Satan in the Shtetl
Naomi Pfefferman
March 8, 2001
\”Great-grandma was a naughty girl,\” says British filmmaker Ben Hopkins, whose feature debut, \”Simon Magus,\” is the tale of a Polish shtetl in peril.
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Stanley Kramer, 87
Michael Aushenker
March 1, 2001
Legendary filmmaker Stanley Earl Kramer, best known for films such as the classic western \”High Noon,\” died on Feb. 19 of pneumonia. He was 87.
Woody Allen Comes Clean
Jewish Journal
May 25, 2000
\”People think I\’m being facetious when I say I once toyed with a life of crime,\” filmmaker Woody Allen recently told 1,400 students, professors and alumni during a standing-room-only screening of his new comedy, \”Small Time Crooks,\” at UCLA\’s Wadsworth Theater.
The Kubrick Legacy
Ivor Davis
March 18, 1999
The news of director Stanley Kubrick\’s death in England is a premature finis to an unprecedented career in film.
“Girl Power”
Jewish Journal
March 11, 1999
Cult filmmaker Sarah Jacobson can one-up any L.A. Jewish reader who felt like an outcast in high school.
Cinema Judaica
Michael Aushenker
February 11, 1999
In years past, the Sundance Film Festival — a two-week marathon of industry schmoozing, skiing and screenings in Park City, Utah — has served as the launching pad for Jewish independent cinema.
The Wiesenthal Center’s $1 Million Problem
Jewish Journal
November 19, 1998
Though it may seem otherwise, we are not picking on the Simon Wiesenthal Center. In general, we admire the center, its founder and dean, Rabbi Marvin Hier, its staff and their fine work. The center is innovative, responsive and highly effective — qualities lacking in many major Jewish organizations, here and elsewhere.
All in the Family
Naomi Pfefferman
November 13, 1997
Author Annie Reiner is tall, elegant, poised — and politelyexasperated when you ask about her famous father and brother.\n\nYou can hardly blame her: It\’s the umpteenth time she\’s beenasked.
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