No Place on Earth (movie)

Movie review: 'No Place on Earth' a gripping Holocaust survival tale

2013-04-11 17:25:00

Add one more extraordinary survival tale to the canon of Holocaust documentaries: "No Place on Earth." Director Janet Tobias uses a successful mix of storytelling methods as she details the strands of this remarkable, harrowing chapter. For 511 days,...

Palm Springs International Film Festival announces awards

2013-01-13 14:33:00

The Golden Globes aren't the only awards being presented Sunday: The 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival announced its winners on Sunday afternoon. Wayne Blair's "The Sapphires," an Australian musical-drama about an all-female...

Talking heads add power to dark 'No Place on Earth' ★★ 1/2

2013-04-18 00:00:00

The story told by Janet Tobias' documentary "No Place on Earth" is enough to transcend the film's limitations. With human drama like this, it sounds almost absurd to get hung up on artistic choices and filmmaking technique. Almost. In 1993, a New Yorker...

PG-13; 1:24 running time In 1993, a New Yorker named Chris Nicola was caving in the gypsum caverns of western Ukraine when he "turned a corner and stumbled over some objects," as he says on camera. There, at his feet: buttons. Remains of stoves. A child's shoes.

2013-04-18 08:01:00