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powerful newspaper, its Jewish publisher
and the fate of European Jewry. Book
tells the story of the owners of a 1938
copy of Mein Kampf, whose daughter
goes in search of the original owners and
soon uncovers remarkable truths about
family. Followed by a dinner and discus-
sion, moderated by Cheryl Chodun, with
filmmakers Emily Harrold and Hinda
Mandell. $25 for film, dinner and discus-
sion; RSVP required: (248) 661-1900;
theberman.org . (AA: 5/4 at 4 p.m.)
versial reporting on the trial of Adolf
Eichmann.
8 p.m.: Herb & Dorothy 50x50
This film takes viewers behind the closed
doors of some of Israel's most influential
leaders.
This follow-up documentary continues
the story of Herb and Dorothy Vogel, a
retired postal worker and librarian who
built an extensive art collection and
then donated 2,500 of their treasures to
museums in every state.
TUESDAY, APRIL 29
2 p.m.: The Garden of Eden
The story of a year in the life of Gan
HaShlosha , one of Israel's largest, most
famous and most popular parks.
5 p.m.: In the Shadow
This thriller, set in 1953, focuses on a
police officer who discovers that what
seems to be an ordinary robbery is any-
thing but.
8 p.m.: The Third Half
This slice-of-life film tells of a young man
working to build a football club even as
the Nazis march into the city and his
best player runs off with the daughter of
a banker. (AA: 5/6 at 2 p.m.; FL: 5/7 at
7 p.m.)
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30
2 p.m.: Koch
A profile of Mayor Ed Koch, the king of
New York from 1978-1989.
5 p.m.: Blumenthal
A dark comedy about a playwright who
dies laughing at his own joke, his consti-
pation-riddled brother, Saul, and Saul's
irrepressible wife and son. (AA: 5/6 at
5 p.m.; FL: 4/24 at 7 p.m.)
8 p.m.: Hannah Arendt
A biopic about German-Jewish philoso-
pher Hannah Arendt and her contro-
Jews
Nate Bloom
Special to the Jewish News
At The Movies
The following films open on Friday,
April 17:
Alejandro Jodorowsky, 85, a
Chilean Jew who has long resided
in France, has lived a life so incred-
ibly unlikely that you must read his
Wikipedia entry.
His first film, Topo (1969), became
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April 17 • 2014
THURSDAY, MAY 1
2 p.m.: My Father and the Man in Black
A documentary from Jonathan Holiff
(son of Saul Holiff, Johnny Cash's man-
ager for many years) about a country
legend, myths and music, and a complex
father-and-son relationship.
5 p.m.: The Prime Ministers: The
Pioneers
8 p.m.: The Sturgeon Queens (Patron
Night)
Russ & Daughters, a Lower East Side
institution famous for its fish, also is
home to a colorful cast of characters
like founder Joel Russ, and a legion of
fans (Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Mario
Batali). Following, filmmaker Julie Cohen
will speak. The film is open to the pub-
lic; patrons (for info, contact Rachael
Nardecchia at 248-432-5406) are
invited to a reception in Marion & David
Handleman Hall. (AA: 5/8 at 8 p.m.; FL:
5/4 at 7 p.m.)
FRIDAY, MAY 2
Noon: Five Shorts
B-Boy, about Eli, aka "E-Break," who
is both coming of age as a bar mitzvah
and as a competitive break dancer; Glue,
based on an Etgar Keret modern fairy
tale with a twist; Hint, about a 45-year-
old woman who takes dance lessons
to bring a bit of fun into her life; How
I Killed Rabin, about a teenager who
lives in the inner game world of "Rules
and Fates"; and Tormus, about two Arab
boys who go to a city mall to sell their
beans and find plenty of Jewish custom-
ers, but also the city inspector.
2 p.m.: Two Shorts
Aya, about a young woman who decides
not to pick up the man she is supposed
to retrieve at the airport and instead
offers to drive a complete stranger; and
Wherever You Go, about two women,
one an Orthodox Jew, the other a
Bedouin, who are leaving one world to
a cult classic, fueled by John
Lennon's endorsement.
The acclaimed new documen-
tary Jodorowsky's Dune, opening
at the Maple Theater in Bloomfield
Township, chronicles the director's
failed attempt to turn the sci-fi clas-
sic novel Dune into a movie in the
mid-'70s.
Director Jonathan Glazer (Sexy
Beast), 49, a graduate of a British
Jewish school, managed to get
forge their future in another.
SATURDAY, MAY 3
9 p.m.: Quality Balls: The David
Steinberg Story
David Steinberg left Canada and came
to the United States to attend a yeshi-
vah in Chicago. Instead, he joined the
legendary Second City and went on to
become a leading standup comedian
and director. (AA: 5/7 at 8 p.m.; FL: 5/8
at 7 p.m.)
SUNDAY, MAY 4
Noon: Sukkah City
Author Joshua Foer challenged archi-
tects and designers to construct 12
unusual sukkahs, which eventually
became an exhibit with more than 600
submissions known as "Sukkah City."
2 p.m.: The Pin
Canada's first film entirely in Yiddish is
the story of a young man who guards
the bodies of the departed awaiting
burial. When he comes across the figure
of his lost love, he fulfills a promise and
finds closure to his lost dreams. (AA:
5/8 at 5 p.m.)
8 p.m.: Who Shot My Father?
This documentary tells of the mysteri-
ous fate of Israeli Air Force Attache
Colonel Joe Alon and the struggle to
unravel the identity of his killer.
MONDAY, MAY 5
2 p.m.: The Ceremony
As usual, Col. David Rokni is organiz-
ing the national ceremony for Israel's
Independence Day, but disaster strikes,
and 80-year-old Rokni is about to expe-
rience a strange moment that will alter
his life. (AA: 5/4 at 8 p.m.)
5 p.m.: No Place on Earth
This film tells the true story of a chance
discovery that revealed the longest,
uninterrupted underground survival
ever recorded: the remarkable story
of five Jewish families who, fleeing the
Nazis, spent 18 months in the pitch-
black caves. Following, investigator
Chris Nicola will lead a discussion. (AA:
5/5 at 2 p.m.)
Under the Skin made after 10 years
of trying.
Scarlett Johansson, 28, plays the
lead character, a space alien who
trolls the streets of Scotland for
unwary hitchhikers. The film's nude
scenes are the first of Johannson's
career.
Another example of Anglo-
American cooperation is found in
the black comedy Dom Hemingway.
American Richard Shepard
8 p.m.: The World Is Funny
This charming comic-tragedy, nominated
for the equivalent of a record 15 Israeli
Academy Awards, tells the story of Zafi,
a housecleaner/dreamer/aspiring writer,
and the surprising tales she weaves
together.
TUESDAY, MAY 6
2 p.m.: Next Year in Jerusalem
This documentary focuses on eight
members of a nursing home who, in the
last years of their lives, decide to make a
trip to Israel. (AA: 5/7 at 2 p.m.)
5 p.m.: The Attack
A Palestinian surgeon builds a success-
ful career in Israel, has many friends and
a devoted wife. Then there is a terrible
suicide bombing, and the doctor learns
that his wife was responsible. (AA: 5/6
at 8 p.m.; FL: 5/5 at 7 p.m.)
8 p.m.: Out in the Dark
When a Palestinian student and an
Israeli lawyer fall in love, the stu-
dent must confront both his role as a
Palestinian in an Israeli society and as
a gay man in a Palestinian society. (AA:
5/8 at 2 p.m.)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7
2 p.m.: Joe Papp in Five Acts
The true story of Joe Papp, who
introduced interracial casting to the
American stage, developed some of
theater's leading actors and playwrights,
and brought memorable and ground-
breaking plays like Hair and A Chorus
Line to the stage.
5 p.m.: Bethlehem
Co-written by Israeli director Yuval
Adler and Arab journalist Ali Waked,
Bethlehem considers the complexities
and painful moralities in the world of
intelligence. (AA: 5/7 at 5 p.m.)
8 p.m.: The Zigzag Kid
The story of an almost 13-year-old boy
who mourns his lost mother, yearns to
be like his father and goes to live with
his uncle, where he finds one last chance
to prove himself. Based on the David
Grossman novel. (AA: 5/5 at 8 p.m.)
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(Matador), 48, wrote and directed
the flick, which stars an almost
unrecognizable Jude Law as a
working-class
British career
criminal who, upon
his release from
prison, seeks a lot
of good times and a
big reward from the
mob boss he didn't
squeal on.
Shepard
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