“The Goddess of Fortune” is described partly in genre as an “LGBT Film”. The more references I see to this being a genre the more frustrated I get. The more a community defines itself as such the less it becomes human. It can be made subject to an analogy of late In the current AmericanContinue reading ““The Goddess of Fortune”: Love as the Great Forgiver”
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“First We Eat”: A Lighthearted Film Takes on More Serious Overtones The Canadian documentary “First We Eat” takes a rather amusing and lighthearted perspective on the challenges of eating locally particularly in Canada’s Yukon. It was precipitated by a landslide that covered the only road into Dawson City. Grocery shelves were emptied in 48 hours.Continue reading
“There are No Lions in Tel Aviv”: A Story of Passion, Greed and Downfall: Toronto Jewish Film Festival
There was once a Rabbi Dr. Mordecai Schornstein who arrived in Palestine in 1935 from Copenhagen. Not wishing to remain a rabbi he transformed his love of animals into a pet shop then donated all his animals to establish a zoo in Tel Aviv. The deal was the Zoo gets the animals and he wouldContinue reading ““There are No Lions in Tel Aviv”: A Story of Passion, Greed and Downfall: Toronto Jewish Film Festival”
“The End of Love”: A Film Boosted by its Place in Time: Toronto Jewish Film Festival
The Toronto Jewish Film Festival, a virtual festival of course in this insidious time of COVID , goes beyond its time limits to present an “encore presentation” of a couple of films. One of them is “The End of Love” which deals with a Skype relationship between Israeli photographer Yuval and his wife Julie. JulieContinue reading ““The End of Love”: A Film Boosted by its Place in Time: Toronto Jewish Film Festival”
“Invisible”: Intriguing and Cutting Film From Lithuania: European Union Film Festival in Canada
You never know where a good film can emanate from! But in this case “Invisible” is from Lithuania. And it is very good. It is a combination of a thriller, murder mystery, blackmail, love story, a jab at the church’s child molestation and yes a spoof on American reality television shows. Jonas (Dainus Kazlauskas) isContinue reading ““Invisible”: Intriguing and Cutting Film From Lithuania: European Union Film Festival in Canada”
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