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Capturing the ordinariness of atrocity

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Sir Anthony Hopkins as Sir Nicholas Winton in One Life

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Omitting Jewishness from Winton’s story is neither new nor surprising

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What Happens Later review: Not much sparkle for this stranded couple

Meg Ryan and David Duchovny have just about enough on-chemistry for the film’s 100 minutes to pass tolerably

By John Nathan

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December 14, 2023 15:44

What Happens Later review: Not much sparkle for this stranded couple

How a 70-year-old widower gets embroiled in his daughter’s marital problems

New film My Daughter My Love is spearheaded by Israeli writer-director Eitan Green

By James Mottram

2 min read

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How a 70-year-old widower gets embroiled in his daughter’s marital problems

Exploring a young man's fear of undertaking national service in IDF

Matan Yair's new movie A Room of his Own follows a young man facing his mandatory spell in the army

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Exploring a young man's fear of undertaking national service in IDF

May December review: The actress obsessed with her subject

Natalie Portman stars in a postmodern horror story where the blurred lines between good and bad slowly become indistinguishable

By Linda Marric

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May December review: The actress obsessed with her subject

By Kate Maltby

Nose aside, Maestro completely ignores Bernstein’s Jewish identity

This is not a film with a Jewish sensibility — it’s a star vehicle for Bradley Cooper and his nose

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Nose aside, Maestro completely ignores Bernstein’s Jewish identity

Exploring the global phenomenon of mail-order brides

Getting Married follows Ukrainian sisters Christina (Lena Fraifeld) and Valeria (Dasha Tvoronovich) who leave their country for arranged marriages in Israel in the hope of a new start

By Linda Marric

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Exploring the global phenomenon of mail-order brides

Bodies review: Body of evidence leaves a bitter taste

Time jumping new Netflix series works well in the futuristic setting of 2053 London but there is a whiff of terrestrial police procedurals from days gone in the historical chunks

By Josh Howie

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November 10, 2023 10:04

Bodies review: Body of evidence leaves a bitter taste

Film review: The Marvels, 'Baffling but hilarious'

This superhero romp has lost the plot

By Linda Marric

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(L-R): Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan, Brie Larson as Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers, and Teyonah Parris as Captain Monica Rambeau in Marvel Studios' THE MARVELS. Photo by Laura Radford. © 2023 MARVEL.

Adolf Eichmann in his own words

In 1957, the notorious Nazi recorded a series of conversations about his role in the Final Solution. Now a filmmaker has turned those tapes into a documentary

By Anne Joseph

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Film review: The Zone of Interest: ‘Hopefully it will win Oscars’

Jewface? It gets Oscar nominations

Mean Girls review: What’s the point of the rehash? It’s hilarious

First look at Amy Winehouse Back To Black film in new teaser trailer

Alice Walker’s open Jew hate is simply ignored

Stars criticise Academy’s exclusion of Jews from diversity standards as “steeped in antisemitism”

Omitting Jewishness from Winton’s story is neither new nor surprising

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