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Rabbi Gluck’s life captured in touching new film

The Stamford Hill figure is renowned for his interfaith work

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Rabbi Herschel Gluck in new film How to get on with everybody (Photo: Winstan Whitter & Elin Moe)

Not so Marvellous: Florence Pugh

Thunderbolt review: ‘not even Florence Pugh can fire this up’

The action sequences are excellent, but this film is proof that Marvel’s glory days are over

1 min read

A DJ plays while rockets fall at the Nova music festival, October 7 2023. A film about the atrocities has been honoured by the Emmy Awards (Photo: Avi Medina/BBC/Sipur/Bitachon365/MGM)

BBC’s Nova documentary We Will Dance Again honoured by Emmy Awards

Film about October 7 honoured with top award and two nominations at International Emmys

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Love hotel: Nataly Rocha and Iago Xavier

Motel Destino review: ‘sordid thrills in Brazil’

An unflinchingly seedy thriller set under a bleaching sun

1 min read

Film review, Sinners: ‘Magical’

A vampire film which nearly transcends the familiar

1 min read

The Penguin Lessons: ‘Steve Coogan p-p-picks one up’

Steve Coogan’s English teacher takes up a position at a boarding school in Buenos Aries in the 1970s, where a military coup and a penguin upend his life

1 min read

What They Found review: Sam Mendes presents the proof of Bergen-Belsen

The intention to counter Holocaust denial is achieved in the director’s first documentary

1 min read

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The Most Precious of Cargoes review: “fairytales and the Holocaust can coexist”

This animated feature is proof there are no rules when it comes to storytelling

2 min read

Horror and humanity: a scene from The Most Precious of Cargoes Photo: Ex Nihilo

‘My animated Shoah movie tells truths that kids will understand’

The Hollywood director of the Oscar-winning movie The Artist on why his next project, out this week, could never have worked as a live-action film

By James Mottram

6 min read

Hand-drawn visions: a scene from The Most Precious of Cargoes. Director Michel Hazanavicius drew all of the characters in the film himself Photo: Ex Nihilo

The film of Seven Jewish Children is as foul as the stage version

The original play allowed no space for the reality of Israel or Gaza today – and the film follows suit

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

The film of Seven Jewish Children is as foul as the stage version

Novacaine review: ‘sticks and stones won’t hurt him’

Lars Jacobson’s violent action-comedy is about an assistant bank manager who can’t feel pain

1 min read

No pain, no gain Cain: Jack Quaid Photo: Marcos Cruzmarcos Cruz

Opus review: ‘glossy but lacks spine’

Films about journalism can make great thrillers but Mark Anthony Green’s debut requires the audience to suspend more belief than is reasonable

1 min read

Mixed media: Ayo Edebiri (centre) as magazine staffer Ariel

Clueless writer finally confirms that Cher is Jewish

As Clueless hits the West End in a new musical version of the hit film, Amy Heckerling answers the question she has preferred to avoid for the past 30 years

5 min read

Amy Heckerling Photo: Michael Wharley

Mickey 17 review: ‘dark satire meets bonkers science fiction’

For the Oscar-winning Parasite director’s latest film think Dr Strangelove aboard an intergalactic ship

1 min read

Space oddity: Robert Pattinson as Mickey

The Last Showgirl review: ‘Pamela Anderson dazzles’

The former Baywatch star’s tender portrayal of a Las Vegas performer in her middle years reveals serious acting talent

1 min read

Showtime: Jamie Lee Curtis and (right) Pamela Anderson Photo: Roadside Attractions

‘My film finally tells the story of the first escape from a Nazi death camp’

Israeli director Lior Geller on his new movie The World Will Tremble

4 min read

Harrowing scenes: Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Jeremy Neumark Jones in The World Will Tremble Photo: Ivan Vatsov

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