Holocaust Film Series begins at Figge Art Museum, Davenport

The Lloyd M. Burstein Memorial Holocaust Film Series 2025 begins at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 16, at the Figge Art Museum, 225 W.
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An idyllic Jewish village, full of life and hope, just hours before its utter annihilation

Ady Walter's Yiddish language Holocaust film 'Shttl' takes place outside Kyiv prior to the Nazi invasion in 1941.
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Opinion: ‘The Zone of Interest’ — a Holocaust movie without Jews

Director Jonathan Glazer’s acclaimed movie “The Zone of Interest” recently won two Oscars — for best international feature film and for sound. Steven Spielberg has declared it to be the best Holocaust ...
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The art of the Holocaust movie helps us process real pain and keep history alive | Opinion

Decades before he died, so that he would not die there, Steven Kende fled a concentration camp where one of his jobs was “picking up pieces of people.” He hid in bushes from his German guards and ...
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Steven Spielberg reveals the movie he thinks is his greatest work

Steven Spielberg once revealed that he considers Schindler’s List to be the best film he has ever made. The story of Oskar ...
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‘Zone of Interest’ Follows History of Holocaust Films at the Oscars

The Academy’s tendency to award trophies to Holocaust movies has long been whispered about — and even occasionally joked about by cheeky comedians. In 2009, shortly after Kate Winslet won a Golden ...
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‘This Ordinary Thing’ feature-style documentary spotlights ordinary heroes who defied the Holocaust

The Miami Jewish Film Festival has announced the special premiere of This Ordinary Thing, a powerful documentary-style ...
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‘The Day the Clown Cried,’ funnyman Jerry Lewis’ infamously terrible Holocaust movie, is having a new moment. But you still can’t watch it.

In 1993 the film critic Shawn Levy was working on a biography of Jerry Lewis when, sitting down with the comedian on his yacht, Levy gingerly asked him about “The Day the Clown Cried.” Levy knew the ...
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So, what’s the deal with the honey scene in ‘Marty Supreme?’

A harrowing story of survival in Auschwitz has been misinterpreted by some viewers, sparking online discourse.
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Opinion: ‘The Zone of Interest’ — a Holocaust movie without Jews

(CNN) — Editor’s note: Peter Rutland is professor of government at Wesleyan University and an expert in the politics of contemporary Russia. He is a vice president of the Association for the Study of ...