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Rick Tash is the primary caregiver of his wife, Bambi Fass, who is dying of cancer. (still) A new short film by Dr. Jessica Zitter and Kevin Gordon gives an intimate look at the toll involved in caring for a…
Michael Douglas stars as Sandy Kominsky in The Kominsky Method on Netflix. (photo by Anne Marie Fox / Netflix) I admit to watching movies and television series on Netflix, kanopy.com, Amazon Prime, TIFF, VJFF and any other website that offers…
Lance Henriksen, left, and Viggo Mortensen in Falling. (photo from indiewire.com) In February 2016, the Jewish Independent published my column “Dementia, cinema’s darling,” in which I reviewed seven films about people struggling with dementia. Well, here we go again! This…
Kamil Whaley-Kalaora stars as the title character in Malka Martz-Oberlander’s David Michael Frankel Feinstein-Goldberg and the Unbarmitzvah. (screenshot) It was a rainy day near the beginning of the pandemic. Sourdough was in the oven, Zoom was new and fun and…
Seu Jorge, left, and Noah Schnapp in a still from Abe. (image from Reel 2 Real) The upcoming Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth is not just for youth, though younger viewers are its target audience. There are…
Illusionist Vitaly Beckman in the midst of fooling Penn & Teller on the March 19 broadcast of Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (screenshot) Illusionist Vitaly Beckman has done it again – he stumped Penn & Teller a second time. The…
Times Square in New York City, 2018. (photo from eveningofwonders.com) Illusionist Vitaly Beckman fooled the famous Las Vegas duo Penn & Teller on his first appearance on Penn & Teller: Fool Us, in Season 3. Now, four years later, he…
Alessandro Gassmann plays a Jewish surgeon whose idyllic kayaking trip – and life – is upended when he hears a car accident on the adjacent roadway. (photo from comingsoon.it) The Vancouver Jewish Film Festival is finally here! Available for streaming until…
Yehuda Barkan and Nitza Shaul co-star in the charming Love in Suspenders. (photo from homemcr.org/film/love-in-suspenders) The Vancouver Jewish Film Festival is set to go online March 4, and all the many offerings will be available until March 14. There are…
Niv Nissim, left, and John Benjamin Hickey co-star in Sublet, one of the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival’s many offerings this year. (photo from facebook.com/subletfilm) The Vancouver Jewish Film Festival will take place exclusively online March 4-14. And, while you might…
