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.

SXSW Review: Grand Jury Prize Winner ‘The Fallout’

School shootings have, unfortunately, become an all-too-recognizable facet of American society. Their prevalence and the lack of adequate political action taken to curb access to firearms has resulted in the deaths of far too many young people. The effects surviving such an ordeal has on those present when a previously safe zone is invaded have…

SXSW Review: In the Same Breath

It’s not easy to find something that the whole world knows about and can relate to, and the coronavirus pandemic is one of the few exceptions. Yet for something that’s traveled from continent to continent and infected millions of people, there’s so much that’s still not known about it and a tremendous amount of misinformation…

SXSW Review: Not Going Quietly

Activism involves fighting for a cause, and very often advocating for those who cannot do so themselves. It’s easiest for people to internalize injustices when they are the ones being discriminated against or oppressed in some way. True passion can motivate people to speak out on behalf of someone else and for something that they…

Armie Hammer Under Investigation for Sexual Assault

The Los Angeles Police Department reported that an investigation into allegations against Armie Hammer has been opened, according to The New York Times and The Hollywood Reporter. A woman named as Effie, identified as 24 years old and living in Europe, said in a news conference on Thursday with lawyer Gloria Allred that she was…

SXSW Review: The Return: Life after ISIS

Indoctrination is a powerful and dangerous thing. Getting someone to believe in a cause can make them an advocate for it, continuing to spread one way of thinking to others who might be susceptible. It’s difficult to convince someone else that they are wrong, and severity and consequences are often the only effective ways of…

SXSW Review: Potato Dreams of America

The American dream is a concept that doesn’t always live up to its glorious reputation. Those who grow up elsewhere longing for the promise American has to offer rarely have the means necessary to be able to partake in that luxurious lifestyle, and if they do make it to the fabled country, their existence won’t…

The Ten Biggest Oscar Nominations Snubs

Oscar nominations were announced this morning, with David Fincher’s Mank leading the pack at ten mentions. For the first time in Oscar history, two women, Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell, were honored in the Best Director category. There’s plenty to celebrate about the list, which can be found here, but at the same time, there…

Real-Life ‘Amityville Horror’ Killer Has Died

The inspiration for the well-known Amityville Horror book and ensuing film adaptations is no longer among the living. Ronald “Butch” DeFeo died at age 69 on March 12th, 2021 at Albany Medical Center, as first reported by the Niagara Gazette. No cause of death has been released. He was serving a life sentence for the…

It Might Be Time to Stop Using Your Parents’ Netflix Account

Families who have freely shared their login information with adult children living all across the country may need to prepare to purchase their own individual subscriptions. Netflix has begun testing a new way to discourage the practice of account-sharing, with some users receiving a message on their screens that reads “If you don’t live with…

Michael B. Jordan Steps in the Ring to Direct ‘Creed III’

Actor Michael B. Jordan will make his directorial debut with the third installment in the successful Creed franchise, MGM has announced. The film, which also brings back Jordan’s costars Tessa Thompson and Phylicia Rashad, has been scheduled for a November 23rd, 2022 release. Jordan follows in the footsteps of Sylvester Stallone, a Golden Globe winner…