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Fatherland Review

I’ll admit I know precious little about Thomas Mann, the central figure that looms large both within and over Paweł Pawlikowski’s gorgeous film Fatherland. But that doesn’t matter, as Pawlikowski and screenwriter Henk Handloegten care less about diving into the biographical elements of Mann’s story – in this case, his trip to a divided Germany in […]

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The Zone of Interest Review

The Zone of Interest is the fourth feature film from Jonathan Glazer, the man behind Sexy Beast and Under the Skin. With The Zone of Interest Glazer tackles the subject of the Holocaust. Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) is a senior SS officer whose family lives next to the walls of Auschwitz. He spends time with his family as well as managing the concentration […]