* ** * * * * **** * **** ****
Z7,1,,,W,K2M,WMF,MIMUSW, 01.4:011e,AaWr
COMPARE OUR
LOW PRICES
WITH ANY
DELICATESSEN
IN TOWN!
STAR
DELI
Style Magazine's Oakland County Favorite
"BEST CORNED BEEF"
Sam Goldwyns in the
New Yorker, but the
venerated filmmaker
was absent from
American screens for
the first time in more
than a decade. As a
result of the vagaries of
distribution, Allen's lat-
est, Melinda and
Melinda, won't reach
theaters until March.
EVERYBODY
tin
KNOWS STAR HAS THE 44114r
STAR'S HOMEMADE
S1PEST HONIENIADc.
TUNA IN TOWN! *stF , :.:R 07A Ir m u,p t 101
ST
s1
,411
*,$
.
*si
HOMEMADE
POTATO SALAD
STAR ANYWHERE!
STN. BAR
COLE SLAW
3
— WE CUT OUR "
Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo
Nigro in the Italian drama "Facing
Windows"
Rodrigo Noya is the title character in
Alejandro Agresti semi-autobiographical
drama "Valentin."
(Since the prolific auteur is currently
prepping his next movie, we may get a
double dose in 2005.)
Clearly desperate for a nerdy, wise-
cracking Jewish hero, audiences
embraced a younger and less manic ver-
sion in the person of Zach Braff. The
star of TV's Sc-rubs made his feature writ-
ing and directing debut with the droll
Garden State, a modest film that (with
Braff playing the lead) was a hit with the
date crowd.
Braff's breakthrough somewhat offset
the agony of watching the once-promis-
ing Ben Stiller methodically shred his
career. Or have you already forgotten
Along Came Polly, Starsky & Hutch,
Envy, Dodgeball and Anchorman?
Stiller hopes to erase any lingering
memories with Meet the Fockers, now in
theaters. The comedy also features
Dustin Hoffman and — deep breath
— Barbra Streisand, in her first screen
role since The Mirror Has Two Faces in
1996. One imagines that a sublimely
witty script (not) lured La Streisand off
her deck — or a Brando-sized paycheck.
Although none of the year's Jewish-
themed foreign films matched the box-
office success of 2003's Nowhere in
Africa, the deeply satisfying Hungarian
romantic drama Gloomy Sunday enjoyed
a belated, long run. Unfortunately, the
wonderfully crafted Valentin
(Argentina), Facing Windows (Italy) and
Rosenstrasse (Germany) failed to find
national audiences, although all three are
well worth catching on DVD.
American audiences were treated to an
unprecedented bounty of Israeli
movies, ranging from the piercing, yet
accessible social satire of James' Journey
to Jerusalem to the quirky family
dynamics of Broken Wings and
Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi (still to find
a screening in Detroit). Alas, none
made a dent at the box office, and
moviegoers had to hustle to see them
before they vanished from theaters.
Another trio of Israeli dramas heads
our way in 2005, with Eran Riklis' The
Syrian Bride and Eytan Fox's Walking on
Water likely to have higher profiles than
Savi Gavison's Ninth Tragedies.
It was a, relatively quiet year for
Jewish-Chemed documentaries, with the
usual contingent of films from the
Mideast overshadowed by the election-
year parade of American political docs.
Checkpoint, Gaza Strip and Ford Transit
were provocative films about the situa-
tion" in the Mideast that did manage to
draw some attention.
Keep an eye out next year for The
Ritchie
Boys, which made the short list for the
Best Documentary Oscar and has an
excellent shot at scoring one of the five
nominations. The German-Canadian
film spotlights a group of Jewish refugees
who received U.S. training in intelli-
gence and propaganda during World
War II, then returned to Germany to
wage psychological warfare against the
Nazis.
Count the composers Elmer Bernstein
and Jerry Goldsmith, who wrote count-
less memorable film scores, among the
Jewish figures left us forever in 2004.
Alan King and Rodney Dangerfield,
stand-up comics who went on to suc-
cessful but vastly different careers in the
movies, also died this year.
To honor their wisdom and wit, I sug-
gest you skip The Passion of the Christ
and revisit Enemies: A Love Story and
Caddyshack.
$6.95
SALAD Tie. person
$7.50
BE BEAT!
STAR *
* S.001 *'ST At. *14
sh WE HAVE THE BEST
STAR
VEGETARIAN
TRY OUR
STARCHOPPED LIVER
STAR'S TRAYS
CAN'T HF IIEXT
FOR QUALITY
& PRICE!
MEAT TRAY
,CARRY-OUT LOU STAR *STAR
ST/ BY HAND! * STAR * STAR
ST *S,.. *STAR *STAR *
per person
OFF
ON STAR'S BEAUTIFUL
ALREADY LOW-PRICED
MEAT OR DAIRY TRAYS
DAIRY T RAY
$13.99.
WITH THIS COUPON
• Expires 12-31-05
• One Per Person
• Not Good Holidays
• 10 Person Minimum
OPEN NEW
YEAR'S
DAY!
DELIVERY
AVAILABLE
Su/ski cE J-Cotean 113.(BC
r
•40 (Win& of Stushi
•Expanded — 20 Diffe,tent Didie/3
•Unlimited Sa6ki
•Unlimited Note= 93,(Be
•.1),tepcvted an a Otile-g gable
•Ailiate ,Rottinis
New Year's Special 1 Watt .eee candest r
limentcval
weicamez
lane% fox ;Iwo. iunearned chef 1 J3
Meal
(coupon expires I/3V05)
Veutuj
jam L
(coupon expires 1/31/05)
L
Phone: 248-569-0105
Fax: 248-569-0133
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK (can for low
29267 Southfield Rd. I Southfield, MI
•
/CNI/C2-
Restaurant
Italian Cuisine
248.476.0044
"Any Event" Catering • Banquet Room Available
r
Book
Your
Holiday
Party
With Us!
1
Buy any dinner entree and receive
'6" off the second dinner entree
s'..)alad,, pi/7a, sandx\ ichc, and rib,, tor 2 excluded.
0;l coupon pci- Table
1:xpii•cs: Aiintaq 1-0, .2005
L
Farmington Hills • Corner of Grand River & Haggerty Road
Auburn Hills • 14, miles south of the Palace of Auburn Hills
J
•
ANQUET FACILITIES FOR ALL OCCASIONS 1.1111)
SLAB OF RIBS roa TWO
BBQ CHICKEN FOR TWO
L
FF
ALL DINNERS INCLUDE: SALAD OR COLESLAW
POTATOES AND GARLIC BREAD
Exp. 01/31/05 J14
rass Pointe P%oci&g99
24234 Orchard Lake Rd., N.E. corner of 10 Mile • 476-1377
SS
12/31
2004
47