Today I saw a preview screening of the film, Defiance. I have to be honest I really wasn’t interested in seeing this film and only went for the Q&A afterwards (ahem Daniel Craig was there) and I didn’t know anything about ti except it was set during WWII. Defiance begins in the summer of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Holocaust’
Defiance: The True Story of the Bielski Brothers
Posted in Film, tagged Alexis Davalos, Daniel Craig, Defiance, Ed Zwick, Holocaust, Jamie Bell, Jewish, Liev Schrieber, Paramount Vantage on December 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Posted in Film, tagged Asa Butterfield, Benoit Delhomme, Germany, Holocaust, Hungary, Jack Scanlon, Mark Herman, Nazi, the Boy in the striped pajamas on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, I saw this film. I had a lot invested in seeing this film, not only because of my cultural and religious ties to the Holocaust, but because I was an intern at Miramax Films when this film was in production. As vicious as my superiors were to me, they were kind and passionate [...]
The Book Thief: I Am Haunted By Humans
Posted in Reading, tagged Book Review, Death, Holocaust, The Book Thief on November 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Book Review: Last week I read the book, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. To be honest I really didn’t feel like reading this book by a friend, who happens to have good taste in literature, recommended it so I figured it would probably be good. Oh was I wrong; it was great! The [...]
Author of the Week- Irene Nemirovsky
Posted in Reading, tagged Fire in the Blood, France, Holocaust, Irene Nemirovsky, Russia, Suite Francais on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Irene Nemirovsky is was Russian born, in 1903. This was a time where travel and living in other countries was an adventure that just had to be taken, especially when you come from a wealthy banking family and it’s the Russian Revolution, like in Irene’s case. She emigrated, not fled- let’s be clear, to France [...]
