Stephen Applebaum

Stephen Applebaum is a widely published UK-based writer with more than 25 years' of experience contributing to newspapers and glossies at home and abroad

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Why I had to make a film of Judith Kerr's refugee classic

The German film director Caroline Link tells Stephen Applebaum why the book When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit was so important to her as a child

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Why I had to make a film of Judith Kerr's refugee classic

Filming Greta Thunberg

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Rocks rolls out tales of teenage friendship

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Grant Rosenmeyer, from child star to producer

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A boy and his dog —  and a Shoah setting

Director Lynn Roth's new film is about the Shoah - seen through the eyes of a boy's pet German Shepherd

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June 25, 2020 14:24

A boy and his dog —  and a Shoah setting

‘I always felt like an outsider, my films reflect that’

Filmmaker Paul Frankl's search for a community is reflected in his films, he tells Stephen Applebaum

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May 27, 2020 13:31

‘I always felt like an outsider, my films reflect that’

It’s hard to be famous at fifteen

Noah Schnapp earns a fortune for his role in the Netflix hit Stranger Things. But it can be hard dealing with fame, he says

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February 19, 2020 15:03

Taika Waititi: mum inspired my Nazi comedy

The Thor and Jojo Rabbit director speaks to Stephen Applebaum

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December 30, 2019 09:57

Taika Waititi: mum inspired my Nazi comedy

The director who made a film from Shia LaBeouf's therapy

Honey Boy is a film based on the Hollywood star's difficult childhood. Stephen Applebaum met Alma Har'el, the Israeli woman who directed it.

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December 5, 2019 14:41

The director who made a film from Shia LaBeouf's therapy

A honeymoon trip to the past

Elise Otzenberger — the actor turned writer-director — speaks to Stephen Applebaum about her film, which will open this year's Jewish Film Festival

6 min read

October 31, 2019 11:05

‘I’d be crazy not to cast my wife’

Bart Freundlich's new film, After the Wedding, stars his wife, the Hollywood star Julianne Moore. It was inevitable, he tells Stephen Applebaum

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October 30, 2019 17:47

Why Jason Isaacs missed a family holiday to make terror film

The actor's family were disappointed when he didn't come to Peru with them. But they understood when they saw his new film, Hotel Mumbai about the 2008 terrorist attacks

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September 25, 2019 15:37

Why Jason Isaacs missed a family holiday to make terror film

The director who sent Brad Pitt into space

James Gray's Ad Astra is about the father-son relationship

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September 11, 2019 15:07

The director who sent Brad Pitt into space

Red Sea Diving Resort: a modern day exodus

A new Netflix film tells the story of Mossad's daring plan to rescue thousands of Ethiopian Jews by creating a fake hotel

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August 5, 2019 09:02

Red Sea Diving Resort: a modern day exodus

Ted Bundy, Zac Efron and me

Joe Berlinger contemplates the nature of evil in his latest documentary and feature film about serial killer Ted Bundy. He tells Stephen Applebaum that it all started when he studied the Holocaust.

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May 2, 2019 11:46