‘Path of Blood’ includes candid Al Qaeda home movies
As one can glean from the title, the subject of Path of Blood is not pleasant, but for those who are not Islamic extremists, the insights it provides are necessary to learn. Documentary film maker Jonathan...
Jewish-themed films to be screened in Palm Beach County
Two dramatic Jewish-themed films will be screened in July in Boca Raton and Delray Beach .
"Righteous," a 2016 Polish drama based on a true story about a Jewish orphan who was hidden during the Holocaust by a Polish...
Teen punk rockers in ‘The House of Tomorrow’
There is an ethical sweetness on display in the film The House of Tomorrow, written and directed by Peter Livolsi and based on the novel by Peter Bognanni, possibly because the ideas and behavior are...
Documentary on wounded Israeli vets screens for PTSD Awareness Day, Tisha B’Av
The latest film produced by Jerusalem U, “When the Smoke Clears: A Story of Brotherhood, Resilience and Hope,” has screened in 50 Jewish communities around the United States this month, culminating in PTSD Awareness Day...
Going the way of movable type and printing presses
Paul Aken operates the Platen Press Museum which is located, appropriately enough, in Mt. Zion, Illinois. Although it is coincidental, the religiously themed name of Aken’s city harkens back to the primary use of...
School of Rock rocks the house
I know my day is coming.
I hope it’s coming.
I’m pretty sure it’s coming.
The movie School of Rock is what really put actor Jack Black on the A-list of actors. More importantly, it spawned actual Schools of...
‘Nancy’ — Where an unhappy imagination can take you
Are you stuck in your own reality, or can one ever escape it? That appears to be the burning question in Nancy, a film written and directed by Christina Choe. Nancy, convincingly played by Andrea...
A sneak peek at ‘The Ideological War Against the West’
Buy a box of popcorn, find a seat, and then sit back and let your mind relax into Entertainment Land, where you forget about this troubled world for an hour or two.
If that’s your...
‘Mountain’ bespeaks our love of summits
Mountain is a tribute to the power and fascination mountains have had over us mere mortals since the beginning of time. It is a Screen Australia production, produced and directed by Jennifer Peedom. The film...
‘Wrestling Jerusalem’ depicts the conflict’s emotions
SAN DIEGO – Wrestling Jerusalem is a rather incredible one-man show, now filmed, in which writer and actor Aaron Davidman, in some 22 vignettes over 93 minutes, portrays the complexities, hardened positions, anger, sadness, frustration, fervor,...