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Culture ‘Life is Beautiful’ hit US theaters 25 years ago. The film’s Holocaust humor raised issues that linger today.
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Culture Hallmark’s newest Hanukkah movie makes fun of Hallmark holiday movies
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Culture Why Siskel & Ebert were the Talmudic scholars of their day
As a new book explains, the film critics famously disagreed, but never disparaged
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