Aviva Kempner on ‘The Spy Behind Home Plate’
The Spy Behind Home Plate, the fascinating story of the 1920s-1930s baseball catcher Moe Berg, is the latest film by Aviva Kempner....
Sunday, August 18, 2019
Film Tag
In Scorsese’s ‘Rolling Thunder Revue,’ Bob Dylan Is More Myth Than Man
Why make a documentary that is nearly as much fiction as fantasy, and why deliberately attempt to blur the two?...
From Book to Screen: A Conversation with André Aciman & Debra Granik
12:43 13 June
in Arts & Culture, Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Short Fiction, Summer 2019 Double Issue
Is the movie as good as the book? Often, the answer to this perennial question is a flat “No.” ...
Video | A Literary Evening with André Aciman and Debra Granik
André Aciman and Debra Granik discuss the art of adapting literature to film....
Six More Jewish Movies to Stream on Netflix
An updated list of Jewish movies streaming on Netflix—including everything from Jewish comedies to dramas to documentaries....
Bob Dylan’s ‘Blood on the Tracks’ Comes to the Big Screen
Director Luca Guadagnino announced that he is planning to adapt Bob Dylan’s 1975 album Blood on the Tracks for the screen. ...
Jewish Word | Shamash
n the 1946 film The Big Sleep, based on the Raymond Chandler mystery of the same name, Carmen—the promiscuous, drug-addicted younger sister of Lauren Bacall’s character—sizes up Philip Marlowe, played by Humphrey Bogart, and asks him, “What are you, a prizefighter?” Bogart responds, “No, I’m...
Moment’s Guide to Film Festivals
Films You Shouldn’t Miss By Isaac Zablocki [caption id="attachment_191380" align="alignnone" width="800"] Red Cow | Directed by Tsivia Barkai-Yacov | Starring Avigayil Koevary, Gal Toren, Moran Rosenblatt[/caption] A notable theme that emerged from the film festival lineups was movies about the Orthodox community. This includes Red Cow by...
In ‘Unsettling,’ Leftist Filmmaker Embeds in a West Bank Settlement
Zaki arranged a pop-up studio/cafe outside a small organic grocery with three cameras, a table and chairs. Then, she waited. ...
In ‘209 rue Saint-Maur,’ Family Separation in Occupied France
209 rue Saint-Maur, Paris, 10ème—The Neighbours opens with shots of a Parisian tenement building as a mother tells her child the story of the three little pigs. The comforting voice-over drifts off as the mother pig tells her children that she cannot care for them...