Son of Saul (2015)

Dir. Laszlo Nemes. Starring Geza Rohrig, Levente Molnar, Todd Charmont Son of Saul makes the right stylistic choice just about every time, except once when I think its characters say too much. It’s most of the way through the movie by now. Saul (Rohrig) has made maybe a dozen profoundly irrational choices in his hellbent effort… Read More Son of Saul (2015)

May 24, 2017June 30, 2017 Tim2 Comments

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

Dir. Stanley Kramer. Starring Spencer Tracy, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell Burt Lancaster, as disgraced German jurist Ernst Janning, doesn’t have very much to say in Judgment at Nuremberg. Like a smart defendant, he is mostly silent for vast swaths of the film; Janning – through his lawyer, Hans Rolfe (Schell) – questions the validity of an… Read More Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

November 5, 2016June 30, 2017 TimLeave a comment

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Son of Saul (2015)

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)