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The Most Precious Goods

That’s Life! to a new Shoah fairy tale

Samantha Spiro who played Esther Rantzen in One Life is now the narrator in a new play about the Holocaust

4 min read

World of good: Samantha Spiro on stage at The Marylebone Theatre

The human touch: Dominic Sessa as Angus and Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Mary in director Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers (Photo: Seacia Pavao / 2023 Focus Features LLC)

The Holdovers review: A beautifully wrought comedy that took me back to 1970

1 min read

Eddie Boyce, Timothy O'Hara and Nathalie Barclay on stage at the Arcola Theatre (Photo by Phil Gammon)

Don’t Destroy Me, Arcola Theatre review: It’s hugely satisfying to see this lost-forever world of post-war Jewish Brixton revived

2 min read

Physical theatre: the dancing in Kin is superb

Kin at the National Theatre: This is a play that makes the case for Israel

1 min read

Mean Girls review: What’s the point of the rehash? It’s hilarious

You’ve already seen the film, but Tina Fey’s version is so funny you never lose interest

2 min read

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January 18, 2024 16:26

Mean Girls

Film review: Poor Things – ‘A tornado of a performance from Emma Stone’

Sex in the cinema need not be exploitative

1 min read

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January 12, 2024 12:39

Ramy Youssef and Emma Stone in Poor Things.

Review of Stranger Things, The First Shadow: This show redefines what we can depict on page

Not a moment of this three-hour drama triumph lasts a second longer than you want it to [Missing Credit]

1 min read

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January 11, 2024 15:50

Butter wouldn't melt: Henry Creel

One Life review: ‘The question that hovers is why’

Motivation is missing from this stirring biopic

2 min read

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January 7, 2024 09:40

One Life review: ‘The question that hovers is why’

Ulster American review: Forget the tension and enjoy the craic

You can pick holes in this play, but it remains enormous fun

1 min read

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January 5, 2024 15:27

Ulster American at Riverside Studios (Photo: Johan Persson)

Priscilla review: how Elvis shook up her life

The film maps out the young woman’s emotional life much better than his songs

1 min read

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January 4, 2024 17:08

Directed by Sofia Coppola, the film stars Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla and Jacob Elordi as Elvis Presley

Judaism is the only religion I have and the only one I’m comfortable with, says Sharon Osbourne

The former X Factor judge talks about being a patrilineal Jew and why she and Ozzy are leaving LA for the UK

7 min read

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January 4, 2024 16:00

Sharon Osbourne speaks to the JC from her home

Should Roald Dahl’s witches be cancelled?

The National Theatre’s production was hard to watch, especially after October 7

3 min read

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December 28, 2023 11:16

The Witches company at the National Theatre (Photo: Marc Brenner)

Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Pig?

JW3 is planning a Jewish Chanukah panto every year. Its first knockabout script is an auspicious start

1 min read

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December 14, 2023 17:49

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What Happens Later review: Not much sparkle for this stranded couple

Meg Ryan and David Duchovny have just about enough on-chemistry for the film’s 100 minutes to pass tolerably

1 min read

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December 14, 2023 15:44

What Happens Later review: Not much sparkle for this stranded couple

Meet the first ever kosher Big Bad Pig at JW3’s first Chanukah panto

Red Hoodman, her Jewish mum and a wolf with anxiety issues features in a special panto that’s different from all others

5 min read

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December 7, 2023 12:17

Meet the first ever kosher Big Bad Pig at JW3’s first Chanukah panto

Infinite Life review: Stay seated, the real time tension is worth sticking with

John Nathan applauds Annie Baker’s new offering

1 min read

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December 7, 2023 11:46

Infinite Life review: Stay seated, the real time tension is worth sticking with

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