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.
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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 »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 »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 »Movie Review: Chris Rock’s ‘Top Five’ with Rosario Dawson, Kevin Hart, and Tracy Morgan
"Top Five" better than just another celebrity vanity project.
Read More »Movie Review: Will Gluck’s ‘Annie’ Remake Starring Quvenzhané Wallis, Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, and Rose Byrne
'Annie' is one of three big screen musicals to hit theaters this year, and it's undoubtedly the best.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Goodbye to All That,’ Starring Paul Schneider, Melanie Lynskey
Playwright and screenwriter of 'Junebug,' the award winning Angus MacLachlan, has done it again with 'Goodbye to All That'
Read More »Movie Review: Peter Jackson’s ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ with Martin Freeman, Ian McKellan, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, and Richard Armitage
How does 'Battle' fit in and does it find time to end one trilogy while simultaneously setting up another? In one word: incredibly.
Read More »Movie Review: Ridley Scott’s ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’ with Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton
'Exodus: Gods and Kings' never turns into Bible-thumping, nor strays into any kind of sacrilege.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Ask Me Anything’ Starring Christian Slater and Martin Sheen
"Ask Me Anything" qualifies as “serious,” funny, and touching cinema, so when it opens on December 19, you should watch it. Then, blog about it.
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