Natalie Portman in a scene from the film A Tale of Love and Darkness. (photo by Ran Mendelson/Focus Features via houstonchronicle.com) A Tale of Love and Darkness may seem like a nondescript and even coyly evasive title, but in fact…
Anne Wheeler during the making of Chi. (photo from babzchulasociety.wordpress.com) On Aug. 29, the National Film Board of Canada released more than 60 films that now can be viewed free of charge on nfb.ca. Among the new releases is Chi…
In Indignation, Logan Lerman plays model student Marcus Messner. (photo from indignationfilm.com) For his directorial debut, veteran producer and writer James Schamus chose a Philip Roth novel set during a turning point in the Jewish-American experience. Indignation unfolds in 1951,…
Sergio Toporek made Beware of Images to educate people about the power of images. The documentary’s poster includes the pipe from René Magritte’s 1929 painting “The Treachery of Images,” which shows a pipe and, under it, the words, “This is…
Owen Suskind is the subject of the documentary Life, Animated. (photo from A&E Indiefilms) Children’s films – especially the animated variety – always make sure to highlight the moral of the story. But very few children embraced those lessons as…
Rami Katz (photo from Rami Katz) Fish Soup, a 10-minute documentary by Vancouver-based filmmaker Rami Katz, screened at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival last month. The film is an exploration of Katz’s family and their cultural traditions through the making…
If you have ever wondered what will happen after your death – when your soul leaves your body but you have not yet been buried – a new film by Saul Henteleff walks you through precisely that experience. The 30-minute…
Making Movie History panelists during DOXA Industry Day at the SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts on May 7, left to right: Michelle van Beusekom, head of the National Film Board of Canada’s English-language production branch, and filmmakers Mort Ransen,…
Jeff Lieberman with Sam Waymon, brother of Nina Simone and longtime band member. (photo from Re-Emerging Films) It started as an accident,” said Vancouver-born, New York-based filmmaker Jeff Lieberman, describing the evolution of his second documentary film, The Amazing Nina…
Filmmakers Aleeza Chanowitz, above, and Prague Benbenisty will be in Vancouver for the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust Film Prize and to help the Jerusalem Foundation celebrate its 50th anniversary. (photo from Vancouver Jewish Film Centre) Two up-and-coming Israeli filmmakers…
