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The World Was Ours
From March ’12 Spotlight: In February, the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie hosted a screening of The World Was Ours: The Jewish Community of Vilna before Its Destruction in World War IIwith special guest Mira Jedwabnik Van … Continue reading
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MARGARET
3/1/12 Update: I couldn’t bring myself to go… So I’ve decided to wait until the DVD is out, so I can see if the added footage in the Director’s Cut makes the whole thing more comprehensible to me. So far … Continue reading
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Oscar Noms 2012
Posted today by JUF Online: Another year, another set of Oscar nominations. First the good news: Joseph Cedar’s Footnote scored another nomination for Israel in the Best Foreign Language Film (BFLF) category, making this Israel’s fourth nomination in the last … Continue reading
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Kudos for Albert Brooks
Missing on this year’s list of Oscar nominations: Albert Brooks! Brooks was named Best Supporting Actor by the Chicago Film Critics Association in December for playing” Bernie Rose” in Drive. Now I actually hated Drive, but Brooks was so surprising—and … Continue reading
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Kudos for 50/50
Missing on this year’s list of Oscar nominations: 50/50, which received two Golden Globe nominations (Best Motion Picture—Comedy/Musical and Best Performance by an Actor—Comedy/Musical) along with a huge number of nominations for Will Reiser’s screenplay from critics groups nationwide. Ironically … Continue reading
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New News: FOOTNOTE
Great news from LA: Joe Cedar received his second Oscar nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film (BFLF) category yesterday for Footnote, his 2011 drama staring Lior Ashkenazi. Footnote also received the Best Screenplay award last year at Cannes. Cedar … Continue reading
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Old News: AJAMI
Posting news of Israel’s 10th BFLF nomination today, I realized I had never posted this piece on Israel’s 9th BFLF nomination in 2010 (originally written for JUF Online). So here goes: Astounding news from LA: On Tuesday morning, Israel received its … Continue reading
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PFFA ’11
From Dec ’11 Spotlight: Award-winning director Agnieszka Holland, best-known internationally for her Oscar-nominated film Europa Europa, was in Chicago last month to show her new film In Darkness on the Opening Night of this year’s PFFA (Polish Film Festival in … Continue reading
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Midnight in Paris (2011)
“These memories of Manhattan no doubt colored the way I saw Midnight in Paris in the theatre last summer, so after yesterday’s Golden Globe announcement, I went back and watched them both again. While several critics have compared the opening montages, … Continue reading
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Manhattan (1979)
A few weeks ago, my husband was surprised to find a new copy of Woody Allen’s Manhattan, still encased in shrink wrap, sitting in our priority mail pile. “What’s this doing here?” “Well, Midnight in Paris arrives on DVD in a few … Continue reading
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