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With its series of insightful documentaries and provocative feature films, the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival has always been one of the most intelligent festivals in the Bay Area.
The 38th edition of the event is no exception. a chance to see the movies in the area's theaters, including the San Francisco Castro Theater, the Palo Alto CineArts, the Oakland Piedmont Theater, the Albany Twin Albany and the Christopher B. Smith Cinematographic Center Rafael de San Rafael
Here are some highlights:
The Interpreter: This Holocaust road trip badociates a stilted Slovak interpreter, whose parents died during the war, to a jovial man whose father was the Nazi officer responsible for their deaths. It's a complex and terrific film about friendship and the scars of war – and it manages to be funny, dramatic, poignant and obsessing. A twist at the end is breathtaking. 18.30. Friday, July 20th, Castro; 5:50 pm July 23, CineArts; 18h05 August 1st, Albany Twin; Sammy Davis, Jr .: I Must Be Me: From her debut as a three-year-old tap dancer in Harlem to an emotional tribute before her death 60 years later, this compelling documentary covers the life of the 39, one of the most revolutionary artists of the twentieth century. The film, the closing party in San Francisco, skillfully showcases the contradictions of the performer and places it in a new and complex light. 13:45 Sunday, July 22, CineArts; 7:45 pm July 29, Castro; 4 pm August 4, Piedmont; 4:10 pm August 5, Smith Rafael
Roll Red Roll: Just as effective as a police story and exhibition on the culture of rape, this hypnotizing documentary reconstructs the shocking case of high school players who badually badaulted a drunk girl in Steubenville. , Ohio. The beautifully edited film serves as a scary time capsule for a highly publicized case that was a precursor to the #MeToo movement. 12.30 pm July 28, Castro; July 29, Albany Twin
For Dust: This absurd exercise involves a Hasidic chanter in mourning who wants to learn what happens to corpses after his wife dies of cancer – and finds the unlikely help of a community college stoner biology professor. Matthew Broderick, as a teacher, and Géza Röhrig, as a cantor, are in a tongue-in-cheek form, but hide behind their comedy-black comedy is a profound statement. 20:30. July 25, Castro; 20:30. July 30, Albany Twin; 6:35 pm August 4, Smith Rafael.
Love, Gilda: With intimate films and telling tapes of the comic book Gilda Radner, this moving tribute – and the opening film – is engaged from beginning to end. The documentary includes many hilarious excerpts from Radner's work, but most of all, it is wonderfully fragile and human. 18.30. Thursday, July 19, Castro
The Waldheim Waltz: Kurt Waldheim's campaign for the Austrian President in 1986, which engulfed himself with allegations of his complicity in Nazi atrocities , is at the center of this fascinating documentary. The filmmaker Ruth Beckermann uses images of political rallies that she shot three decades ago, and she strangely remembers the darkest moments of Make America Great Again's rallies. 18:10 July 24, Castro; July 18, 25, CineArts; 6 pm July 30, Albany Twin; 16:05 August 4, Smith Rafael
Scaffolding: Offering a rare view of the Israeli working clbad, this well-watched report concerns a troubled high school student caught between his inflexible father and a teacher of nurturing literature who wants to He broadens his horizons. The film, which goes from pissed off to the call for bids, remains captivating. 15.20 July 26, Castro; 9:15 pm July 29, Albany Twin
The Mossad: The leading members of the Israeli intelligence community present themselves to the cameras in this captivating documentary about Mossad, one of the world's leading news agencies. the most dangerous espionage in the world. The film takes us through seven decades of success and failure – and in the moral complexities inherent in intelligence work. 1:20 pm July 24, CineArts; 13:15 July 26, Castro; and 3:50 pm July 27, Albany Twin
The Invisibles: This impressive hybrid narrative-documentary (mostly narrative) tells four true stories about young Jewish adults who hid in Berlin throughout the war. Full of twists and turns, history bears witness to the ingenuity and bravery of Jewish heroes, but also of Germans who took risks to help them. 20:55 22 July, CineArts; 13:35 23 July, Castro; 18h15 August 5, Piedmont
The End of Meat: Calling both vegans and omnivores, this compelling and compelling documentary convincingly demonstrates that the world would be a better place if we do not eat. me to. The film is not likely to convert most carnivores overnight, but there is a lot of food for thought in the areas of animal rights and climate change. 13:30 July 27, Castro; 4:15 pm July 31, Albany Twin.
Wajib: The Israeli Arab city of Nazareth is the focal point of this dramatic intergenerational drama in which a Palestinian father and son struggle to understand one another. drive around the city, offering invitations to a family wedding. It's a visit that is worthwhile, not only for the scenery, but also for the real dynamic father-son. 20:55 July 24, Castro; 8:20 pm August 3, Smith Rafael; 18.30. August 4, Piedmont
Murer – Anatomy of a lawsuit: This penetrating hearing room drama, which plays with the authenticity of a documentary, recreates the judicial proceedings against Franz Murer, who was tried in Austria for the atrocities committed against Jews in Lithuania. The testimony, based on real records, is hypnotizing, and the film provides all perspectives: jurors, lawyers and the defendant himself. 8:25 pm July 23, Castro; 12:15 pm July 25, CineArts; 8:10 pm August 3, Piedmont.
On his shoulders:
This documentary on the fly follows a 23-year-old Yazidi activist who fled the Islamic State forces in Iraq and now finds himself in a lonely crusade to lure him into the world. watch out for the mbadacre of his people. Nadia Murad is a composed, dignified, camera-friendly subject, though she has to repeat the horror stories of her past. 4:20 pm Friday, July 20th, Castro; 15:50 July 28, Albany Twin
Memorial of War: This calm and devastating meditation on the emotional toll of the occupation centers on the writer Marguerite Duras, who must wait until Agony to learn the fate of her husband, a leader of the resistance who was imprisoned by the Nazi authorities in Paris. At first it is a case of cat and mouse, then a painful waiting game that is both scorching and sad. 20:55 Friday, July 20, Castro; 8:15 pm August 2, Albany Twin; 1:20 pm August 3, Smith Rafael.
Simon & Theodore: In this eccentric French drama, a man (fresh out of the psychiatric ward for his self-destructive ways) becomes friends with a troubled teenager (with the management of anger). questions) just as the boy's bar mitzvah is about to happen. The chemistry between the two tracks is convincing and illustrates the power of human connections. 8:20 pm July 26, CineArts; 8:45 pm July 27, Albany Twin; 12.45 July 29, Castro; 4:00 pm August 3, Smith Rafael
Who Will Write Our History: This well-done and moving documentary pays tribute to the men and women of the Warsaw Ghetto who have archived the Nazi ills in Poland and buried the documents so that future generations know their stories. The film features astonishing historical images – and the voices of Joan Allen and Adrien Brody. 6:15 pm Saturday, July 21, CineArts; 16:00 next Sunday, July 22, Castro; July 18, 28 Albany Twin Crossroads: A Jewish ophthalmologist turned lacrosse coach does wonders to improve his team's fortunes, but more importantly, turning the lives of disadvantaged African-American teenagers into his charter school in North Carolina. It's one of the festival's wellness movies. 4:15 pm Saturday, July 21, CineArts; July 28, Castro; 4:45 pm July 29, Albany Twin; 14:05 August 5, Smith Rafael
Budapest Black: This beautifully shot film, about a crime reporter looking into the mysterious murder of a young woman in 1936, is both a crime novel pulpy and black and a disturbing omen of the fate that will fall on Hungary during the Second World War. Budapest, a character in itself here, looks both seductive and prospective. 6 pm Saturday, July 21, Castro; 18:15 22 July, CineArts; 8:45 pm July 28, Albany Twin; 8:40 pm August 4, Smith Rafael.
David Lewis is a freelance writer in the Bay Area.
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