The Female Woody Allen
Harry Medved
February 26, 1998
Julie Davis, a 28-year-old Dartmouthgraduate and former Playboy Channel editor, shot \”I Love You, Don\’tTouch Me!\” for an amazing $68,000.
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A One Woman Show With a Vengeance
Charles Marowitz
February 19, 1998
Harriet Tubman, the fugitive-slave andabolitionist, was a kind of African-American Mata Hari.
A Jewish New Wave
Harry Medved
February 12, 1998
Jewish filmmakers descended on this snowy townlast month for their annual 11-day-long holiday ritual of schmoozing,skiing and screenings, better known as the Sundance FilmFestival.
Bulgarian Rhapsody
Larry Gordon
February 12, 1998
When I was asked to teach at a Bulgarian university, my only clear images of the Balkan nation included its infamous Communist-era spy system, its great Olympic weight lifters,and its national women\’s choir, whose haunting harmonies were popular in the West.
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Jewish Journal
February 12, 1998
Television and film star George Clooney presents Leslie Moonves with the Sherrill C. Corwin Human Relations Award.\n
Multimedia Ode to Jerusalem
Diane Arieff
February 12, 1998
The mood in the Jewish state may not be one ofcelebration at the moment, but plans to commemorate the country\’supcoming 50th birthday continue, both in Israel and right here in LosAngeles. One of the more unique cultural offerings to be presentedlocally will be \”Jerusalem — A Mystical Journey,\” a newdance-theater piece to be performed by the Keshet Chaim DanceEnsemble on Feb. 21 and 22.
From Operaman to Leading Man
Naomi Pfefferman
February 12, 1998
In \’The Wedding Singer,\’ Adam Sandlerproves he can carry a tune and a movie.\n
Fine Cut: A Festival of Student Film
William Yelles
February 12, 1998
Student films from throughout Southern California are currentlybeing featured on the three-part KCET series \”Fine Cut: A Festival ofStudent Film,\” airing on Sundays at 10 p.m. The series, hosted bydirector Michael Apted, will feature a total of 17 films fromstudents at UCLA, USC, CalArts, Loyola Marymount and the AmericanFilm Institute. Ranging in length from three to 32 minutes, theentries include dramas, documentaries and animation.
Up Front
Naomi Pfefferman
February 5, 1998
A woman in a fancy hat approaches Bert Dragin at Spago. She wantsto know if he is an actor, someone from \”Dallas\” or \”Falcon Crest.\”\n\nActually, the distinguished, sixtyish Dragin is not an actor; he\’sa film producer who sold his Cleveland-based furniture business andmoved out here to get into the movies in 1981. But he is \”doinglunch\” at Spago to talk about his latest, very non-Hollywood project:directing Paddy Chayefsky\’s \”The Tenth Man\” at the West Valley JewishCommunity Center.
Looking for the Genius in
Charles Marowitz
January 29, 1998
One of the strangest anomalies in the theater is that of the successful turkey — plays that are essentially trivial, gauche and insubstantial, but still manage to achieve a certain kind of notoriety and even commercial success.\”Shear Madness,\” which has been playing for 15 years in Boston, is such a play; so was \”Kvetch,\” which completed a seven-year run in Los Angeles, the same city in which \”Bleacher Bums\” ran for 11 years.\”Abie\’s Irish Rose\” racked up 2,854 performances on Broadway –although it\’s depth could be measured with the first digit of one\’s pinky.
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