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Ben Affleck stars and directs in the gangster movie ‘Live by Night’
‘Live by Night’ holds the mirror up to the prohibition era in America and is based on the 2012 novel of the same name The plot unfolds around the American military veteran and police chief’s son Joe Coughlin whose life descends into the...
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Anne's new season features original black character
It's part of an effort to have more diversity in the entertainment industry — and the producers are doing it without breaking historical accuracy or resorting to blatant tokenism.
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‘Land of Mine’ opens door into corner of Danish history
Beneath a vast expanse of sand on the Danish coast lie thousands of deadly land mines. What happens to them is the theme in the movie “Land of Mine”. It opens a door into a dark corner of Danish history and has landed an Oscar...
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‘The Lost City of Z’ at the Berlin Film Festival
They came from ‘The Lost City of Z’ – the film that is to the fervour of the red carpet at the Berlinale. The cast of the action movie includes British-American actress Sienna Miller. Joining her too signing autographs and meeting their...
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New German film addresses Nazi child ‘euthanasia’
‘Fog In August’ (‘Nebel im August’) is the first feature film to address the Nazis’ ‘euthanasia’ programme. Based on Robert Domes’ 2008 novel of the same name, the film tells the story of 13-year-old Ernst Lossa, who was committed to a...
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Actress Natalie Portman is a strong contender for an Oscar for her role in “Jackie”
Actress Natalie Portman has become a strong contender for this year’s Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal as former first lady Jackie Kennedy. The starring role in the film “Jackie” was a demanding one. “ I watched a lot of footage....
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Pitt and Cotillard versus the Nazis and each other in “Alliance”
Much awaited romantic thriller “Allied” has opened in Paris, with the stars hitting the red carpet to boost the movie, which has also benefitted from much speculation about an on-set romance between the leads that may have blown up...
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Warren Beatty is back after 15 years
Hollywood actor and director Warren Beatty is back after fifteen years. He plays American entrepreneur Howard Hughes in ‘Rules don’t apply’, which he also wrote and directed. Set in 1950’s Hollywood, the film follows the forbidden...
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New German film addresses Nazi child “euthanasia”
‘Fog In August’ (‘Nebel im August’) is the first feature film to address the “Nazis’ “euthanasia” programme”:https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005200. Based on Robert Domes’ 2008 novel of the same name, the film tells...
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‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Mel Gibson’s homage to a real life superhero
Mel Gibson is back in the directors chair with his latest film ‘Hacksaw Ridge.’ The movie is based on the true story of US army medic Desmond Thomas Doss. #VeteranOfTheDay Desmond Thomas Doss USArmy 1942 – 1946 #MedalOfHonor recipient...
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Oscar buzz builds for Rebecca Hall in ‘Christine’
More than 40 years after her death, Antonio Campos tells the story of Christine Chubbuck, a news anchor in Florida who shot herself on live TV in 1974. Revisit the Case of Christine Chubbuck, the Reporter Who Shot Herself During a...
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‘Frantz’: a moving period drama by François Ozon
French director François Ozon is back with an unexpected film quite different to his other movies. ‘Frantz’ is a World War One period drama that looks at both the French and the German perspective. A French army veteran decides to visit...
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Remembering Andrzej Wajda: the voice of Poland
Andrzej Wajda, the acclaimed Polish director whose films reflected his country’s turbulent history, has died at the age of 90. Wajda attended Poland’s renowned Łódź film school after the second world war and shot to global fame with his...
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Cillian Murphy stars in Nazi-era thriller
Irish actors Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan star in war-time drama ‘Anthropoid’ – after the code name of a World War Two plan to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich. Shot in some of the locations where the real...
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“Neruda” : an unconventional take on Chilean Nobel Prize-winning poet
For his latest film, “Neruda”, Chilean director, Pablo Larrain, has once again teamed up with the Mexican star, Gael Garcia Bernal. The film follows the Chilean Nobel Prize-winning poet, Pablo Neruda, who becomes a fugitive in his home...
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Fritz Bauer: Sometimes the only way to save your country is to betray it
Little is known about the hunt for Nazi criminal Adolph Eichman. Most people have heard about his abduction by Mossad in Argentina in 1960, his trial in Israel and his hanging. But what many do not know is that the man responsible for...
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‘Land of Mine’ shines light on ‘dark side’ of Denmark’s war history
‘Land of Mine’ is a Danish-German film, which opens up a rather unknown chapter of World War Two. Directed by Denmark’s Martin Zandvliet, it is a story from the days following the surrender of Nazi Germany in May 1945. German prisoners...
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Son of Saul goes for Oscar glory
Hungary has only ever once won an Oscar in 1981 when István Szabó‘s “Mephisto” triumphed as Best Foreign Language movie. This year it may have its best chance in a long time of repeating that as “Son of Saul” has Cannes and Golden Globe...
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The Crown controversy: Netflix series suffers backlash over depiction of British Royal Family
Critics say The Crown displays a general lack of respect for The Queen and her family.
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South African actor Embeth Davidtz makes directorial debut with Rhodesia-set drama
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Pbs Learning Media: World on Fire: Nazi Ideology
Discover the ways in which Nazi ideology encompassed more than hatred against the Jews, in this video [2:22] excerpt from World on Fire, Masterpiece. When American reporter Nancy Campbell meets with Dr. Voller, who runs a "clinic" for...