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Amy Winehouse

First look at Amy Winehouse Back To Black film in new teaser trailer

The biopic of the iconic singer will hit cinemas in April

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

First look at Amy Winehouse Back To Black film in new teaser trailer

The cast of 'The Color Purple' . (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images)

By Kate Maltby

Alice Walker’s open Jew hate is simply ignored

3 min read

Antisemitism

Stars criticise Academy’s exclusion of Jews from diversity standards as “steeped in antisemitism”

By Elisa Bray

2 min read

Sir Anthony Hopkins as Sir Nicholas Winton in One Life

By Keren David

Omitting Jewishness from Winton’s story is neither new nor surprising

3 min read

Film

What Happens Later review: Not much sparkle for this stranded couple

By John Nathan

1 min read

Film

How a 70-year-old widower gets embroiled in his daughter’s marital problems

By James Mottram

2 min read

Film

Exploring a young man's fear of undertaking national service in IDF

By James Mottram

2 min read

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May December review: The actress obsessed with her subject

Natalie Portman stars in a postmodern horror story where the blurred lines between good and bad slowly become indistinguishable

By Linda Marric

1 min read

November 17, 2023 09:49

May December review: The actress obsessed with her subject

By Kate Maltby

Nose aside, Maestro completely ignores Bernstein’s Jewish identity

This is not a film with a Jewish sensibility — it’s a star vehicle for Bradley Cooper and his nose

3 min read

November 16, 2023 16:34

Nose aside, Maestro completely ignores Bernstein’s Jewish identity

Exploring the global phenomenon of mail-order brides

Getting Married follows Ukrainian sisters Christina (Lena Fraifeld) and Valeria (Dasha Tvoronovich) who leave their country for arranged marriages in Israel in the hope of a new start

By Linda Marric

2 min read

November 10, 2023 10:36

Exploring the global phenomenon of mail-order brides

Bodies review: Body of evidence leaves a bitter taste

Time jumping new Netflix series works well in the futuristic setting of 2053 London but there is a whiff of terrestrial police procedurals from days gone in the historical chunks

By Josh Howie

1 min read

November 10, 2023 10:04

Bodies review: Body of evidence leaves a bitter taste

Film review: The Marvels, 'Baffling but hilarious'

This superhero romp has lost the plot

By Linda Marric

1 min read

November 8, 2023 17:39

(L-R): Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan, Brie Larson as Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers, and Teyonah Parris as Captain Monica Rambeau in Marvel Studios' THE MARVELS. Photo by Laura Radford. © 2023 MARVEL.

Adolf Eichmann in his own words

In 1957, the notorious Nazi recorded a series of conversations about his role in the Final Solution. Now a filmmaker has turned those tapes into a documentary

By Anne Joseph

4 min read

November 6, 2023 13:38