Starship Troopers director confirms uniforms beloved by Donald Trump are Nazi-inspired Paul Verhoeven says film’s point is that the characters are ‘fascists without knowing that they’re fascists’ The Independent UK · Sep 16
Jeffrey Epstein’s elite relationships visualised: the prince, the billionaire and the politicians Guardian analysis of more than a million emails reveals financier’s deep and longstanding ties with the wealthy and powerful The Guardian - UK · Mar 18
A Thing of Beauty review – Imogen Stubbs electrifies as grilled Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl The actor shines as Hitler’s favourite film director, who flirts and finagles her way through a fictional interview with an alcoholic, philandering journalist hiding his own shame The Guardian - UK · Feb 27
Unexpected humour and reflections on a complex past: my top 5 films from the 2025 German Film Festival Foreign audiences often associate German cinema with tragedy, trauma and death. Certainly, major historical events such as the second world war and the Fall of the Berlin Wall — cornerstones of German film — are present in this year’s selection at the 2025 German Film Festival. The Conversation · May 2, 2025
How did Hitler’s film-maker hide her complicity from the world? A new documentary delves into controversial German film-maker Leni Riefenstahl’s private archive to uncover a director who spent a lifetime covering up her central role in the Nazi propaganda machine The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2025
Riefenstahl proves that the best documentary subjects are monsters INSIDE FILM: The Nazi propagandist is seen in a startling new film repeatedly refusing to talk about her relationship with Hitler – and it’s the kind of upset that has always fuelled cinema’s very best documentaries, writes Xan Brooks The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2025
Trump Uses 'Full Metal Jacket' Character Killed By One Of His Own Marines To Portray His Ideal Military He highlighted the role of R. Lee Ermey as the tough-talking drill sergeant in the anti-war movie from 1987. International Business Times · Oct 24, 2024
Inside Noah Davis' rich, cinematic world Nearly a decade after Noah Davis' passing, a touring retrospective sets out to bring his work to a wider audience Wallpaper · Sep 30, 2024
Riefenstahl review – deep-dive study takes down the Nazis’ favourite director Andres Veiel shows how the film-maker loved by Hitler hit the heights with her Berlin Olympics movie – and how she tried and failed to save her Nazi-tinged reputation The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2024
Film suggests Nazis’ lead propagandist had role in 1939 massacre Letter in Leni Riefenstahl archive appears to claim her set instructions led to deaths of Polish Jews, says director The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2024
It’s the art Olympics! The 20 greatest ever sporting artworks From ancient fist-fighters to futurists on bikes, from starchy archers to a naked runner frozen in time … as the Games kick off in Paris, our critic ranks the finest depictions of sport in art The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2024
On Women by Susan Sontag review – the reluctant feminist Susan Sontag’s mixed feelings towards the movement that propelled her career The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2023
Author’s discovery of book about Nazi Olympics inspired Belfast novel Fionola Meredith’s book The Stamp Of Beauty is set in post-Troubles Northern Ireland. The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2023
Bannon compared Trump escalator ride to Leni Riefenstahl Nazi film, book says New book says Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will ‘flashed’ through Bannon’s mind and that former adviser repeatedly invoked Hitler The Guardian - US · Feb 8, 2022