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Category Archives: Hollywood
Danielle Berrin Appreciates Female Beauty As Much As I Do
From the Jewish Journal cover story this week: One look at the photograph Esquire used to declare actress Shirly Brener one of five Israeli women they love, and you want to wish the rest of her persona good luck in … Continue reading
Following Monica’s Lecture, My Midrashic Impulse Will Accept No Limits
I could think of no better way to spend my sunny Monday lunch hour than to attend a UCLA lecture on the uplifting topic, "Literature, the Holocaust and the Midrashic Impulse." I covered my arms completely so that the speaker … Continue reading
Q&A With Author Deborah Schoeneman About Her New York Times Profile Of The ‘Fempire’
I email Deborah: I will publish this on my blog without any editing. It will go up as you return it (with a link to your piece, to your website, to your novel, and a note that this was done … Continue reading
Nauseating Success
PS: AFTER I WROTE THIS BLOG POST, I INTERVIEWED THE AUTHOR VIA EMAIL. This gushing profile of four female screenwriters in Hollywood made me want to retch. There’s not one skeptical let alone critical sentiment in it. I love this … Continue reading
Dennis Prager Loves ‘Taken’
This movie stars Liam Neeson. Dennis says on his radio show today that he loves simple movies of good guys hurting bad guys. He notes that the critics hated this movie. It is too simple for them. They’re jaded. They … Continue reading
‘Man On Wire’ (2008)
Last week, I watched this documentary: "On August 7th 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between New York’s twin towers, then the worlds tallest buildings. After nearly an hour dancing on the … Continue reading
Did ‘The Pianist’ Have A Point?
I saw this movie with a gorgeous shiksa in a dark and empty theater and one thing led to another and we were groping each other in the dark like there was no tomorrow. Pictures of the Holocaust do that … Continue reading
Waltz With Bashir
I saw this movie at the Arclight Saturday night. It was smart, profound and real. My previous articles on Waltz are here and here. I’m glad I bought my ticket Friday because the screening was sold out. Afterwards, movie director … Continue reading
Gran Torino
Dave Deutsch emails: "Have you seen Gran Torino? Check it out. Really enjoyable film, and I think you in particularly will relate to Clint Eastwood’s character, who, though racist and retrograde, is sympathetic and oozing with the raw machismo that … Continue reading