"Doesn't an artist have a special responsibility?" Madman Films in Australia has unveiled an official trailer for a documentary film titled Riefenstahl, yes indeed a look back at the controversial and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To what degree was infamous filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl a Nazi collaborator who knew about Adolf Hitler’s concentration camps? In ...

Leni Riefenstahl, known to history as Hitler’s favorite filmmaker, has long enjoyed a remarkable degree of approval in Hollywood. Quentin Tarantino has expressed admiration for her cinematic gifts, ...

Her documentaries earned her acclaim as a cinematic genius, as well as criticism for putting her talent at the service of Hitler. By Alan Riding This obituary was originally published on Sept. 9, 2003 ...

Democracy is on the decline across the globe, with the rise of populist leaders who attack minority groups and the institutions that function as a check and balance. This worrying creep towards ...

That’s not how Leni Riefenstahl wanted to be remembered. No, she preferred a more self-serving myth – that she was “only an artist,” perhaps a bit naïve, who took on filmic “assignments” from the ...

Exclusive: Director Andres Veiel obtained access to Leni Riefenstahl's personal archives to assemble a damning profile of the director, one that obliterates her attempts at distancing herself from ...

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Andres Veiel’s Riefenstahl is an arresting and deeply disturbing all-archival portrait of the titular Third Reich actor-director, responsible for some of the most innovative filmmaking of the 20th ...

In 1934, German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl directed and produced the film "Triumph of the Will," funded directly by Adolf Hitler. It has long been universally regarded as the gold standard of ...

Leni Riefenstahl, the German filmmaker whose daringly innovative documentaries about a Nazi rally in Nuremberg in 1934 and the Berlin Olympics of 1936 earned her both acclaim as a cinematic genius and ...

“My life would have been nicer if I’d died at the peak of my career,” says Leni Riefenstahl in Andres Veiel’s new documentary about her, simply titled “Riefenstahl.” It’s a revealing if characteristic ...