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  • Black Book (2006)
    Review preview for Black Book

    Uniformly brilliant.

    Caro Ness · 5 out of 5
    Paul Verhoeven returns to Europe for an epic wartime tale.
  • Das Experiment (2001)
    Review preview for Das Experiment

    A sparse script and real sensitivity from the actors, none of whom overplay their role, only adds to the film's power.

    Martin Fitzgerald · 4 out of 5
    Based on a true experiment where volunteers act out the roles of guards and prisoners with disturbing results. Out to own as part of the European Mavericks Heart Of Darkness box set.
  • Downfall (2004)
    Review preview for Downfall

    Although everyone knows the outcome, the film remains riveting.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    German dramatisation of the last days of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich.
  • Elle (2016)
    Review preview for Elle

    Huppert's outstanding performance embraces with unswerving delicacy the controversial decisions she faces.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    A successful video game boss aims to track down her attacker after a home invasion.
  • Flame And Citron (2008)
    Review preview for Flame And Citron

    It is refreshing to see a film which refuses to romanticise this subject matter.

    Val Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Two resistance fighters face treachery and are torn over their feelings for a beautiful woman.
  • Inglourious Basterds (2009)
    Review preview for Inglourious Basterds

    Graphic violence is mixed with tongue-twisting wittiness in Tarantino’s peerless signature style.

    Chris · 4 out of 5
    A mercenary group sets out to hunt Nazis and try to assassinate Hitler during the Second World War.
  • The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
    Review preview for The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

    Car chases and retro dialogue clog up the machinery

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Napoleon Solo teams up with a KGB operative for a joint mission.
  • Safe Conduct (2001)
    Review preview for Safe Conduct

    Tavernier creates a picture without a frame.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Scenes from the Paris film studios during the German occupation.
  • Valkyrie (2008)
    Review preview for Valkyrie

    Screenwriter, Christopher McQuarrie and director Bryan Singer have done a terrific job of resurrecting the Seventies style of war film spiced up with the benefits of modern editing and special effects.

    Tony Sullivan · 4 out of 5
    Story of a plot to assassinate Hitler.

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