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A as in Aleph

7/2/2013

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Just as Frameline wraps up, it's time for my alma mater to rev up. This year's San Francisco Jewish Film Festival lineup is enormous! Being the word nerd that I am, and having been an editor of the SFJFF catalog for eight years, I immediately noticed that nearly 1/4 of the program titles this year start with the letter "A." What does it all mean?

I was glad to get a head start on this year's SFJFF by pre-screening and providing some program notes for a few films (my former colleagues Jay Rosenblatt and Joshua Moore know me well enough to send me films they figured I would like).

Check out my early take on these titles:

  • Aftermath
  • American Jerusalem
  • In the Shadow
  • Out in the Dark

A few other titles I am eager to see at the upcoming festival:
  • Alan Berliner's latest film, First Cousin Once Removed
  • the documentary profile of Joseph Papp
  • Margarethe von Trotta's drama about Hannah Arendt
  • new episodes of the wonderful TV series Arab Labor

I can also recommend two more films I have had a chance to screen elsewhere: 50 Children and After Tiller, the latter an especially important doc about some very courageous abortion providers.

Finally, I hear from well-placed SFJFF officials who prefer to remain anonymous that the dramas The Attack and Aya are well worth seeking out. Or maybe it's just that they start with "A."



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