Is 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 ageBy Josh Kaplan2 min read
FilmFilm 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
FilmReview: 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
FilmThe 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
Shira HassMarvel 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
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
FilmLegacy 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
Kinds of Kindness, review: a kind of invitation to defy conventional thinkingBy John Nathan1 min read||June 27, 2024 11:44
The Bikeriders review: Jodie revs it up in this tale about bikers on a dead endBy John Nathan1 min read||June 20, 2024 17:34
Freud’s Last Session review: This is a movie with play envyBy John Nathan1 min read||June 14, 2024 17:30
(Stephen) Fry’s delight: his new film with Lena DunhamStephen Fry and Lena Dunham on how they connected with their Jewishness while shooting a road movie in PolandBy James Mottram6 min read||June 14, 2024 16:16
The street-fighters who taught British fascists: don’t f*** with the JewsDocumentary film-maker David Herman’s latest work charts the history of Jewish self-defence in the UK. John Nathan meets himBy John Nathan5 min read||June 14, 2024 15:24
‘A few months after my release from prison I was back on the crystal meth’: meet Britain’s unlikeliest drug dealerA film about a north London grandfather caught with the Metropolitan Police’s largest-ever crystal meth haul is out this weekBy Nicole Lampert7 min read||June 11, 2024 18:38
Hollywood museum to revise exhibit on Jewish history following backlash over negative portrayals of Jews‘Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital’ has drawn criticism from industry activists for its reportedly negative portrayal of Jewish Hollywood pioneersBy Eliana Jordan2 min read||June 11, 2024 16:48
Dead Don’t Hurt review: Can you love the son of a man who raped your wife?By John Nathan2 min read||June 5, 2024 17:54
