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Peter Hujar’s Day review: ‘a hymn to the wet process of photography’ ★★★★

The Jewish, gay and fearless independent film-maker Ira Sachs turns an interview with the renowned photographer Peter Hujar into a captivating film

By John Nathan

1 min read

Time capsule: Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hail in Ira Sach's film

Limmud Festival

The all-singing, all-dancing Limmud Festival 2025

By Ben Conway

4 min read

Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut Eleanor the Great centres an elderly Jewish woman who falsely claims to be a Holocaust survivor. (Photo: PA)

Film

Scarlett Johansson interview: ‘My film represents where I am in my life now’

By James Mottram

6 min read

Film

Marty Supreme reviews round-up: Timothée Chalamet tipped for Oscars glory with comparsions made to De Niro and Pacino

By Elisa Bray

2 min read

By Gaby Wine

OPINION: Turning the music off is not a pathway to peace

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Film

Blue Moon review: ‘Ethan Hawke turns in a superb performance’ ★★★★

By John Nathan

1 min read

Film

Wicked: For Good: Pitch-perfect escapism that surpasses the smash-hit original ★★★★★

By John Nathan

1 min read

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Nuremberg review: ‘It all feels too sexy, glamorous even’ ★★★

This crowd-pleaser about the first post-war international war crimes tribunal hits some wrong notes

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Pope Leo names Holocaust film among his all-time favourite films

The pontiff’s revealed his top film four film choices ahead of his meeting with a group of Hollywood A-listers

By Siam Goorwich

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Nancy Spielberg on her bold new October 7 documentary: ‘It’s an exploration of cinema versus reality’

The Jewish producer of the famous Spielberg family discusses ‘A Letter to David’, a documentary about twin brothers David and Eitan Cunio whose lives were both torn apart and captured on screen

By Eliana Jordan

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Showbiz

Scarlett Johansson: ‘People make antisemitic comments and just assume you feel the same way’

The actor discussed the ‘dilemma’ she faces between speaking up or staying quiet for fear of putting herself in danger

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

Scarlett Johansson will make her directorial debut with 'Eleanor the Great' in December (Photo: Getty)

Norwich

Offensive material about the original blood libel removed from Norwich Cathedral after Jewish Film Festival project

Narrative linking William of Norwich to the Holy Innocents removed from medieval cathedral in home of original blood libel

By Jane Prinsley

6 min read

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Turn up the volume on this wartime yarn of death and Elgar ★★★

Nicholas Hytner’s production of Alan Bennett’s First World War drama in the Yorkshire Dales is quietly moving, but maybe too quiet

By John Nathan

1 min read

Eminently watchable: Ralph Fiennes in The Choral

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‘How I mixed Jodie, Jewish jokes and AI to make my thriller’

Director Rebecca Zlotowski on the Oscar winner’s role in her new film

By James Mottram

4 min read

Flawless: Jodie Foster as psychiatrist Lilian in A Private Life

Film

Fantasy Life review: ‘I think I suffer from internalised antisemitism’ ★★★

In this neurotic and funny film, Matthew Shear plays a failed tax lawyer who’s ashamed of being Jewish

By John Nathan

1 min read

Fantasy Life review: ‘I think I suffer from internalised antisemitism’ ★★★

Film

How bad can a Friday night dinner get? How long you got?

New York film director Daniel Robbins on his comedy about having your future Catholic in-laws over for Shabbat

By John Nathan

5 min read

Don't say grace: the two families at the dinner table in Bad Shabbos

UK Jewish Film Festival 2025

Why is this UK Jewish Film Festival different from all other years?

Eliana Jordan speaks to the film-makers behind seven prize-winning shorts portraying weird and wonderful facets of everyday Jewish life in Britain

By Eliana Jordan

7 min read

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After The Hunt review: Julia Roberts at her superb best in campus thriller ★★★★

The actor shines as a lecturer caught in the crossfire of a culture war showdown

By John Nathan

2 min read

Commanding performance: Julia Roberts as brittle, high-flying Yale professor Alma

documentary

‘It’s a way of processing grief – and connecting’: Ben Stiller on making a documentary about his famous parents

The movie star shares his inspiration for creating ‘Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost’ about parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara - and what it revealed about his relationship with his own kids

By James Mottram

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Ben Stiller and sister Amy Stiller in 'Stiller and Meara: Nothing is Lost'. Credit: Apple TV+

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Good Boy review: Woof! Woof! A four-legged star is born ★★★★

The director and his producer wife’s dog is the star of this supernatural horror film

By John Nathan

1 min read

Pooch perfect: Indy the dog and his on-screen owner Todd, played by Shane Jensen

Israeli film

‘This TV series is a document of what actually happened on October 7’

‘We promised the survivors accuracy, no propoganda, just their truth’

By Eliana Silver

3 min read

Hisham Suliman plays Ayoub Sulliman hiding with his infant behind enemy lines in Red Alert (Credit: Ran Mendelson/Green Productions, Bender Brown Productions)

Israeli film

Israel’s national film awards face funding cuts after win for Palestinian-perspective picture

The Sea by Shai Carmeli-Pollak, which tells the story of a Palestinian boy trying to get to Tel Aviv, was labelled a “slap in the face” by Culture Minister Miki Zohar

By Jamie Shapiro

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The Sea won in numerous categories at this years Ophir Awards

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The Long Walk: ‘call it the Dystopian State Teen Killing genre’★★★★

One hundred young men compete in an endurance event until there is only one is left. Those who are moving too slowly are shot in the head in this tough-to-watch movie adapted from Stephen King’s first novel

By John Nathan

2 min read

Death march: Cooper Hoffman (centre, in hat) and David Jonsson (third from left) in Frances Lawrence's The Long Walk

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