There isn\’t much Irwin Winkler doesn\’t know about making movies, which is maybe why, unlike a lot of the young hotshots who\’ve been in the business five seconds, his favorite subject is not his own genius.
Even for an international film producer and inveterate traveler, Arthur Cohn has covered a lot of territory recently.
The Israeli Film Festival, now in it\’s 15th year, has, in many ways, come of age — in subject matter, directorial style and sensibility.
Peter Berg\’s \”Very Bad Things,\” the tale of a Las Vegas bachelor party gone terribly wrong, is the season\’s most twisted black comedy.
If you think the Academy Awards are unfair, biased and arbitrary, wait until you see what we\’ve come up with for our first Jewish film awards.
Goodbye, Columbus.\nAnd goodbye Portnoy, Tevye and Yentl, too.\n\nA glance back at the films of 1998 reveal Jewish characters who break the mold, overturn the stereotype, and stretch the image of Jews on-screen.
The $32 million movie is Beatty\’s baby. He produced, wrote, directed and, of course, is the on-screen linchpin of this outrageous caper — made, ironically, for the ultra-conservative Rupert Murdoch, who owns 20th Century Fox.
Looking studiously at the floor during a recent interview, Ben Stiller came off less the Hollywood \”It\” dude than the cute, shy guy you had a crush on at Jewish summer camp.
Like many Merchant Ivory films, \”Soldier\’s Daughter\” explores the conflict of cultures and the pressures experienced by protagonists living in exile.
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