The New York Times – Film:
Glazer, the director of “The Zone of Interest,” spoke about the war while accepting the Oscar for best international feature.
Category: World War II (1939-45)
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Marlene Dietrich’s Legacy Still Glitters
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The movie star’s penchant for high jewelry continues to attract attention today.
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Overlooked No More: Betty Fiechter, Pioneer in the World of Watches
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
She started out at Blancpain as an apprentice and eventually took over as owner, a move that one colleague noted was “totally unprecedented” for a woman.
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Review: Jews Flee to China in New York Philharmonic’s ‘Émigré’
The New York Times – Music:
“Émigré,” a bland oratorio about brothers who flee to China to escape Nazi persecution, was given its American premiere by the New York Philharmonic.
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Micheline Presle, Actress Known for ‘Devil in the Flesh,’ Dies at 101
The New York Times – Film:
A link to France’s first golden age of cinema, she drew international attention for a 1947 film that created a scandal in France and was banned in Britain for years.
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‘The New Look’ Cast Reflects on Chanel and Dior’s History at Premiere
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Juliette Binoche, Ben Mendelsohn and John Malkovich, stars of a new series set in World War II Paris, discussed French fashion history at the show’s premiere in New York.
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Jack Jennings, P.OW. Who Helped Build Burma Railway, Dies at 104
The New York Times – Film:
He was captured by the Japanese in Singapore and was one of thousands of prisoners whose hardships were the basis for the film “The Bridge on the River Kwai.”
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The Newest ‘Godzilla’ Film Is Stranger Than Fiction
The New York Times – Film:
Effects artists annihilate cities in movies all the time. Tokyo really was destroyed, a reality the best Godzilla stories have always taken seriously.
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In Steve McQueen’s ‘Occupied City,’ a Marriage of Art and History
The New York Times – Film:
Steve McQueen collaborated with his wife Bianca Stigter to make “Occupied City,” a four-hour documentary that brings Amsterdam’s World War II history into the present day.