NAZA documentary twists IDF safeguards for civilians into a blood libelThe film misrepresents a system designed to minimise casualties as deliberate mass killing, casting doubt on its witnesses’ first-hand knowledge of the decisions they describeBy Mark Zlochin8 min read
UK Jewish Film Festival 2026‘Tell Me Everything’, ‘Father Father’ and ‘Shalom’ win jury awards at 2026 UK Jewish Film FestivalThe ten-day festival kicked off today in London and this year a new jury award has been added – the Judy Ironside awardBy Jamie Shapiro2 min read
FilmFilm review: Rosenthal The Greatest Showman: ‘A quietly gripping real life story’ ★★★★The Jewish Chronicle has a role to play in this film set in 1970s Germany2 min read
FilmReview: The Soundman ‘There is little that convinces’ ★★★This film tries to be many things, a historical drama, a love story and a fantastical meditation on the mysteries of soundBy John Nathan1 min read
Scarlett JohanssonScarlett Johansson reveals ‘existential angst’ over upcoming Batman roleThe star has been cast in an undisclosed role for the superhero film, joining Sebastian Stan and Brian Tyree HenryBy Hayley Cregor2 min read
FilmOscar-winning director Michael Mann hospitalised after shooting himself in the leg at LA gun rangeThe filmmaker's firearm discharged while in its holster, causing what his representatives described as a ‘superficial injury’ to his thighBy Hayley Cregor2 min read
FilmMeet Gidi Dar, the secular Israeli film director whose movies opened the door for Shtisel and other Charedi dramasThe film-makers’s latest film The Wedding Entertainer is set in the Chasidic community of Jerusalem. It makes its UK premiere at next month’s UK Jewish Film FestivalBy John Nathan6 min read
The small movies with big ideas at the UK Jewish Film FestivalThis 30th anniversary year of the reveals some of the lesser-known reaches of Jewish life in the UK through its UK Jewish Film Factory programme, and the diversity of stories is dizzying. Here is the lowdown on many of themBy John Nathan6 min read||October 29, 2026 11:29
He’s passed the final frontier: Walter Koenig who played Chekov in Star Trek dies at 90Jewish actor’s Russian navigator was mainstay of the original series and seven feature filmsBy JC Reporter1 min read||October 26, 2026 18:12
‘I wasn’t terribly excited by his writing when I was young’: Paweł Pawlikowski on his new film about Thomas MannHanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller play the great writer and his daughter in Fatherland, the Polish-Jewish film-maker’s portrait of postwar GermanyBy James Mottram5 min read||October 23, 2026 16:56
Ali G: Who Iz I? review: ‘No greater display of chutzpah than Baron Cohen in full anarchic sail’ ★★★★Viewers will be divided between those who laugh and those who want to leave, and those who belong to both campsBy John Nathan3 min read||October 22, 2026 16:04
Jesse Eisenberg celebrates ‘outsider perspective’ of being an Ashkenazi Jew after ‘The Debut’ smash hitThe actor turned director’s latest project, which premiered at the BFI London Film Festival, has received rave reviewsBy Hayley Cregor4 min read||October 20, 2026 11:47
NAZA review: ‘This is what happens when artists and activists do the work of objective journalists’ ★★Documentaries need not always tell two sides of a story, but this one devalues and debases itself by equating the Holocaust to GazaBy John Nathan3 min read||October 19, 2026 11:21
Odeon Cinemas urged to amend ‘Naza’ film ad that ‘gives no hint’ allegations were rejected by IDFThe cinema chain, which will premiere the documentary on Friday, dubbed it an ‘unflinching look at the systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians’By Jamie Shapiro3 min read||October 16, 2026 12:10
Scarlett Johansson says recording songs for Ray Gunn left her ‘embarrassed’Jewish actress said singing in front of cameras for her role as a fictional pop star in the film was difficultBy Hayley Cregor2 min read||October 13, 2026 12:49
UK Jewish Film Festival’s 30th anniversary will be a ‘celebration of Jewish life’, organisers promiseThe ten-day cultural event will showcase more than 70 films, including 50 world or UK premieres.By Jamie Shapiro1 min read||October 11, 2026 09:10
