Tagged film

Documentary on Joseph Pulitzer recalls another era of president vs. the press

A scene from "Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People" shows an old edition of the New York World, Pulitzer's influential paper. (First Run Features)
February 27, 2019 / Tom Tugend

LOS ANGELES (JTA) – It’s a story that would not sound too out of place in 2019: New York’s leading newspaper accuses the president of the United States of corruption and the latter sues the paper’s publisher for libel. Striking back, the publisher declares in an editorial that his… Read more »

‘The Invisibles’ tells the story of Jews who somehow survived in Nazi Berlin

Aaron Altaras plays Eugen Friede in "The Invisibles." (Courtesy of Greenwich Entertainment)
January 18, 2019 / Curt Schleier

(JTA) — In May 1943, after years of killings and deportations, the Nazis declared Berlin “judenfrei,” or free of Jews. What they didn’t know was that approximately 7,000 Jews remained in hiding in the city, and not only in attics and basements — often in plain sight. “The Invisibles,”… Read more »

How a Herman Wouk novel shaped the debate over removing an unfit president

Humphrey Bogart speaking to Fred MacMurray and the rest of his men in a scene from the film 'The Caine Mutiny', 1954. (Photo by Columbia Pictures/Getty Images)
September 17, 2018 / Ron Kampeas, JTA

WASHINGTON (JTA) — It’s hard to follow the news these last weeks without running into a reference to the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provides for the removal from office of a president unfit to serve. Questions about Donald Trump’s capacity to govern arise in “Fear,” Bob… Read more »

‘Jews and Baseball’ to usher in new JCC screen
October 28, 2010

The Tucson International Jewish Film Festival will present a sneak preview of “Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story” on Sunday, Nov. 28 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. The festival runs Jan. 20-30, 2011. “Jews and Baseball” explores the contributions of Jewish major… Read more »

Holocaust expert will parse ‘A Film Unfinished’ at Loft Cinema
October 14, 2010 / Tom Tugend, JTA

The place is the Warsaw Ghetto, the year 1942, and the black-and-white footage shows fashionably dressed men and women, with yellow Stars of David as accessories, having a high time at a champagne ball. Later we see emaciated kids rooting through mounds of garbage and excrement for scraps of… Read more »

Cycle of Israeli Arab-Jewish violence sparks sizzling “Ajami”
May 4, 2010 / Michael Fox

Even by the high standards set by Israeli films in the last few years, “Ajami” is a knockout. A crackling urban drama shot with unblinking realism and steeped in astringent Middle East irony, ”Ajami” sinks its hooks in the first minute and never lets up. Written, directed and edited… Read more »

Shooting a German-Israeli relationship
April 23, 2010

By Toby Axelrod BERLIN (JTA) — Israeli filmmaker Tomer Heymann almost never stops shooting. He shoots his mother. He shoots his relatives. And, most of all, he shoots his German boyfriend. Heymann’s latest documentary, “I Shot My Love,” tells the sometimes painful story about how his love affair with… Read more »