Holy Air-2017 Tribeca Film Festival
Adam and Lamia are a Christian Arab couple from Nazareth. When Lamia gets pregnant, Adam decides it’s time to make it big and provide for his family by entering the biggest local business – religion. He begins to sell Holy Air. This new business venture is unique in that Adam bottles air to sell to […]
The Attack
Video blogger Aaron Herman spoke with Director Ziad Doueiri about his new film The Attack. The Attack is a mystery, political thriller and a love story. An Israeli-Arab doctor, devastated by his wife’s death in a terrorist attack, uncovers her startling secret
Here I Learned To Love
Aaron Herman speaks with Avi Angel Director of Here I Learned To Love. Two brothers, three mothers, a saga during the Second World War, shrouded in fog for almost six decades, the unique emotional narrative of a voyage tracing the roots of a shadowy past, unclear and confusing even to those involved. Brothers Avner and […]
Hava Nagila (The Movie)
Where did the Hava Nagila come from? Aaron Herman spoke with Director Roberta Grossman about her new movie Hava Nagila (The Movie) .It is instantly recognizable — musical shorthand for anything Jewish, a happy party tune that you dance to at weddings, bar mitzvahs and even at Major League Baseball games. It conjures up wistful […]
Suskind
Aaron Herman takes a look at the new film Suskind. Set in Amsterdam during the German occupation of the Netherlands a group of people, including the Jewish Walter Süskind try to help children escape the Holocaust.
Our Idiot Brother
Every family has one: the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz (Emily Mortimer), Miranda (Elizabeth Banks) and Natalie (Zooey Deschanel), that person is their perennially upbeat brother Ned (Paul Rudd), an erstwhile organic farmer whose willingness to rely on […]
Interview with Director Justin Lerner and Evan Sneider of Girlfriend
We had the opportunity to sit down with the Director/writer of Girlfriend Justin Lerner and actor Evan Sneider. This is truly a remarkable and heartwarming movie. Girlfriend shows love in its purest form and captivates audiences. Evan is a young man with Down Syndrome who lives with his mother in a poor, working-class town hit […]
Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish Interview with Director Eve Annenberg
We had the opportunity to sit down with Eve Annenberg director of Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish. The play Romeo and Juliet has been translated around the world. Now this gritty, funny new feature film retells William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” in Yiddish. A middle-aged ER nurse, Ava, in graduate school—and bitterly lapsed observant Jew—undertakes […]
Interview with Joseph Dorman Director of Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0SZ4mhHh3o We had the opportunity to sit down with Joseph Dorman Director of Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness.A riveting portrait of the great writer whose stories became the basis of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness tells the tale of the rebellious genius who created an entirely […]
Warner Brothers Green Lantern
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAl8nniIXeM BY Aaron Herman Green Lantern is one of the most anticipated super hero movie’s this summer. The film stars Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, with Martin Campbell directing. Studios are betting big this summer on super hero movies. The big screen adaption of DC comics and Marvel have helped bring a new life into […]