Aviva Kempner
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Lupita Nyong’o, ‘Veronica Mars’ Help Usher in New Era of Girl Power (Guest Blog)
Kristen Bell and an inspired Iran-set vampire movie give this moviegoer a new hope
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George Clooney Offers an Under-Told Story of World War II in ‘Monuments Men’
“Next time we go to any major museum in Europe or America today, we will remember that some of the major works may have been stolen during World War II”
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Judi Dench & Emma Thompson: The British Are Coming, the British Are Coming! (Guest Blog)
Seems like I am not the only one falling for tales from overseas
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Maurice Hines is Tracing His Tap Dance Roots (Guest Blog)
The stage legend is sustaining his family’s legacy with the autobiographical play “Maurice Hines is Tappin’ Thru Life”
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Why Spielberg Honoring Clooney With the Shoah Humanity Award Meant So Much to Me (Guest Blog)
Now that my mother is no longer alive, I will be forever grateful for Spielberg’s wise insight to document the past to help prevent future genocides
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2 Powerful Political Films at the New York Film Festival (Guest Blog)
From “Captain Phillips” to Agnieszka Holland’s “Burning Bush”
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Hank Greenberg’s Courageous Yom Kippur Decision (Guest Blog)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg told me that Greenberg helped lead to the Supreme Court’s practice of not holding oral arguments on the holy day
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Harvey Weinstein’s Oscar-Campaign Dilemma
Guest blog: His embarrassment of riches has arisen because his company is distributing two very strongly acted and directed films about race in America
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Women to Identify With on the Screen
Guest blog: Several summer movies to satisfy my feminist needs, especially with several plots of female bonding of all shades
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Hard-Hitting Films Unspool at AFI Docs Film Festival
Guest blog: Last week in D.C. was a glorious one for networking with top talent and seeing great films with the potential to move audiences to action
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Gary David Goldberg Channeled the Colorful Experience of Growing Up a Brooklyn Jew – an Appreciation
Guest blog: Although Goldberg was most famous for shows as “Family Ties,” I was most enamored with him for “Brooklyn Bridge”
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‘Fill the Void’ Fills the Romantic Void in the Dizzying ‘Great Gatsby’
Guest blog: Rama Burshtein’s “Fill the Void” captures an intimate story that is about the emotions confronting a young Orthodox woman faced with a romantic dilemma
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Julian Assange Q&A Just One Highlight at Latest Filmfest DC
Guest blog: 27th installment of the festival also screened Deepa Mehta's adaptation of Salman Rushdie's "Midnight Children"
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If Only the Supreme Court Would Watch ‘Any Day Now’
Guest Blog: That film about same-sex marriage might change minds, as "Blue Caprice" could on gun control
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Oh, If Only Naomi Watts Could Win Best Actress…
Guest blog: In my imagination she would have the perfect opportunity to declare to the worldwide viewers that we need to prevent global warming