Yes, that's right. The title is no mistake and neither is the category. This post is about "movies", or  Motion Pictures, as I call them, and I still prefer to publish here before I do so anywhere else. There's this prestigious website that's invited me to write stuff about movies, but I prefer to keep my work original and post it here first, despite the 'royal' treatment I've been shown. Don't worry, I'm kidding. I'll still write for both, of course. So it's Jews today, or rather one Jew in particular. There's no antisemitism here, but more like sympathy. Admiration, even. I don't care what I said about Paul Giamatti at the time of the Globes , it's of no importance to this topic. What I do care about is Barney's Version,  which I've recently seen and am still in awe of. This movie just made my "All Time Top 10" (a list I'm going to talk about in detail within this category - but I digress. Back to the matter at hand). "The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky", as it is described on imdb, managed to move me to tears, and although it was considered for inclusion in the "Comedy-Musical" category by the founders of the Golden Globe Awards, I feel that I can … [Read more...]