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
FilmThe 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
FilmFlight 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
The OscarsJewish nominations at the Oscars: A look at the 2025 contendersThe Brutalist picks up 10 Oscar nominationsBy Ellie Grant1 min read
FilmThe 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
FilmThe 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
FilmA 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
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
How Jewish is Adrien Brody?The American actor, known best for the Pianist, is an Oscar-favourite for his portrayal of a Hungarian Jewish architect in the BrutalistBy Imogen Garfinkel6 min read||January 9, 2025 15:58
How A Real Pain took Jesse Eisenberg on a road trip to his psyche’s ‘ground zero’Hollywood star Jesse Eisenberg tells John Nathan about what compelled him to make a movie that took him to the very house in eastern Poland where his great aunt had lived before the Nazi death squads arrived – and to the gas chambers at Majdanek concentration campBy John Nathan7 min read||December 31, 2024 10:37
The Jewish shows on stage and screen not to miss this yearFrom Shtisel spin-off Kugel to Andy Cohen’s The Real Housewives of London, 2025 has plenty in storeBy Elisa Bray8 min read||December 31, 2024 10:04
Nosferatu review: Drips with gothic horror and launches Lily-Rose DeppAmerican director Robert Eggers’ film takes inspiration from F.W. Murnau’s silent 1922 version of Bram Stoker’s DraculaBy John Nathan1 min read||December 31, 2024 09:56
2024 in review: filmThe year’s cinematic wonders include a movie about the last Jews in a Paris suburb and the best double act to grace the silver screenBy John Nathan2 min read||December 24, 2024 16:39
Just how Jewish is Timothée Chalamet?The American Oscar nominee is starring in two Jewish roles next year including a biopic of Bob DylanBy Elisa Bray4 min read||December 17, 2024 11:00
