By Cate Marquis, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published July 27, 2016
Dictionaries define “cafe society” as the world of socialites who regularly frequent cafes, nightclubs, resorts and other fashionable spots. The term originated in the mid- to late-1930s, according to the “Random House Dictionary,” which puts...
By Cate Marquis, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published July 4, 2012
Writer-director Woody Allen co-stars in his newest ensemble “To Rome With Love.” Like last year’s hit “Midnight in Paris,” this romantic comedy is set in a city fabled for love. But this time, Allen presents four separate stories, linked only...
NEW YORK -- Woody Allen will play a pimp who irks his Chasidic neighbors in a movie directed by John Turturro. Allen is set to co-star in the "Fading Gigolo" along with Turturro and Sharon Stone, Variety reported Tuesday. Turturro and Allen will play...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 25, 2012
B'nai mitzvah mitzvah When Central Reform Congregation members Michael Getty and Brian Vetruba decided to become b'nai mitzvah together, the couple wanted a mitzvah project that was not only meaningful to them but also beneficial to the entire St. Louis...
LOS ANGELES -- The movie industry’s two veteran super-Jews, Steven Spielberg and Woody Allen, did not walk off with the most prestigious awards at the Golden Globe Awards, but neither did they go home empty-handed. “The Adventures of Tintin” earned...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published June 8, 2011
If airfares to Paris are too high for you this summer the next best thing just might be "Midnight in Paris," writer-director Woody Allen's romantic fable that's as sweet and as bubbly as Champagne. As demonstrated before in films such as "Manhattan,"...
by Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published October 13, 2010
At the rate of about one a year for the past five decades, Woody Allen is such a prolific filmmaker that critiquing his latest is practically an annual rite among film buffs, regardless of whether they are fan or foe. Not funny enough, self-conscious...
