Tag Archives: The Zone of Interest

Melania Trump’s cinema of omission

Posted on January 31, 2026 by reelentropy

The only sequence in Melania that threatens to expand into a watchable narrative with conflict and stakes appears suddenly through the morass of extended scenes of nothing happening. Former president Jimmy Carter has died, and Melania Trump, credited as star … Continue reading →

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I don’t run screaming out of theaters often, but ‘The Zone of Interest’ got me there

Posted on April 24, 2024 by reelentropy

The Zone of Interest is a soul-shaking historical document, closer to a docudrama or recreation than a traditional film.   Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim, Nazi-occupied Poland, summer, 1943- Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife, Hedwig (Christian Friedel and … Continue reading →

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