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Movie Review: ‘Chimes at Midnight,’ Orson Welles’ Best Work, Available for First Time in Decades
I inherited a respect for Orson Welles and a love for his work from an uncle who came of age in the 1940s when Orson Welles was one of radio and cinema’s best known actor/directors. When 'Chimes at Midnight' came out, I was busy coming of age and rioting at UCLA. I heard about the film and that Welles considered it his best work, but I missed it. Then, like the mysterious Mr. Welles himself, it disappeared for decades. Now, it’s back.
Read More »25th NY Jewish Film Festival Review: ‘Cinema: A Public Affair’
Can art and film art be used as a tool for civic awareness and self-liberation?
Read More »Movie Review: Alejandro González Iñárritu’s ‘The Revenant’ with Leonardo DiCaprio
Mysticism and grueling violence make strange bedfellows in Iñárritu’s well-crafted but ultimately empty wilderness journey.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Heroin: Cape Cod, USA’ An HBO Documentary
Heroin used to be a drug of the underworld associated with criminal types. Not any more. It is positively main street!
Read More »Whistler Film Festival: ‘The Legend of Barney Thomson’
Robert Carlyle's directorial debut about the hapless barber is grotesquely fun, featuring a long overdue collaboration with Emma Thompson.
Read More »25th New York Jewish Film Festival Review: ‘The Law’
When the French parliament debated whether abortion should be legalized in 1974, the most rational and logical case presented was by Simone Veil, the Minister of Health.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Rabin, The Last Day’ at the 25th New York Jewish Film Festival
Yitzak Rabin remains a symbol of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, a process that many hope will never take place.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘The Tainted Veil’
When you see a Muslim woman wearing a hijab, the headscarf, what does that mean to you?
Read More »DOC NYC Film Review: ‘NOMA: My Perfect Storm’
What does it take to be awarded "The Best Restaurant in The World?"
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