Ari Hoptman wonders why words are what they are
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Why has Ari Hoptman chosen Is That Why? as the title for his one-man show at this ...
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Writing ‘Scotland, PA’
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Michael Mitnick is not from Minnesota, and his play Scotland, PA isn’t about Jews. But Mitnick is Jewish, and like the ...
Jewish Minnesota’s contribution to Hollywood
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor Every year the Oscars include some Minnesotans, which is always a subject of interest ...
Barton Fink has a case of writer’s block
"I’m having a little trouble getting started,” explains Barton Fink (John Turturro) to Hollywood film studio exec Ben Geisler (Tony ...
A storyteller all of his life
Charles Brin went from roles on Broadway and in the movies to co-founding the first local community radio station By ...
From the Airplane to Hot Tuna
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Near the end of A Serious Man, the 2009 film by the Coen brothers (who shot most ...
Coen brothers part ways with Israel boycotters
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Popular filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen said during a visit to Israel that they do not agree with artists who ...
Larry Gopnik’s car from ‘A Serious Man’ will be auctioned for Variety: The Children’s Charity
Larry Gopnik's 1966 Dodge Coronet, from the Coen brothers' film A Serious Man, will be auctioned online to benefit Variety ...
'A Serious Man' arrives in Twin Cities stores
Just in time for Purim, the Coen brothers’ whimsical look at Midwest Jewish life in the 1960s is available for ...
Jewish takes on 'A Serious Man'
Focus Features, the distributor of A Serious Man, have put up a Web site devoted to varied aspects of the ...
