Dan Buffa, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published February 14, 2022
Jewish director Ivan Reitman's early life could have been a movie. He died this past weekend at the age of 75, but he leaves behind several indelible movies and stories. Here are 10 things to know about his career and life as the world celebrates his...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published February 8, 2022
St. Louis native Andy Cohen had what many of us would describe as a good week.
To lead off, the Clayton High School grad, celebrated his son Ben's 3rd birthday, while receiving a special honor himself. Cohen, the host of "Watch What Happens Live,"...
Sharon Rosen Leib, The Forward
• Published January 30, 2022
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The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’ recent decision to create a permanent exhibition...
By Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 30, 2021
Less than three weeks before "Spider-Man: No Way Home" is released in theaters, Sony chairperson Amy Pascal is already promising Marvel Cinematic Universe fans more "Spidey" adventures--with Tom Holland in the lead role.
The Jewish film producer told...
DAN BUFFA, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published September 18, 2021
In case you have lived under a rock for the past decade, Marvel has taken over Hollywood, one successful and highly-watched movie and television show at a time.
Whether it's "Avengers: Endgame" becoming the all-time No. 1 movie at the box office...
DAN BUFFA, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published August 12, 2021
If Marc Maron is in the movie, the experience can't be all bad. But with this entertainer, pretty much anywhere he shows up, good times will follow. He's versatile like good pizza dough; no matter how you stretch it or bake it, the taste is there.
That...
Arielle Kaplan, Kveller
• Published August 9, 2021
Men wanted to sleep with her and women wanted to be her, but all Marilyn Monroe desired was a sense of belonging. Distilled to the public as a “blonde bombshell,” Monroe’s legacy continues to be defined by the demons (childhood trauma, drug addiction)...
Another Academy Awards season is over. I am always struck by how the film industry has no shame. Dozens of Oscar presenters or award winners predictably trot onto the stage to utter liberal pieties about inequality, Wall Street greed and other sins of...
By Danielle Berrin, L.A. Jewish Journal
• Published July 18, 2012
Aaron Sorkin, the playwright, television writer and Oscar-winning screenwriter of “The Social Network,” is causing a stir with his new HBO series, “The Newsroom,” about the inside antics of a cable news show and its commentary on American journalism....
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published May 9, 2012
The New Jewish Theatre closes out its 2011-2012 season with “Jacob and Jack,” acclaimed playwright James Sherman’s delightfully funny and nostalgic look at the decline of American Yiddish theater and the desperation of down-on-their luck actors....
“Jacob and Jack,” the final production of the New Jewish Theatre’s 2011-2012 season, combines elements of contemporary and Yiddish theater in a classic marital farce complicated by dual role-playing. It will be presented from May 3-20 in the Wool...
