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New York Jewish Film Festival 2012: LFM Reviews My Father Evgeni

By Joe Bendel. Evidently, during the Stalinist era the term “Cosmopolitan” served as a euphemism for Jewish. It might sound relatively benign, but its usage was far from polite. It was an ugly fact of Soviet life that Ukrainian documentarian Andrei Zagdansky’s parents were all too aware of. The letters of his state filmmaker father … Continue reading New York Jewish Film Festival 2012: LFM Reviews My Father Evgeni

Caviar and Crossbones: LFM Reviews The Pirate; Now on DVD

By Joe Bendel. For centuries, Greeks have maintained a commanding share of the global shipping business. Arguably, Ioannis Varvakis was part of that tradition. He specialized in re-routing Ottoman shipments. He was a proud pirate, but he became a Russian officer and nobleman, while never relinquishing his Greek identity. Yannis Smaragdis, Greek cinema’s prestigious bio-pic … Continue reading Caviar and Crossbones: LFM Reviews The Pirate; Now on DVD