Joe Wright’s biopic captures a great leader but not the people who empowered him.
Tag: Adolf Hitler
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In defense of Hitler’s ‘deformed’ penis
What do Adolf Hitler and I have in common? Hypospadias, a congenital condition that causes an abnormal urethra opening.
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Dispatches from Chicago’s Trumpocalypse
Chicago was in the eye of the Trump storm on Friday.
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The art of making history
The Nazis’ sophisticated propaganda machine, artists’ reactions to the 2008 financial crisis: Two new exhibits of political history, then and now.
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Who did you gas in the war, daddy?
Lore and Hitler’s Children look at the heirs of Nazi war criminals.
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Check out Adolf’s newest playlist on Spotify, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Now playing: Sacha Baron Cohen is the not-so-great Dictator
The star of Borat, Bruno, and Da Ali G Show stars as a North African strongman
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Musical satirist Neil Innes on Monty Python, the Rutles, and cutting a record with Hitler
As “the seventh member” of Monty Python, Neil Innes helped write “The Philosopher’s Song” (“Immanuel Kant was a real pissant / Who was very rarely stable”), did the whistling for “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” (the crucifixion/production number in Life of Brian), and was crushed by a giant wooden rabbit in Monty […]
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Morning Newsfeed: Firestorm Over New CPS CEO, the Sun-Times Wins a Pulitzer, a Hitler Birthday Party Goes Wrong, and More
Rahm Emanuel’s pick to lead CPS is already causing an uproar from the Chicago Teachers Union. (Tribune/CNC) Senator Mark Kirk says utilizing the state’s natural gas resources could cut gas prices. (Fox Chicago News) The Sun-Times, the “little paper that could,” won a Pulitzer Prize yesterday for its reporting on violence in the city’s neighborhoods. […]
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We Are Told That Certain Tribune Malcontents Find This Funny
Amusing comment on recent troubles at the Chicago Tribune? You be the judge
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Losing the War
World War II has faded into movies, anecdotes, and archives nobody cares about anymore.