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Somebody I Used To Know Film review: A romance that we’ve all seen so many times before

Dave Franco and Alison's Brie's film feels like a pastiche of genre rather than a fully fledged romcom

By Linda Marric

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You People Film review: Entertaining portrait of a mixed marriage

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Pickle Theatre review: Meet the Jewish Bridget Jones

Deli Segal's solo show triumphantly succeeds in conveying the dilemmas facing a clever, funny North London Jewish woman

By John Nathan

1 min read

November 17, 2022 15:04

Pickle Theatre review: Meet the Jewish Bridget Jones

By Tanya Gold

Is it me or is Mrs Maisel horribly offensive?

Amazon’s gaudy television show is a great success - but it is an insult to Jewish women and Jewish comics

3 min read

November 10, 2022 13:03

Amazon Studios shows Rachel Brosnahan in a scene from "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."

Fringe benefits from a cultural renaissance

The Tsitsit Jewish arts festival is back. Keren David meets its founder, Alastair Falk

By Keren David

3 min read

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Bros Film review: Raunchy and hilariously funny take on modern dating

Parks and Recreation star Billy Eichner stars in first gay romcom to be released by a major Hollywood studio

By Linda Marric

2 min read

October 27, 2022 09:32

(from left) Aaron (Luke Macfarlane) and Bobby (Billy Eichner) in Bros, co-written, produced and directed by Nicholas Stoller.

The Banshees of Inisherin Film review: When friends fall out it’s heartbreaking

In Bruges stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson reunite in Oscar-winning British-Irish filmmaker Martin McDonagh's powerful dark comedy

By Linda Marric

2 min read

October 20, 2022 13:39

This image released by Searchlight Pictures shows Colin Farrell, left, and Brendan Gleeson in "The Banshees of Inisherin." (Searchlight Pictures)

Funny Pages film review: A quirky East Coast comedy is a true diamond in the rough

Young filmmaker Owen Kline has written a selection of characters and misfits one can’t help but fall in love with

By Linda Marric

1 min read

September 15, 2022 10:15

Amy Schumer: Bullies used to call me 'Amy Jewmer' and throw pennies

The comedian said that growing up in a Catholic town she faced regular antisemitism

By Ben Bloch

1 min read

September 1, 2022 16:55

Amy Schumer: Bullies used to call me 'Amy Jewmer' and throw pennies

By Hadley Freeman

There's a lot of truth in the stereotype that all Jews are funny

Why are so many Jews comedians, given how relatively few of us there are?

2 min read

August 25, 2022 11:50

There's a lot of truth in the stereotype that all Jews are funny

By Linda Marric

Jerry Sadowitz often pushes boundaries, but that's exactly the point

The comedian offers one of the purest forms of risqué comedy out there

2 min read

August 15, 2022 17:27

Jerry Sadowitz often pushes boundaries, but that's exactly the point

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Jewish Comedy

Somebody I Used To Know Film review: A romance that we’ve all seen so many times before

You People Film review: Entertaining portrait of a mixed marriage

The Unfriend Theatre review: Killer on a cruise

Just for Us theatre review: A frenetic ride through the mind of a Millennial Jew

Mother Goose Theatre review: Gandalf ’s golden egg

Alex Edelman: Antisemitism? It’s all material

Sacha Baron Cohen: Kanye West is 'too antisemitic for Borat'

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