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The Schmooze WATCH: Gal Gadot Rocks in ‘Wonder Woman’ Trailer
Israeli actress Gal Gadot showed off her fierce fighting skills in the much-anticipated first official trailer for the movie “Wonder Woman.” In the clip, Gadot’s character uses her superhero power to fight against multitudes of men who come at her with guns and cannons. Gadot, 31, grew up in Israel’s central city Rosh HaAyin. The…
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Culture These Frum Filmmakers Are Revolutionizing Orthodox Cinema
The Haredi world is generally viewed as an insular patriarchal community that shuns movies. Virtually nobody owns a TV. Still, a fledgling, shadow film industry has been growing quietly for a decade within the confines of this improbable universe. These flicks — dozens of them — are produced, scripted, directed and performed by women. Female…
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Life In ‘Beauty of Their Dreams,’ Filmmaker Explores Conflict Between Religion And Girls’ Education
It is a simple and obvious equation: If you educate girls and women, you improve the world. Economists know this. It’s likely that even the most sexist of humans know it (deep, deep down). But when documentarian Debra Gonsher Vinik set out to investigate the role religious organizations play in securing and perpetuating education for…
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Fast Forward Anton Yelchin, Chekhov of ‘Star Trek’ Films, Crushed in Bizarre Car Accident in Driveway
Anton Yelchin, a 27-year-old actor best known for playing the character Chekov in two “Star Trek” movies, was killed early on Sunday when his car rolled and pinned him against a wall in his driveway, police said. Russian-born Yelchin died shortly after 1 a.m. when he apparently stepped out of his car in the steep…
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The Schmooze Weiner! Offers Unflinching Look at Anthony’s Shocking Fall(s) From Grace
It’s just before Rosh Hashanah in 2013, and New York City’s mayoral campaign is heating up. Disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner, who in a surprise move had thrown his hat in the ring a few months earlier, is doing one of those obligatory photo ops at a Jewish bakery in Brooklyn. All is going well….
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Life Q&A — Filmmaker Reveals How to Survive a Monster of a Jewish Mother
Many of us have, shall we say, challenges in our family relationships — and memories from childhood that are more brutal than blissful. Most of us work out these sorrows and struggles in journals, in therapy, or perhaps over wine with trusted loved ones. Gayle Kirschenbaum took a road that’s surely less traveled. In the…
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The Schmooze Woody Allen Leads Pack at Cannes With ‘Cafe Society’
The 69th Cannes Film Festival has what it takes to be a vintage edition, with Woody Allen leading a pack of celebrated filmmakers presenting their movies to the French Riviera crowds. The May 11-22 cinema extravaganza opens on Wednesday with Allen’s “Cafe Society,” featuring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart in a story of a young…
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The Schmooze WATCH: Reimagining the Maccabee Revolt — as a Superhero Flick
The more Ilan Rosenberg pondered the Chanukkah story, the more the Hollywood stunt performer came up with one explanation for how a group of Jewish guerilla fighters beat the much larger Greek army. Maybe the Maccabees had possessed superhuman powers. Drawing on his stunt experience for movies such as “300” and “Pompeii,” and his Krav…
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