Was he a Holocaust hero who saved thousands or a Nazi collaborator who sent many thousands more to their deaths? That's the central question behind the legacy of Rudolph (Rezso) Kasztner, a Hungarian ...
Plenty of documentaries have been made about the Second World War, with the best ones including The Memory of Justice, The ...
It's quiet on the indie front. Oscar contenders linger in theaters ahead of the March 2 Academy Awards ceremony that will ...
Beta Cinema has added Andres Veiel’s upcoming documentary film “Riefenstahl,” about controversial filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, to its Cannes lineup. The film is an exploration of Riefenstahl’s legacy, ...
For some problematic filmmakers there’s the mental task of “separating the art from the artist.” And then there are the intellectual hurdles you need to jump over for an aesthetic appreciation of Leni ...
One of the most eye-opening, chilling, fascinating, and frightening documentaries this year just premiered at the Venice Film Festival. It's titled Riefenstahl, referencing the iconic & also infamous ...
Nothing inspires immensity on the part of documentary filmmakers quite like the Nazis. First came “The Sorrow and the Pity,” Marcel Ophuls’s damning four-hour exploration of Vichy France from 1969.
Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Andres Veiel’s Venice prizewinning documentary “Riefenstahl,” a critical portrait of Leni Riefenstahl, a filmmaker and Nazi propagandist who was close ...
In 2024, the year we may very well see the end of our republic, every American and especially every Trump supporter, should watch the PBS documentary called “Nazi Town, USA.” It chronicles the rise of ...
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - A potentially fascinating topic is given a disappointing treatment in Felix Moeller's documentary portrait of German filmmaker Veit Harlan and his infamous 1940 ...