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Posts Tagged "Jewish"
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Au Revoir Les Enfants ***** (1987, Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette) – Classic Movie Review 1927
Writer-director Louis Malle’s haunting 1987 semi-autobiographical spellbinder, based on a searingly traumatic event in his childhood, is an exquisitely made, heart-breaking real-life story of appalling cruelty and inhumanity that resonates in the widest context. Set in […]
Keeping the Faith *** (2000, Ben Stiller, Edward Norton, Jenna Elfman, Eli Wallach, Anne Bancroft) Classic Movie Review 1717
Director Edward Norton’s 2000 movie stars himself and Ben Stiller as a priest, Father Brian Finn, and a rabbi, Jake Schram, who are in love with the same woman Anna Riley (Jenna Elfman). Jake is attracted […]
Chariots of Fire ***** (1981, Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Ian Holm, Nigel Havers, Nicholas Farrell, John Gielgud, Lindsay Anderson) – Classic Movie Review 1399
Director Hugh Hudson’s four-Oscar-winning 1981 triumph Chariots of Fire tells the real-life story of two athletes, Scottish missionary Eric Liddell and Jewish Cambridge University undergraduate Harold Abrahams, who ran for Britain in the 1924 Olympics. […]
Yentl **** (1983, Barbra Streisand, Amy Irving, Mandy Patinkin) – Classic Movie Review 1234
Director Barbra Streisand’s 1983 version of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s short story Yentl the Yeshiva Boy, a tale about a Jewess in Poland who cross-dresses to receive a boy’s schooling, is an exceptional labour of love […]
Sunday, Bloody Sunday ***** (1971, Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft) – Classic Movie Review 680
Glenda Jackson and Peter Finch won Bafta awards for Best Actress and Best Actor, and were Oscar nominated for their sensitive performances in John Schlesinger’s strongly felt, personal 1971 drama film Sunday, Bloody Sunday. Peter […]
Meet the Parents ***** (2000, Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, Owen Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 488
Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro make a wonderful comedy double act in this hysterically funny, laugh-a-minute 2000 farce to treasure and see over and over again. Male nurse Gaylord ‘Greg’ Myron Focker (Ben Stiller) […]
Life Is Beautiful [La vita è bella] ***** (1997, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Marisa Paredes, Horst Buchholz) – Classic Movie Review 415
This triple-Oscar-winning 1999 Italian movie is a triumph for its mastermind, Roberto Benigni, who walked off with the Best Actor Oscar and the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar as its director. One for each end […]