‘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...
Jewish heritage bonds characters in ‘Call me by your name’
The film "Call Me By Your Name" features Jewish main characters and will screen opening night during the Miami Film Festival's mini-fest, GEMS 2017.
The film makes its Florida premiere on Oct. 12 at 7...
Israeli ‘When the Smoke Clears’ examines PTS
Making the rounds of Jewish film festivals is the Israeli documentary When the Smoke Clears, which recreates the battles in which several IDF soldiers were wounded and then follows each of these soldiers on the road...
Documentary Explains The Butterfly Project
Jan Landau started The Butterfly Project in 2006 at the San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA). Jan had been inspired by the Holocaust poem “The Butterfly.” After World War 11, the butterfly became a symbol...
Israeli-American Actor Danny A. Abeckaser To Star in THE Crime Drama of the Summer...
The much-anticipated summer crime drama LANSKY by writer/director Eytan Rockaway is set to hit theatres and digital streaming channels on June 25. The film’s star-studded cast features Harvey Keitel, Sam Worthington, Danny A. Abeckaser, David James Elliott,...
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...
Aging Holocaust Survivors Form A Musical Band
I must start my review of Saul and Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band differently than other reviews I have written. If you want to put a smile on your face and say L’Chaim “to Life,” I urge...
New Film “1945” Explores Post-Holocaust Hungary and Local Collaboration Against the Jews
A new Hungarian film depicting the post-WWII attitude toward Jews in the country premiered last week in New York.
The movie, “1945,” is set one year after the Jewish population of a small Hungarian village was deported...
Streaming movies about American anti-Semitism
Street Scene (1931): Elmer Rice play about immigrants living in a tenement reveals the stereotypes they have of each other.
Black Legion (1937): Bogart movie about nativist racist group in Detroit. Euphemisms are used, but Jews also...
Sobibor: This Time Many Jews Won
Sobibor was an extermination camp built and operated by Nazi Germany. It was located in the forest near the village of Sobibor, Poland. As an extermination camp rather than a concentration camp. Sobibor existed...