This Was The End Of Francois Truffaut’s Innocence
A filmmaker who discovered his Jewish ancestry only in adulthood, Truffaut here recalls Primo Levi.
A Love Letter To Max Blecher, Scars And All
According to his admirers, Blecher was a hidden genius of modernist literature, another lost Kafka scattered in the wreckage of 20th century Europe.
Who Was That Masked Man In ‘Eyes Wide Shut?’
“I think if you would say one thing about Stanley’s Jewishness, it was that it was entirely secular.”
For Olivier Assayas, The Past Is Always Present
“I was like, ‘What do you mean? Am I Jewish? What does that mean? Why didn’t you say that before?’”
The Nazi-Era Thriller That Got Its Director Banned From Filmmaking
Everyone from the French communists to the Gestapo decried the film.
From Argentina, Insane Music, Unexpected Harmonies and Marxist Overtones
“Though still largely unfamiliar to American audiences, Argentina has become a fertile ground for contemporary cinema.”
Alex Ross Perry’s Tale Of Quiet Desperation — And People Who Won’t Shut Up
Alex Ross Perry’s “Golden Exits” zeroes in on life in Brooklyn — but is it too Brooklyn-y even for Brooklynites?
In New York, Two Films Showcase Opposite Sides Of The Holocaust’s Intergenerational Trauma
“And after I blame the Germans OR WISH THAT MY MOTHER HAD DONE SOMETHING ANYTHING I ask myself what I would have.”
In Israel and New York, Jews Do Battle In Conversation
Jews spent millennia debating the subtlest nuances of their sacred texts, a behavior that has now evolved into heated, dining room arguments.
How A Master Of Yiddish Cinema Became a Mysterious Roman Prince
“He lived in a dream world,” says an acquaintance of Michael Waszynski, a Yiddish film master who became a prince, “because film is a dream.”
