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Toronto International Film Festival || BY Frank DiGiacomo || 09 09 2012 1:30 PM

The Gatekeepers' Director Dror Moreh: 'Peace Is Possible' In The Mid-East, But 'Israel Lacks Leadership'

The Gatekeepers' Director Dror Moreh: 'Peace Is Possible' In The Mid-East, But 'Israel Lacks Leadership'

The two most chilling films I've seen so far in Toronto are both documentaries:  Dror Moreh's The Gatekeepers and Alex Gibney's Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God."  I'll be writing more about Gibney's film in the coming days, but I got a chance to briefly interview Moreh at a dinner Sony Pictures Classics threw at Creme Brasserie in the Yorkville District of Toronto, and I want to share his comments. more »

Videos || BY Jen Yamato || 05 16 2012 9:00 AM

Battleship Director Peter Berg to Israeli Interviewer: 'Are You a Draft Dodger?'

Battleship - Peter Berg

Now here's the way to make your run of the mill Battleship junket interview way more interesting: Turn the tables on your talking-head interviewer by grilling him on Israel's nuclear policy and why he didn't serve his compulsory service in the military. Which is what Peter Berg did to one unsuspecting journalist for Israel's Channel 10.
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