FilmGladiator II review: ‘a swashbuckler that slays expectations’Ridley Scott’s sequel is not the Hollywood boot-filling exercise you might expectBy John Nathan1 min read
FilmThe enduring appeal of Nora Ephron, and the golden age of rom-comsA new book about the Jewish writer and director’s filmography brings nostalgia for the era of When Harry Met Sally style rom-comsBy Eliana Jordan3 min read
FilmAnora review: ‘Romeo and Juliet with more sex and drugs’This delve into the underbelly of Manhattan sex clubs and Brooklyn’s Russian émigré community has been compared to ‘Pretty Woman’, but it’s better than thatBy John Nathan1 min read
FilmMidas Man review: ‘Epstein entrances in sympathetic biopic’Jacob Fortune-Lloyd rehabilitates the young svengali’s reputation with charm in this film, but the Fab Four fall curiously flatBy John Nathan2 min read
FilmVenom review: ‘it’s not Marvel-lous’This is the Last Dance of his three-deal franchise and I suspect Tom Hardy is feeling rather relievedBy John Nathan2 min read
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
The 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||October 23, 2024 10:57
‘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||October 23, 2024 09:29
Small 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||October 10, 2024 14:11
October 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||October 9, 2024 15:18
The 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||September 30, 2024 17:21
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 13:12
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 12:44
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 12:17
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 16:16
