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The JC Awards 2022: Films A father’s last days make a case for change

Our film critic welcomes the movie industry’s return to normality — but what caught her eye?

By Linda Marric

3 min read

(from left) Aaron (Luke Macfarlane) and Bobby (Billy Eichner) in Bros, co-written, produced and directed by Nicholas Stoller.

Book review: Elizabeth, the queen of celebrities

Book review: Elizabeth, the queen of celebrities

By Georgia L Gilholy

2 min read

The Pale Blue Eye

The Pale Blue Eye film review: A military mystery

By Linda Marric

1 min read

Vicky Krieps as Empress Elisabeth in a scene from "Corsage." (IFC Films via AP)

Corsage Film review: The corseted empress breaks free

By Linda Marric

1 min read

40 years ago this month, the most Jewish film ever came out

Nathan Abrams

By Nathan Abrams

40 years ago this month, the most Jewish film ever came out

6 min read

Stutz. (L to R) Jonah Hill and Phil Stutz in Stutz. Cr. Netflix © 2022

Stutz Film review: A therapist saviour

By Linda Marric

1 min read

Avatar: The Way of Water film review: A 3-hour sci-fi action adventure on a grandiose scale

By Linda Marric

1 min read

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Nocebo Film review: A maid story mixes classic horror with socio-political issues

Director Lorcan Finnegan returns with dark and understated thriller

By Linda Marric

1 min read

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December 8, 2022 14:55

Nocebo Film review: A maid story mixes classic horror with socio-political issues

Matilda the Musical Film review: Thrilling if overlong version of a classic

Successful RSC musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1988 tale gets the big-screen treatment

By Linda Marric

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December 8, 2022 14:54

Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical. Alisha Weir as Matilda Wormwood in Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical. Cr. Dan Smith/Netflix © 2022

Painting her life — the tragic story of Charlotte Salomon

Keira Knightley stars in a new animated biopic of the extraordinary artistic talent who died aged 26 in Auschwitz. We meet the makers...

By Stephen Applebaum

6 min read

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December 8, 2022 13:10

Painting her life — the tragic story of Charlotte Salomon

Belgian Jewish filmmaker's film voted greatest of all time by British critics

Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles is the first by a female director to win the accolade

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December 4, 2022 13:38

Belgian Jewish filmmaker's film voted greatest of all time by British critics

Lynch/Oz Film review: - A director’s obsession with the Wizard of Oz

Director Alexandre O. Philippe's latest documentary takes on the relationship between David Lynch and 1939 film The Wizard of Oz- and it's a must-see for movie buffs

By Linda Marric

1 min read

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December 2, 2022 11:27

Lynch/Oz Film review: - A director’s obsession with the Wizard of Oz

White Noise Film review: A family flees danger

Marriage Story star Adam Driver puts in a tour de force turn in Noah Baumbach's latest

By Linda Marric

1 min read

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December 1, 2022 14:00

WHITE NOISE - (L-R) Greta Gerwig (Babette), May Nivola (Steffie), Adam Driver (Jack), Samuel Nivola (Heinrich) and Raffey Cassidy (Denise). Cr: Wilson Webb/NETFLIX © 2022

A Jewish community frozen on the eve of destruction

The Jews of a small Polish town were filmed in 1938, before the Nazi invasion brought disaster. The director of a new film about them talks about how it was made

By Stephen Applebaum

6 min read

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December 1, 2022 13:57

A Jewish community frozen on the eve of destruction

Benjamin Vos

By Benjamin Vos

SAS Rogue Heroes continues the tradition of joke Jewish soldiers

This comic relief role for Jewish soldiers has been a constant for well over a century

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December 1, 2022 12:51

SAS Rogue Heroes continues the tradition of joke Jewish soldiers

She Said film review: How two NY Times journalists exposed Harvey Weinstein

Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan and Jodi Kantor star in story of exposing a predator

By Linda Marric

1 min read

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November 24, 2022 17:08

She Said film review: How two NY Times journalists exposed Harvey Weinstein

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