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On the whole, it's a su- the Telex because that's- the perb cat. l• Aside from . everything else, • only place in town where it's' it's fascinating to get even the playing. Mordecai Richler has done a brief glimpses of Canadian marvelous job of translating his Jewish life that Joshua-pro- successful novel into an excel- vides. We've .probably all heard lent screenplay. Director Ted that there's been a thriving Kotcheff has put it all together. Jewish community in Montreal wonderfully. This is the same for a long time. But other than team who did Apprenticeship of a quick tourist ride through the Duddy Kravitz' While I enjoyed that, I found Joshua much warmer, funnier, More likable. When. Woods and Set in Montreal, Joshua is, in its bare bones, the story of the Arkin are together, life and times of a Jewish boy the screen crackles from the wrong side of the tracks who grows up to be a with affection and famous writer and marries the society girl, the "golden good humor. shiksha." That may not sound like much but the story id fleshed Mo-ntreal Jewish section, or a out with original characters and dinner at Moishe's Steak House, fresh, funny events. For in- how much more do we know? stance, there's Joshua's bar Joshua won't make you an ex- ,mitzvah party. There's no magi- pert on Canadian Jewish life cian or clown for entertainment. •but it'll give you a little feel for Rather, Joshua's mother doe i a it, and Tor, the relations between Jews and Gentiles there. strip tease . for the boys. • Even this familiar class con- Then, there's Joshua's father explaining the Ten Command- flict theme, and the rich-girl- ments. He gets flustered when poor-boy theme, are given he comes to the ones about enough new twists here to make stealing and adultery, and them interesting. rationalizes, "Oh, well, eight out . There are also some wickedly satirical moments • as Joshua of ten's not so bad." You see, Joshua's father, who encounters and deflates the was a small-time boxer, is now a pompous oenophile who makes a small-time 'crook and part-time pass at his wife, and the smug -lady's man, when he's not in the psychiatiist • who's more in- cooler. Joshua's mother, who terested in his possessions than fancies herself a dancer, goes in what's possessing his from stripping for the boys at patients. Technical credits throughout the bar mitzvah to stripping for the boys in the bar. And when are first-rate. Every different hubby's on the lam from the era and locale has its own spe- cops, she does a little fancy-lady cial feel. Editing is tight. Music entertaining for a few extra dol- track is just right. I happened to run across lars. No, it's not exactly "Ozzie and Joshua first on the radio, when Harriet" or "The Goldbergs," the CBC serialized it. I was either. But it is all believable struck then by its fresh, off-beat originality. So I have to confess and tremendously entertaining. James Woods, in a big switch I was looking forward to the from his bad-guy roles, plays movie. And I wasn't disap- Joshua. It's a strong perform- pointed. I don't think you will ance, With lots of passion. Alan be either. Arkin..is Joshua's father, and • Joshuan, then and Now tells a he's perfect. It's the best thing good story. And that's some- Arkin's done in a long time. He thing a lot of our new film- walks away with every scene makers haven't learned how to he's in. And when Woods and do. Arkin are together, the screen crackles with affection and good humor, Gabrielle Lazure plays 5 Get Life Pauline, Joshua's WASP wife. I For Killing haven't seen her before, but I Tel Aviv (JTA) — A Haifa certainly won't mind seeing her again. She looks just right for district court gave out life sen- the beautiful "dream blonde," tences last week to five Israeli even if her acting is not in a Arabs concicted of the kidnap class with Ithe rest of the cast. murder of teenager Danny Katz Alexander Knox, whom we in December 1,983. Each of the have all seen before (and it is killers was also sentenced to a great to see him again), adds 27-year prison 'terM for conspi- depth and dimension to the role racy. of Pauline's rich, prestigious The convicted men are Ahmed father. Alan Scarfe, a familiar Kuzli, 29 and Ataf Sabihi, 27, name if you go up to the Strat- both of Wadi Ad-Ain near Tirhat ford Festival and read your cast HaCarmel; and San* Janama, lists, is outstanding as a 28, Dathi Janama, 20, and Ali nouveaux rich poseur who's Janim, 21, all from Sakhnin i n committed the unforgivable Lower Galilee.