The Boy in The Woods: A True Story of Survival During WWII
Occupied City: Steve McQueen’s Original Take of Amsterdam Under the Nazis
Irena’s Vow: A Glimpse of Heroic Holocaust History Even as History Repeats Itself
ReviewJim SlotekIrena’s Vow, TIFF 23, WWII, Nazis, Nazi era Poland, Louise Archambault, Dan Gordon, Sophie Nélisse, Dougray Scott, Maciej Nawrocki
One Life: Anthony Hopkins Brings Gravitas (and Tears) to True-Life WWII Story
ReviewJim SlotekOne Life, TIFF 23, James Hawes, Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Lena Olin, Johnny Flynn, Drama, British film, WWII, Biopic
Original-Cin Q&A: One Life Director James Hawes on Capturing a Hero’s Essence
By Bonnie Laufer
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Original-Cin Q&A: Austin Butler, Callum Turner Bring War Heroes to Life in Masters of the Air
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekMasters of the Air, Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Raff Law, Barry Keoghan, Anthony Boyle, Josh Bolt, WWII, Drama, Series, AppleTV+
Persian Lessons: Miseducating a Nazi
ReviewJim SlotekPersian Lessons, WWII, Nazis, Vadim Perelman, Ilya Zofin, Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Lars Eidinger, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Farsi, One Thousand and One Nights
Six Minutes to Midnight: Eddie Izzard-Guided WWII Drama Intriguing but Unfulfilling
The Affair: Europudding in a Lovely Real-Life Terrarium
Review, PreviewJim SlotekThe Affair, Clae, Julius Sevcik, Hanna Alström, WWII, architecture, Ludwig Mies van de Rohe, Czech Republic, Nazis, Historical drama, Lesbian love story, Carice van Houten, Villa Tugendhat, adaptation, The Glass Room
The Last Vermeer: Fascinating True-Life Story Underserved by Middling Drama
By Karen Gordon
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Review, PreviewJim SlotekThe Last Vermeer, Guy Pearce, Claes Bang, WWII, Nazis, Dan Friedkin, Drama, Vicky Krieps, Forgery
The Secrets We Keep: Post-War Thriller Entertaining Enough… If You Don’t Look Too Closely
Review, PreviewJim SlotekThe Secrets We Keep, Thriller, Nazis, Yuval Adler, Noomi Rapace, Chris Messina, Amy Seimetz, Joel Kinnaman, Hitchcockian, Drama, WWII
Resistance: Clumsy Marcel Marceau Biopic Stupendously Mishandles… Everything
Review, PreviewBiopic, Drama, WWII, Jesse Eisenberg, Ed Harris, Edgar Ramirez, Marcel Marceau, Jonathan Jakubowicz, iTunes movies, Nazi, French Resistance
Mudbound: Penetrating Period Drama Explores Enduring Racism in America
