Reviewed by Robert Cosgrave In the nearly 80 years following the end of the Second World War, Nazism has been depicted so many times on screen that one would wonder whether there was any point to another film showing the monstrous crimes committed by the Third Reich. Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone o
  • SteamedHamberder [he/him]3•4 months ago

    My gut reaction is to only willingly watch Holocaust films if they include an incredibly Jewish comedian dressed as Hitler.

  • Beaver [he/him]3•4 months ago

    The sound design of this movie is incredible. If you plan on watching it, I would recommend seeing it in theaters if you don't have a really nice sound system at home.

    I've heard some complaints about how sections of it are quite boring and uneventful, but I think those mundane sections are important. We as an audience are lured into the same complacency and sense of mundaneness that the characters are experiencing... even though we and the characters know what's happening right around the corner.

    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]2•4 months ago

      Both the sound design and the long and uneventful sections of the movie are actually elements of the movie's genre. It's an example of "slow cinema" and an excellent usage of the genre.