By Bessy ADUT This is a DreamWorks Animation review. Firstly, I would like to thank my creative collaborator/career counselor friend Sarah Melnick. I started writing again this year at the Jewish newspaper Şalom, and Sarah encouraged me to open up to new realms such as an opera and an animation review so I would like... Continue Reading →
Movie Review: “The Holdovers” by Alexander Payne
By Bessy ADUT I would like to write a movie review on a very underrated movie at the end of this year. It’s called "The Holdovers, directed by Alexander Payne. Some of the films he wrote, produced and directed in the past you may know are, 1996 Citizen Ruth, 1999 Election, 2002 About Schmidt, 2004... Continue Reading →
Opera Review: GIRONDINES by Mission Opera
By Bessy ADUT At the end of October, Mission Opera presented the West Coast premiere of Girondines, an opera in English with music by Sarah Van Sciver and lyrics by Kirsten C. Kunkle. This two-act show sheds light on the lives and deaths of six beautiful, successful, and talented French Revolution women. Based on their... Continue Reading →
Hollywood Turkish Film & Drama Days
By Bessy Adut Hollywood Turkish Film and Drama Days was a memorable honoring of cultural diversity, creativity, and cinematic excellence and I would like to start with two Turkish productions I had a chance to view during this festival. I would like to share my experience as a Turkish filmmaker, now also a part-time writer/journalist... Continue Reading →
Movie Review: “A Haunting in Venice” by Kenneth Branagh
By Bessy ADUT I am excited to write about this movie because when I was growing up I used to be a book worm and Agatha Christie has been one of my favorite authors. I had a period in my life I would read at least one of her books a week; I guess that... Continue Reading →
Movie Review: “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3” by Nia Vardalos
By Bessy ADUT This was the last and the most fun summer movie of the year and has been a good closing for the summer season. This is a romantic family comedy written by Nia Vardalos as the third sequel to My Big Fat Greek Wedding. It was mostly filmed in Athens, Greece. In this... Continue Reading →
Movie Review: “Golda” by Guy Nattiv
By Bessy ADUT Golda is not a conventional movie, “Golda” spotlights Meir during the roughly three weeks surrounding the Yom Kippur War in October 1973, when the combined forces of Egypt, Syria and Jordan attacked her country during its holiest day. Golda Meir was Israel's first and only female prime minister. As a leader in... Continue Reading →
Movie Review: “Oppenheimer” by Christopher Nolan
By Bessy ADUT Thanks to all my readers for your great feedback on my first review, today I am going to talk about a complete contrast film that is Oppenheimer which is a biographical thriller of this summer, released in 2023 and directed by Christopher Nolan. The film chronicles the career of American theoretical physicist... Continue Reading →
