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Nonfiction High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic Glenn Frankel
Visual Arts The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film Susan Tumarkin Goodman, Jens Hoffmann, Alexander Lavrentiev
Essay Woody Allen: The Artist Who Got It All Earlier this week, David Evanier shared what he learned about Woody Allen while writing an unofficial biography of the comedian and director. He is blogging here all… David Evanier December 2, 2015
Essay What I Learned About Woody David Evanier recently authored an unofficial biography of Woody Allen, and will be sharing what he learned about the famed comedian and director all week as part of the… David Evanier November 30, 2015
Nonfiction Identity, Place, and Subversion in Contemporary Mizrahi Cinema in Israel Yaron Shemer
Visual Arts The Wes Anderson Collection Matt Zoller Seitz; Eric C. Anderson, illus.; Michael Chabon, intro.
Essay Six Degrees of Kevin’s Bacon: Who’s Jewish in Hollywood? Earlier this week, Emily Stone wrote about Jews and sports (have you taken her quiz “Athlete or Mathlete?”). Her book, Did Jew Know: A Handy Primer on the Customs,… Emily Stone February 26, 2014
Nonfiction Woody on Rye: Jewishness in the Films and Plays of Woody Allen Vincent Brook & Marat Grinberg, eds.
