten years labor in a Siberian Gulag, are brought to life in this harrowing account…
Adam ResurrectedAdam Resurrected (2008)
Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Derek Jacobi
Troubling tale of a former Jewish circus entertainer who was spared from the gas chamber by serving as the camp commandant's pet dog. Based on…
Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, TheBoy in the Striped Pyjamas, The (2008) Recommended
Dir. Mark Herman
Feat. Asa Butterfield, Zac Mattoon O'Brien, Vera Farmiga
Emotive wartime parable set in Nazi Germany where the young son of a concentration camp commander befriends a Jewish boy on the other side of the…
Children Of The Silk RoadChildren Of The Silk Road (The Children of Huang Shi) (2008)
Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Chow Yun-Fat
Inspired by real events, this solid WWII epic reveals the story of a young British journalist and Australian nurse who led sixty orphans to safety…
Edge of Love, TheEdge of Love, The (2008)
Dir. John Maybury
Feat. Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy
Atmospheric wartime romance based on the life of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (Rhys) and his love for two free–spirited women who become firm…
Generation Kill (TV Mini-series)Generation Kill (TV Mini-series) (2008) Recommended
Feat. Alexander Skarsgard, James Ransone, Lee Tergesen
Superlative HBO series from the makers of THE WIRE following the U.S. Marine reconnaissance battalion in the first year of the Iraq invasion.…
Giovanna's FatherGiovanna's Father (2008)
Dir. Pupi Avati
Feat. Silvio Orlando, Francesca Neri, Alba Rohrwacher
Set during the second world ward this is a sad character study of a naive father who covers for his daughter's terrible crime.
In TranzitIn Tranzit (2008)
Dir. Tom Roberts
Feat. John Malkovich, Vera Farmiga, Thomas Kretschmann
Bleak POW drama set in Soviet Russia during the aftermath of World War 2. With the prisons overflowing makeshift accommodation is found for German…
Lucky Ones, TheLucky Ones, The (2008)
Dir. Neil Burger
Feat. Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams, Michael Pena
Low–key drama sees Robbins, McAdams and Pena play three soldiers who go on an unexpected road–trip together through the USA after…

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