Giuseppe Tornatore directed this grand-scale portrait of life and love over several decades in the small town in Sicily where he was born. We see a number of important historical events through the eyes of young Peppino, watching the fortunes of his town and his family rise and fall. While open to accusations of nostalgia, superficiality and indulgence the film is something of a feast for the senses.
A rambunctious family saga the kind they don't, and probably shouldn't, make any more. find out more...

Adapted from the classic, absurdist, anti-war novel by Joseph Heller. "Catch-22" is the story of Yossarian, a pilot who trys to opt out of flying bombing missions by being declared insane, the catch being that anyone trying to avoid bombing missions by being insane must be sane. This dark classic catches much of the flavour of the book, the insanity, the corruption and the absurdity of war. Think MASH, but non-linear - flawed but awesome. find out more...

The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.

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Like 'Life is Beautiful' the film successfully manages a comic take on the horrors of WW2. In a small Nazi-occupied Czech town childless Josef and his wife Marie hide Jewish ex-boss David in their small flat whilst coping with the unwanted friendship of ex-employee and collaborator Horst. Brilliant, bizarre, and very dark. find out more...

Grant is in uncharacteristic mode as a skiving, drunken bum seeing out WW2 on a South Sea island. Bribed into coast watching for the Aussie Navy, he takes to his task quite happily until the arrival of a shapely French schoolteacher and her seven small charges. A light-hearted saccharine romance. find out more...

John Boorman's semi-autobiographical story of London during the Blitz, as seen by the nine-year-old son of an ordinary suburban family. Air raid shelters, shrapnel, and GIs "stealing our women"; a clever blend of tragedy and irony make this a superb film, head and shoulders above average. find out more...

WW2; some dodgy American soldiers are in the process of being shipped off to military prison for a variety of infractions, ranging from desertion to murder, when a German artillery attack hits their convoy enabling five of the prisoners to escape. They decide to leg it to neutral Switzerland but, instead, end up volunteering for a commando mission to steal a V2 warhead for the Maquis. A cult cash in on the success of the ‘The Dirty Dozen'; an action movie with a dash of humour and blaxploitation find out more...

1941; a Jewish girl witnesses the murder of her family by a Nazi officer and a Jewish American guerrilla team roam Occupied France operating with a Geneva Accord breaking ferocity. find out more...

A young boy in Hitler's army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.

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A US platoon capture a German general and discover the whereabouts of a fortune in stolen gold so decide to go after it. A comedy war film with laughs provided by Sutherland as a spaced out weirdo in a tank, whilst Eastwood does his bit to make the action enjoyable. find out more...