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
-
The Schmooze Writing ‘The Americans’ and Remaking ‘Can-Can’
Photo: Joan Marcus Joel Fields had me at “Hello.” He began our phone conversation like this: “A quick hello and let me tell you I can’t believe I’m getting a chance to talk to someone at the Forward. It was such a big part of my childhood. My dad, who passed away in January, was…
-
The Schmooze Conversations With Ed Koch
That Neil Barsky selected Ed Koch as the subject of his first film was far from an accident. Barsky spent his formative years in New York during Koch’s mayoralty (1978-1989), both as a high school student and later as a journalist. The city was in the midst of desperate times. Crime was rampant and the…
-
The Schmooze How Isabel Rose Went From Acting to Writing to Music
The first song on Isabel Rose’s new CD is “Lot of Livin’ To Do,” an especially appropriate choice. She has already packed a lot of living into her, uh, years on planet Earth. “I don’t want to distract people,” Rose said about her age. In a phone interview with the Forward, she added, “I prefer…
-
The Schmooze Clearing Hurdles at the Nazi Olympics
Photo: Carol Rosegg I’m certain everyone involved in “Olympics Uber Alles,” currently running off-Broadway, had good intentions. But as we all know, the road to Hell was paved with them. And while the play won’t lead audiences to the netherworld, it won’t leave them feeling a heavenly embrace, either. History Professor Steve Feinstein (Tim Dowd)…
-
The Schmooze Israel Horovitz on Paris and the Movies
Israel Horovitz is the author of over 70 produced plays, most famously “Lebensraum,” his “Fountain Pen” trilogy, and “The Indian Wants the Bronx.” But, as he explains, “I was turning 75 and I thought that would scare the hell out of me.” The “that” that he refers to is directing the film version of “My…
-
The Schmooze Behind the Firehouse Doors
Filmmaker Liz Garbus is responsible for numerous powerful and award-winning documentaries: “The Farm: Angola USA,” about Louisiana’s infamous maximum security prison; “The Nazi Officer’s Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust”; and “Killing in the Name,” an Academy Award-nominated documentary about Islamic terrorism. Therefore, the emotional intensity of her latest, “A Good Job: Stories…
-
The Schmooze Shattering the Glass Ceiling: An Interview with Lynn Sherr
Lynn Sherr spent more than 30 years with ABC News, reporting on everything from national political campaigns to social issues. But it was her time covering the space program that provided the grist for her latest book, a biography, “Sally Ride: America’s First Women in Space.” Following a career in print journalism, primarily at The…
-
Books Leonard Maltin’s Last Movie Guide
The word is out. Leonard Maltin’s annual movie guide has fallen into what, in Hollywood speak, would be called “developmental hell.” First published in 1969 and annually since 1986, the new 2015 edition is its last. Like newspapers and other print media, it has fallen victim to the Internet, where much of the information is…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Culture Jimmy Carter’s death: Assessing the 39th president’s record on Israel and the Jews
- 2
Fast Forward Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize winner behind ‘Maus,’ plans graphic novel about Gaza
- 3
Opinion I was wrong about Israel. I apologized. Then President Carter gave me a lesson in grace
- 4
Books This devastating story of a hidden child during WWII will change how you think about France and the Holocaust
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Trump names former foe to Middle East team
-
Culture What’s the best thing to say to a mourner? A rabbi responds
-
Fast Forward In exit interview, Secretary of State Blinken reflects on U.S.-Israel tensions and the struggle for a ceasefire in Gaza
-
Fast Forward Elissa Slotkin sworn into Senate on Reform movement women’s Torah commentary
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
