(M) The Killing Fields
Grade: B
This film is based on a true story of a New York Times journalist who was in Cambodia when the Khmer Rouge began to rise up against the government and institute a campaign of ethnic cleansing. As the US Military begins to pull out of Cambodia, the New York Times journalist decides to stay behind to cover the story. Staying behind as well is a native man who is also a reporter and a friend of the NY Times journalist. As the situation worsens all American journalists leave and the local reporter is left behind to face the Khmer Rogue on his own.


(M) Night Porter
Grade: C
When a night porter (the front desk man at a hotel) checks in a famous composer and his wife to the hotel, the night porter recognizes the wife (and she recognizes the night porter) as a woman he forced a sexual affair upon when he was an officer in the nazi army and she was a prisoner. The night porter is about to face trial for his actions in the nazi army and all witnesses are now dead except for this one woman. The night porter is told to "file her away" as to save himself and others from any conviction but his love for her is strong and the womans affection for the night porter resurfaces leading to a rather twisted and sad relationship.

There was this one scene in the movie where they did a flashback to where they stuck many of the young girls that the nazi's captured onto one of those carnival style swing rides where it lifts you off the ground and then spins you around and around. While the girls were on the ride, the nazi officers decided to then just randomly shoot at the women. It was one of the most f'ed up concepts I've seen.