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Film
Why the Museum of Modern Art’s curators wanted to meet my husband
When the curators from Manhattan’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) came calling two years ago, my husband, Ron Magid, had prepared for them a veritable smorgasbord of art by the gothic filmmaker Tim Burton. Among the fare sprawled across our dining room table was a pointy-eared cowl from “Batman,” Jack Skellington storyboards from “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and puppets from “The Corpse Bride,” whose ghoulishly charming heroine sprouts a maggot from her eye.
Nazis, newspapers and Nuremberg
Once again, the summer season, noted for youth-oriented blockbusters, manages to include some serious fare aimed at more mature, discerning audiences, including several projects dealing with the World War II era and its aftermath.
Israeli director Cedars awarded at Cannes
Israeli director Joseph Cedars won the best screenplay award at the Cannes film festival for his movie \”Footnote.\”
Cannes festival sanctions director for Nazi comments
The Cannes Film Festival sanctioned director Lars von Trier for his expressions of sympathy for Hitler and Nazis. The festival board of directors on Thursday declared von Trier “persona non grata” and removed him from the festival, but said his current film, \”Melancholia,\” remains in competition.
Israel watching closely as Obama addresses the Mideast
President Obama’s advisers have said time and again that the major speech he is to deliver Thursday will not be about Israel, but about the Middle East. Jewish groups must wait until Friday, when Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Sunday, when the president addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, for the president\’s message for Israel, the advisers said.
Demjanjuk conviction: Better late than never?
The best thing about last week’s conviction in Germany of Sobibor guard John Demjanjuk is that the case works from the bottom up. The low-level functionary was brought to justice.
Coen brothers have bone to pick with Israel boycotters
Popular filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen said during a visit to Israel that they do not agree with artists who boycott the Jewish state. Asked during a news conference about music and film artists who boycott Israel over its policies regarding the Palestinians, Ethan Coen said it was a mistake.
Dark Fairy Tale ‘Hesher’ Tackles Aftermath of Loss
Thirteen was a key age for writer-director Spencer Susser.
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