Jojo Rabbit ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

December 24, 2019

Reviews

I’m not sure if Marmite was available in wartime Germany, but Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit certainly divides audiences and critics. A coming of age comedy whose 10-year-old hero fails in his aspirations to become a ruthlessly efficient member of the Hitler Youth, despite having Adolf…

Danielle Goldstein

September 30, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

Youth Without God ★★★

Danielle Goldstein

September 30, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

Playwright and novelist Ödön von Horváth’s last novel, Youth Without God, written in 1937, is his message from the past written to the future – a shocking evocation of life under fascism before World War II. Born in what is now Croatia, von Horváth moved to Germany and then…

Danielle Goldstein

September 30, 2019

Interviews, Theatre

Der Silbersee: A meeting of revolutionary musical minds

Danielle Goldstein

September 30, 2019

Interviews, Theatre

Der Silbersee: A meeting of revolutionary musical minds

The German composer Kurt Weill is best known for his edgy collaborations with Bertolt Brecht, but his work with the playwright Georg Kaiser, with whom he shared deep social convictions, also inspired serious compositions. Their last collaboration was Der Silbersee (The Silver Lake)…