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The Schmooze Baz Luhrmann Talks Jay-Z and ‘Gatsby’
Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann brings to life F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic American novel, “The Great Gatsby,” which opens in U.S. theaters Friday before unspooling at the Cannes Film Festival on May 15. The film reunites Luhrmann with actor Leonardo DiCaprio, with whom he last worked on the big screen adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo +…
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The Schmooze Dominican Strongman Was Rescuer and Murderer Both
Only in New York could a troupe of Jewish and Dominican kids team up with a Broadway legend on a musical production about a Latin dictator’s rescue of Jews during the Holocaust. But it’s a true story. And a new documentary called “Sosua: Make a Better World” chronicles the collaboration of 20 prickly teens in…
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The Schmooze Jewish Films Win German Oscars
Two Jewish-themed films fared well at the 2013 German Film Awards (known as the Lolas) April 26 in Berlin. “Hannah Arendt,” famed German director Margarethe von Tratta’s film focusing on four years (1960-1964) in the political theorist’s life, won the Silver Lola for best film. The film deals with the period during which Arendt, a…
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The Schmooze Israeli Diversity at Tribeca Film Fest
The three Israeli films at this year’s Tribeca Film Festiva, which ended April 28, reflect an eclectic mix of genres, visions, and views about Israeli culture and the world at large. Two of the films deal with victimization, abuse and culpability. “Big Bad Wolves” starts out promisingly, with a suspenseful slow-motion opening sequence, as three…
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Fast Forward Steven Spielberg’s ‘Obama’ Debuts at White House Roast
President Barack Obama poked fun at the media, his critics and himself on Saturday at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, a star-filled event where journalists and celebrities mixed with the Washington elite. He capped the speech by playing a taped piece with Hollywood director Steven Spielberg who did a spoof claiming his new…
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The Schmooze The Greatest Living Magician
Ricky Jay is a polymath of the dark arts. A master of sleight-of-hand and considered by some to be one of the greatest magician living today, he is also a historian of magic, a collector of rare books, a lecturer, a film and television actor, and a co-creator of the firm Deceptive Practices, which supplies…
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The Schmooze New Ari Folman Film Will Screen at Cannes After All
Although Ari Folman’s “The Congress” didn’t make the main competition at the upcoming Cannes International Film Festival, it will open the Director’s Fortnight sidebar, the festival announced yesterday. The film is reported to be part-animated and part-live action, and stars Robin Wright, Paul Giamatti, Jon Hamm and Harvey Keitel, among others. Folman, an Israeli filmmaker,…
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The Schmooze How an Age-Old Stereotype Led to a Horrific Kidnapping
Was the 2006 kidnapping, 24-day long torture, and murder of 23-year-old French-Jewish cell phone salesman Ilan Halimi by a suburban Paris gang fueled by anti-Semitism? In the new documentary film, “Jews & Money,” there’s no doubt about the answer. In the film we see lawyers arguing over the validity of anti-Semitic hate crime charges, but…
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