Films
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The American Civil War separates households and turns soldiers on opposing sides into figures caught between duty and mercy.
The disastrous cavalry charge at Balaclava is reconstructed through massed riders, military formation, and the patriotic memory shaped by Tennyson’s poem.
During conflict in the Balkans, a household is forced to accommodate an enemy prisoner, making war a matter of food, labour, and proximity.
Members of one international family are divided by the First World War as a carefree Argentine grandson is drawn into love, loss, and combat.
An idle young American enlists for the First World War, forms friendships in France, and discovers how quickly adventure becomes loss.
A First World War squadron commander must keep sending inexperienced pilots into combat while the officers beneath him mistake responsibility for indifference.
Five men from different backgrounds shelter between the front lines of the First World War; only one understands all their languages.
A young soldier receives a short leave to visit his mother, but the journey home fills with people whose wartime needs consume his limited time.
In the final days of the Second World War, teenage boys are ordered to defend a bridge that the retreating army no longer considers important.
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Read a film closely
Character companions, film comparisons and a closer look at particular scenes.
- Seven Samurai
Who are the seven samurai?
Names, actors and roles to keep the seven apart.
- The Wages of Fear
The original, Sorcerer, or the remake?
Three films compared before you choose.
- Breathless
What disappears in a jump cut?
A diagram of the time Godard leaves out.
- Wild Strawberries
What do the dreams mean?
Trace the clocks, mirror and final scene.
After watching · Spoilers - Persona
Why hear the same speech twice?
Follow who speaks and whose face fills the frame.
After watching · Spoilers - Bicycle Thieves
What happens at the end?
The final encounter, seen through father and son.
After watching · Spoilers