Category Archives: Tzivi's News

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

The Jewish Channel is now offering Joe Cedar’s Oscar-nominated film Beaufort in its “Feature Film” category.  Beaufort is quite simply one of the most important combat films ever made in any language, & I strongly urge you to see it. … Continue reading →

1/16/11 Update: MAZEL TOV to Paul Giamatti, winner of the 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical.  How great to see a real mensch get his just desserts! From  Jan ’11 Spotlight: The 2011 awards season is heating … Continue reading →

Two wonderful films are now playing on The Jewish Channel (On Demand). The first is My Grandfather’s House.  The second is The Fire Within. I continue to be impressed by the wonderful content now available on The Jewish Channel.  Well worth … Continue reading →

The Gene Siskel Film Center (State & Randolph) will show Daniel Burman’s new film Dos Hermanos (Brother & Sister) on Sat 1/15/11 & Weds 1/19/11 as part of their Ahora: Latin American Cinema Now series.  Dos Hermanos won a Silver … Continue reading →