The first time you picture Nuremberg in Germany, imagine a city still smelling of ash, of the Holocaust. World War 2 had ended only months earlier, in September 1945. Buildings lay open like cracked bones. Europe was trying to remember how to breathe. It …

They started calling it the “Nuremberg defense” when lawyers for Lt. William Calley at his court martial argued that he was only following orders in the March 1968 slaughter of hundreds of Vietnamese in what became known as the My Lai Massacre. George …

‘Nuremberg,’ starring Rami Malek and Russell Crowe, follows a US psychiatrist’s encounters with top Nazi leaders; Despite rich material, the film favors courtroom drama over psychological insight, missing a chance to explore evil’s human face  | Read More …

Nuremberg tells the story of U.S. Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley (played by Rami Malek), who was tasked with evaluating the mental fitness of top Nazi leaders before trial and found himself in a tense psychological exchange with Hermann Göring (Russell …

NEW YORK — He emerges from the back of a chauffeured car, shot from below, his enormous belly nearly busting open his uniform. And as an American GI on screen gasps, “It’s Hermann Goering!” you may follow suit, firing back, “And that’s Russell Crowe?” Yes, …

The Nuremberg trials have inspired filmmakers before, from Stanley Kramer’s 1961 drama to the 2000 television miniseries with Alec Baldwin and Brian Cox. But for the latest take, “Nuremberg,” writer-director James Vanderbilt focuses on a lesser-known …

Death by Lightning  Netflix Releases: November 7 The American historical drama miniseries, created by Mike Makowsky, is based on Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard. The series is based on the epic and stranger-than-fiction true story of James …

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The Toronto International Film Festival is currently taking place, and the usual plethora of Oscar-bait films are making their debut public screenings.Among them is the new World War 2 epic Nuremberg, with Russell Crowe starring as captured Nazi Hermann …

After World War 2, the victorious Allies held the Nuremberg trials against members of the defeated Nazi Germany for their war crimes.During the conflict, the evil regime invaded many European countries, leading to the deaths of millions, in part due to …