FilmTurn up the volume on this wartime yarn of death and Elgar ★★★Nicholas Hytner’s production of Alan Bennett’s First World War drama in the Yorkshire Dales is quietly moving, but maybe too quietBy John Nathan1 min read
Film‘How I mixed Jodie, Jewish jokes and AI to make my thriller’Director Rebecca Zlotowski on the Oscar winner’s role in her new filmBy James Mottram4 min read
FilmFantasy Life review: ‘I think I suffer from internalised antisemitism’ ★★★In this neurotic and funny film, Matthew Shear plays a failed tax lawyer who’s ashamed of being JewishBy John Nathan1 min read
FilmHow bad can a Friday night dinner get? How long you got?New York film director Daniel Robbins on his comedy about having your future Catholic in-laws over for ShabbatBy John Nathan5 min read
FilmAfter The Hunt review: Julia Roberts at her superb best in campus thriller ★★★★The actor shines as a lecturer caught in the crossfire of a culture war showdownBy John Nathan2 min read
FaudaHit Israeli series Fauda is reportedly being adapted into a filmThe Netflix series will be adapted for the big screen next year, according to Israel’s Channel 12By Elisa Bray1 min read
FilmGal Gadot returns to London set after disruption by anti-Israel activistsThe star was reportedly considering abandoning filming in the capital altogether due to harassment by protestersBy JC Reporter1 min read
Good Boy review: Woof! Woof! A four-legged star is born ★★★★The director and his producer wife’s dog is the star of this supernatural horror filmBy John Nathan1 min read||October 13, 2025 16:16
‘This TV series is a document of what actually happened on October 7’‘We promised the survivors accuracy, no propoganda, just their truth’By Eliana Silver3 min read||October 13, 2025 15:36
Jewish Hollywood heavyweights ‘embracing the challenge’ of producing next James Bond filmAmy Pascal produced ‘Skyfall’ while David Heyman produced all eight Harry Potter filmsBy Eliana Jordan1 min read||October 12, 2025 13:20
The Long Walk: ‘call it the Dystopian State Teen Killing genre’★★★★One hundred young men compete in an endurance event until there is only one is left. Those who are moving too slowly are shot in the head in this tough-to-watch movie adapted from Stephen King’s first novelBy John Nathan2 min read||September 16, 2025 15:00
October 7 Film briefly excluded from Toronto film festival wins People’s Choice AwardBarry Avrich's The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue follows IDF general Noam Tibon as he rescued family from kibbutz Nahal Oz after October 7By Elisa Bray1 min read||September 15, 2025 16:03
Holding Liat review: ‘A loving family rent apart by October 7’ ★★★★This documentary reveals the anguish and shock of a family torn asunder by the massacre, and its attempt to reconcile the horror with their politics of peaceful coexistenceBy John Nathan2 min read||September 9, 2025 16:10
Honey Don’t! – Ethan Coen on his latest lesbian detective caperThe younger Coen brother says the second instalment in his lesbian genre film trilogy normalises sex – and sex toysBy James Mottram6 min read||September 5, 2025 18:26
The Smashing Machine review: A sweat-and-blood sports drama without the Rocky-style finale ★★★Benny Safdie’s first solo project about MMA fighter Mark Kerr’s drug-addled ascent to early UFC fame simmers but never boils, despite Dwayne Johnson’s stand-out performanceBy James Mottram2 min read||September 2, 2025 11:22
The Roses review: Colman and Cumberbatch are at their very British best in this fizzy comedy ★★★★A British married couple descend into barbarity against the backdrop of stunning California in this thrilling adaptationBy John Nathan1 min read||August 29, 2025 13:50
