At the center of this compelling documentary is a World War II survival tale that is almost too astonishing to be believable.

The subjects are former civilians of the Third Reich: ex-SS, ex-Hitler Youth, and “ordinary” folk who worked the remedial jobs that allowed the Nazis to commit genocide.

Polish Holocaust survivors Saul Dreier and Ruby Sosnowicz, move with more energy than most men half their ages. The same can be said for their music.

This thoughtful, wide-ranging documentary covers the changing relationship between Jewish and German intellectuals since the Holocaust.

Israeli director Ada Ushpiz applies the argument that “the personal is political” to Hannah Arendt’s life to understand her perceptions and to provide context for the controversy over Eichmann in Jerusalem.

It was only the third day of the Cannes Film Festival when Chicago Tribune critic Michael Phillips rightfully predicted that the first feature film by Hungarian director Laszlo Nemes would win a top jury award. He wasn’t exactly sticking his neck out. Even if the official competition’s lineup were strong this year, and it wasn’t […]

Written, Directed and Produced by Oren Jacoby Released by the Film Sales Company USA. 92 min. Not rated English and Italian with English subtitles What Americans may know of World War II’s impact on Italy is often centered on the Allies’ liberating invasion and the many World at War-type documentaries that repeat the  footage of […]

Directed by Edet Belzberg Produced by Belzberg, Amelia Green-Dove and Kerry Propper Based on A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power Released by Music Box Films English and Zaghawa, Spanish, French with English subtitles USA. 121 min. Not rated Just weeks before Watchers Of the Sky opened in theaters, […]

Directed and Written by Aaron Yeger Produced by Tom Rasky, Marc Swenker, Yeger, and Stephen C. Whitehead Released by First Run Features Canada. 99 min. Not rated A solitary figure walks slowly down a long wooded path. In voice-over we hear him all but whisper in a tone that hints of defeatism, that he wants […]