At the New York Jewish Film Festival, the documentary "Natan" profiles one of France's most brilliant entrepreneurs and innovators in the film industry.
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Sundance 2015 Movie Reviews: ‘Racing Extinction,’ ‘DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: The Story of the National Lampoon,’ ‘Hot Girls Wanted!’ and ‘Pervert Park’
Sundance 2015 documentaries: two worth seeing, two worth taking a bath afterward.
Read More »Sundance 2015: ‘It Follows,’ ‘Reversal,’ ‘The Nightmare,’ and ‘Hellions’
A round up of films from the Park City at Midnight section of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Read More »New York Jewish Film Festival Movie Review: ‘The Dune’
In the film "The Sand Dune" Director Yossi Aviram tantalizes his viewers with just enough information and visual interest to create vitality in a work that completely engages from beginning to end.
Read More »Movie Review: Amos Gitai’s ‘Tsili’ at the New York Jewish Film Festival
In crafting a worthy adaptation of Aharon Appelfield's Tsili, Amos Gitai's attempts are appreciable in translating the novel's power and beauty.
Read More »The 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival Opens with The Sound of Music and Appearances by Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer
The sixth annual festival will come alive with The Sound of Music.
Read More »24th New York Jewish Film Festival, NY Premiere, ‘Deli Man’: A Review
'Deli Man' currently enjoying its New York Premiere at the 24th New York Jewish Film Festival is an entertaining and humorous look at a tradition of foods and culture represented by the iconic Jewish Deli, a tradition that is fast fading from view unless stalwart deli men like David Ziggy Gruber of Kenny and Ziggy's in Houston, Texas and Jay Parker of Ben's Best in Queens, New York pass the deli torch on to the next generation of deli men.
Read More »Golden Globe Winner Julianne Moore Talks Up ‘Still Alice’: 22nd HIFF
Golden Globe winner Julianne Moore speaks about the stunning 'Ask Alice' at the Hamptons Film Festival.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Still Alice’ Starring Julianne Moore, 22nd Hamptons International Film Festival
Julianne Moore has won numerous awards for her exceptional and challenging performance as a linguistics professor who must face the brutal fact that she has Early Onset Alzheimer's.
Read More »22nd Hamptons Film Festival Review: ‘The Great Invisible’
Margaret Brown's documentary 'The Great Invisible,' recently shown at the 22nd Hamptons Film Festival, avoids repeating known facts about the horrific Deepwater Horizon catastrophe and BP oil spill.
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