Lemon

"...Like Cannibal Holocaust and Woody Allen’s Interiors, Lemon falls under the category..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Past Life

Avi Nesher's film is a thoughtful examination of forgiveness

"...instincts are to investigate their father’s experiences in the Holocaust, something he’s refused to discuss with his daughters. But..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Zookeeper's Wife

World War II drama based on the bestselling book

"...The Zookeeper’s Wife tells a unique story of Holocaust heroism and survival in which the sufferings of animals..."

April 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2014: Documentaries, Program A

Three remarkable stories of people's reaction to oppression.

"...Herz-Sommer, a former concert pianist and the world’s oldest Holocaust survivor. (She was 109 at the time of filming,..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

No Place on Earth

A spelunker in the Ukraine turns amateur sleeuth as he tries to make sense of the remnants he finds in a cave: They were left by Jews who hid there from the Nazis.

"...have belonged to Ukrainian Jews seeking refuge during the Holocaust. In 2002, Nicola received an email from Sam Stermer,..."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Room 237

Pet theories about what really went down at the Overlook Hotel abound in this documentary about Stanley Kubrick's intentions in The Shining.

"...What if The Shining were an allegory for the Holocaust? Or Kubrick’s secret confession to having faked the Apollo..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Academy Award-Nominated Live-Action Shorts 2009

Good things come in small packages.

"...reference to Ionesco’s Rhinoceros, which is distracting, since the Holocaust predates the play by 15 years. (I’ve said too..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Turistas

Turistas is a surprisingly effective horror film with good acting and some breathless action.

"...aspects of The Descent, and Marino Girolami's scalpel-happy Cannibal Holocaust aka Doctor Butcher, M.D. Very believably acted throughout and..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Go for Zucker!

As two German families collide, the film explores its characters’ shared history to unravel the challenges of political and personal reunification.

"...modern Germany, despite ostensible decades of healing since the Holocaust. It’s not quite masterful enough to achieve all its..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Before the Fall

Every movie about the Holocaust should be this good, but few are. Heartbreaking and brutal, its tale of two boys training together at an elite school is as intimate and truthful to its characters as it is powerfully topical and politically brave.

"...Striesow and Joachim Bibmeier. AFS@Dobie Every movie about the Holocaust should be this good, but few are. Heartbreaking and..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic

Spotty comedy delivers on its promise of Total Silverman, but that turns out to be not such a good thing after all.

"...potty-mouth. And with topics such as rape, 9/11, the Holocaust, and AIDS as part of her recurring repertoire, she..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Memories of the Long-Distance Runner

After surviving a holocaust, Gilbert Tuhabonye runs through life to tell his tale

"...a 'normal Christian.'" But after the attack – "the holocaust," he calls it – "I just realized that it..."

May 13, 2005 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

Facing Windows

Overburdened domestic drama from Italy still features some great performances.

"...strives to rekindle outrage at the horrors of the Holocaust and connect its anguish with contemporary problems. An admirable..."

July 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Amen.

"...Firebrand filmmaker Costa-Gavras (Missing) turns his lens upon the Holocaust, examining the conditions that allowed the mass exterminations of..."

March 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Grey Zone

"...a welcome antidote to the recent run of feel-good Holocaust movies such as Life Is Beautiful, Schindler's List, and..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

War Photographer

"...are interspersed with mass-graveside footage that rivals those old Holocaust reels in terms of sheer massive horror. Again, it's..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Divided We Fall

"...filmmakers to tell stories of simple heroism during the Holocaust -- stories about flawed people attempting in some small..."

July 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Last Days

"...Foundation, this documentary speaks with five survivors of the Holocaust, all of them originally from Hungary, and all of..."

March 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Substance of Fire

"...and raising questions about principle, obsession, art, and the Holocaust with no pat answers. But when the camera shifts..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Safe

Everyone is having a hard time putting a finger on Carol's problem, but nothing seems to cure her discomfort and, steadily, she wastes away. Is her problem medical, societal, or psychological? All of the above?

"...has an element of science fiction to this coming holocaust and maybe even an allegorical rendering of the AIDS..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Heroic Trio II: The Executioners

"...summer's box-office smash. In a world ravaged by nuclear holocaust, the only untainted water available comes from the Clean..."

Aug. 26, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Architecture of Doom

"...a convincing thesis about Hitler and his legacy, the Holocaust -- the Nazi sense of aesthetic purity, as opposed..."

Jan. 24, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

'Light' Dawns in Austin

A new ballet leads the way in an ambitious community project promoting tolerance

"...For six decades, survivors of the Holocaust have cried out, "Never forget!" But their message grows..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Thanks!

"...statement re: Life is Beautiful that thought the film's Holocaust setting is unrealistic, "we must also appreciate that by..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Column

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...Christopher McCollum, Nightswim/A Ride With Bob/Light: The Holocaust & Humanity Project..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

2017 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentaries – Programs A & B

"...bunch, and since it concerns the actions of a Holocaust survivor, it may stand the strongest chance for an..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ballet Austin

Ballet Austin shines a light on human rights and the Holocaust in reviving its 2005 work

"...– 50 times brighter. When it first produced Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project in 2005, the company made the..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM

Follow the yellow brick road to Wounded Knee in this account of L. Frank Baum's effort to tame the untamable.

"...David E. Stannard's superbly researched and harrowing book American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World. In 1891, Baum..."

July 21, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

DVDanger: All This Horror Business

Catching up with the major terror releases

"...For good or ill, his 1979 underground classic Cannibal Holocaust sets the disturbing bar for gross-out horror. Now it..."

July 26, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Delving Deeper Into the Archive of a Dark Time

Doc Nights: Shoah: The Unseen Interviews

"...French director Claude Lanzmann's 9¼-hours-long, genre-bending documentary about the Holocaust. The film has been heralded since then for the..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

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