Curt Schleier is a freelance writer and author who covers business and the arts for a variety of publications. Follow him on Twitter at @tvsoundoff.
Curt Schleier
By Curt Schleier
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The Schmooze 8 Biblical Movies To Watch Instead of ‘Exodus’
It isn’t as though the Lord said, “Go out and make motion pictures of my stories.” And yet, that seems to be what’s happening. Both the Old and New Testaments have provided source material for dozens upon dozens of films, some better — and some more controversial — than others. Here are 8 of the…
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The Schmooze 8 May-December Movies To Make You Re-Think Romance
May-December relationships are a staple not just of the new “Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks” (read our interview with director Arthur Allen Seidelman here but of many classic movies as well. The recent passing of Mike Nichols has brought one of the best to the fore. Here are 8 that will change how you…
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The Schmooze Never Too Old to Dance
The banging you hear in the background? That’s the drumbeat for an Oscar nomination for Gena Rowlands. Rowlands stars in “Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks,” a movie about the impact an elderly south Florida widow and a much younger gay dance instructor have on each other’s lives. Rowlands plays Lilly Harrison, the former wife…
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The Schmooze ‘Zero Motivation’ and 7 IDF Movies You Should See
“Zero Motivation,” which won the best narrative feature award at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, is an IDF version of “M* A* S* H.” Apparently, not everyone in the Israeli military is a gung-ho paratrooper. They also serve who push pencils around in boring circles. In this film, two women stationed at a military base…
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The Schmooze The Broadway Composer Critics Love To Hate
Frank Wildhorn will be appearing at 54 Below this week. For those who don’t know, 54 Below is a supper club located essentially underneath what was Studio 54 (where all the action used to take place). For those who don’t know Frank Wildhorn, he wrote “Where Do Broken Hearts Go,” a number one international hit…
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The Schmooze Alan Dershowitz Talks Hamas, Terror and Abraham
Alan Dershowitz spent 50 years on the Harvard University law faculty, including the last 20 as the Felix Frankfurter professor of law. In all that time, he didn’t just talk the talk. He walked the walk, too, representing a number of frequently unpopular clients — Mike Tyson, O.J. Simpson, Claus von Bülow — in frequently…
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The Schmooze Why David Broza Still Has Hope for Peace
Courtesy David Broza David Broza is likely Israel’s most famous singer-songwriter. With a throaty Leonard Cohen sound and earthy Bruce Springsteen lyrics, Broza has recorded platinum albums and toured the world to great acclaim. He is also among the nation’s most recognized peace advocates, a fact that fueled his most recent activities — an album,…
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The Schmooze ‘Wiesenthal’ Play Offers Emotional Dialogue, Dry History
Photo: Carol Rosegg In Tom Dugan’s play, “Wiesenthal,” the title character, Simon Wiesenthal (played by Dugan), describes a conversation with his wife, Cyla. She is ill and wants Simon to quit his work as a Nazi hunter and take her and their daughter to live in Israel. Wiesenthal explains that he can’t: “When we all…
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