James Mottram

James Mottram is a film journalist and author. He's written several books on film including The Making of Dunkirk, published in the UK by Titan

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September 5 isn’t about the hostages or terrorists of the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre, it’s about journalism

The director and Jewish actors in the new movie on the questions it raises about the reporting of terrorism… live

6 min read

Intense: a scene from the cramped gallery of ABC TV's sports division where most of the film is set

Design matters: Adrien Brody as the fictional Bauhaus school architect László Toth

The Brutalist director on why he made a film now set for Oscar glory

4 min read

Like a Rolling Stone: Hollywood director James Mangold in conversation with Timothée Chalamet, who plays Bob Dylan in the film

Why I’ve made another film about Bob Dylan

6 min read

Erin Foster, the writer behind new Netflix series Nobody Wants This, drew from her personal experience of converting to Judaism for inspiration.

The Jewish answer to Fleabag’s ‘hot priest’: Erin Foster on her new Netflix show Nobody Wants This

6 min read

The Goldman Case: The new French courtroom drama that puts Jewishness on trial

Cédric Kahn on his reconstruction of the 1976 trial of leftist Pierre Goldman – and the French judicial system’s prejudice against Jews

4 min read

September 19, 2024 11:44

In the dock: Arieh Worthalter as Pierre Goldman in a scene from The Goldman Case

The Jewish rom-com that tells you everything you ever wanted to know about platonic love

I talk to writer-director Nathan Silver about his new film Between the Temples, featuring a cantor who’s losing his voice and faith until his old teacher saves him

6 min read

August 21, 2024 16:34

Screen shot: the cast of Between the Temples Photo: Getty

(Stephen) Fry’s delight: his new film with Lena Dunham

Stephen Fry and Lena Dunham on how they connected with their Jewishness while shooting a road movie in Poland

6 min read

June 14, 2024 15:16

A boy – now 93 – tells his story of incredible survival hiding from the Nazis in the forest

Now a new film is telling Maxwell Smart’s story

6 min read

May 23, 2024 08:43

Maxwell Smart on set with the child actors

How my son’s terminal cancer inspired me to convert to Judaism

Kit Vincent’s film ‘Red Herring’ tracks his family’s devastation after they were told he was terminally ill. His father tells our writer about how life has moved on since

5 min read

May 3, 2024 10:24

Close bond: Lawrence and Kit Vincent in Red Herring

The shameful tale of the Jewish boy kidnapped by the Catholic church

I meet the director of a new film about a six-year-old snatched from his family – after he’d been baptised by the family maid

6 min read

April 26, 2024 11:22

Wrenched away: Enea Sala as six-year-old Edgardo Mortara in the film Kidnapped

Amy Winehouse biopic was the inevitable next step in the commercialisation of the vulnerable star

It’s hard not to think that this film is the latest addition to the cottage industry that sprung up around the late songwriter

5 min read

April 10, 2024 11:43

Marisa Abela stars as Amy Winehouse in Sam Taylor-Johnson's new biopic on the star, Back to Black

Famed filmmaker Ethan Coen on why he’s on a lesbian road trip

He’s made his new screwball romantic comedy with his wife and long-time editor, but if you think this means broiges with brother Joel, you’re wrong

7 min read

March 12, 2024 17:18

Wanderlust: Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathanstar as Jamie and Marian in Drive-Away Dolls Credit: Working Title / Focus Features

Legacy of a hero: making the new feature film about the British man who saved 669 Jewish children from the Nazis

James Mottram meets the director of One Life, and one of the refugees rescued by Nicholas Winton

7 min read

December 20, 2023 17:49

Anthony Hopkins plays Nicholas Winton in the eagerly awaited Second World War drama

How a 70-year-old widower gets embroiled in his daughter’s marital problems

New film My Daughter My Love is spearheaded by Israeli writer-director Eitan Green

2 min read

November 17, 2023 13:42

How a 70-year-old widower gets embroiled in his daughter’s marital problems

Exploring a young man's fear of undertaking national service in IDF

Matan Yair's new movie A Room of his Own follows a young man facing his mandatory spell in the army

2 min read

November 17, 2023 12:09

Exploring a young man's fear of undertaking national service in IDF

'We need to talk about Jewface' says Dame Helen Mirren

The actor is starring in a new biopic about Golda Meir, and says she 'absolutely believes' in Israel

7 min read

September 27, 2023 12:03

'We need to talk about Jewface' says Dame Helen Mirren

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James Mottram

Latest from James Mottram

September 5 isn’t about the hostages or terrorists of the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre, it’s about journalism

The Brutalist director on why he made a film now set for Oscar glory

Why I’ve made another film about Bob Dylan

The Jewish answer to Fleabag’s ‘hot priest’: Erin Foster on her new Netflix show Nobody Wants This

More from James Mottram

The Goldman Case: The new French courtroom drama that puts Jewishness on trial

The Jewish rom-com that tells you everything you ever wanted to know about platonic love

(Stephen) Fry’s delight: his new film with Lena Dunham

A boy – now 93 – tells his story of incredible survival hiding from the Nazis in the forest

How my son’s terminal cancer inspired me to convert to Judaism

The shameful tale of the Jewish boy kidnapped by the Catholic church

Amy Winehouse biopic was the inevitable next step in the commercialisation of the vulnerable star

Famed filmmaker Ethan Coen on why he’s on a lesbian road trip

Legacy of a hero: making the new feature film about the British man who saved 669 Jewish children from the Nazis

How a 70-year-old widower gets embroiled in his daughter’s marital problems

Exploring a young man's fear of undertaking national service in IDF

'We need to talk about Jewface' says Dame Helen Mirren