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FORBIDDEN FILMS
Director Felix Moeller thoughtfully addresses the question of what to do with films made in Germany during the Nazi Era: destroy them, preserve them or just let them rot. (3.5/5) ************************* Felix Moeller's new documentary Forbidden Films opens in an eerie … Continue reading
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Tagged Christiane Harlan, Christiane Kubrick, Federal Film Archive in Hoppegarten, Felix Moeller, Forbidden Films, Germany, Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Suess, Harlan: In the Shadow of Jud Süß, Jan Lisa Huttner, Jew Suess, Jud Süß, Second City Tzivi, Stanley Kubrick, Veit Harlan
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FELIX & MEIRA
Two sad-sacks meet one day in the middle of a slushy Montreal winter. She is a young woman from a Hasidic family and he is a much older man from a wealthy Christian family. Their relationship is presented as life-altering, but … Continue reading
LA CAMARA OSCURA
From Tzivi's August '12 Spotlight: In March 2009, I received a screener from the coordinator of our annual Chicago Latino Film Festival for a new Argentinian feature called La Cámara Oscura. I was entranced by this film, and wrote very … Continue reading
Cadillac Records
From April '09 Spotlight: Cadillac Records is a musical history of Chicago Blues starring Adrien Brody as Leonard Chess, Beyoncé Knowles as Etta James, and Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters. It’s tremendously entertaining, has great resonance, and was one of … Continue reading
Posted in Films/DVDs, Tzivi's Columns
Tagged 2120 South Michigan Ave, Adrien Brody, Beyoncé Knowles, Blues Heaven Foundation, Cadillac Records, Chess Records, Columbus Short, Etta James, FF2 Media, Jan Lisa Huttner, Jeffrey Wright, Jerry Portnoy, JUF News, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Second City Tzivi, Willie Dixon, Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven Foundation, WomenArts
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