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Michael Fox

Michael Fox is a longtime film journalist and critic, and a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle. He teaches documentary classes at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute programs at U.C. Berkeley and S.F. State. In 2015, the San Francisco Film Society added Fox to Essential SF, its ongoing compendium of the Bay Area film community's most vital figures and institutions.

Still from "Negative Capability" film of star Jonas Chernick
Posted inFilm

SFJFF: Midlife angst burdens newly separated academic in ‘Negative Capability’

by Michael Fox July 21, 2025July 25, 2025

The great mystery of Canadian writer-director Jesse Zigelstein’s low-budget indie feature, “Negative Capability,” isn’t why he didn’t come up with a more enticing film title. No, the real chin-scratcher is […]

Image from "Oh, Hi!" film
Posted inFilm

SFJFF: Two not-to-be-missed films, in short

by Michael Fox July 17, 2025July 25, 2025
Family embracing in film
Posted inFilm

SFJFF: Documentary unfurls panic and determination of a hostage family

by Michael Fox July 16, 2025July 25, 2025
a man in a suit in front of a microphone in a courtroom
Posted inFilm

New film recounts a Jew on trial in hyper-politically charged France of 1970s  

by Michael Fox October 21, 2024October 25, 2024
"My Name Is Andrea," a documentary about feminist writer Andrea Dworkin, will be shown at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inFilm

Bernstein, Dworkin, Ken Burns: San Francisco Jewish film fest lineup teems with cultural icons

by Michael Fox June 28, 2022July 13, 2022
"Black Flowers" introduces audiences to five Israeli artists who were children during the Holocaust. (Photo/Courtesy Tammy Federman)
Posted inCulture

Sonoma Israeli Film Festival spotlights healing power of art

by Michael Fox April 8, 2022April 8, 2022
The 2022 East Bay  International Jewish Film Festival will include a teens-only, socially distanced, in-person screening of “The Raft,” a hit Israeli coming-of-age story.
Posted inCulture

East Bay Jewish film fest aims to elevate virtual cinematic experience

by Michael Fox March 7, 2022March 7, 2022
From the poster for "The Meaning of Hitler."
Posted inFilm

Documentary review: ‘The Meaning of Hitler’ is obvious and elusive — and worrying 

by Michael Fox August 10, 2021August 10, 2021
Ali Suliman as Mustafa in “200 Meters.”
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Review: Palestinian father knows best in ‘200 Meters’ … or does he?

by Michael Fox July 16, 2021July 15, 2021
Meir Gerner plays a version of himself in “Africa.”
Posted inTV & Film

Review: An Israeli’s anxiety over aging comes out of ‘Africa’

by Michael Fox July 9, 2021July 9, 2021

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