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Tag: Stalin

Posted on August 6, 2020August 6, 2020

Hiroshima (1995)

Events on both sides of the Pacific are told in this film about Pres. Truman’s decision to drop the A-bomb on Hiroshima & the Japanese response to defeat.

Posted on April 6, 2018

The Death of Stalin (2017)

The deadly folly of Soviet bureaucracy is central to this tale of events during & following the death of Stalin.

Posted on March 20, 2017March 20, 2017

Bitter Harvest (2017)

A love story during Stalin’s campaign to starve the Ukrainians, this film tells the story of the people’s opposition to their brutal oppressors.

Posted on July 18, 2015July 19, 2015

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared (2013)

Think of this Swedish comedy as Zelig meets Being There meets Forest Gump. Click the movie still to read my entire review.

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