‘Landing Up’: a sensitive look at the homeless
Landing Up, a debut film by Israeli director Dani Tenebaum starring and co-produced with him by his wife Stacey Maltin, is a sensitive portrayal of a young homeless woman who dreams of having her...
‘His Only Son,’ Movie about Abraham and Isaac, Opens March 31
On March 31, in theatres around the country, His Only Son, a Christian movie by David Helling depicting the binding of Isaac, will open. Except for some Christian references at the beginning and end of...
One-Day U.S. Screening of Documentary on the Warsaw Zookeepers Who Hid Jews
An unusual, although not unprecedented, rollout for the documentary Of Animals and Men will occur on Tuesday, June 22, in theaters around the nation when the film telling “the true story behind The Zookeeper’s Wife” will be given...
Sophia Loren plays elderly Holocaust survivor in ‘The Life Ahead’
Sofia Villani Scicolone first appeared into the movie called Quo Vadis in 1951 when she was only 15 years old. She was renamed “Sophia Loren” by her husband Carlo Ponti who also directed the film. Loren...
Behind The Scenes of ‘Soon By You,’ The Orthodox Jewish ‘Friends’
Blind dates that crash and burn before your entrée even arrives. The cringe-inducing realization that your online date knows you’ve taken a profile embellishment too far. Getting absolutely plastered at your last single friend’s...
Movie Review: ‘Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People’
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People is soon to be released in theaters around the country, starting with March premieres in New York City and Los Angeles.
The 85-minute documentary traces Pulitzer’s life as a Jewish...
Streaming the Armenian genocide
On April 24, 1915 the Ottoman Empire arrested approximately 250 prominent Armenians and deported them a month later to the Turkish interior where most of them were killed. Armenians annually commemorate April 24th as Armenian...
Ben Foster fights for his life in ‘The Survivor’
First, Harry Haft fought to save his life.
Then, he boxed to find the woman he wanted to be his wife.
Born Jewish in Poland, Haft was sent to Auschwitz after the Nazi Germans invade in...
Film review: ‘A Jew must die’ appearing at the Washington Jewish film festival
I have seen many World War II films that focused on either the battles that were fought, or the horrors of the Holocaust. Only a small number of films touch on the level of...
‘1945’ Depicts Reaction of Hungarian Village When Two Silent Jews Arrive
Everyone in a small Hungarian village knows the war is practically over. The 2017 film 1945 is a subdued, but highly accomplished black and white film crafted by writer-director Ferenc Torok and produced by Menamshen Films...