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Film & TV How Do You Talk God Out of The Apocalypse? Ask Eli Shapiro.
Jewish humor is safe, even in these modern times. Writer/director Eli Shapiro, a young New Jerseyite living in the Big City, is upholding the tradition of somewhat cynical, yet utterly thoughtful social commentary in the name of comedy: his recent short film, “Ike Interviews God,” portrays a wholly average insurance clerk in conversation with an…
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Culture Jason Schwartzman Talks Stripping and Swinging on ‘The Overnight’
About halfway through “The Overnight,” a raunchy comedy romp released on Friday, Adam Scott and Jason Schwartzman strip down and dance completely naked. Oddly enough, that’s actually not one of the most outrageous scenes of the film, which takes two married couples on a boozy, trippy journey of exploration and self-discovery. It all starts out…
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Fast Forward Women-Only London Film Screening for Ultra-Orthodox Scrapped
An all woman’s screening at a London JCC of an Israeli movie by a haredi Orthodox film-maker was cancelled after a complaint to the country’s the Equalities and Human Rights Commission. “Gift of Fire” directed by Rechy Elias, was scheduled to be shown as part of the Israeli Film and Television Festival, Seret 2015. A…
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The Schmooze When Christopher Lee Hunted Nazis
Sir Christopher Lee, who died on Sunday at 93, was an amazing actor. Over the course of his half-century career, he played Count Dracula nine times. He starred as a villain in a Bond film (“The Man With the Golden Gun”). Younger audiences may remember him as Saruman from “Lord of the Rings.” (Or, Count…
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Fast Forward 39 British Filmmakers Call for Boycott of Israeli Fest
A group of British filmmakers and actors called on a British movie theater chain to cancel an Israeli film festival. The 39 members of the film industry, including British directors Aki Kaurismäki, Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, made their call to the theaters to refuse to host the London Israeli Film and Television Festival in…
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Film & TV With ‘I Believe in Unicorns,’ Leah Meyerhoff Rewrites The Modern Love Story
Leah Meyerhoff is tired of the straight, white, male perspective. The 35-year old director sat in a small back room at the IFC Center on Tuesday morning and emphatically expressed her desire for new voices to populate the big screen. “I think female filmmakers who have been shut out of the process and whose voices…
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Fast Forward Gay Film Fest Bans Flag Ads After Israel Flap
A gay film festival in Vancouver banned “overt expressions of nationalism” after organizers came under fire over an advertisement featuring an Israeli flag. The advertisement in last year’s guidebook for the Vancouver Queer Film Festival, placed by the local gay Jewish group Yad b’Yad, featured a gay pride flag alongside an Israeli flag. That led…
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Fast Forward Natalie Portman To Star as Ruth Bader Ginsburg in New Biopic
Actress Natalie Portman will play Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in an upcoming movie. Portman will star in “On the Basis of Sex,” following her career including the obstacles she faced as a woman trying advance in her field, Deadline Hollywood reported. Marielle Heller reportedly is in negotiations to direct the script written by…
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