The East Bay International Jewish Film Festival brings all the sophistication of global film programming to the comfort of modern cineplexes. The March 2-10 festival, taking place in Livermore and Pleasant Hill, will offer 40 films from a dozen countries including the U.S., intended to appeal to a wide range of interests and diverse Jewish…
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The Tribe goes to the Oscars, 2019
The 91st Academy Awards will be on ABC at 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24. Here are the confirmed Jewish nominees, and other interesting tidbits, in all but the…
Film
‘Redemption’ lies between rock (’n’ roll) and a hard place
It’s easy to imagine a Hollywood remake of “Redemption,” an unexpected Israeli drama about a 40-something widower who reunites his old rock band in order…
Film
Personal reinvention goes tragically awry in ‘A Fortunate Man’
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Film
Film pays tribute to moviemaking pioneer and wartime rescuer
We take the movies for granted. Get on line, buy a ticket, watch the flick and go home. But once upon a time, there was no movie business. Someone had to…
TV
Jewish threads loop through 'Russian Doll'
The signature Natasha Lyonne character usually is intelligent and bold, unapologetically sexual, a fan of drugs, alcohol and cigarettes, and often…
Culture
Family, journalism, Peter Sellers on film at WinterFest
“Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?” — to borrow a title from the artist Paul Gauguin — could be the theme of WinterFest, coming to…
Celebrity Jews
The Jews go to the Grammys, 2019 edition
Grammy calculations The Grammy Awards will air live on CBS at 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10. Here’s my list of Jewish nominees in the categories that will…
Celebrity Jews
Finding Sandberg's 'Roots'; 'Three Identical Strangers' on CNN; etc.
Spinning the TV dial Sheryl Sandberg, 49, the chief operating officer of Facebook and a Menlo Park resident, will be featured on the PBS celebrity…