FilmHeart of the Beast review: ‘Brad Pitt stays in his comfort zone’ ★★Does the actor have a capacity for complexity? Certainly not here where he plays a one-dimensional man and his dogBy John Nathan2 min read
FilmDe Gaulle: Résistance/Liberté review: ‘Invites France to think about its collaboration with the Nazis’ ★★★★In this film, as in Antonin Baudry’s others, Jews are the litmus test as to what kind of French person you areBy John Nathan1 min read
EmmysThe Pitt’s Noah Wyle wins again as Jewish stars shine at the EmmysThe late Rob Reiner was also honoured with a posthumous award after he and his wife were killed in DecemberBy Ella Bloom1 min read
FilmJust an Illusion review: ‘Are we French, Jewish or African?’★★★★This story about growing up in a Sephardi family in the suburbs of Paris during the 1980s will speak to Jews everywhereBy John Nathan2 min read
Film‘My film about the Jewish revolt against Rome teaches us lessons about today’I want to reconnect Jews with their ancient past, so I made the movie Legend of DestructionBy Gidi Dar3 min read
FilmOne Night Only review: ‘a tick box of unlikely situations’ ★★Will Gluck’s direction of this rom-com is almost ineptBy John Nathan1 min read
FilmThe Runner review: Gal Gadot pounds through Jewish London ★★★The Israeli actor and a string of London locations are the stars of this breathless action thrillerBy John Nathan1 min read
FilmMathieu Kassovitz on starring in De Gaulle: Résistance and how being Jewish informs his workThe rebel director returns to the heart of French cinemaBy James Mottram5 min read
Sacha Baron CohenWatch: Sacha Baron Cohen returns as Ali G in trailer for new filmThe actor will reprise his iconic role in a new mockumentary, which will hit cinemas in OctoberBy Lucy Pollock2 min read
FilmJacob Elordi ‘in talks’ to star opposite Scarlett Johansson in Jewish director’s A24 thrillerThe award-winning actors are reported to have signed on for Ari Aster’s Scapegoat, with filming set to begin later this yearBy Gabrielle Apfel1 min read
October 7October 7 drama ‘Our Loves’ set for Toronto Film Festival despite boycott demandsThe recognition comes after a controversy around an honour for a similar film at last year’s festivalBy Gabrielle Apfel1 min read
FilmSpider-Man: Brand New Day review: Oh, what a very tangled web he weaves ★★★★The movie has bucked the trend of diminishing returns at the box officeBy John Nathan2 min read
FilmAward-winning director Mike Leigh says next film will be his last after health strugglesLeigh was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that causes chronic pain and weakness last yearBy Gabrielle Apfel1 min read
FilmTeenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma review: ‘Schoenbrun’s most assured film yet’ ★★★★As with the filmmaker’s previous works this one wallows pleasingly in 1980s schlock-horror and is also a love letter to the genreBy John Nathan2 min read
Jewish datingWe’re dating – here’s what we think of the ultimate Jewish rom-comTo celebrate Tu B’Av, the Jewish day of love, we sat down to watch Crossing Delancey again. Our contrasting verdicts might surprise youBy Viola Levy and Dan Jacobs6 min read
FilmThe Odyssey review: Christopher Nolan turns Homer’s epic poem into movie magicThe film’s three tense hours elapse with the speed of a riptideBy John Nathan2 min read
FilmThe Invite review: An excruciating sex-com ★★★★The copious amount of tension in the film is derived from an open relationship encountering the emotions and instincts of tightly closed oneBy John Nathan2 min read
Jewish ComedyWho is the successor to the world’s funniest Jew?As Mel Brooks reaches his century, who will fill the legendary comic’s shoes?By Mark Solomons3 min read
Mel Brooks‘Blazing Saddles’ named funniest film of all time in honour of Mel Brooks’ 100th birthdayThe 1974 satirical comedy overtook ‘Some Like It Hot’ to claim the top spotBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
FilmA Private Life review: Jodie Foster intrigues as Jewish shrink in clever murder mystery ★★★★Foster gives a strong bilingual performance as psychiatrist who suspects her client may not have killed herselfBy John Nathan1 min read
PhotographyThe Jews who made Marilyn Monroe into an iconShe was the twentieth century’s brightest star – and many of the photographers who framed her image were JewishBy Melanie Abrams 6 min read
Steven SpielbergET never went home: Spielberg claims aliens ‘are here’ on EarthThe multi-award-winning Jewish director suggested beings from other worlds may live among us while promoting his new sci-fi epic, Disclosure DayBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
FilmDisclosure Day review: Emily Blunt is superb in Spielberg’s fun but derivative return to the alien thriller ★★★The Jewish director’s follow-up to ‘Close Encounters’ is a classic Spielberg sci-fi, eminently watchable if not somewhat trope-yBy John Nathan2 min read
