My article “‘The Prophet,’ ’10 Commandments’ and other religious works enter public domain” appears in Religion News Service (RNS).
‘The Prophet,’ ‘10 Commandments’ and other religious works enter public domain
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2019/01/28/the-prophet-10-commandments-and-other-religious-works-enter-public-domain/
(Smithsonian) A Tweet Is Just a Ritz Cracker, But an IMAX Film Is a Steak Dinner
My article “A Tweet Is Just a Ritz Cracker, But an IMAX Film Is a Steak Dinner” appears in Smithsonian magazine. Here’s the lede: When producers for the TIME and PBS documentary “A Year in Space” interviewed astronaut Terry Virts from space, the self-declared camera guy, who at age 10 was already the owner of […]
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2016/05/18/smithsonian-a-tweet-is-just-a-ritz-cracker-but-an-imax-film-is-a-steak-dinner/
(Forward) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Jews
My review “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Jews,” of an exhibit at National Geographic, appears in the Jewish Daily Forward.
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2015/07/31/forward-indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-jews/
Filmmakers bring two very different offerings to Jewish Film Festival
Two prominent filmmakers will provide bookends for the 2015 Houston Jewish Film Festival, which gets underway Sunday. Early in the lineup, Nancy Spielberg — sister of three-time Oscar winner Steven Spielberg and a filmmaker in her own right — will attend the Wednesday screening of “Above and Beyond,” her film that tells the stories of […]
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2015/03/04/filmmakers-bring-two-very-different-offerings-to-jewish-film-festival/
The Women of ‘Letters to Afar’
My review of the Museum of the City of New York’s exhibit of videos of Poland “The Women of ‘Letters to Afar’,” co-written with Chavi Moskowitz, appears in the Jewish Daily Forward.
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2014/12/10/the-women-of-letters-to-afar/