MusicThe man with the golden touch: Who was ‘the fifth Beatle’ Brian Epstein?With release of new biopic about Jewish visionary who discovered the Beatles, the JC reflects on his short but triumphant lifeBy Eliana Jordan4 min read
CultureJewish culture in Britain is being silencedThe Chief Executive of UK Jewish Film says cinemas and venues are quietly blocking out his organisationBy Michael Etherton3 min read
FilmThe Apprentice review: ‘What would Melania Trump say?’The Trump portrayed here is no monster but it is a portrait of a hustler who is still hustlingBy John Nathan1 min read
Film‘The Holocaust was the biggest smash and grab job in history’A new film, due for its British premiere at next month’s UK Jewish Film Festival, uncovers the ongoing fight for justice over the art the Nazis stole from the JewsBy Gaby Koppel4 min read
FilmSmall town life and casual racism in 1960s IsraelA study in the differences between Indian and Moroccan Israeli communities set against the ochre colours of the Negev desertBy John Nathan1 min read
Kibbutz Be'eriOctober 7 documentary shares heart-wrenching new insights into Kibbutz Be’eri massacreDan Reed’s new Channel 4 documentary One Day in October features moving testimonies from survivors including Emily HandBy Eliana Jordan3 min read
ArtsThe shows you won’t want to miss – on stage and screenHere are some of the best (Jewish-adjacent) shows that TV, film and theatre have to offer in October and NovemberBy Elisa Bray4 min read
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 gemBy John Nathan1 min read||September 20, 2024 12:12
The Goldman Case: The new French courtroom drama that puts Jewishness on trialCédric Kahn on his reconstruction of the 1976 trial of leftist Pierre Goldman – and the French judicial system’s prejudice against JewsBy James Mottram4 min read||September 19, 2024 11:44
Azazel Jacobs on His Three DaughtersThe film director on why returning to his native New York inspired him to make a movie about how a family copes with griefBy Anne Joseph5 min read||September 19, 2024 11:17
An Israeli director debuts with a film shot in a kibbutz ravaged by October 7Keren Nechmad's film Kissufim was shot three years ago before the kibbutz became the site of a Hamas massacreBy Jane Prinsley6 min read||September 18, 2024 15:16
The Critic review: ‘acidic revenge plot in 1930s London’Ian McKellen’s stone-faced critic is a delicious embodiment of cruelty and witBy John Nathan1 min read||September 11, 2024 17:37
Vogue model and war journalist Lee Miller’s Jewish friends and loversA film released this week tracks her astonishing story – and the cast of high-profile Jews who played crucial roles in building her careerBy Melanie Abrams 4 min read||September 11, 2024 15:34
Firebrand review: ‘Jude Law’s Henry VIII’The actor is on terrifying form in this film which uses poetic licence to excellent effectBy John Nathan1 min read||September 5, 2024 16:58
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 thrillerBy John Nathan1 min read||August 27, 2024 15:59
Filming a Jewish nonprofit workplace comedyFilm student Elizabeth Leff wrote and directed the comedy short Nonprofit based on her experience working for a Jewish nonprofit in Washington DCBy Eliana Jordan2 min read||August 23, 2024 14:15
