The Disappearance of Josef Mengele
Welcome to the pathetic life of Dr. Josef Mengele, the famed ”Angel of Death” who notoriously experimented on his Jewish victims in Auschwitz before disappearing after the end of the…
The Swedish Connection
In 1942, a Swedish foreign ministry bureaucrat (Henrik Dorsin) learns about systematic killing of Jews in Nazi Germany and decides that rules need to be bro… well, bent at least.…
A Real Pain
Two cousins (Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin) go to Poland on a group tour with other Jewish tourists, hoping to reconnect with their family’s history. A personal story by Eisenberg that…
Never Alone
In 1942, during the Continuation War in Finland, Jewish businessman Abraham Stiller (Ville Virtanen) does his best to help other Jews from being sent to Germany. Another historical drama from…
Nuremberg
After the end of World War II, American psychiatrist Douglas Kelley (Rami Malek) is hired to evaluate the captured Hermann Göring’s (Russell Crowe) mental health before he stands trial in…
The Bridgeplayers
Not the type of documentary that will stun you visually; on the contrary, it has little to offer technically. However, the portrait it paints of four women in their 90s…
Riefenstahl
A documentary about Leni Riefenstahl that shows us previously unseen photos, films, letters and notes that were originally donated to a foundation. Seasoned documentary director Andres Veiel also included footage…
The Brutalist: After Buchenwald
Adrien Brody. Photo: A24 That running time may cause some hesitation. That’s not including a fifteen-minute long intermission that’s part of the film, like in the old days. I decided…
Occupied City
This documentary had the potential to become something great. Steve McQueen adapted his Dutch wife Bianca Stigter’s book that chronicled the war years in Amsterdam, creating a comprehensive guide to…
Lee
A biography many years in the making by a woman who started out as a cinematographer and documentary filmmaker – no wonder then that the story of famous World War…