Blu-ray Review: Disobedience
[amazon_link asins=’B07C5LQ7PV’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’2fa00139-8dcc-11e8-abc7-4bd968ce0fe1′]An elderly British orthodox rabbi is giving a sermon on freedom and choice–a message that hangs over the entire film–to his rapt audience when he suddenly keels over dead. The film then cuts to Manhattan, where a photographer, Ronit (Rachel Weisz, Oz the Great and Powerful) is shooting an old […]
Yentl (Blu-ray)
Adapted from the 1975 play by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer—and in turn, Singer’s earlier short story “Yentl the Yeshiva Boy,” Yentl was a true passion project for Barbra Streisand, which took her more than a decade to bring to the big screen. She reportedly wanted to make it her next film after the […]
Blu-ray Review: Topsy-Turvy
Criterion | | 1999 | 160 mins. | R In 1885, the team of Gilbert and Sullivan were at the height of their career. Even their decidedly mediocre Princess Ida, which had just premiered at the Savoy Theatre in London, was predicted to be a smash, despite reviews that criticized the pair for the repetition […]