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FilmThe Jewish rom-com that tells you everything you ever wanted to know about platonic loveI 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 himBy James Mottram6 min read
FilmBetween 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 behindBy John Nathan2 min read
IsraelHow Jewish is Justin Baldoni?The actor was raised in an interfaith household, and has been on pilgrimage to IsraelBy Hannah Gillott 2 min read
FilmWidow 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 madeBy John Nathan1 min read
Movies‘The Holdovers’ Dominic Sessa to star in Anthony Bourdain biopicMatt Johnson will direct the feature film about the late writer and chef, whose mother was JewishBy Eliana Jordan1 min read
Deadpool & Wolverine, review: There’s hope for Marvel yetBy John Nathan1 min read||July 31, 2024 15:51
First trailer for Bob Dylan biopic starring Timothée Chalamet releasedTimothée Chalamet stars as the legendary Jewish American folk singer-songwriter Bob DylanBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||July 24, 2024 16:16
By Josh KaplanIs When Harry Met Sally the perfect non-Jewish Jewish film?In the 35 years since the film came out, it’s only got more Jewish with age2 min read||July 22, 2024 13:54
Film review: Twisters, ‘A spectacle but as memorable as a breeze’After George Clooney’s Perfect Storm and 1996’s Twister, here is yet another tornado movieBy John Nathan1 min read||July 18, 2024 16:30
Review: The Commandants’s Shadow, The dark legacy of Höss is a real zone of interestDaniela Völker’s feature-length documentary The Commandant’s Shadow follows the journey of Hans Jürgen Höss, the 87-year-old son of history’s most prolific mass murdererBy Yael Green2 min read||July 17, 2024 11:13
The very Jewish history of some of Marvel’s biggest namesThe comics have a long Jewish history, but the MCU has recently been accused of abandoning its Jewish fansBy Hannah Gillott 3 min read||July 15, 2024 16:31
Marvel strips Jewish superhero Sabra of her Israeli identityOutrage after film company turns the Jewish Sabra character into a former Russian spyBy Rosa Doherty2 min read||July 15, 2024 13:34
By Keren DavidMarvel’s cowardly decision to erase the Israeli background of Sabra won’t solve anythingWhat does rewriting Israelis out of popular culture actually achieve?2 min read||July 15, 2024 11:51
Legacy of a monster: the real-life story behind The Zone of InterestAfter the dark portrayal of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his family in Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest, Daniela Völker tells Anne Joseph how her new film presents the parallel stories of his descendants and those of a survivor of the campBy Anne Joseph6 min read||July 12, 2024 20:22