FilmRumours review: Cate Blanchett and Charles Dance in G7 satireWorld leaders take on zombies and a giant brain in this genre-defying filmBy John Nathan1 min read
JC eventFilm industry ‘institutionally antisemitic’ says BAFTA-nominated producerLeo Pearlman spoke on a JC panel of experts, chaired by broadcaster Rob RinderBy Daniel Ben-David3 min read
FilmNightbitch review: ‘it’s a film for mums’Bullied by a two-year-old’s tears, a woman’s fire extinguished in a pool of wee-wee and need, there is a kind of catharsis in this tale about the spirit-sapping reality of bringing up childrenBy John Nathan1 min read
FilmWicked review: ‘it’s a Grande entrance’Pop star Ariana Grande’s narcissistic Galinda turns spoilt vacuity into artBy John Nathan2 min read
FilmWickedly Jewish! New musical is chock-a-block with talented Jewish starsThe Yellow Brick Road is paved with Jewish talent for one of this year’s biggest film releasesBy Jane Prinsley2 min read
NetflixSocial media outrage after Israeli Jew cast as Jesus’ mother in Netflix biblical epicThe film is facing boycott calls from people insisting ‘Jesus was Palestinian’By Imogen Garfinkel2 min read
FilmGladiator II review: ‘a swashbuckler that slays expectations’Ridley Scott’s sequel is not the Hollywood boot-filling exercise you might expectBy John Nathan1 min read
The enduring appeal of Nora Ephron, and the golden age of rom-comsA new book about the Jewish writer and director’s filmography brings nostalgia for the era of When Harry Met Sally style rom-comsBy Eliana Jordan3 min read||November 12, 2024 14:23
Anora review: ‘Romeo and Juliet with more sex and drugs’This delve into the underbelly of Manhattan sex clubs and Brooklyn’s Russian émigré community has been compared to ‘Pretty Woman’, but it’s better than thatBy John Nathan1 min read||November 8, 2024 14:30
Midas Man review: ‘Epstein entrances in sympathetic biopic’Jacob Fortune-Lloyd rehabilitates the young svengali’s reputation with charm in this film, but the Fab Four fall curiously flatBy John Nathan2 min read||November 4, 2024 13:21
Venom review: ‘it’s not Marvel-lous’This is the Last Dance of his three-deal franchise and I suspect Tom Hardy is feeling rather relievedBy John Nathan2 min read||October 31, 2024 15:54
The man with the golden touch: Who was ‘the fifth Beatle’ Brian Epstein?With release of new biopic about Jewish visionary who discovered the Beatles, the JC reflects on his short but triumphant lifeBy Eliana Jordan4 min read||October 30, 2024 17:20
Jewish culture in Britain is being silencedThe Chief Executive of UK Jewish Film says cinemas and venues are quietly blocking out his organisationBy Michael Etherton3 min read||October 29, 2024 14:25
The Apprentice review: ‘What would Melania Trump say?’The Trump portrayed here is no monster but it is a portrait of a hustler who is still hustlingBy John Nathan1 min read||October 23, 2024 09:57
‘The Holocaust was the biggest smash and grab job in history’A new film, due for its British premiere at next month’s UK Jewish Film Festival, uncovers the ongoing fight for justice over the art the Nazis stole from the JewsBy Gaby Koppel4 min read||October 23, 2024 08:29
Small town life and casual racism in 1960s IsraelA study in the differences between Indian and Moroccan Israeli communities set against the ochre colours of the Negev desertBy John Nathan1 min read||October 10, 2024 13:11
