FEBRUARY 2024

Grave of the Fireflies (1973)

Isao Takahata

GENRE: Animation, Drama, War

LENGTH: 89 min

 

In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.

Evil Dead II (1987)

Sam Raimi

GENRE: Horror, Comedy

LENGTH: 84 min

 

Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of the Dead." As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed taking over Linda's body.

The English Patient (1996)

Sam Raimi

GENRE: Drama, Romance, War

LENGTH: 162 min

 

In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.