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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 196
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November 29, 2023, 6:46 am
Controversy & creativity
Peeling back the curtain on Leonard Bernstein, Maestro unveils a symphony of creativity, controversy and composition. And Bradley Cooper's second foray into directing hasn't been without controversy itself. Jessica Abelsohn explores the film and the surrounding commentary.
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Jessica Abelsohn
November 20, 2023, 7:21 am
Animator creates short about abducted brothers
Goodman said he gets deeply involved in any project he works on, but usually can take breaks to eat, be with his kids, live his life. Not this time.
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JESSICA STEINBERG
November 19, 2023, 6:22 am
The story you hear, but don’t see
In the shadow of the terror attack on Israel last month, a new film by Jonathan Glazer has been screened at the New York Film Festival. But it's not just any film. It's a film about the zone of interest – the area surrounding Auschwitz. Jessica Abelsohn reports.
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Jessica Abelsohn
November 8, 2023, 7:09 am
Contradictory ideas coexisting in complex ways
“It’s a piece for me that is born out of my own complexity and contradictory feelings, and I hope to share some of that feeling and some of the hope that I have found.”
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AJN STAFF
November 2, 2023, 2:15 pm
How Hamas manipulates the media in Gaza
"Our movie presents the history of the area, the nature of Hamas, the inaccuracies of the media. We interview Hamas leaders, western military spokesmen, Middle eastern politicians, leading journalists."
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AJN STAFF
October 15, 2023, 7:23 am
Sharing Sasha’s story
When The AJN ran a story about a young Sydney filmmaker, we never anticipated that it would spawn a beautiful filmmaking relationship with an author in Melbourne. Lexee Gordoun and Anita Selzer have teamed up to produce Sasha’s Game, which follows the story of how Anita’s father survived the Holocaust. The AJN spoke to both the filmmaker and the author about how the film came to be and what they hope the future of the film holds.
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AJN STAFF
October 9, 2023, 7:06 am
Mirren defends prosthetic nose
"I think the whole question of assuming a certain physiognomy because you're playing a particular race. There is something offensive about that,"
October 6, 2023, 6:06 am
Film-focused exhibition coming to Sydney
“Film footage about war makes it real and emotive, and it connects and places people into another world – a place that hopefully most of us never have to be.”
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Shane Desiatnik
September 28, 2023, 12:24 pm
Film tackles issues of inequality
Streets of Colour tells the story of Tez (Rahel Romahn), a 25-year-old drug dealer with cultural identity issues, who is blamed for the death of his best friend in a street fight.
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AJN STAFF
September 11, 2023, 6:42 am
The makings of an authentic Jewish film
"We really wanted to be careful and represent things authentically and check ourselves. So we had a lead rabbi that was consulting, and then a couple of other rabbis that we would send everything to."
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Lior Zaltzman
September 5, 2023, 7:11 am
Everything’s coming up Gal
...the star has gone viral in Argentina after she revealed in an interview that she would like to collaborate with Damian Szifron, an acclaimed Argentine-Jewish director who often weaves Jewish characters into his work.
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AJN STAFF
August 8, 2023, 6:33 am
BDS movie claim false
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel had claimed that Oscar-winner Jane Campion asked that her 1989 film Sweetie be withdrawn from the Jerusalem Film Festival, which was held from July 18 to 28.
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Bruce Hill
August 1, 2023, 6:41 am
Understanding the other and sharing values
Disney should be applauded for embracing its responsibility to use the movie platform to educate for consent, but changing the lyrics of a key song is only the tip of the iceberg.
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Shula Lazar
July 30, 2023, 5:20 pm
Barbie director wants you to feel like it’s Shabbat
Gerwig is winning acclaim for transforming Barbie from a stagnant symbol of capitalism and women's oppression into a canvas for exploring self-discovery, through an accidental jaunt from the toy world into the real one.
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PHILISSA CRAMER
July 30, 2023, 6:37 am
That Shabbat feeling
David Filmore describes Shabbat as the perfect day to separate oneself from the hassles of the regular week. But as a kid, he wanted to do more on Shabbat than sit in synagogue. He wanted to go on adventures. So, he wrote a book about how to embrace Shabbat and the adventurous spirit. Jessica Abelsohn spoke to the filmmaker and author about Shabbos Schmabbos?
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Jessica Abelsohn
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