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Daniel Burman’s new film The Mystery of Happiness may well be the most beautiful adult love story ever made. The Mystery of Happiness is told from the POV of “Santiago” (Guillermo Francella), a confirmed bachelor in early middle age who is living a very good life in Buenos Aires. Year earlier, Santiago purchased a consumer electronics emporium […]
Best Feature Film of 2014: Selma Runner Up: Birdman Best Director of 2014: Ava DuVernay (Selma) Runner Up: Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman) Best Documentary of 2014: Gringo Trails Runner Up: Life Itself Best Actress of 2014: Amy Adams (Big Eyes) Runner up: Angelina Jolie (Maleficent) Best Actor: Michael Keaton (Birdman) Runner Up: David Oyelowo (Selma) Best Supporting Actress: […]
TZIVI REVIEWS ZERO MOTIVATION FOR JUF ONLINE Zero Motivation, tied for my Top Pick in the Feature category at this year’s Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema, opens today at the Music Box Theatre on Southport. So if you didn’t see it at CFIC ’14 back in October, you now have another chance to see one […]
Tzivi’s Take on the 2014 Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema The range of options included in CFIC ‘14 runs the full gamut from A to Z, and the bookends—A Place in Heaven and Zero Motivation—are both so good—and so different—that I honestly can’t choose between them. But first a few words about Cupcakes. After a […]
Above and Beyond = Named “Best Documentary Film over 60 Minutes” in the 2014 Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema 🙂 Photo Credit: Courtesy of CFIC
A Place in Heaven = “Best Feature Film” of the 2014 Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema (tied with Zero Motivation). Alon Abuttul: “Best Actor” of the 2014 CFIC Rotem Zussman-Cohen = “Best Supporting Actress” of the 2014 CFIC Photo Credits: A Place in Heaven (Courtesy of CFIC)
Anat Waxman (in red) in Cupcakes = Named “Best Actress” in the 2014 Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema 🙂 Keren Berger (in green) in Cupcakes = Named “Best New Star” in the 2014 Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema 🙂 Photo Credit: Cupcakes (Courtesy of CFIC)