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Fast Forward Jerusalem Movie Multiplex Closes on Friday Nights
Hundreds of demonstrators protested a new Jerusalem movie complex, that will be closed on Shabbat. The new Cinema City complex, with 15 movie theaters and some 50 restaurants and shops, opened for the first time Tuesday night in central Jerusalem. The building permit issued in 2010 to the construction company included a stipulation from the…
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Culture Who Cares if Movies Are Historically Accurate?
It is depressing to read so many articles decrying the historical inaccuracies in recent movies, whether dealing with outer space, the southern slave trade, Somali pirates, or Walt Disney, articles in which the least deviation from the historical record or “reality” (a word Nabokov insisted routinely belongs within quotation marks), is held up against the…
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The Schmooze Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Making a Christmas Movie
Three Jews walk into a Christmas movie… This actually isn’t a joke. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen have announced that they are working on an “Untitled Xmas Comedy,” directed by Jonathan Levine. Very very happy to announce that I’m gonna be working again with @jonathanalevine and @Sethrogen. This one’s gonna be a good one.. ampmdash;…
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Opinion Is the Jewish Swindler Ready for His Close-Up?
This year’s Oscar nominations are stirring angst in certain corners of the Internet, because of something that looks suspiciously like a new trend: movies about Jewish con men. Granted, it’s just a couple of movies. Hollywood makes all kinds. Everyone knows they’re fake. That’s why it’s called the Dream Factory. Sure, some movies try to…
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Culture Maximilian Schell, Actor Who Played Jews, Nazis — and Both
Considering that the Oscar-winning Austrian-Swiss actor Maximilian Schell, who died on February 1 at age 83, spent WWII safely in neutral Switzerland, it is remarkable that he spent his acting life portraying Nazis, victims of Nazis, and defenders of Nazis, far beyond the requirements of typecasting. Schell’s 1961 best actor Academy Award was for his…
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The Schmooze Apartheid’s Overlooked Sins — Through a Jewish Lens
In the late 1980s, South Africa experienced a period of violence leading up to Nelson Mandela’s release from prison and to the abolishment of the apartheid government. Sara Blecher, granddaughter of Lithuanian Jewish immigrants, was in the midst of it, working as a journalist. She later realized that the complex intra-black conflicts, which the white…
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The Schmooze Palestine’s Tragic Oscar Hopeful Tests Identity
(Reuters) — The complexities and contradictions of the Middle East conflict come into play in both the real-life production story and fictional plot of “Omar,” Palestine’s contender for a best foreign language film Oscar. The movie’s director and lead actors are Israeli Arabs who identify as Palestinian. And while it depicts lovers literally walled-off by…
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The Schmooze ‘Gimme Shelter’ and the Face of Homelessness
On January 21, at Manhattan’s Waldorf Astoria hotel, the Forward caught up with Ronald Krauss, writer and director of “Gimme Shelter,” which opened in theaters January 24. The movie stars Vanessa Hudgens as Apple Bailey, a desperate pregnant teenager who runs away from a cruel drug-addicted mother (Rosario Dawson). Apple tries to connect to her…
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