FilmBaftas 2025: Glory for Adrien Brody and Mikey Madison as Jewish talent leads awardsBrody’s Holocaust survivor epic The Brutalist was the pick of the night as it swept four gongsBy Ellie Grant2 min read
Anti-Israel protestsDemonstrators heckle Israeli superhero with ‘kid killer’ slogans at new Captain America premiereProtesters called for boycott of Captain America: Brave New World over the inclusion of character played by Shira HaasBy Eliana Jordan1 min read
FilmBridget Jones: ‘perfect for Valentine’s Day’This is the moving comedy we all need to watch on 14 FebruaryBy John Nathan1 min read
FilmOn-set Makeup artist tried to remove Adrien Brody’s nose, thinking it was a prostheticThe Jewish actor told late-night host Jimmy Fallon a makeup artist mistook his nose for a prostheticBy Eliana Jordan1 min read
Jewish filmThe Brutalist and A Complete Unknown sweep 2025 Baftas nominationsJewish actors and creatives are in the hunt for gongs across almost every category of this year’s awardsBy Eliana Jordan1 min read
FilmSeptember 5 review: ‘superbly constructed account of the 1972 atrocity’Palestinian activists in New York are calling for a boycott of this film, but any movie houses that cave it will be doing viewers a disserviceBy John Nathan2 min read
FilmSeptember 5 isn’t about the hostages or terrorists of the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre, it’s about journalismThe director and Jewish actors in the new movie on the questions it raises about the reporting of terrorism… liveBy James Mottram6 min read
The Brutalist review: ‘so what if the Holocaust survivor at its centre is fictional?’The complainants have got it all wrong. This Oscar-nominated movie is not about Adrien Brody’s Hungarian-Jewish architect, it’s an argument for cultureBy John Nathan1 min read||January 29, 2025 13:37
Flight Risk review: ‘more plot holes than a sieve’Mel Gibson’s thriller is set almost entirely in the cabin of a plane as it flies over the bleak Alaskan mountains, and that is the best thing about itBy John Nathan1 min read||January 28, 2025 13:25
Jewish nominations at the Oscars: A look at the 2025 contendersThe Brutalist picks up 10 Oscar nominationsBy Ellie Grant1 min read||January 23, 2025 17:35
The Jewish musicians who were forced to play for the NazisTo mark 80 years since Auschwitz’s liberation, a new BBC film commemorates the 15 orchestras of AuschwitzBy Elisa Bray7 min read||January 23, 2025 15:47
The Brutalist director on why he made a film now set for Oscar gloryBrady Corbet’s new movie stars Adrien Brody as a mid-century designer and a Shoah survivor and pays tribute to the beauty of architecture, a discipline rarely celebrated on the screenBy James Mottram4 min read||January 22, 2025 17:37
A Complete Unknown review: ‘Timothée Chalamet does Bob Dylan justice’As its title promises, the film perpetuates a messianic-like mystery about the troubadour, but if you want to see an actor at the top of his game you are in for a treatBy John Nathan2 min read||January 16, 2025 12:14
Why I’ve made another film about Bob DylanJames Mangold, the ‘half-Jewish’ director of A Complete Unknown on making one of cinema’s most hotly anticipated biopicsBy James Mottram6 min read||January 15, 2025 15:03
Babygirl review: ‘follow your heart’s desire’Nicole Kidman’s character appears to have it all, but her sex life is not what she needs it to beBy John Nathan1 min read||January 14, 2025 11:19
Nearly 1,000 sign petition calling on Brooklyn cinema to ban ‘Zionist propaganda’ film about 1972 Munich massacreThe petition complains that Black September murderers are shown as ‘antisemitic terrorists’By Imogen Garfinkel1 min read||January 12, 2025 10:10
