Elevation

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influe...

Runtime

1h 59m

Director

Tony Kaye

Cast

Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo

During the Nazi occupation of 1944 Rome, Resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is pursued by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a means of escape.

Runtime

1h 44m

Director

Roberto Rossellini

Cast

Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero, Harry Feist

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.

Runtime

1h 56m

Director

Roberto Benigni

Cast

Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini

A traveling theatre troupe tours the Greek countryside from 1939 to the early 1950s, staging “Golfo the Shepherdess”. As the years pass, its members endure persecution, betrayal, executions, and exile. Their personal stories become entangled with the country’s major historical events, in a seemingly endless cycle of violence and loss.

Runtime

3h 43m

Director

Theo Angelopoulos

Cast

Eva Kotamanidou, Aliki Georgouli, Vangelis Kazan

A lonely telephone operator leading an empty, amoral life finds God – only to have her faith continually tested in ways beyond what she could have imagined.

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

Michael Tolkin

Cast

Mimi Rogers, David Duchovny, Patrick Bauchau