36 | MARCH 5 • 2020 

Arts&Life

celebrity jews

AT THE MOVIES:
OPENING MARCH 6
Greed is a British satirical comedy 
about the ultra-rich, centering 
on Sir Richard McCreadie (Steve 
Coogan), a retail fashion mag-
nate. The film’
s set on a Greek 
island, where the 60th birthday 
of McCreadie is being celebrated 
with a huge “Gladiator-themed” 
party. The film explores the divide 
between McCreadie’
s wealth and 
the dire poverty of the persons who 
make his clothes. The backstory 
is told through documentary-like 
film scenes and via a journalist 
who is hired to write McCreadie’
s 
biography. Isla Fisher, 44, co-stars 
as Samantha, McCreadie’
s ex-wife. 
Samantha really unloads about 
the “real” McCreadie. British actor 
Stephen Fry, 62, has a cameo in a 
party scene, playing himself. (Main 
Art Theater, Royal Oak)
The Way Back stars Ben Affleck 
as Jack Cunningham, a former 
high school basketball star who 
became mired in alcohol abuse 
and lost a college scholarship. He 
is working a dead-end job when, 
out of the blue, he is offered the 
job of coaching his old high school 
team. Michaela Watkins, 48 
(Casual), has a large supporting 
role. Affleck has said that film has 
acted sometimes as therapy for 
him as he coped with his own, 
well-publicized alcohol addiction.
 
HILLARY ON HULU
The four-part documentary Hillary, 
about the former first lady and 
secretary of state, begins stream-

ing on Hulu on Friday, March 6. 
Each episode will be released on 
successive Fridays. Hillary, an 
original Hulu film, was shown at 
the Sundance Film Festival last 
December and received very good 
reviews. The advance publicity 
notes: “Hillary is a remarkably 
intimate portrait of a woman in the 
public eye, [with] unprecedented 
personal access to the former first 
lady … the series gives viewers an 
up-close view of the woman who 
has permeated American culture 
for more than 30 years.” The film 
was directed by Nanette Burstein, 
49. Her previous documentaries 
include the Oscar-nominated On 
the Ropes, about boxing.
 
MORANIS RETURNS
Rick Moranis, 67, will return to 
the big screen to star in Shrunk, 
a sequel in the Honey, I Shrunk 
the Kids series of movies. Josh 
Gad, 38, will co-star in this Disney 
film. Moranis starred or co-starred 
in a number of hit movies 
(Ghostbusters, Parenthood and the 
Honey I Shrunk films) before taking 
a very long hiatus to raise his two 
children. His Jewish wife, Ann 
Belsky, a costume designer and 
the mother of his children, died of 
breast cancer in 1991. Moranis 
stopped doing live action films in 
1997 but continued to do voice-
over parts in animated films. In 
2013, he told the NY Times that 
he returned to his hometown of 
Toronto to raise his kids following 
Ann’
s death. That move, he said, 
brought him into the orbit of friends 
and family who “had a practicing 
Jewish culture.” A culture he 
re-embraced. 

NATE BLOOM
COLUMNIST

RICHARD FOREMAN 

Michaela Watkins as Beth and Ben Affleck as Jack in Warner Bros. Pictures’
 drama 
The Way Back, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. 

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- 
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- 
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experience
- 
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- Excellent communication skills
- Strong ability to multi task
- Precise attention to detail 

This financially rewarding and mentally stimulating job is ideal for an
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many administrative aspects of a fast paced, growing business

Please send resume including experience, past jobs, and references to Office@tcfaw.com


Job Opportunity: 

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