A JEWISH STRONGMAN UPSETS THE NAZIS Directed by Werner Herzog, Invincible is a slow-moving biopic focusing on the last year in the life of Ziche Breithart (played by Jouka Ahola), a Jewish man so strong that he was called a modern-day Samson. The film begins in Eastern Poland during early 1932. Ziche and his young […]
A JEWISH STRONGMAN UPSETS THE NAZIS Directed by Werner Herzog, Invincible is a slow-moving biopic focusing on the last year in the life of Ziche Breithart (played by Jouka Ahola), a Jewish man so strong that he was called a modern-day Samson. The film begins in Eastern Poland during early 1932. Ziche and his young
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A GERMAN FILM EXPOSES CLOSET NAZIS, THANKS TO YALE & STANFORD EXPERIMENTERS Why did so many ordinary Germans support Hitler and the Nazi persecution of the Jews? For some researchers, the explanation is rooted in personality factors resulting from childhood socialization. Social psychologist Kurt Lewin, in contrast, theorized that political and social forces impinging upon
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A GERMAN FILM EXPOSES CLOSET NAZIS, THANKS TO YALE & STANFORD EXPERIMENTERS Why did so many ordinary Germans support Hitler and the Nazi persecution of the Jews? For some researchers, the explanation is rooted in personality factors resulting from childhood socialization. Social psychologist Kurt Lewin, in contrast, theorized that political and social forces impinging upon
MORE HOMICIDES, THANKS TO THE “THREE STRIKES” LAW Clint Eastwood personifies a police officer who relentlessly pursues criminals. In Blood Work, which he directs at the age of 72 based on the novel by Michael Connelly, he risks his life in the role of elderly FBI agent Terry McCaleb. When the film begins, he is
MORE HOMICIDES, THANKS TO THE “THREE STRIKES” LAW Clint Eastwood personifies a police officer who relentlessly pursues criminals. In Blood Work, which he directs at the age of 72 based on the novel by Michael Connelly, he risks his life in the role of elderly FBI agent Terry McCaleb. When the film begins, he is
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LA REINA LOCA REDEEMS THE REPUTATION OF A LIBERATED WOMAN IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY Why is Spain’s Queen Juana known as Juana the Mad? La Reina Loca (retitled in the United States as Mad Love) seeks to answer the question. The film begins with a short scene of Queen Juana (played by Pilar López de
BOXING CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY IN UNDISPUTED Undisputed is primarily for aficionados of boxing, with a lot of time devoted to fights. Film footage even includes Braddock’s knockout in 1937 by Joe Louis, whom one character, Emmanuel “Mendy” Ripstein (played by Peter Falk), regards as the finest boxer of all time. The plot is totally unrealistic, however.
BOXING CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY IN UNDISPUTED Undisputed is primarily for aficionados of boxing, with a lot of time devoted to fights. Film footage even includes Braddock’s knockout in 1937 by Joe Louis, whom one character, Emmanuel “Mendy” Ripstein (played by Peter Falk), regards as the finest boxer of all time. The plot is totally unrealistic, however.
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IRAN PRACTICES AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BY BRINGING BALLOT BOXES TO THE PEOPLE Iran has elections every four years in which all citizens sixteen years of age and above are entitled to vote in a secret ballot for two candidates from a list of several presidential aspirants. The current liberalization trend in Iran is due to careful
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