Ha-Ha-Hitler: The Importance of Mocking Nazis in Jojo Rabbit

Taika Waititi, Stephen Merchant dissect hate in anti-Nazi satire

"...Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis), a young boy in the Hitler Youth in the closing months of World War II,..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hitler's Hollywood

The Third Reich's cinematic propaganda machine exposed

"...fall of Weimar cinema in 2014's From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses, based..."

July 13, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

U.S. Government Is Similar and Had Connections to Hitler's

"...has any similarity or connection to that of Adolf Hitler. On Dec. 13, 1941, six days after the Japanese..."

May 28, 2007 Postmarks

Another Weak Hitler-and-Bush Comparison – Why?

"...anyone who dares to draw a comparison between Adolph Hitler and George W. Bush struck me as crass and..."

Feb. 10, 2004 Postmarks

How the Reich Manipulated Pop Culture in Hitler's Hollywood

The power of propaganda

"...state-run dream factory UFA GmbH. In his new documentary, Hitler's Hollywood (screening this weekend at AFS Cinema before a..."

July 13, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary

"...captures the recollections and reflections of Traudl Junge, Adolf Hitler’s private secretary from 1942 until his suicide in 1945...."

May 16, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Also What About European Anti-Semitism, Rabid Nationalism, the Treaty of Versailles, Deliberate Humiliations, the World-Wide Depression, and Hitler's Charismatic Insanity?

"...accounted for the failure to put an end to Hitler while he was still relatively weak. So an argument..."

May 27, 2005 Postmarks

Comparing Obama to Hitler

"...get a little dicier. If you can't imagine how Hitler came to power, look around at Obama's rallies. Hitler's..."

Feb. 9, 2009 Postmarks

Abbott Intern Compares Davis to Hitler

#AltWendyDavisBookTitle hashtag backfires

"...Dave Carney. But maybe comparing Sen. Davis to Adolph Hitler isn't the right way to get a retweet...."

May 27, 2014 News Post by Brandon Watson

Robin Lewis: If it's springtime, it must be Hitler

The TexARTS artistic director gets to goose the goose-steppers one more time in a regional production of The Producers

"...tenor part in the musical's signature number, "Springtime for Hitler," for the three-week run. In an e-mail, Lewis reported..."

May 30, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hitler + Dallas Cowboys = Love

"...really want to root for the same team Adolf Hitler does? I sure as hell don't. As seen on..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

U.S. Now Regarded as Hitler Was

"...now as hated and feared throughout the world as Hitler used to be. And for good reason. Even though..."

Nov. 17, 2005 Postmarks

Calling for a Revolution Along With Another Weak Bush-Hitler Comparison

"...With regards to the condescending letter title "Another Weak Hitler-and-Bush Comparison – Why?," ["Postmarks," Feb. 13]. I would like..."

Feb. 19, 2004 Postmarks

Downfall

Hitler's final days in the claustrophobic bunker are envisioned by the filmmakers, with an able assist from Bruno Ganz at the Fuhrer.

"...It’s disconcerting to watch Bruno Ganz’s portrayal of Adolf Hitler, which ricochets from moments of quiet introspection to lunatic..."

April 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Max

"...features Noah Taylor (Shine) as a young, post-WWI Adolph Hitler in cynical artistic mode and John Cusack (who also..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What Lies Beneath

John Cusack talks about putting a human face on Hitler in Max.

"...is its secondary character, one young and despicable Adolf Hitler (played by Noah Taylor). Hitler is an aspiring painter,..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

13 Minutes

A plot to blow Hitler up goes wrong

"...on Nov. 8, 1939, single-handedly attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler by blowing up the hall in which der Führer..."

July 28, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl

"...capture underwater images. Riefenstahl is perhaps best known as “Hitler's cinematographer,” but long before her intimate involvement with the..."

June 10, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Days

"...and all of them present at the end as Hitler's war machine shuddered to a listless halt. Unlike the..."

March 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jojo Rabbit

Anti-hate satire in the ruins of the Reich finds heart and humor in the chaos

"...the movie’s POV squarely on the shoulders of little Hitler Youth Johannes (the excellent, cherubic Davis). That perspective renders..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Valkyrie

Tom Cruise seems somewhat out of place as a German officer in this thriller about the attempt on Adolf Hitler's life in July 1944.

"...and much troubled account of the attempt on Adolf Hitler's life by his own officers in July 1944. It's..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Swing Kids

"...it happened. It sees the Swing Kids and the Hitler Youth movement as flip sides of the same adolescent..."

March 12, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Hidden Life

Malick's Nazi-era drama sees the heart and soul overriding the State

"...or sign an oath pledging his fealty to Adolf Hitler circa 1939...."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Death of a Nation

Dinesh D'Souza, at it again, in another propaganda exercise

"...and aligning all manner of horrible people (mainly Adolf Hitler, but hey, let’s throw in Josef Mengele for good..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Labyrinth of Lies

German postwar drama looks at national psyche scarred by the Nazi era

"...bombed-out cities and a national psyche forever scarred by Hitler’s Nazi regime. The Allies began the denazification process, removing..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Architecture of Doom

"...The Architecture of Doom formulates a convincing thesis about Hitler and his legacy, the Holocaust -- the Nazi sense..."

Jan. 24, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Europa Europa

In this award-winning foreign film, a Jewish boy during World War II adopts various non-Jewish identities in order to save his hide, but his uncircumcised penis becomes a dead giveaway.

"...monsters of Naziism and Stalinism. From Communist orphanage to Hitler youth group, Solly blends right in with each circumstance..."

Dec. 27, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest Review: Jojo Rabbit

Taika Waititi takes on hate and Hitler with humor and pathos

"...nationalism, for Taika Waititi to make a comedy about Hitler sounds like treacherous territory for the Thor: Ragnorok and..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

2019 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary

Tales of love and hate dominate these Oscar hopefuls

"...in an unprecedented political rally in favor of Adolf Hitler. Replete with Nazi banners, iconography, and torch-bearers presaging recent..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fahrenheit 11/9

Michael Moore takes on the Trump years

"...in check. And if his analogy between Trump and Hitler seems a bit garish, keep in mind that Moore..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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