In “Love Life,” German director Maria Schrader recounts the affair of Ya’ara (Neta Garty, the Natalie Portman type) and an older, silver-haired gentleman named Arie (Rade Serbedzija).
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Michael Moore is set to receive the John Steinbeck Award, which is given to those who prove their worth as “planetary patriots” as Steinbeck’s son Thomas put it and has previously been given to Garrison Keillor, Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen and Studs Terkel.
Lee DeWyze’s father was a postman; he has the lyrics to “Father and Son” by Cat Stevens tattooed on one arm, perhaps in relation to arguments he had with his father about whether he should risk becoming an indie singer or go into the family business. Lee took the other path, and his post-American Idol album is due this fall.
