‘Antigone’ and ‘Stand!’ top this week’s streaming movies at Cleveland Cinemas and Cinematheque
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
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CLEVELAND, Ohio The Cleveland Institute of Art’s Cinematheque beginning Jan. 1 will be screening a powerful and apt modern adaptation of Sophocles’ “Antigone.”
The tragedy is set in Montreal, where an Algerian refugee family’s 17-year-old daughter fights against law and authority. Sophie Deraspe’s film was the winner of five 2020 Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture and Best Actress.
Also on Jan. 1, Cleveland Cinemas (Cedar Lee, the Capitol and Chagrin Cinemas) is screening “Stand!,” which is directed by Robert Adetuyi.
Ring in the New Year with LAJFF for Premiere of Movie Musical âStand!â
Join the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival on New Yearâs Day to catch the premiere of âStand!â, a Romeo and Juliet love story between a Jewish suffragette and a Ukrainian immigrant set during a citywide workersâ strike in Winnipeg, Canada in 1919.
The Canadian/America movie-musical follows similar themes of social change, a la “Hamilton” or “West Side Story,â and was written by writer/composer Danny Schur. The film was adapted from the stage hit âStrike!â based on his own family history. The film adaptation is directed by Robert Adetuyi (âBring it On,” âStomp the Yardâ) with cinematography by two-time Emmy-winner, Roy H. Wagner.
LAJFF Previews New âFiddler on the Roofâ Documentary
From Sholem Aleichemâs shtetl tales to Broadway to the movies, the iconic characters and stories in âFiddler on the Roofâ have captivated audiencesâJewish and notâall over the world. The subject of the 2019 making-of film âFiddler: A Miracle of Miracles,â it gets a new documentary treatment in âFiddlerâs Journey to the Big Screen: The Untold Story of Norman Jewisonâs Fiddler on the Roof,â chronicling the producer-directorâs quest to bring Tevyeâs world to the big screen nearly 50 years ago.
Including revealing interviews with Jewison (not Jewish, by the way), his collaborators, lead actor Topol, critics and historians and chock full of surprising anecdotes about the production, the film is a must-see for âFiddlerâ fans.