Craig Zobel’s ‘Compliance’ and the Holocaust-inspired Milgram Experiment [VIDEO]

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on August 15, 2012

Polio survivor’s new film explores sexual surrogacy

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on January 18, 2012

Israelis Win at 2011 Sundance Film Festival

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on January 30, 2011

Sundance Wrapup:  A Shabbat Completed and A Film Unfinished

By Larry Mark
Published on February 2, 2010

Live from Sundance:  Joseph Gordon-Levitt With Tattoos

By Larry Mark
Published on February 1, 2010

Live at Sundance:  A Palestinian Woody Allen

By Larry Mark
Published on January 31, 2010

Live at Sundance:  The Fabulous Joan Rivers

By Larry Mark
Published on January 29, 2010

Live at Sundance:  James Franco Howls

By Larry Mark
Published on January 23, 2010

Jewish themes on tap at Sundance festival

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on January 17, 2008

"I never sold weed after high school -- I swear," said 31-year-old filmmaker Jonathan Levine.

Instead, he said, "The Wackness," which revolves around a dealer who trades pot for therapy sessions (and premieres in competition at the Sundance Film Festival this week), was inspired by his teen angst back in 1994, as he bemoaned his social status, bickered with his Jewish parents and obsessed about what he calls life's "wackness, the awful stuff, rather than living in the moment."

Israeli entry ‘Mud’ wins at Sundance

Published on February 1, 2007

Spectator - Assimilation and a Blonde Doll

By Steven Rosen
Published on March 23, 2006

Filmmaker Tiffany Shlain laughs when asked where she gets her finely honed sense of ironic humor. It comes with being Jewish, she explains -- a group whose number constitutes just one-quarter of 1 percent of the human race and thus makes getting along with others paramount.

Lost No More

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on July 5, 2001

French-Canadian director Léa Pool calls her latest movie a teenage-lesbian version of "Romeo and Juliet."

‘Believer’ Is a Winner

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on February 8, 2001

In our Jan. 26 issue, veteran screenwriter Henry Bean told The Journal he wasn't sure his provocative directorial debut, "The Believer," inspired by the true story of a Jewish Nazi, would be well-received at Sundance. He'd heard that distributors were wary of the controversial subject matter. So he was shocked last week when his film won the festival's Grand Jury Prize, the top award in the dramatic competition -- prompting serious discussions with potential distributors. Now that "The Believer" seems poised to have an audience, at least with the art-house crowd, Bean has a particular group of viewers in mind. "There is no audience I'd rather show this to than one of anti-Semites and neo-Nazis," he told The Journal. "I'd love to know what they think."

Jewish Themes at Sundance

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on February 3, 2000

The Sundance Film Festival, that two-week industry schmooze-fest in Park City, Utah, was once more a launching pad for Jewish independent cinema.

A Jewish New Wave

By Harry Medved
Published on February 12, 1998

Jewish filmmakers descended on this snowy townlast month for their annual 11-day-long holiday ritual of schmoozing,skiing and screenings, better known as the Sundance FilmFestival.

A Jewish New Wave

By Harry Medved
Published on February 12, 1998

Jewish filmmakers descended on this snowy townlast month for their annual 11-day-long holiday ritual of schmoozing,skiing and screenings, better known as the Sundance FilmFestival.