A young Jewish Argentine of Polish descent, Daniel Burman wrote and directed the wonderful comedy El Abrazo partido (2004), with Daniel Hendler starring as Burman’s stand-in, Ariel Makaroff. Burman’s looser Derecho de familia also sparkles, with Hendler playing another Ariel—this time, Perelman. The young lawyer is at odds with his father, Bernardo, a shady though […]
Daily Archives: June 3, 2007
The first Israeli film to be shot in an Arab country, Jordan, Free Zone may be Amos Gitaï’s masterpiece. East of Jordan, the “Free Zone” lies between the borders of Syria and Iraq; cars are bought and sold there, tax-free. Hanna (Hana Laszlo, wonderful—best actress, Cannes) drives her husband’s taxi cab from Tel Aviv to […]
Among the most notorious murder trials in the U.S. is that of Leo Frank. Frank, who was Jewish, was born in Cuero, Texas, in 1884. His public schooling was in Brooklyn, New York, where he was raised. He attended Pratt Institute and graduated from Cornell University in 1906, having majored in mechanical engineering. His first […]
Dennis Grunes 