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TV and film have long excelled at processing Jewish trauma. But as ‘Nobody Wants This’ demonstrates, there’s also another way ...
“Weapons” is a frightening horror/thriller with a stark social commentary on America.
Timothée Chalamet has been Bob Dylan and Willy Wonka — and now, in his latest high-wire act, a Jewish ping-pong hustler in ...
Behind the scenes of the Cleveland Jewish FilmFest and the 33-film lineup that audiences get to enjoy, are three women who ...
Debré, one of the most successful writer/directors in France, has gone all in on embracing his French-Jewish identity.
The Jewish family in the show is depicted as highly emotional, opinionated and loud - traits they have in common with movie ...
In fact, he doesn't even seem to see the Holocaust as a particularly Jewish-centric event. "I think my family does not think in a kind of tribal way. And so I think, like, the takeaway from the ...
“Bad Shabbos” overflows with the kvetching, nagging and nit-picking endemic to the Jewish movie canon. It also contains an overused trope: the domineering Jewish mother harboring animus toward ...
(Courtesy Searchlight Pictures) “The Brutalist” isn’t the only Jewish movie this year with Holocaust ties to earn awards attention.
Jewish composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein also has a connection to “The Only Girl in the Orchestra,” nominated for best documentary short: the film focuses on bassist Orin O’Brien, who ...
Georgia Entertainment Scene Jewish Film Festival celebrates 25 years of movies from serious docs to laugh-out-loud features Kenny Blank Vision Initiative launched to raise funds to expand programming.