Small town life and casual racism in 1960s Israel
A study in the differences between Indian and Moroccan Israeli communities set against the ochre colours of the Negev desert
October 7 documentary shares heart-wrenching new insights into Kibbutz Be’eri massacre
Dan Reed’s new Channel 4 documentary One Day in October features moving testimonies from survivors including Emily Hand
The shows you won’t want to miss – on stage and screen
Here are some of the best (Jewish-adjacent) shows that TV, film and theatre have to offer in October and November
A Good Jewish Boy review: ‘elegiac paean to a fading community’
This first feature by director and co-writer Noé Debré could so easily have ended up as a kosher kitchen sink drama. Instead, it’s a gem
The Goldman Case: The new French courtroom drama that puts Jewishness on trial
Cédric Kahn on his reconstruction of the 1976 trial of leftist Pierre Goldman – and the French judicial system’s prejudice against Jews
Azazel Jacobs on His Three Daughters
The film director on why returning to his native New York inspired him to make a movie about how a family copes with grief
An Israeli director debuts with a film shot in a kibbutz ravaged by October 7
Keren Nechmad's film Kissufim was shot three years ago before the kibbutz became the site of a Hamas massacre
The Critic review: ‘acidic revenge plot in 1930s London’
Ian McKellen’s stone-faced critic is a delicious embodiment of cruelty and wit
Vogue model and war journalist Lee Miller’s Jewish friends and lovers
A film released this week tracks her astonishing story – and the cast of high-profile Jews who played crucial roles in building her career
Firebrand review: ‘Jude Law’s Henry VIII’
The actor is on terrifying form in this film which uses poetic licence to excellent effect
Blink Twice review: ‘men are the enemy of women’
Revenge is best served on a toxic male tycoon’s private island in this film which starts as a rom-com but which becomes a thriller
Filming a Jewish nonprofit workplace comedy
Film student Elizabeth Leff wrote and directed the comedy short Nonprofit based on her experience working for a Jewish nonprofit in Washington DC
The Jewish rom-com that tells you everything you ever wanted to know about platonic love
I talk to writer-director Nathan Silver about his new film Between the Temples, featuring a cantor who’s losing his voice and faith until his old teacher saves him
Between the Temples review: ‘excruciating in the best way’
This comedy is based on the kind of ineffectual and hapless Jew that gentiles have long liked most, but it’s Jewish plea to live life to the full is one we can all get behind
How Jewish is Justin Baldoni?
The actor was raised in an interfaith household, and has been on pilgrimage to Israel
Widow Cliquot review: ‘more prosecco than champagne’
Cliquot’s corporate story has been deemed big screen fare so I wish the film had dived into the mysterious alchemy of how the sparkling wine is made
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