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In ‘The Ice Tower’ The Snow Queen Is Revisited Through The Gibigiana Effect / Berlin Film Festival

The Snow Queen tale by Hans Christian Andersen centres on the struggle between good and evil, as an icy sorceress seeks to create discord in the world, subjugating a child. This story has had incommensurable media adaptations, from the theatre to the silver screen. The latter includes Japanese and BBC productions, even an animated TV…

Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. – Video Interview with Filmmaker Todd Komarnicki

Some might think that every story about WWII has already been told, but few people may know the name Dietrich Bonhoeffer, even though there have been multiple movies and docs made about the German pastor who fought back about Adolf Hitler’s abuse of the church to help bring his Third Reich to power ahead of…

Film Review : Netflix’s ‘Munich: The Edge of War’ is a Solid Look Back at a Tipping Point in History

The run-up to a major conflict is often filled with great tension, but it can also be a period of relative peace, where those not actively involved in negotiations or strategy might be blissfully aware of anything being unstable. Looking back on history, it’s easy to see the points at which direct action at an…