Roland Sejko’s doc “A State Film,” culled from a vast archive of official footage made under the regime of Albanian strongman Enver Hoxha, is a fascinating study in the power of image and myth.

Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, life has changed in Russia - everything from what Russians can say to what they can buy. Perhaps most of all, it's changed what they ...

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 When you purchase a ...

I had a history professor in college who insisted on screening for us the entirety of Leni Rifenstahl’s Triumph of the Will, the propaganda documentary about the rise of the Third Reich. “I’m sorry,” ...