Fires on the Plain (Kon Ichikawa, 1959)

野火
Nobi
JP, 108 min

Onibaba (Kaneto Shindô, 1964)

imdb
criterion essay
previous viewing

Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahata, 1988)

Hotaru no haka
JP, 89 min

the Devil’s Backbone (Guillermo del Toro, 2001)

el Espinazo del diablo
SP/MX, 106 min

A new student at a school for orphans attempts to uncover the killer of the ghost who haunts the orphanage during the final days of the Spanish Civil War.

i’ll give it a “really rather good”. not really sure i understand who the target audience is supposed to be, considering the adult themes present, but it’s certainly more satisfying and less derivative than its “spiritural sequel”, which, in spite of del toro’s clear skill with imagery…

The Tin Drum (Volker Schlöndorff, 1979)

die Blechtrommel
DE/YU, 142 min

one word: YES!
(do you read? then read the novel first)

the Battle of Midway (John Ford, 1942)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Midway

watch it: http://www.archive.org/details/BattleOfMidway

Hope & Glory (John Boorman, 1987)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_and_Glory_(film)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093209/