Addis in Wonderland
Michael Aushenker
November 30, 2000
Everything about Michael Addis is unorthodox, including how his interest in directing began and how \”Poor White Trash\” came about.
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Entertainment
Stamp of Approval
Naomi Pfefferman
November 30, 2000
The late, great actor Edward G. Robinson may never have won an Oscar, but he now has a U.S. Postal Service commemorative stamp.
Snatch
Richard Allen Greene
November 23, 2000
The latest movie from British writer-director Guy Ritchie – known both for his film \”Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels\” and for being the father of Madonna\’s newborn son, Rocco – \”Snatch\” is the story of the aftermath of that heist.
A Thousand Recipes (But Who’s Counting?)
Florence Fabricant
November 23, 2000
It\’s not a stretch to call Woodland Hills-based author Faye Levy\’s 625-page \”1,000 Jewish Recipes\” a culinary bible. It may be the only Jewish cookbook you\’ll ever need.
Warts and All
Tom Tugend
November 23, 2000
The Moriah Films division of the Simon Wiesenthal Center scoured two dozen film archives across the world, and an equal number of photo archives, to create a dense pictorial narrative of the tumultuous 20 years, starting with the United Nations partition vote in 1947 to the stunning Six-Day War victory in 1967.
A Century of Strasberg
Tom Tugend
November 23, 2000
The man who introduced \”method acting\” to America and taught the likes of Paul Newman, Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, John Garfield, Jack Nicholson, Robert DeNiro and hundreds of other luminaries, was born Israel Lee Strassberg in the Polish part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Touchy Subjects
Naomi Pfefferman
November 23, 2000
\”I was worried about vaginas,\” an actress declares in Eve Ensler\’s hit play, \”The Vagina Monologues,\” at the Canon Theatre. \”I was worried about what we think about vaginas, and even more worried that we don\’t think about them.\”
Defying Limitations
Nan Goldberg
November 23, 2000
Since 1998, Golant has been working on her own, attending trade shows and selling her art wholesale to galleries, museum shops and museums.
Out on a Limb
Tom Tugend
November 23, 2000
During the darkest days of the Holocaust, 63 diplomats from 24 countries risked their careers, in some cases their lives, by issuing unauthorized visas and protective letters to save an estimated 200,000 Jews.The deeds of four of these brave envoys are honored in the documentary film \”Diplomats for the Damned,\” to air Sun., Nov. 26, on the History Channel.
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