Posts Tagged: Mel Brooks
Woody Allen is Not Slowing Down
Funny, serious, and controversial, Woody Allen's films evoke many emotions—but his Jewish upbringing sticks out in them like a matzo ball in chicken...
The ‘Cinematic Zionism’ of Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks shows no outright sense of shame or victimhood in his humorous films, but his Jewishness is there without ambivalence, according to...
Jewish Names and Hollywood
As kids we appeared in Winnipeg's Hebrew Theater. The comic-writer and director David Steinberg went on to fame in Hollywood. At one time he held...
