Jacob Burns Film Center Jewish Film Festival: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz This film adaptation of his classic coming-of-age novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz stars Richard Dreyfuss in his first–and one of his best–performances as the ambitious, endlessly energetic, and frequently […]
Jacob Burns Film Festival: The Fleischer Brothers Betty Boop Cartoons Made in Manhattan, the cartoons of Dave and Max Fleischer captured the distinct melting-pot flavor of the city streets. Filled with jazz music, ethnic accents, and unmistakable references to the […]
Jacob Burns Film Center Jewish Film Festival: The Last Spy Peter Sichel, born in 1922 into a wealthy German Jewish wine family, fled with them to the United States. Joining the army as soon as America enters the war, he […]
