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JANUARY 31TRIUMPH OF THE SPIRIT (1989) 120 min., U.S.A.Willem
Dafoe, Wendy Gazelle, Edward James Olmos, Robert Loggia, Wendy
Gazelle
/ Directed by Robert M. YoungIn 1938, Salamo Arouch is a young
Greek waterfront tough. His loves are his family,boxing and lovely
Alegra. In 1943, captured by the Nazis, Arouch is now forced
tofight for the entertainment of the S.S. officers. His survival
and his family dependson his winning. Based on a true story.
FEBRUARY 21THE CHOSEN (1981) 108 min. U.S.A.Rod Steiger, Robby
Benson, Maximilian Schell, Barry Miller/Directed by Jeremy Paul
Kagan
The Chosen explores the friendship between two Jewish youths
growing up inBrooklyn during WWII. Their relationship is almost
destroyed by the idealogicaldifferences of their loving but
strong-willed fathers.
MARCH 28FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION (2006) 86 min. U.S.A.Bob Balaban,
Ed Begley Jr., Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Catherine
O'Hara,Parker Posey, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard / Directed by
Christopher GuestFor Your Consideration focuses on the making of an
independent movie and its castwho become victims of the dreaded
awards buzz. Like Guest's previous films,Waiting For Guffman, Best
In Show and A Mighty Wind, this latest project willfeature
performances from his regular ensemble, including co-writer Eugene
Levy.
MAY 16CROSSING DELANCEY (1988) U.S.A.Amy Irving, Peter Riegert,
Sylvia Miles, Jeroen Krabbe /Directed by Joan Micklin SilverA
Manhattan book store manager concentrates on life among the New
York literateuntil her European grandmother hires a flamboyant
matchmaker to find her a
husband. The owner of a local pickle stand turns out to be the
man of her dreams.
OCTOBER 18DEFIANCE (2008) 136 min., U.S.A.Daniel Craig, Liev
Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Tomas Arana,
Mark Feuerstein / Directed by Ed ZwickIn WWII Russia, Jewish
refugees band together into a brigade that hides in theforest,
ambushes Germans and survives until war's end, eventually 1200
strong.
NOVEMBER 15HEARTBREAK KID (1972), 106 min., U.S.A.Cybill
Shepherd, Charles Grodin, Eddie Albert, Jeannie Berlin /Directed by
Elaine May.While on his honeymoon a newlywed man decides that he
absolutely can't stand hisidiosyncratic wife. He then proceeds to
have a secret affair with a ravishing young
coed. This is a Neil Simon comedy at its best.
NOVEMBER 29WATERMARKS (2004), 80 min., Israel.Hebrew and
English. / Directed by Yaron Zilberman.Watermarks is the story of
the champion women swimmers of the legendary Jewishsports club,
Hakoah Vienna. Aer the political unification of Nazi Germany
andAustria in 1938 the Nazis shut down the club, but the swimmers
managed to flee thecountry before the war broke out. Sixty-five
years later, director Yaron Zilbermanarranges a reunion in their
old swimming pool in Vienna, a journey that evokes mem-ories of
youth, struggle and triumph.
JANUARY 17NOWHERE IN AFRICA (2001) / 141 min. Germany.German
with English subtitles/ Directed by Caroline Link.The Jewish family
Redlich emigrates to Kenya in 1938, where Walter Redlich, alawyer,
works on a farm as a caretaker. While his wife Jettel, a daughter
from abourgeois home, finds it difficult to adjust to their new
life, their shy daughterRegina blossoms. She learns the local
language and customs and finds a good friend
in the cook Owuor. The loss of their home and relatives, as well
as their inability totalk about this, endangers the marriage of
Jettel and Walter.
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JUNE 20THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS (2008) U.S.A.Asa
Butterfield, Zac Mattoon O'Brien, Domonkos Nmeth, Henry
Kingsmill,
Vera Farmiga, Cara Horgan, Zsuzsa Holl, Amber Beattie, Lszl ron
/Directed by Mark HermanSet during World War II, a story seen
through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the
commandant at a concentration camp, whose forbidden friend-ship
with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling
andunexpected consequences.
JULY 11HELLO GOODBYE (2008) 99 minutes, FranceFanny Ardant,
Gerrord Depardieu, Jean Benguigui, Lior Ashkenazi, Sasson Gabai
/
Directed by Graham GuitRomantic comedy about a Parisian couple
in their fiies who share a comfortablelife, a beautiful home, a
posh country club and a midlife crisis. Following a dream va-cation
to Israel where Alain explores his Jewish roots, Gisle insists they
changetheir life and move to Tel Aviv. While Gisle, a Jewish
convert, finds her new life in-spiring; Alain fights to embrace
Hebrew, Jewish tradition and a new circumcision.
AUGUST 29JUST AN ORDINARY JEW (2005), 89 minutes, GermanyBen
Becker, Siegfried W. Kernen, Samuel Finzi / Directed by Oliver
Hirschbiegel
Journalist Emanuel Goldfarb (Ben Becker) is invited to speak to
a class of schoolchildren on the topic of being a German Jew living
in Germany today.Goldfarb cant imagine what would be of interest to
kids regarding his very ordinarylife. He is more than annoyed by
the invitation and enters into an amazingly intensemonologue being
forced to do some soul searching. As he confronts his mask of
anordinary Jew, he recognizes that his life, along with his Jewish
heritage, is very un-ordinary.
SEPTEMBER 12KEEPING UP WITH THE STEINS U.S.A, 90 minutesDaryl
Sabara, Jami Gertz, Jeremy Piven, Garry Marshall / Directed by
Scott Marshall
Benjamin Fiedler is preparing for his bar mitzvah without any
understanding of itsmeaning or of its significance. His parents are
planning a lavish party, but Benjaminwants his dad to give him some
space. So Benjamin gets an idea. He will invite hisgrandfather, who
le the family years ago and for whom Benjamin's dad has an in-tense
dislike, to come two weeks early. Thanks in part to grandpa - and
to theimmediate family's love - Benjamin may have a shot at
figuring out what it means tobe a man.
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