Tag Archives: Second City Tzivi

A BORROWED IDENTITY

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Jan Lisa Huttner

Palestinian prodigy receives a scholarship to attend a prestigious high school in Jerusalem. Consequences are highly specific but also universal. A Borrowed Identity appears in American theatres in the midst of an acrimonious, contentious, and long overdue conversation about "privilege." Hopefully, … Continue reading →

Posted in Films/DVDs | Tagged A Borrowed Identity, Ali Suliman, Amos Oz, Arab Labor, Danielle Kitzis, Eran Riklis, FF2 Media, Jan Lisa Huttner, Laëtitia Eïdo, Michael Moshonov, Michael Sheli, My Michael, Norman Issa, Razi Gabareen, Sayed Kashua, Second City Tzivi, Tawfeek Barhom, Yael Abeccassis | Leave a comment

FORBIDDEN FILMS

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Jan Lisa Huttner

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 →

Posted in Films/DVDs | 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 | Leave a comment

FELIX & MEIRA

Posted on April 17, 2015 by TziviahHuttner

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 →

Posted in Films/DVDs | Tagged Felix & Meira, FF2 Media, Hadas Yaron, Jan Lisa Huttner, Luzer Twersky, Martin Dubreuil, Maxime Giroux, Ophir Awards, Sara Mishara, Second City Tzivi | Leave a comment

LA CAMARA OSCURA

Posted on October 26, 2012 by TziviahHuttner

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 →

Posted in Books, Films/DVDs, Tzivi's Events | Tagged Angélica Gorodischer, Chicago YIVO Society, Eliahu Toker, Jan Lisa Huttner, LA CAMERA OSCURA, Marcelo Moguilevsky, María Victoria Menis, Second City Tzivi | Leave a comment

Cadillac Records

Posted on August 8, 2010 by nightfinder79

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 | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Second City Tzivi

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