Tagged: genre: historical
1911, or Xinhai Revolution (辛亥革命), marks Jackie Chan’s 100th film who also co-directed this historical drama alongside Zhang Li, telling the story of the founding of the Republic of China when Sun Yat-sen’s forces overthrew the Qing Dynasty.
Meryl Streep plays Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.
Directed by Olivier Assayas, Carlos is a 3-part miniseries that illustrates the rise and fall of terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, a.k.a. Carlos the Jackal, played by Venezuelan actor Edgar Ramírez.
Currently in competition at the Venice International Film Festival, Seediq Bale is a Taiwanese historical drama portraying the Wushe Incident, a 1930 Seediq uprising led against the Japanese when Taiwan was still one of its colonies.
Directed by Ralph Fiennes, Coriolanus deals with a banished hero from Rome who is set on getting revenge against the city with help from a sworn enemy.
Red Tails takes place during World War II and focuses on the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African-American combat pilots.
Curiosity is peaked, and how could it not? Marketed as a porn period-piece with a lot of naked bodies shot on 3D, how was that gonna work?
Greta Garbo shines bright in this Pre-Code biopic of Sweden’s androgynous 17th century Queen.
Though half the staff is oblivious about the date, our American writers — namely our favorite TCM movie-watching droid Marya — asked the whole staff what their favorite war films were.
First picture from the upcoming HBO TV-movie, Game Change, has been released. We get a glimpse of Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin.