Decades’ worth of legendary film critics cite the stylistic brilliance of Leni Riefenstahl. Pauline Kael described her two most infamous works, Triumph Of The Will and Olympia, as “the two greatest ...

This cleareyed documentary looks at how Leni Riefenstahl, the director of the Nazi propaganda film “Triumph of the Will,” tirelessly tried to rewrite history. By Manohla Dargis Recent access to Leni ...

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 ...

Andres Veiel’s documentary “Riefenstahl,” which challenges the carefully crafted public persona of one of Germany’s most controversial directors, is one of 17 German films playing in the various ...

Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will (1935) is rightly famous (and notorious) as the most powerful propaganda film ever made: a documentary account of the Nazis’ massive, staged-for-the-camera ...

NS-Bezüge: Stars wie Leni Riefenstahl und Heinz Rührmann wurden Ehrenmedaillen entzogen. Eine weitere Organisation will nun ...

Leni Riefenstahl checks her appearance for the recording of the three-part documentary Speer und Er by director Heinrich Breloer (1999) (© Bavaria Media) A woman roaming the mountainside splashes her ...