The Chief’s Daughter (Film Review: “Lionheart”)
- By Norma
- November 15, 2019
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A heartwarming generational story about a Nigerian family’s efforts to hold onto their transportation business, against all odds. Continue Reading →
The Obedient Son (Film Review: “The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch”)
- By Norma
- November 8, 2019
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A funny and touching story about a nice Orthodox Jewish boy who breaks his Yiddish mother’s heart by falling head over heels for a hot shiksa. True Love or Recipe for Disaster? Continue Reading →
We’re All Ridiculous (Film Review: “What We Did on Our Holiday”)
- By Norma
- October 11, 2019
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An instant favorite about an eccentric young family in turmoil and their annual holiday in the Scottish Highlands with a wise and hilarious grandfather on the eve of his milestone birthday. Continue Reading →
The Woman Behind the Man (Film Review: “Mr. & Mrs. Adelman”)
- By Norma
- September 6, 2019
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A captivating and dizzying chronicle of one literary marriage over a 45 year time span, according to rival husband vs. wife narrators. Is the Truth somewhere in-between? Continue Reading →
Listening In (Film Review: “The Lives of Others”)
- By Norma
- August 9, 2019
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A timely and tautly wound Cold War drama about the perils of independent thought in East Germany, where privacy is never assumed and no one can be trusted. Continue Reading →
Outsource Your Suicide (Film Review: “Dead In A Week . . . or your money back”
- By Norma
- May 3, 2019
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A darkly comic, violently slapstick story of a depressed young man who can’t seem to get the job done, so he hires a professional to ‘off’ him, satisfaction guaranteed. Continue Reading →
The Jewish Problem (Film Review: “They Are Everywhere”)
- By Norma
- April 12, 2019
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A timely comedy that takes no prisoners in its sendup of Jewish stereotypes through the ages, refracted through a modern lens and playing out in disturbing ways across France and beyond. Continue Reading →