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Righteous Among the Nations

Film honouring Holocaust rescuers wins Best Short award at major US festival

The Righteous Road Trip was made in association with Jewish News and was directed by Emmy-winner Vanessa Roth

By Daniel Ben-David

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Jacob Elordi (L) and Scarlett Johansson (R) (Getty Images)

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Jacob Elordi ‘in talks’ to star opposite Scarlett Johansson in Jewish director’s A24 thriller

By Gabrielle Apfel

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Jewish producer Amy Pascal says new James Bond could be revealed this year

By Jamie Shapiro

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Stringing them up: Tom Holland plays Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the latest instalment of the superhero movie franchise

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day review: Oh, what a very tangled web he weaves ★★★★

By John Nathan

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John Travolta as Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever, 1977 (Alamy)

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Iconic white suit from ‘Saturday Night Fever’ owned by Jewish film critic goes up for auction

By Jamie Shapiro

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English screenwriter, producer and director Mike Leigh at the Cinematheque Française in Paris on March 27, 2025 (Getty Images)

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Award-winning director Mike Leigh says next film will be his last after health struggles

By Gabrielle Apfel

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Hannah Einbinder and (right) Gillian Anderson

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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma review: ‘Schoenbrun’s most assured film yet’ ★★★★

By John Nathan

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We’re dating – here’s what we think of the ultimate Jewish rom-com

To celebrate Tu B’Av, the Jewish day of love, we sat down to watch Crossing Delancey again. Our contrasting verdicts might surprise you

By Viola Levy

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July 23, 2026 18:08

Screen test: Dan and Viola (centre) and (clockwise) Peter Reigert and Sylvia Miles; Reizl Bozyk, Amy Irving and Miles; Reigert and Irving in the film

The Odyssey review: Christopher Nolan turns Homer’s epic poem into movie magic

The film’s three tense hours elapse with the speed of a riptide

By John Nathan

2 min read

July 22, 2026 10:49

The Invite review: An excruciating sex-com ★★★★

The copious amount of tension in the film is derived from an open relationship encountering the emotions and instincts of tightly closed one

By John Nathan

2 min read

July 15, 2026 16:18

Orgy off the menu: Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton in The Invite Spanish actress

Ali G ‘iz BACK’: Sacha Baron Cohen revives beloved character with surprise Wimbledon appearance ahead of ‘new film’

Tennis is like ‘a c*** version of ping pong’, joked Ali G from the stands, where he sat dressed in a ‘Ganja’-themed white tracksuit

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

July 13, 2026 16:30

Sacha Baron Cohen attends the screening of HBO's 'Da Ali G Show' on February 24, 2003 (Getty Images)

‘Blazing Saddles’ named funniest film of all time in honour of Mel Brooks’ 100th birthday

The 1974 satirical comedy overtook ‘Some Like It Hot’ to claim the top spot

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

June 30, 2026 14:48

Gene Wilder and Cleavon Little in 'Blazing Saddles', 1974 (Alamy)

A Private Life review: Jodie Foster intrigues as Jewish shrink in clever murder mystery ★★★★

Foster gives a strong bilingual performance as psychiatrist who suspects her client may not have killed herself

By John Nathan

1 min read

June 29, 2026 18:06

A Private Life review: Jodie Foster intrigues as Jewish shrink in clever murder mystery ★★★★

Toy Story 5 review: makes the case for social media ban for under-16s better than the government ★★★★

Old ideas, new wit in this prescient critique of screens

2 min read

June 23, 2026 15:24

Tech is the enemy: Woody and Buzz Lightyear in Disney and Pixar's TOY STORY 5

ET never went home: Spielberg claims aliens ‘are here’ on Earth

The multi-award-winning Jewish director suggested beings from other worlds may live among us while promoting his new sci-fi epic, Disclosure Day

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

June 15, 2026 13:39

Steven Spielberg attends the Disclosure Day premiere at the David H Koch Theater at the Lincoln Center in New York City on June 08, 2026 (Getty Images)

By Tanya Gold

Network at 50: the film that predicted our disordered world

Written by Sidney “Paddy” Chayefsky, the Jewish genius of American screenwriting, the brilliant movie foretold reality TV, the hard left and the ebbing of liberal democracy

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June 12, 2026 13:03

In a pivotal moment of the film Network, the character Howard Beale (Peter Finch) exhorts his audience to resolve "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" (Image: Wikiepedia)

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film

Film honouring Holocaust rescuers wins Best Short award at major US festival

Jacob Elordi ‘in talks’ to star opposite Scarlett Johansson in Jewish director’s A24 thriller

Jewish producer Amy Pascal says new James Bond could be revealed this year

Spider-Man: Brand New Day review: Oh, what a very tangled web he weaves ★★★★

Iconic white suit from ‘Saturday Night Fever’ owned by Jewish film critic goes up for auction

Award-winning director Mike Leigh says next film will be his last after health struggles

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma review: ‘Schoenbrun’s most assured film yet’ ★★★★

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