CannesIranian dissident film-maker wins Palme d’Or at Cannes‘The important thing now is the freedom of our country’ said director Jafar PanahiBy Gaby Wine1 min read
FilmMission Impossible – the Final Reckoning, review: ‘Tom Cruise takes action to the next level’The 62-year-old actor takes the physicality of the action movie to previously unattained heights and remains cinema’s biggest box office draw for itBy John Nathan1 min read
FilmEleanor the Great, review: Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut takes on Holocaust survivor traumaThe Hollywood star’s hotly anticipated film will please the crowds, but despite its material it feels lightweightBy James Mottram1 min read
FilmThe film-maker revered by Hitler...and Quentin TarantinoThe director of a new documentary about the Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl explodes the myth that she was more than a mere witness to Third Reich crimesBy John Nathan5 min read
FilmHallow Road, review: ‘Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys in car-crash nail-biter’Babak Anvari’s psychological thriller is shot almost entirely from within the confines of a carBy John Nathan1 min read
FilmThunderbolt review: ‘not even Florence Pugh can fire this up’The action sequences are excellent, but this film is proof that Marvel’s glory days are overBy John Nathan1 min read
Gal GadotAnti-Israel protesters demonstrate against Gal Gadot’s stunt double during filming in LondonThe Israeli actress will star in the upcoming thriller The RunnerBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read
Motel Destino review: ‘sordid thrills in Brazil’An unflinchingly seedy thriller set under a bleaching sunBy John Nathan1 min read||April 30, 2025 17:38
Film review, Sinners: ‘Magical’A vampire film which nearly transcends the familiarBy John Nathan1 min read||April 25, 2025 10:10
Showbiz: Jews in the newsYour monthly round-up of the Jewish names hitting the headlinesBy Nicole Lampert1 min read||April 17, 2025 14:13
The Penguin Lessons: ‘Steve Coogan p-p-picks one up’Steve Coogan’s English teacher takes up a position at a boarding school in Buenos Aries in the 1970s, where a military coup and a penguin upend his lifeBy John Nathan1 min read||April 16, 2025 18:50
What They Found review: Sam Mendes presents the proof of Bergen-BelsenThe intention to counter Holocaust denial is achieved in the director’s first documentaryBy John Nathan1 min read||April 9, 2025 15:19
The Most Precious of Cargoes review: “fairytales and the Holocaust can coexist”This animated feature is proof there are no rules when it comes to storytellingBy John Nathan2 min read||April 4, 2025 15:36
‘My animated Shoah movie tells truths that kids will understand’The Hollywood director of the Oscar-winning movie The Artist on why his next project, out this week, could never have worked as a live-action filmBy James Mottram6 min read||April 2, 2025 14:28
The film of Seven Jewish Children is as foul as the stage versionThe original play allowed no space for the reality of Israel or Gaza today – and the film follows suitBy Jane Prinsley4 min read||April 1, 2025 15:21
Snow White producer’s son says Rachel Zegler’s pro-Palestinian comments ‘hurt the film’ at the box officeHe called the actress ‘immature’ and narcissisticBy Ellie Grant2 min read||March 27, 2025 16:26
