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Michael Fox

Michael Fox is a longtime film journalist and critic, and a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle. He teaches documentary classes at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute programs at U.C. Berkeley and S.F. State. In 2015, the San Francisco Film Society added Fox to Essential SF, its ongoing compendium of the Bay Area film community's most vital figures and institutions.

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Plucky bar mitzvah boy propels lighthearted opener

by Michael Fox July 19, 2013December 29, 2016
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Israeli film embraces transgender teen, stunned parents

by Michael Fox June 21, 2013December 29, 2016
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Israeli haredi filmmaker opens door to a cloistered world

by Michael Fox May 31, 2013March 23, 2018
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Mel Brooks makes a noise: Funnyman still on his game at 86

by Michael Fox May 17, 2013December 29, 2016
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Gay Jewish farce drives family shtick into high gear

by Michael Fox April 18, 2013December 29, 2016
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In docudrama, resourceful Ukrainian Jews hide in caves, outlast Nazis

by Michael Fox April 12, 2013December 29, 2016
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Hitler Youths journey of devastating discovery in Lore

by Michael Fox February 22, 2013December 29, 2016
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Gatekeepers an unflinching look at Israels past and future

by Michael Fox February 15, 2013December 29, 2016
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Ten years on, plodding Yossi needs a pick-me-up

by Michael Fox February 15, 2013December 29, 2016
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Rabbis best friend: a philosophical cat and fellow traveler

by Michael Fox January 18, 2013December 29, 2016

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