Drive-in movie theaters largely went extinct in the age of the multiplex, but they’re having a renaissance during pandemic times.
Two very different Israeli films about their titular princesses open in Los Angeles on May 27.
At the age of 5, Moshe Tirosh’s main concern was keeping his younger sister quiet as they lived in isolation at a subterranean hideout under the feet of Nazi troops stationed at the zoo of occupied Warsaw.
A brother-sister filmmaking team from Israel will introduce itself, its unusual alma mater and its Oscar-winning father on the evening of Feb. 5 at the Laemmle Music Hall in Beverly Hills.
Writer and actor B.J. Novak (“The Office,” “Inglourious Basterds”) shares original pieces of comedic fiction in advance of an upcoming collection. Co-star, writer and producer of “The Office,” Novak has a sensibility that draws on a range of influences, from “Saturday Night Live” and “Monty Python” to Woody Allen and the notable anthology “The Big Book of Jewish Humor,” which was co-edited by his father. Sat. 10 p.m. $10. Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, 5919 Franklin Ave., Los Angeles. (323) 908-8702. losangeles.ucbtheatre.com.
Two documentary films, each touching the Holocaust era and celebrating the courage and devotion of non-Jews, are screening in Los Angeles. The first is about Leopold Engleitner, bright-eyed and lucid at 107, who spent 11 years in and out of prisons and Nazi concentration camps, and, after a flight from Vienna to Los Angeles, is ready for his personal appearance tour.
When Israeli documentary filmmaker David Fisher discovers the memoir of his late father, a Holocaust survivor who was interned in Gusen and Gunskirchen, Austria, Fisher decides to retrace his father’s footsteps.
Television icon Jason Alexander (\”Seinfeld\”) hosts tonight\’s nostalgic celebration at the Hollywood Bowl, which honors Hollywood\’s oldest major studio. Led by conductor and acclaimed film composer David Newman (\”Anastasia,\” \”Ice Age\”), the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra performs scores from Paramount\’s rich history, including \”Wings,\” the first Academy Award winner for best picture, \”The Godfather\” trilogy, \”Titanic,\” action-thriller \”Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol\” and many others.
The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony celebrates its 18th, or Chai, anniversary at the Ford Amphitheatre.
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