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Hosting a Passover seder is all about making cherished memories with family and friends — but it takes a lot of prep work to get there. From adding on top of the normal spring cleaning, to polishing the Kiddush Cup for Elijah, and making sure there’s enough time to slow-cook that brisket, this intimate evening means a lot of work. So along with reciting the four questions from the Haggadah,...
Hosting a Passover seder is all about making cherished memories with family and friends — but it takes a lot of prep work to get there. From adding on top of the normal spring cleaning, to polishing the Kiddush Cup for Elijah, and making sure there’s enough time to slow-cook that brisket, this intimate evening means a lot of work. So along with reciting the four questions from the Haggadah,...
- 4/12/2024
- by Sage Anderson
- Rollingstone.com
"Claustrophobia in nature caused by war" was the theme of the day in Venice. Not surprisingly, it also caused the most walkouts I’ve seen thus far. First up was Amos Gitai’s “Tsili,” set in a Ukraine forest during the last days of WWII. The prolonged solo dance by the film’s lead over the credits kind of forecasted something different, and Gitai didn’t really disappoint in that regard. A young Jewish woman, Tsili, having avoided or escaped from a concentration camp, is living in the woods. She’s played by two very different looking actresses, Sara Adler and Meshi Olinski, and voiced by a third, Leah Koenig. Not a lot happens: she forages for berries and nesting materials. We watch her do this in very long, static takes. I don’t know why, but we do. In the background, the sounds of warfare are constant, loud. Eventually,...
- 9/3/2014
- by Tom Christie
- Thompson on Hollywood
The 71st Venice Film Festival announced its lineup this morning, highlighted by films from American directors, including David Gordon Green, Barry Levinson, Peter Bogdanovich, Lisa Cholodenko, Andrew Niccol, and James Franco. As had been previously announced, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman, starring Michael Keaton and many others, will be the opening film when the festival begins on Aug. 27.
Click below for the entire list of 55 films playing in Venice.
Competition
The Cut, directed by Fatih Akin
Starring Tahar Rahim, Akin Gazi, Simon Abkarian, George Georgiou
A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence, directed by Roy Andersson
Starring Holger Andersson,...
Click below for the entire list of 55 films playing in Venice.
Competition
The Cut, directed by Fatih Akin
Starring Tahar Rahim, Akin Gazi, Simon Abkarian, George Georgiou
A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence, directed by Roy Andersson
Starring Holger Andersson,...
- 7/24/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
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