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Violence: Director Roman Polanski’s experience of Nazi crimes as a child and the murder of his wife Sharon Tate might have contributed to the tendency towards brutality in his films. Photo: Beata Zawrzel/Getty Images
CHARLOTTE LEWIS

Taking pot shots at Polanski

The director’s masterful, technically brilliant work is lacking in humanity

  • Drew Forrest
9 min read
CHARLES MANSON

Charles Manson follower ends her silence

On the night of 9 August 1969, Linda Kasabian was sent by Charles Manson with three other members of his Family to break into Sharon Tate’s home.

  • Staff Reporter
10 min read
CHARLES MANSON

Manson family killer denied ‘compassionate release’

A parole board on Tuesday denied a ”compassionate release” for former Charles Manson family member Susan Atkins, who is dying from terminal cancer.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read