Review: The Accountant of Auschwitz

By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Focusing on the 2015 trial of Oskar Gröning, a former SS guard who served as a bookkeeper at Auschwitz and was put on trial in Germany at 94 years old for his involvement in the Holocaust, The Accountant of Auschwitz is a fascinating and multilayered documentary. Facing charges for the murder of… Read More Review: The Accountant of Auschwitz

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Review: Hereditary

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The first thing we see onscreen in Hereditary is a newspaper obituary for the elderly matriarch of the Graham family, telling us she is survived by her daughter Annie (Toni Collete), son-in-law Steve (Gabriel Byrne), and grandchildren Peter (Alex Wolff) and Charlie (Milly Shapiro). This nicely sets the tone for… Read More Review: Hereditary

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