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TJFF 2012: ‘My Best Enemy’; Tarantino’s inglorious bastard

My Best Enemy Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger Written by Wolfgang Murnberger and Paul Hengge Austria/Luxembourg, 2010 Some have wondered if a movie will ever be able to provide a catharsis for the Holocaust. While there are films (Schindler’s List, Sophie’s Choice, The Pianist) that cast a macabre and cautionary depiction of the Shoah, the only …

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TJFF 2012: ‘The Last Flight of Petr Ginz’ highlights the best qualities of humanity

The Last Flight of Petr Ginz Directed by Sandra Dickson and Churchill Roberts USA, 2012 An old adage stipulates how history is written by the winners, so it’s extremely rare when it’s told by someone who has suffered the ultimate loss. Not since Anne Frank has there been such a deeply affecting postmortem autobiography, but …

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