Review
Two films in the Boston Jewish Film Festival: one sticks to the commonplace, the other looks at the bizarre.
Brooklyn‘s script neatly consolidates the novel’s trials and tribulations without becoming too saccharine.
Alice Rohrwacher’s film, which won the Grand Prix at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, is a rarity — it is genuinely magical.
What keeps the film churning? Not much. A bit of withheld information.
If anyone needs more evidence that graphic memoirs are the equal of purely literary ones, Invisible Ink closes the case for good.
In Eternity’s Sunrise, Leo Damrosch’s prose flows, filled with imaginative lucidity.
Beautifully produced by Seagull Books, The Pilgrim’s Bowl is an invaluable introduction to both painter and poet.
People like [Yigal Amir] emerge in many social movements, people who regard protest within the bounds of democratic process as insufficient.
Today, Buddy Guy’s vocals are as fresh and project as strongly as on any of his classic recordings.
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