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So far Nora Lee Mandel has created 319 blog entries.

    RBG

    Whether she’s bubbe or the Notorious RBG, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is an inspiration

    By |July 9th, 2018|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

      The King

      Actor Ethan Hawke offers the shrewdest analysis in this documentary essay on Elvis Presley and the American Dream.

      By |June 24th, 2018|Documentary|1 Comment

        Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts

        The feminist western you’ve been waiting for.

        By |June 22nd, 2018|Top Picks|1 Comment

          A Bag of Marbles

          Two Jewish boys’ adventures have life-and-death consequences in Occupied France.

          By |March 21st, 2018|Book adaptation, French|0 Comments

            Keep the Change

            In the most original romcom in years, debut writer/director Rachel Israel infuses the traditional template with more empathy and sincerity than is usually found in the genre.

            By |March 19th, 2018|Romantic Comedy|0 Comments

              Leaning into the Wind–Andy Goldsworthy

              Nature as an astist’s canvas, to inspire and to blend with in harmony

              By |March 8th, 2018|Documentary|0 Comments

                Foxtrot

                The domestic front intersects with a military checkpoint in the theater of the absurd via Israel.

                By |February 28th, 2018|Israeli, War|0 Comments

                  West of the Jordan River

                  All director Amos Gitai is saying is, give peace a chance.

                    The Post

                    Behind-the-scenes of a crucial 20th-century “start the presses!” news story.

                    By |January 17th, 2018|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Top Picks|0 Comments