Karine Cohen-Dicker
By Karine Cohen-Dicker
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Culture Ari Folman wants his ‘Anne Frank’ to inspire and motivate young audiences
Though Ari Folman’s “Where Is Anne Frank” received a 15-minute standing ovation at its Cannes Film Festival premiere, the animated movie wasn’t aimed at the film industry types whose eyes welled with tears in the Palais Des Festivals. Folman made the story for children. The animated story gives a voice and a face to Kitty,…
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Culture Israel’s Invisible Neighbors, Filmed
Director Elia Suleiman’s new film, “The Time That Remains,” details Arab Israelis’ shattered dreams — and plays it for laughs. Suleiman is a Palestinian filmmaker whose personal take on being a foreigner on his own soil often tickles the funny bone while sparking political consciousness. “There is sometimes a pleasure to make a film under…
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Culture Jewish Revenge Porn
Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” (complete with unexplained directorial spelling caprice) is pure Cineplex whimsy where bloodthirsty Jewish soldiers destroy the Third Reich, gleefully giving their tormentors a taste of their own medicine. Eli Roth who plays Sergeant Donny Donowitz, aka The Bear Jew, quickly embraced Tarantino’s wild re-imagining of history, which premiered at the Cannes…
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Israel News Israeli Director Eyes Top Cannes Prize
Director Ari Folman couldn’t take his plane back to Israel as planned. He had to stay longer at the Cannes Film Festival because of the intense interest in his animated documentary, “Waltz With Bashir.” “It’s unbelievable to be here,” he told The Shmooze. “We had no clue where we were going with the movie.” Now…
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