Tag Archives: Holocaust movies

a trip to the roots (film: A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg, 2024)

Posted on January 17, 2025 by admin

The genre of films to which ‘A Real Pain‘ (2024), the second film in which Jesse Eisenberg is (also) behind the camera as director, belongs is quite popular in Israel. Trips to Poland and other countries in Europe where episodes … Continue reading →

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the fight against forgetting (film: The Ring / HaTabat – Adir Miller, 2024)

Posted on December 27, 2024 by admin

‘The Ring’ (‘HaTabat’ – 2024), written by Adir Miller and directed by him together with Doron and Yoav Paz, is a film that starts from some excellent premises. It is based on a true story that happened during the Holocaust … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged author cinema, Based on a True Story, Doron Paz, HaTabat, historical drama, Holocaust movies, Israeli cinema, Joy Rieger, melodrama, The Ring, Tikva Dayan, Yoav Paz | Leave a comment

a duty to talk (film: White Bird – Marc Foster, 2023)

Posted on December 17, 2024 by admin

To prevent history from repeating itself, the stories of episodes of the Holocaust, of other genocides, and of acts of political terror and terrorism must be made known in all their horror. The best testimonies are those of survivors. But … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Ariella Glaser, coming to age movies, Gillian Anderson, Helen Mirren, Hollywood movies, Holocaust movies, Marc Foster, Orlando Schwerdt, White Bird, ww2 movies | Leave a comment

Orson Welles roads-opening movie (film: The Stranger – Orson Welles, 1946)

Posted on October 3, 2024 by admin

The 1946 ‘The Stranger‘ is one of Orson Welles‘ attempts to make films within the Hollywood production system. It was a commercially successful gamble, but one that would remain an exception in Welles‘ directorial career. Many of his subsequent films … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Bronislau Kaper, Edward G. Robinson, film noir, Hollywood movies, Holocaust movies, John Huston, Loretta Young, Orson Welles, Russell Metty, Sam Spiegel, The Stranger, ww2 movies | Leave a comment

the trivialization of evil (film: The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer, 2023)

Posted on February 26, 2024 by admin

Jonathan Glazer‘s Holocaust film The Zone of Interest (2023) is one of the most anticipated and talked about films of the season. The film is interesting and this is not a surprise. Glazer is a director and screenwriter who proposes … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Christian Friedel, film based on a novel, Holocaust, Holocaust movies, Jonathan Glazer, Martin Amis, Mica Levi, Sandra Hüller, The Zone of Interest | Leave a comment

a ray of light in hard times (film: Rosenstrasse – Margarethe von Trotta, 2003)

Posted on August 8, 2023 by admin

‘A ray of light in hard times’ – this is how one of the main heroines characterizes the events described in ‘Rosenstrasse‘, the 2003 film directed by Margarethe von Trotta. The episode took place in February-March 1943 and was one … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Based on a True Story, Doris Schade, German cinema, Holocaust movies, Jutta Lampe, Katja Riemann, Margarethe von Trotta, Maria Schrader, original script, Pamela Katz, Rosenstrasse, ww2 movies | Leave a comment

life? or theatre? (animation film: Charlotte – Tahir Rana & Éric Warin, 2021)

Posted on January 26, 2023 by admin

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day events gave me the opportunity to see, at an event organized by the French Cultural Institute, a film I was planning to watch for a while but somehow missed last year when it was released … Continue reading →

Posted in animation, movies | Tagged animation movies, Charlotte, Charlotte Salomon, David Bezmozgis, Éric Warin, Erik Rutherford, Holocaust movies, international movies production, Keira Knightley, Marion Cotillard, Tahir Rana | Leave a comment

coping with evil and memory (film: June Zero – Jake Paltrow, 2022)

Posted on January 25, 2023 by admin

Last night I had the opportunity to attend a preview of a film that has been on the international festival circuit for about half a year, but whose commercial release will only take place in the coming weeks. The fact … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged American Director, Ami Smolartchik, Holocaust movies, international movies production, Israeli cinema, Jake Paltrow, June Zero, Noam Ovadia, Tom Hagi, Tom Shoval, Tsahi Grad | Leave a comment

a very special tale of survival (film: Persian Lessons – Vadim Perelman, 2020)

Posted on September 17, 2022 by admin

‘Persian Lessons‘ is one of the most surprising films I’ve seen lately. It is an international co-production made by studios in Russia, Germany and Belarus. Director Vadim Perelman was born in Ukraine and lives and works in Canada and the … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged coproductions, Holocaust, Holocaust movies, Ilja Zofin, international movies production, Jonas Nay, Lars Eidinger, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Persian Lessons, Vadim Perelman | Leave a comment

history in a court of law (film: Denial – Mick Jackson, 2016)

Posted on August 7, 2022 by admin

Most of British director Mick Jackson‘s films are TV productions. However, those who look at his filmography will find that among his few films for the big screen are two big Hollywood blockbusters: ‘The Bodyguard‘ (1992) and ‘Volcano‘ (1997). But … Continue reading →

Posted in Holocaust, movies | Tagged courtroom drama, Denial, docu-drama, Holocaust movies, international movies production, Mick Jackson, Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson | Leave a comment