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.”
Jessica Cohen, Rebecca Solnit Longlisted For 2018 PEN Literary Awards
Translator Jessica Cohen shared the Man Booker International Prize with David Grossman for her translation of his novel “A Horse Walks Into a Bar.”
Düsseldorf To Host Exhibit On Holocaust Refugee Art Dealer, In Turnabout By Mayor
The exhibition will showcase the life and career of Max Stern, a Jewish gallerist who fled persecution by the Nazi government.
