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Andrew Garfield stars as Spiderman

By Jennifer Lipman, February 7, 2012
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Jewish actor Andrew Garfield puts on the Spidey Suit in the new installment in the superhero series.

The Amazing Spider-Man will be in cinemas next summer.

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In Darkness: Oscar nominated Polish Holocaust film

By Jennifer Lipman, January 24, 2012
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Nominated for an Academy Award, director Agnieszka Holland's film In Darkness tells the story of a family from the Lvov ghetto hidden with the help of a Polish man, and the bond that forms between them.

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Fiddler on the Roof - the lego version

By Jennifer Lipman, January 17, 2012
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The classic film - with a twist.

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Steven Spielberg's Marilyn Monroe musical series

By Jennifer Lipman, January 3, 2012
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Joining a long list of Jewish creatives involved in Broadway musicals, filmmaker Steven Spielberg is the executive producer of a television show critics have already dubbed "the new Glee".

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Sacha Baron Cohen is "The Dictator"

By Jennifer Lipman, December 14, 2011
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Sacha Baron Cohen in his most contreversial role yet

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A Dangerous Method: Freud on film

By Jennifer Lipman, December 2, 2011
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David Cronenberg's thriller follows an encounter between psychiatrists Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, and a female Russian patient. The film is set for release in February 2012.

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Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt star in 50/50

By Jennifer Lipman, November 24, 2011
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Director Jonathan Levine's film follows Adam, a 27-year-old diagnosed with cancer, in the bittersweet comedy starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Amjelica Huston and Anna Kendrick. The film is released in the UK on November 25.

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Sarah's Key: exclusive clip

By Jennifer Lipman, November 22, 2011
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Sarah's Key, the adaptation of the bestselling book by Tatiana de Rosnay, about the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup of 1942 and an American journalist who discovers a heartbreaking Holocaust-era secret, is released on DVD on November 28.

Watch an exclusive clip of the film to find out more.

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The UK Jewish Film Festival 2011

By Jennifer Lipman, October 11, 2011
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Drag queens, a vodka baron, fake nuns and Israel's David Brent are just some of the colourful characters coming to London screens for the 15th UK Jewish Film Festival between November 1 and 20.

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Sneak peek: Reuniting The Rubins

By Jennifer Lipman, October 7, 2011
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Reuniting The Rubins is directed by Yoav Factor.

The film follows a dysfunctional family's Pesach reunion and stars Timothy Spall, Honor Blackman, Blake Harrison, Rhona Mitra, James Callis and Theo Stevenson.

It is released in UK cinemas on October 21.

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Trailer: Steven Spielberg's War Horse

By Jennifer Lipman, October 4, 2011
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Watch the full trailer for director Steven Spielberg's adaptation of War Horse, Michael Morpurgo's 1982 children's book and a recent West End hit.

The film is set for release in January 2012

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Amy Winehouse and Tony Bennett: Body & Soul

By Jennifer Lipman, September 9, 2011
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In this previously unseen video, Amy Winehouse discusses singing Body & Soul with Tony Bennett. A duet recorded before the star died in July will be released later this month in aid of the Amy Winehouse Foundation.

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The Glee cast talk about what to expect on Season 3

By Jennifer Lipman, September 7, 2011
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The cast of hit show Glee talk about being back on set to film the third - and final for some cast members - series.

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Roman Polanski's Carnage: first look

By Jennifer Lipman, September 7, 2011
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Roman Polanski's latest film brings to the big screen Yasmina Reza's 2006 play Gods of Carnage, about two sets of parents dealing with the aftermath of a playground fight.

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Helen Mirren stars in 'The Debt'

By Jennifer Lipman, September 1, 2011
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Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman wrote the screenplay for The Debt, a film about a former Mossad agent whose Nazi-hunting past catches up on her. Starring Helen Mirren and Sam Worthington, it is directed by Shakespeare in Love director John Madden.

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Cher Horowitz: the original Jewish princess

By Jennifer Lipman, August 25, 2011
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A montage of all the outfits worn by Alicia Silverstone as Cher Horowitz in the 1995 comedy Clueless.

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Rachel Weisz stars in political thriller Page Eight

By Jennifer Lipman, August 17, 2011
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A first look at the David Hare's new spy thriller, which stars Jewish actress Rachel Weisz as well as Bill Nighy and Michael Gambon. The film, set in Cambridge and London, has been chosen to close the Toronto Film Festival 2011.

Page Eight will be broadcast on BBC Two later this year.

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Lipa Schmeltzer: a song for Leiby Kletzy

By Jennifer Lipman, August 11, 2011
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Lipa Schmeltzer has made a musical tribute to the murdered child Leiby Kletzky, blending photographs, CCTV footage and scenes from the recording studio.

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The next Rebecca Black: Allen Samuels is Livin De Life

By Jennifer Lipman, August 10, 2011
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Is he, as he claims, a 55-year-old New Jersey casino executive? Or is he someone else? Following in the footseps of Rebecca Black, here is the next internet music sensation.

Either way, in his own words: "It aint about the Asians and it aint about the Jews. It aint about the Christians, Muslims, yo fools."

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Jewish divorce: punk rock style

By Jennifer Lipman, August 7, 2011
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"GET", a song about Jews and divorce by punk band The Groggers.

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