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From October 25th through November 5th, Metro Chicago will be hosting the 12th Annual Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema at theaters in Chicago, Glenview and Skokie. On Wednesday, November 1st, nestled in the midst of this twelve day celebration of Israeli filmmaking, sits the 6th Annual Films By & About Women, showcasing the work of […]
Last Sunday night, actor Paul Giamatti received a Golden Globe Award (Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical) for his performance as “Barney Panofsky” in Richard Lewis’ new film Barney’s Version. In my January ’11 Spotlight for the JUF News, I wrote: “I truly enjoyed Barney’s Version. Dustin Hoffman (as Barney’s father ‘Izzy’) and Rosamund Pike (as […]
Posted by JUF Online on 7/27/10: Internationally-acclaimed Israeli author Etgar Keret will be here soon for several weeks of local appearances (see details in Tzivi’s August ’10 Spotlight ) Anticipating his visit, I called him at home for some personal thoughts. Jan Lisa Huttner: In past interviews, you’ve named Sholem Aleichem as a major influence. […]
Tzivi’s Update (7/23/10): This ’07 chat was posted on FF2 in March ’07. The first half of it also appeared in the June ’07 issue of the JUF News. In June ’09, Oren was named Israel’s Ambassador to the USA, one of the most complex, important jobs in the world. Click here to download this complete […]
From Dec ’07 Spotlight: “An Evening with Alan and Marilyn Bergman” (October 27) was a total delight. Award-winning lyricists, the Bergmans received their first Oscar for writing “The Windmills of Your Mind” (from the 1968 version of The Thomas Crown Affair), but they are best-known for their work with Barbra Streisand… I had the chance […]
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA is Jan’s all-time favorite film, so when she found out it was also the all-time favorite film of Michael B. Oren (author of the best-selling new book POWER, FAITH, & FANTASY: AMERICA IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1776 TO THE PRESENT) she scheduled a follow-up call with Oren at his office at […]
Jan Tell us about your personal voyage from Halsted Street to Broadway, Sally. Sally I grew up in Chicago, went to Northwestern University, and then became a Chicago actor. I was very active in Chicago’s theatrical scene and started working with the Steppenwolf Theatre (on Halsted Street). I acted in New York for the first […]
Hiam Abbass, one of my favorite actresses, came to Chicago in October 2005, to lead the Q&A after a Chicago International Film Festival screening of her new film FREE ZONE. Since I’d already seen FREE ZONE twice by the time she arrived, Hiam graciously accepted my dinner invitation, and we had a leisurely chat about […]
Shemi Zarhin, the director of BONJOUR MONSIEUR SHLOMI, came to Chicago in October, 2006, to show his new film AVIVA MY LOVE at the Chicago International Film Festival. Jan sat down with him for a Sunday morning chat right before Shemi picked up a plaque from the CIFF jury, which commended Shemi for his “fine […]