Films This Week 6/04/21

by Gary Palmucci | 5th June 2021 | Gary's Corner

Hello everyone. This week New Plaza is adding a recent German drama, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit from Caroline Link, director of the enduring 2003 Oscar-winning Nowhere in Africa. The film is based on the first of a trilogy of best-selling children’s books — and life experiences — of author/illustrator Judith Kerr, whose family in the early 1930s fled the Nazis first to Switzerland, then Paris, eventually returning to a battered Berlin after the war.

Washington Post critic Ann Hornaday wrote last month: “In tone and approach, ‘When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit’ recalls “To Kill a Mockingbird.” This is a very grown-up story couched in a coming-of-age tale of discovery and perseverance, the kind of child-centric narrative that provides an engaging and empathic gateway for young people to learn about history, while never obscuring its deeper meanings for the adults in the room.”

And the photo here taken last weekend at downtown Manhattan’s venerable Film Forum, captures the upbeat trend we’re continuing to experience of audiences enthusiastically returning to the movies. At New Plaza this summer we will carry on offering the best in international virtual cinema, including in the coming weeks Fellini’s 8 1/2,  the new Israeli drama Asia, and acclaimed Finnish artist biopic Tove.

Gary Palmucci, Film Curator
New Plaza Cinema