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Inter Alia, Lyttelton Theatre, review – ‘Rosamund Pike triumphs with a quick-silver performance’ ★★★

In her first stage performance in 15 years, the Saltburn star plays a criminal trial judge and mother of a teenage son

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Rosamund Pike (Jessica) 'superbly embodies' an impossible dilemma in Inter Alia at the National Theatre (Photo: Manuel Harlan)

Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing, Pedro Pascal as Mr Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as The Invisible Woman and Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/Human Torch in The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Photo: Marvel Studios)

The Fantastic Four: The First Steps review – style only gets a superhero film so far ★★★

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Refreshingly honest: Elliot Levey as Tom Maschler in Giant (Photo: Johan Persson)

‘Giant shows us what it’s like to be British and Jewish’

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Alec Boaden as Jude and Chanel Waddock as Lynette in Noughts & Crosses. (Photo: Manuel Harlan)

Noughts & Crosses review: ‘Star-crossed love story shines through in joyless production’ ★★

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Superman review: ‘You don’t get more Jewish’ ★★★★★

The superhero’s Yiddishe soul forged by the experience of being an immigrant is on full display in this stirring reboot

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July 9, 2025 20:21

Jewish soul: David Corenset as the superhero

Hot Milk review: ‘delicately adapted for the screen’ ★★★

In her directorial debut, Rebecca Lenkiewicz establishes the characters of Deborah Levy’s 2026 Booker-nominated novel with care and admirable economy

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July 8, 2025 12:42

Vicky Krieps and Emma Mackey in Hot Milk

Evita review: ‘Rachel Zegler’s star quality shines’ ★★★★★

Every Evita is defined by its Eva and the clarity, accuracy and power of this one’s voice is astonishing

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July 2, 2025 17:43

Rachel Zegler as Eva Peron and James Olivas as Juan Peron in Evita (Photo: Marc Brenner)

Jurassic World Rebirth review: ‘Scarlett Johansson breathes new life into dinosaurs’ ★★★

The Jewish Hollywood star helps make this as good as a Jurassic movie can be

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July 1, 2025 13:11

He's behind you: Scarlett Johansson and a mutant dinosaur in the seventh Jurassic movie

Intimate Apparel review: ‘Beautifully performed revival’ ★★★

The suppressed passion between black seamstress Esther and immigrant Jew Mr Marks makes this plot feel freshly hatched

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June 30, 2025 16:03

Samira Wiley and Nicola Hughes in Intimate Apparel (Photo: Helen Murray)

28 Years Later review: ‘flips our national psychology on its head’ ★★★★

In this horror movie, the British Isles is infected and full of zombies – and the sea that surrounds us no longer protects us from those on the continent, it protects them from us

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June 25, 2025 11:30

Run for your life: Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Alfie Williams

Who is Claude Cahun? review: ‘The subject is endlessly fascinating’ ★★★

The achievements of this French Jewish lesbian living a non-conformist life under Nazi occupation is filtered through our 21st century obsession with gender politics – at the expense of conveying her bravery

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June 24, 2025 16:48