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ÉLISE OTZENBERGER: MY POLISH HONEYMOON (2018) CAPSULE

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ARTHUR IGUAL AND JUDITH CHEMLA IN MY POLISH HONEYMOON

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Anna and Adam arae a young...

PIETRO PINTO: JERUSALEM_IN_BETWEEN (2018)

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15-min short that plays at the SFJFF with "The Passengers"

Two boxers, one Jewish and the other Arab,...

GARRET PRICE: LOVE, ANTOSHA (2019) CAPSULE

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ANTON YELCHIN IN LOVE, ANTOSHA

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When Anton Yelchin died tragically in a freak accident caught...

TOMÁS YVAN TOPOLÁNSZKY: CURTIZ (2018)


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A drama feature about the director Michael Curtiz, at work on his film, "Casablanca"

Curtiz is a...

SARAH SMITH: BLACK HAT (2019)

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Forbidden sexuality in the Orthodox community

In this 14-min. film Shmuel (Adam Silver), a Hasidic Jew, sneaks off at...

RACHEL LEAH JONES, PHILLIPE BELLAICHE: ADVOCATE (2018) CAPSULE

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LEA TSEMEL

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Advocate is a documentary about vibrant Israeli human rights...

PETER KENNETH JONES: HENRI DAUMAN: LOOKING UP (2018)

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HENRI DAUMAN BEHIND A LEICA IN HENRI DAUMAN: LOOKING UP

A brilliant French lensman with a...

ALYSSA BOLSEY: BEYOND THE BOLEX (2018) CAPSULE

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JACQUES BOLSEY IN BEYOND THE BOLEX

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A documentary about the filmmaker's...

MATT RATTNER: STANDING UP, FALLING DOWN (2019)

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BEN SCHWARTZ, BILLY CRYSTAL IN STANDING UP, FALLING DOWN

Two comics walk into a bar. . .

"I was...

SAMEH ZOABI: TEL AVIV ON FIRE (2018) CAPSULE


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KAIS NASHIF AND YANIF BITON IN TEL AVIV ON FIRE

Israeli and Arab meet over a soap opera

The comedy...

NIKOLAUS LEYTNER: THE TOBACCONIST/DER TRAFIKANT (2018) CAPSULE

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SIMON MORZÉ AND BRUNO GANZ IN THE TOBACCONIST

CAPSULE review - theatrical release...

ISAAC CHEREM: LEONA (2018) CAPSULE

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NAIAN GONZÁLEZ NORVIND, CHISTIAN VAZQUEZ IN LEIONA

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Ariela (the disarmingly open Naian...

ERIC FRIEDLER: IT MUST SCHWING! THE BLUE NOTE STORY (2018)

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FRANCIS "FRANK" WOLFF AND ALFRED LION

A stunning German recreation of the world of Blue...

DANIEL SCHECHTER: SAFE SPACES (2019)

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JUSTIN LONG (LEFT) IN SAFE SPACES

Plea for compassion - but what about taste?

A jejune but eager, up to...

FERNANDO GROSTEIN ANDRADE: ABE (2019)

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NOAH SCHNAPP IN ABE

Mixed cuisine

If you are not too demanding, this Sundance film may provide charming...

AMIKAM KOVNER, ASSAF SNIR: ECHO הד’ /HED (2018)

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YAËL ABERCASSIS AND YORAM TOLEDANO IN ECHO

Home surveillance

In this Israeli film with a "noirish...

JAMES FREEDMAN: CARL LAEMMLE (2018)'

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A great Hollywood motion picture story

ThOS is a slick promotional documentary film history narrated by ...

ROB GARVER: WHAT SHE SAID: THE ART OF PAULINE KAEL (2019) CAPSULE

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PAULINE KAEL

And she said a hell of a lot

Even if you have read a lot of...

San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 2019, July 18-Aug. 4

GENERAL FILM FORUM THREAD

LINKS TO REVIEWS:

Abe (Fernando Grostein Andrade 2019)
Advocate (Rachel Leah Jones, Phillipe Bellaiche...