Filmmaker Beth Lane Celebrates her Family As Holocaust Survivors in the Documentary UnBroken by Brad Balfour In light of all the attention on antisemitism and the Jewish people since the October 7th massacre by Hamas terrorists, there’s been a desire for a story of triumph in the face of bloodshed and slaughter. So when filmmaker … Continue reading
SHEPHERD: THE STORY OF A JEWISH DOG (2019) Starring August Maturo, Ken Duken, Ayelet Zurer, Ádám Porogi, Viktoria Stefanovszky, Lois Robbins, Miklós Kapácsy, Kristóf Widder, Miklós Béres, Gábor Nagypál, Zsolt Páll, Piroska Mészáros, Levente Molnár, Alexis Latham, Carna Krsul, Máté Haumann, Péter Scherer, Peter Linka, Géza Bodor, Peter Schueler, Zsuzsa Gyöngy and Hans Peterson. Screenplay … Continue reading
INTRIGO: DEATH OF AN AUTHOR (2019) Starring Ben Kingsley, Benno Fürmann, Tuva Novotny, Michael Byrne, Veronica Ferres, Daniela Lavender, Sandra Dickinson, Elizabeth Counsell, Erik Johansson, Gordan Kicic, Ed Cooper Clarke, Jason Riddington, Annamaria Serda, Sian Webber, Petar Cirica, Mladen Sovilj, David Lowe, Tor Clark, Angus Kennedy and Ivona Kustudic. Screenplay by Daniel Alfredson and Birgitta … Continue reading
Rebecca Schull and Jeff Lipsky Saving the Best for The Last by Jay S. Jacobs What would you do? That is the main question in the new independent film The Last, a movie that has a shocking and inflammatory subject matter but looks at it from a smart and philosophical viewpoint. What would you do … Continue reading
THE CAKEMAKER (2017) Starring Tim Kalkhof, Sarah Adler, Roy Miller, Zohar Shtrauss, Sandra Sadeh, Stephanie Stremler, Tagel Eliyahu, Tamir Ben Yehuda, Eliezer Shimon, Iyad Msalma, David Koren, Gal Gonen and Sagi Shemesh. Screenplay by Ophir Raul Graizer. Directed by Ophir Raul Graizer. Distributed by Strand Releasing. 109 minutes. Not Rated. Oren is a man who … Continue reading
1945 (2017) Starring Péter Rudolf, Bence Tasnádi, Tamás Szabó Kimmel, Dóra Sztarenki, Ági Szirtes, József Szarvas, Eszter Nagy-Kálózy, Iván Angelus, Marcell Nagy, Miklós B. Szekely, György Somhegyi, István Znamenák, Sándor Terhes and Béla Gados. Screenplay by Gábor T. Szántó & Ferenc Török. Directed by Ferenc Török. Distributed by Menemsha Films. 91 minutes. Not Rated. I … Continue reading
Stealing a Dance with Milky Chance by Ally Abramson Milky Chance is a German duo consisting of Clemens Rehbein and Philipp Dausch. The band has a unique sound that combines a smooth singer-songwriter sound with jagged, upbeat tones of electronic music. Their song “Stolen Dance” has blown up the music scene over the past year. It … Continue reading
Mary-Louise Parker Learns A Lot About The Spiderwick Chronicles by Brad Balfour It may have required an intoxicant for actress Mary-Louise Parker to play the perplexed mom who learns about The Spiderwick Chronicles the hard way – through an attack from goblins – she eventually gets a handle on the fantastic situation behind this incredible tale. Parker … Continue reading
Live 8 (Capitol Records-2005) The television coverage for the massive Live 8 concerts on MTV and VH1 was awful. It was all about the personalities, not the music. This was supposed to the most important concert experience of the decade, and yet very little of the performance footage actually ended up on screen. The viewer … Continue reading
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