New York Jewish Film Festival

Abe Friedtanzer

Abe Friedtanzer
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Abe Friedtanzer is a film and TV enthusiast who spent most of the past fifteen years in New York City. He has been the editor of MoviesWithAbe.com and TVwithAbe.com since 2007, and has been predicting the Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes, and SAG Awards since he was allowed to stay up late enough to watch them. He has attended numerous film festivals including Sundance, Tribeca, and SXSW, and is a contributing writer for The Film Experience, Awards Radar, and AwardsWatch.
Abe Friedtanzer is a film and TV enthusiast who spent most of the past fifteen years in New York City. He has been the editor of MoviesWithAbe.com and TVwithAbe.com since 2007, and has been predicting the Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes, and SAG Awards since he was allowed to stay up late enough to watch them. He has attended numerous film festivals including Sundance, Tribeca, and SXSW, and is a contributing writer for The Film Experience, Awards Radar, and AwardsWatch.

TV Review – Brie Larson Gets Scientific in Apple TV’s ‘Lessons in Chemistry’

Throughout much of human history, men have been presumed to be the more capable sex. There are infinite examples to show that this is not the case, yet men have traditionally been the ones in charge of making decisions, and as a result limited the potential for success of women. It’s always refreshing, therefore, to…

TV Review – Paramount+ Return of ‘Frasier’ is Fun, Even if It’s Hardly Must-See TV

The prominence of television reboots has brought back many beloved characters years after their original debuts. That’s a factor worth considering when restarting a show, since audiences change over time and may be unfamiliar with a certain series if it greatly predates them. Frasier Crane is an excellent example of this potential issue, first seen…

Film Review – ‘The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial’ is a Suitable TV Movie from the Late William Friedkin

Military institutions are built on following orders and depend on hierarchal structures to keep their operations running. When a commander has lost the trust of those serving under them, it can be chaotic and disastrous. Attempting to take control due to perceived dereliction of or unfitness for duty is a major step, one sure to…

TV Review – NBC’s ‘Found’ is a Familiar Procedural That Should Appeal to the Right Audience

The recently-ended writers’ strike and ongoing actors’ strike has severely decimated the amount of new television programming available for the fall season. That’s especially true for broadcast networks, which once debuted numerous must-see shows before the advent of streaming and on-demand viewing. NBC, which has new seasons of entries from the Law and Order and…

New York Film Festival Review – ‘Poor Things’ is a Mesmerizing Creative Triumph from Yorgos Lanthimos

Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos has established himself as a teller of bizarre stories weaving dark humor and unexpected scenarios together in the most intriguing possible way. His Oscar-nominated Greek-language breakthrough, Dogtooth, was an exceptional film that led to his English-language hits The Lobster and The Favourite. While he frequently collaborates on original scripts with Efthimis Filippou…

Exclusive Video Interview: Director Rebecca Miller on ‘She Came to Me’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Writer-director Rebecca Miller, whose past films include Maggie’s Plan, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, and Personal Velocity, returns with her latest film, She Came to Me. A man writing an opera finds himself experiencing severe writer’s block…

Exclusive Video Interview: Writer Michelle Ashford on ‘Cat Person’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Kristen Roupenian’s 2017 New Yorker short story Cat Person became a viral sensation, inviting wildly different interpretations of complicity and culpability within a relationship that never even really got started. Now, writer Michelle Ashford adapts her story into a full-length feature, which has taken…

TV Review – ‘Loki’ Season 2 Continues to Be the Best the Marvel Cinematic Universe Has to Offer

The grand finale to Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avengers: Endgame, introduced a rogue version of Loki (Tom Hiddleston), who was able to time-travel away from the events that would lead to his character’s previously-explored fate thanks to some clumsy timeline interference from the well-meaning Avengers. That resulted in the most fascinating and…

New York Film Festival Review – ‘Foe’ is a Sci-fi Romance That Doesn’t Quite Deliver

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