Category: Movies

“Das Boot” (1981), directed by Wolfgang Petersen, is a German war film that is distinguished by its realism and unique perspective on World War II. The story centers on a team of German U-Boat sailors who carry out a dangerous mission in the Atlantic Ocean, trying to enter the Mediterranean Sea through the British-controlled Strait […]

“Дорогие товарищи!” (2020) is a Russian historical drama directed by Andrei Konchalovsky that explores the 1962 Novocherkassk massacre. The film follows the tragic events that occurred when the government raised food prices, provoking a workers’ uprising in the small industrial town. In the dispersal of the demonstrators, 26 people were killed and 87 were injured, events that were kept secret by the Soviet authorities for decades.

Russian directors Nikita Vysotsky and Ilya Lebedev take us to the summer of 1944, to the dense forests of western Belarus, where the Eastern Front is becoming a maze of fragile loyalties and hidden dangers. The film explores a territory recently liberated from Nazi occupation—a volatile border region where the lines between friend and foe […]

Directed by Martin Bourboulon, 13 Jours, 13 Nuits (13 Days, 13 Nights) is a French political thriller based on Mohamed Bida’s memoir, recounting the harrowing 2021 evacuation of the French Embassy in Kabul during the Taliban’s takeover.

“In August 1944” (original title: В августе 44-го) is a 2001 Russian-Belarusian film directed by Mikhail Ptashuk, based on the novel of the same name by Vladimir Bogomolov. The film offers a tense and realistic perspective on the activities of the Soviet counterintelligence service SMERSH during World War II, especially in the period immediately following Operation Bagration.

Directed by Michael Locksin, the 2024 Russian adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s iconic novel Master and Margarita reimagines the 1930s Moscow literary scene as a battleground between creativity and oppression.

The Chinese TV series directed by Yang Lei and Vincent Yang is based on the novel “Three Body | 三体 | sān tǐ” written by Liu Cixin | 刘慈欣 in 2006. The story is about the establishment of first contact with an extraterrestrial civilization. Unfortunately for humanity, the said civilization, the Trisolarians, want to colonize Earth (newly discovered as a result of the contact) because their home planet is in an unstable solar system. The series was produced by Tencent Video.

哪吒之魔童闹海 is a Chinese animated fantasy adventure film that premiered on January 29, 2025, directed by Jiaozi | 饺子. It is the sequel to the 2019 film Ne Zha 1 | 哪吒之魔童降世. In its first week, it grossed 1.6 billion US dollars, with a budget of only 80 million USD. It is the first non-English […]

In a faraway town lives a girl named Ellie. One day, the Wicked Witch of Gingham creates a hurricane that takes Ellie and her dog Toto to the land of the Munchkins. To get back home, Ellie, along with her new friends, the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion, and the Tin Man, must travel the Yellow […]

影 | Yǐng is a Chinese martial arts action film directed by Zhang Yimou from a screenplay written by Wei Li and Zhang Yimou. The film was nominated for the Golden Rooster for Art Direction and Cinematography. It won the Golden Horse Award for Direction, Visual Effects, Art Direction, and Costume and Makeup.