With his last two films being the perfectly adequate Ready Player One and the wholly unnecessary The Post, I had forgotten how remarkable of a filmmaker Steven Spielberg can be when he’s working on the right project. Remaking a movie musical from fifty years ago that is as close to perfect as a non-Bob Fosse musical can be might seem daunting in a lesser filmmaker’s hands, but nearly everything in West Side Story felt like it hit exactly as it should. Spielberg’s version of this legendary film doesn’t so much surpass the original, a near impossibility, but runs parallel and that pays tribute to and complements its source marvelously.
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Jamie Bernstein headlines the Seattle Jewish Film Festival, and talks about her unique life and memoir
The Seattle Jewish Film Festival kicks off tonight, and runs through April 7, showcasing a few dozen films and events featuring Jewish filmmakers and/or …