ORT MOVIE GROUP on ZOOM
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DO YOU LIKE WATCHING AND TALKING ABOUT MOVIES?
Come join us!
Our current movie group started meeting in August, 2020 during
Covid, when the JCC presented their first virtual Jewish Film Festival.
The group was so successful that we have continued to meet monthly
since then. We select two movies each month to watch at home and
then meet on Zoom to discuss them. We are proud to have been an
organizational sponsor of the JCC Film Festival for the past two years!
We meet on the second Sunday of the month at 4PM.
The group is open to all ORT members and there is a donation of
$25 to ORT for the Movie Group.
Please contact Marian Cohen at [email protected] to join
or for more information. We look forward to having you join us!
February 9
“1945”, 2017, History/Drama, 1h 31m, YouTube ($3,99),
IMDb 7.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 97%
This extraordinary black-and-white Hungarian film parlays the enigmatic postwar arrival of two exhausted Jews at a small village into an exposé of guilt, betrayal, corruption and murder. One of the most acclaimed European films of 2017, “1945” is a gripping and haunting reckoning with dark history. 91 minutes, in Hungarian with subtitles.
Our Almost Completely True Love Story, 2021, Romantic comedy,1h, 32m, YouTube ($4.99), Fandango ($4.99), Prime Video. Prime Video is a streaming service that is free if you subscribe to Amazon Prime. IMDb 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 87%.
When a beautiful, tall, aging Hollywood star and a short, funny Jewish man try online dating, it's a disaster. But when they randomly meet at a bird store (what are the chances?), he is immediately smitten, but she not so much. As he pursues the woman of his dreams, his charm, sense of humor, and multiple impressions win her over in their heartwarming (almost completely true) love story.
From Gretta:
The four comments on Rotten Tomatoes made it sound cute.
Also--https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/movies/2024/02/22/our-almost-completely-true-love-story-full-of-friends-romance-asbury-park-new-jersey/72312861007
March 9
Refusing to be Enemies, 2007, 58 minutes. There is a video of the film that can be viewed on your computer.
The documentary, Refusing to Be Enemies, is about a group of 12 women, six Jewish and six Arab, who call themselves "Zeitouna" and their journey of personal and socio-political transformation.
The story is a 58-minute long documentary film that profiles without Hollywood patina a self-formed group of twelve ordinary women calling themselves “Zeitouna,” the Arab word for “olive tree.” These six Arabs and six Jews weave an unusual and intimate tapestry of sisterhood. The filmmaker is Laurie White, a member of Zeitouna, who lives in Ann Arbor.
For more information, visit their website at http://www.refusingtobeenemies.org.
Enemies, A Love Story, 1989, Comedy/Drama, 2h, Prime Video, YouTube ($3.99), Fandango ($3.99).
IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 89%
Herman Broder (Ron Silver), a Holocaust survivor living in New York City and struggling with depression after his ordeals in the war, makes his living ghostwriting for a rabbi. Herman is married to Yadwiga (Margaret Sophie Stein) but is also having an affair with Masha (Lena Olin), a married woman. Things grow even more chaotic when Herman's first wife, Tamara (Anjelica Huston), who he thought had died in the war, shows up in New York as well. Based on the novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Directed by Paul Mazursky.
Movies we’ve seen:
January 12, 2024
My Favorite Year
Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara
December 8, 2024
Cinema Sabaya
Denial
November 10, 2024
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
Girlfriends
October 13, 2024
Liberty Heights
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
September 8, 2024 - Sephardi month; choices in conjunction with the book. Kantika, being read by the book group
The Forgotten Refugees
Beneath Another Sun
Last Class in Baghdad
A Story for Elina
What We Left Behind
Seven Stories
Chronological listing changes here:
August, 2020:
Abe
Crescendo
September, 2020:
The Tobaccanist
The House of Wannsee Street
October, 2020:
The Spy (miniseries about Israeli spy, Eli Cohen)
November, 2020:
The Red Sea Diving Resort
The Jewish Cardinal
December, 2020:
(Movies by director, Danny Ben-Moshe)
Shalom Bollywood
Outback Rabbis
Code of Silence
January, 2021:
To Each Her Own
School Ties
February, 2021:
Playing for Time
Windermere Children
March, 2021:
A Call to Spy
The Last Resort
April, 2021:
Fiddler: Miracle of Miracles
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
May, 2021:
The Dig
The Little Traitor
June, 2021:
Saferad
The Matchmaker (2010 Israeli film)
July, 2021
Nowhere in Africa
Audrey (2020)
August 2021
Arranged
Ida
September 2021
Heading Home
Every Time We Say Goodbye
October 2021
One of Us
Crip Camp
November 2021
Gentleman's Agreement
Hester Street
December 2021
Fill the Void
Howard Zinn
January 2022
A Quiet Heart
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
February 2022
Crime on the Bayou
March 2022
Aida's Secret
Minyin
April 2022
Pig
Four Seasons Lodge
May 2022
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Ansalem
Crossing Delancey
June 2022
Maktub
The Resistance Banker
July 2022
The Levys of Monticello
Rose
August 2022
Tiger Within
The Fourth Window--Amos Oz,
Back in Berlin
September 2022
#Anne Frank Parallel Stories
West Side Story (2021)
October 2022
Ken Burns Documentary: "The U.S. and the Holocaust
November 2022
Tango Shalom
Flee
December 2022
The Other Story
Never Stop Dreaming
January 2023
The Automat
Children of a Lesser God
February 2023
The Optimists
Avalon
March 2023
Image of Victory
The Kind Words
April 2023
13: The Musical
Persepolis
May 2023 - selections from the AAJFF
Narrow Bridge
Lost Transport
June 2023 - selections from the AAJFF
Farewell, Mr. Haffmann
Shadow of the Day
July
Armageddon Time
Waiting for Guffman
August
Hallalujah: Leonard Cohen, A Song, A Story
Tel Aviv on Fire
September
Golda
Munich
October
Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
The Booksellers
November
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
The Zookeeper's Wife
December - No Meeting
January 2024
Maestro
The Cakemaker
February 2024
Jews of the Wild West
The Art of Silence
March 2024
The Apartment
My Italian Secret
April 2024
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
My Father's Violin
May 2024
Rabbi on the Block
Without Precedent
June 2024
Children of Nobody
Home
July 2024
One Life
Ushpizin
August 2024
Remembering Gene Wilder