How Jewish is?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
FilmHow 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
TelevisionThe 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
FilmNosferatu 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
theatre2024 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
Timothée ChalametJust 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
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
Film 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||December 6, 2024 19:23
Nightbitch 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||December 5, 2024 14:12
Wicked review: ‘it’s a Grande entrance’Pop star Ariana Grande’s narcissistic Galinda turns spoilt vacuity into artBy John Nathan2 min read||November 27, 2024 16:54
Wickedly 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||November 19, 2024 10:49
Social 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||November 14, 2024 17:12
Gladiator 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||November 12, 2024 17:33
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
