Filmmaker marries Hollywood to tikkun olam
With stars like Jennifer Love Hewitt, Will Ferrell and Elisabeth Moss, an Orthodox Jewish filmmaker is trying to infuse some positive values derived from Judaism into Hollywood filmmaking.
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On the Set of The Dilemma
It’s late into a long day of shooting on The Dilemma and I’m sitting with a small group of journalists in the back corner of an artificially constructed auto shop. Called “B&V” after Kevin James’ and Vince Vaughn’s characters, Nick Backman and Ronny Valentine, the place has been constructed in an empty Chicago studio and seems to fill the entire building. There are no breakaway walls or false …
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Teens Team Up With the Internet to Destroy Summer Reading
On Sunday, a lengthy article by Matt Richtel appeared in The New York Times. Richtel’s piece, called “Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction,” follows a handful of students at a California high school and examines the impact of technology on their grades and study habits. One student doesn’t finish his summer reading assignment, the Kurt Vonnegut novel Cat’s Cradle, because he’s spent the …
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