As his embrace of a Holocaust denier and a right-wing sect proves, Benedict just doesn't get it about the church's ongoing problem with anti-Semitism.
By Frances Kissling Jan 29, 2009
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Joe Lieberman hates to say it, but Afghanistan is just like Nazi Germany
By Gabriel Winant
September 25, 2009
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Republicans are congratulating themselves for their "principled" opposition. Who do they think they're fooling?
By Andrew Leonard
August 24, 2009
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Terry Gilliam and Tim Burton's latest, Britney and Lindsay do Bergman, and leaked Anne Frank-David Mamet dialogue
By Andrew O'Hehir
August 18, 2009
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"Inglourious Basterds" depicts Jews pursuing ultraviolent, absurdist revenge against their Nazi oppressors. Discuss
By Andrew O'Hehir
August 13, 2009
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I fear there's nothing worse than struggling against the inevitable
By Cary Tennis
July 22, 2009
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Thousands of German women were sexually assaulted near the end of WW II. Brutal payback, a war crime or both?
By Andrew O'Hehir
July 17, 2009
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Catholic bishop Richard Williamson says he is willing to "review the historical evidence" about whether the Holocaust occurred, but rejects the suggestion that he visit a concentration camp.
by Peter Wensierski and Steffen Winter
February 11, 2009
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Daniel Craig is the secret weapon in this otherwise methodical Holocaust movie about Jewish brothers determined to kick Nazi ass.
By Stephanie Zacharek
January 16, 2009
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Tom Cruise leads a cast of actors giving terrible performances in a big-budget Nazi thriller that's just following orders.
By Stephanie Zacharek
December 25, 2008
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Vivid Arab-French immigrant yarn "Secret of the Grain" is a near-masterpiece; fascinating Brecht documentary "Theater of War" describes one.
By Andrew O'Hehir
December 24, 2008
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In the PBS documentary "Inheritance," the daughter
of Nazi murderer Amon Goeth struggles to accept an unbearable legacy.
By Heather Havrilesky
December 10, 2008
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What if Hitler had a love child? A.N. Wilson's "Winnie and Wolf" is a chilling fictional tale of a clandestine affair.
By James Hannaham
November 25, 2008
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When you use Nazi death camps as Oscar bait, you know you've hit rock bottom.
By Stephanie Zacharek
November 7, 2008
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French screen legend Jeanne Moreau will make you weep in Israeli director Amos Gitai's breathtaking and unconventional "One Day You'll Understand."
By Andrew O'Hehir
November 1, 2008
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Claude Miller's wrenching "A Secret" distills the French nation's Nazi-era guilt into one family's incredible-but-true wartime story.
By Andrew O'Hehir
September 5, 2008
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Czech master Jirí Menzel's black comedy about a lovable innocent turned Nazi collaborator is a work of nettlesome genius. Will anybody notice?
By Andrew O'Hehir
August 29, 2008
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Carl Dreyer's erotic witch-hunt drama "Day of Wrath," made in Nazi-occupied Denmark, resurfaces with shattering clarity after a digital restoration.
By Andrew O'Hehir
August 26, 2008
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Can great art spring from a lie? Two new books about forgers raise provocative questions about the links between authenticity and genius.
By Louis Bayard
August 14, 2008
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"Man on Wire" and its daredevil star thrill Tribeca, but Mamet's "Redbelt" is a jiu-jitsu pratfall. Plus: Is Brecht still relevant?
By Andrew O'Hehir
April 28, 2008
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Hot she-wolves of the SS, rescued from the memory hole. Also: Buddhism for murderers, housewife seeks Asian stud and more.
By Andrew O'Hehir
April 11, 2008
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A haunting new alternative history imagines an invading German army living alongside the natives in rural Wales.
By Laura Miller
March 18, 2008
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"Suite Française" made her a posthumous literary sensation. But newly published work raises the question: Was Némirovsky a Jewish anti-Semite?
By Allen Barra
February 6, 2008
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In Germany, Wagner is worshiped like a god. His scheming, squabbling descendants are another story.
By Laura Miller
January 15, 2008
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An interview with conservative pundit Jonah Goldberg, who argues that fascism is left-wing, not right-wing, and that contemporary liberals are fascism's intellectual offspring.
By Alex Koppelman
January 11, 2008