Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Josh Weiss is a writer covering the nexus of pop culture and Judaism. If anyone in Germany had the ability to tailor their image ...

(JTA) — The Nazi film propagandist Leni Riefenstahl remained a true believer in the party her entire life, and may have played an active role in at least one mass slaughter of Jews, according to a new ...

Exclusive: Director Andres Veiel obtained access to Leni Riefenstahl's personal archives to assemble a damning profile of the director, one that obliterates her attempts at distancing herself from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For some problematic filmmakers there’s the mental task of “separating the art from the artist.” And then there are the ...

Was he a Holocaust hero who saved thousands or a Nazi collaborator who sent many thousands more to their deaths? That's the central question behind the legacy of Rudolph (Rezso) Kasztner, a Hungarian ...

One of the most eye-opening, chilling, fascinating, and frightening documentaries this year just premiered at the Venice Film Festival. It's titled Riefenstahl, referencing the iconic & also infamous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Andres Veiel’s Venice prizewinning documentary “Riefenstahl,” a critical ...

NEW YORK — I wish this movie came out 50 years ago. Or at least when Leni Riefenstahl, the incredibly gifted film director and close associate of the Nazi party, was alive and on her decades-long “I ...

On the heels of the White House UFC event, a new History Channel documentary revisits a time when combat sports worked to take down fascism rather than prop it up.

Beta Cinema has added Andres Veiel‘s upcoming documentary film “Riefenstahl,” about controversial filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, to its Cannes lineup. The film is an exploration of Riefenstahl’s legacy, ...

Andres Veiel gives a comprehensive overview of Leni Riefenstahl's life and career — and especially her dogged efforts to outrun her past. And that’s even before you consider “Triumph of the Will,” ...