FilmLászló Nemes: From Son of Saul to Orphan – my father’s own storyThe Oscar-winning director is back with a new filmBy James Mottram6 min read
FilmMortal Kombat II review: Cage fights on repeat in silly game-to-screen re-bash ★★How to describe this action fantasy iteration of the video game franchise? Fight, after fight, after fight, after….By John Nathan1 min read
FilmThe Devil Wears Prada 2 review: The Devil goes digital – but loses none of its icy sheen ★★★★The original cast star in this iPhone-era remake, bringing back the best of the classic 2006 film without feeling like a reheatBy John Nathan1 min read
FilmMichael review: The real Jackson? The insights stop long before we get enough ★★This ‘biography’ about the king of pop presents a bland, sanitised version of Jackson, played by his real-life nephewBy John Nathan2 min read
FilmThe Wizard of the Kremlin review: Magnificent Will gives us Berezovsky the man, not Boris the Jew ★★★★This engrossing film about the oligarch behind Putin’s rise to power ignores his Jewishness, thankfullyBy John Nathan2 min read
BBCNice Jewish boy Tom Brook celebrates 50 years as BBC’s film guruThe face of ‘Talking Movies’ is finally a star in his own right in a new documentary marking his half a century at the BeebBy Jenni Frazer4 min read
FilmUkrainian director Sergei Loznitsa’s new movie is banned in both Russia and Ukraine. He has no regretsThe film-maker behind a documentary about the Babi Yar massacre is stirring tension with his new film about Stalinist RussiaBy James Mottram3 min read
FilmExclusive interview: Mayim Bialik’s next big bangThe Hollywood actor on how being Jewish informs the way she plays the starring role in Jim Jarmusch’s new movieBy James Mottram5 min read
FilmThe Drama review: Zendaya and Robert have chemistry in a very dark climate ★★★The wedding is less a car crash and more a multiple pile-upBy John Nathan2 min read
FilmProject Hail Mary review: Gosling brings substance to this alien-buddy sci-fi ★★★★It’s no ‘Interstellar’, but a fun, odd-couple space romp doesn’t need to be – so long as it’s got Ryan Gosling piloting the spaceshipBy John Nathan2 min read
Jewish filmsHow the Jewish American epic leapt from the page to the screenOnce millions read Bellow and Roth, now they flock to cinemas to see Marty Supreme and The BrutalistBy Ithamar Handelman-Smith6 min read
FilmThe Testament of Ann Lee review: ‘an unexpected use of movement and music’ ★★★★Brilliant score and choreography breathes life into this haunting tale of vision and faithBy John Nathan1 min read
FilmWuthering Heights review: ‘This sex-heavy new interpretation never feels as daring as the old’Emerald Fennell’s take on the classic literary love story is sure to leave film audiences as unsatisfied as diehard Brontë fansBy John Nathan1 min read
FilmHamlet review: ‘watchable but wearying’★★This bold and radical version of Shakespeare’s most famous play is lost in a south Indian translationBy John Nathan1 min read
Holocaust filmOne rabbi’s search for the boys who survived an Auschwitz gas chamberRabbi Naftali Schiff’s 20-year mission to track down the 51 boys who left Crematorium 5 alive has resulted in a book and filmBy Eliana Jordan3 min read
FilmSend Help review: gruesomely enjoyable modern-day castaway tale ★★★★The master-slave tables are turned upside down in this tropical island thrillerBy John Nathan2 min read
FilmMercy review: ‘less high-tech whodunnit and more Paw Patrol’ ★★This thriller about AI wants to be taken seriously, but it’s too short on class for thatBy John Nathan1 min read
Film28 Years Later: The Bone Temple review: ‘a knuckle-whitening climax to the trilogy’ ★★★★The series has always had a higher IQ than most other horror franchises, and this instalment is no exceptionBy John Nathan1 min read
balletGiselle review: a brilliant, shocking interpretation’ ★★★★★Themes of betrayal and enduring love in this bold reimagining of a classic balletBy Joy Sable1 min read
Film‘Is This Thing On?’ Review: ‘Will Arnett is a revelation’ ★★★★In his latest role, the actor plays a middle-aged man contemplating his crumbling marriage – and a new career in stand-upBy Ben Felsenburg2 min read
Holocaust Memorial Day 2026‘If I can make people realise I’m telling the story of real people – my family – that’s what’s important’As the number of Holocaust survivors and refugees is becoming fewer, it is left to their descendants to share their storiesBy Ben Conway5 min read
ChanaThe colour cure: Can embracing the rainbow ease menopause mood swings?Colour consultant Gabbie Greenberg encourages women to ditch black and grey for bold colours, extolling their power to enhance wellbeing and moodBy Eliana Jordan2 min read
New Year Honours 2026Meet Dame Polina Bayvel – the trailblazing scientist, whose Jewish faith requires no proofBayvel was recognised in the King’s New Year Honours List for her pioneering work in optical fibre engineering, but the Jewish scientist remains reverent to her academic idolsBy Eliana Jordan4 min read
