World War II

Speer Goes to Hollywood

By Ray Lobo | October 2021

NEW TO THEATERS! One gets a queasy feeling watching co-writer/director Vanessa Lapa’s Speer Goes to Hollywood. That nausea arises from witnessing a…

Read More

Speer Goes to Hollywood image — Speer Goes to Hollywood
Read More

NEW TO THEATERS! One gets a queasy feeling watching co-writer/director Vanessa Lapa's Speer Goes to Hollywood. That nausea arises from witnessing a man who...

Oh, It Hertz! image — Oh, It Hertz!
Read More

Did the Nazis raise the decibels on the orchestral tuning standard in 1939 to destabilize civilization through pop music? While the premise is worthy of a...

Gift of Fire image — Gift of Fire
Read More

The title of Hiroshi Kurosaki's splendid Gift of Fire is a direct reference to Prometheus, who bestowed fire upon humanity, both a gift and a curse. Fire...

Operation Overlord image — Operation Overlord
Read More

For decades, filmmakers have tackled the horrors of war to tell moving stories of courage and self-sacrifice. Independent filmmaker Brett Bentman takes a...

The Champion of Auschwitz (Mistrz) image — The Champion of Auschwitz (Mistrz)
Read More

Inspired by a true story, writer/director Maciej Barczewski's The Champion of Auschwitz (Mistrz) is about Tadeusz "Teddy" Pietrzkowski (Piotr Glowacki),...

Into the Darkness image — Into the Darkness
Read More

Legendary Danish editor Anders Refn, partly known for his work with Lars von Trier, rarely ventures into directing; he's helmed less than half a dozen...

The Good Traitor image — The Good Traitor
Read More

Set in the heart of Hitler's violent rise to power, The Good Traitor follows Danish ambassador Henrik Kauffmann (Ulrich Thomsen) in his struggle to make...

Under Darkness image — Under Darkness
Read More

Under Darkness is a short film that tells the true story of Faye Schulman, a young Jewish woman who, following the murder of her family by Nazis, joined...

The Auschwitz Report image — The Auschwitz Report
Read More

Over the years, there have been several exigent and insightful documentations of the atrocities of the Holocaust. The subject matter is so traumatic that...

Dara of Jasenovac image — Dara of Jasenovac
Read More

Extreme situations warp our experiences. When you are a prisoner in an extermination camp, there are no insignificant actions. Every action is a delicate...

« Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next »