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film
Drug abuse, shame and the Holocaust figure in film about family of notorious Dutch lawyers
Jewish Journal
June 21, 2016
In a country where 75 percent of Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, the Moszkowicz family of lawyers stood out as a unique Jewish success story.
WATCH: The first trailer for the movie Jon Stewart made last summer
Jewish Journal
August 28, 2014
A journalist is detained in Iran for more than 100 days and brutally interrogated in prison.
‘Bethlehem,’ a film of spies and intrigue and Oscar possibilities
Tom Tugend
December 12, 2013
Foreign-language (meaning non English-language) films from 76 countries, ranging from Afghanistan to Venezuela, are competing for Oscar honors this year, with Israel’s entry, “Bethlehem,” pitting Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, against diverse Palestinian factions eager to blow up the Jewish state.
Payne’s ‘Nebraska’ a small-town triumph
Melissa Weller
December 8, 2013
Imagine what a movie showcasing an ordinary, lukewarm existence might look like. One without mobs or crooked cops and the only color in the characters’ lives is the blue on their collar.
‘Walk’ changes a life
Jewish Journal
November 19, 2013
For Aaron Wolf, an anecdote sparked a personal memory that inspired a film. The same day he read reflections by Rabbi David Wolpe about the Sinai Temple rabbi’s father, Rabbi Gerald Wolpe, and about the kindness of a stranger, Wolf went to his keyboard and banged out the first draft of what would become “The Walk.”
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