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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.

In "Between Worlds," Maya Gasner plays Bina, an Orthodox woman whose son is injured in a terrorist attack.
Posted inCulture

Israeli film ‘Between Worlds’ populates tense hospital tale with disappointing cast

by Michael Fox November 16, 2017March 23, 2018
A scene from the Netflix documentary "One of Us"
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Hasidic ties bind, confine and inform ‘One of Us’

by Michael Fox November 13, 2017March 23, 2018
Scene from “My Hero Brother”
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Israeli adults with Down syndrome trek across India in ‘My Hero Brother’

by Michael Fox October 22, 2017March 23, 2018
“An Israeli Love Story” focuses on the relationship between aspiring actress Margalit and her lover.
Posted inCulture

‘Israeli Love Story’ — romance in pre-state Israel

by Michael Fox October 19, 2017March 23, 2018
Daniel Radcliffe stars in "Jungle," the story of Israeli Yossi Ghinsberg, who will appear in person at Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inCulture

Star-powered ‘Jungle’ depicts Israeli’s fight for survival in Amazon

by Michael Fox October 17, 2017March 23, 2018
"Jungle," starring Daniel Radcliffe, will make its West Coast premiere at Silicon Valley Jewish Film Fest on Oct. 21, 2017.
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Premieres aplenty at Silicon Valley Jewish film fest, including Daniel Radcliffe flick

by Michael Fox October 16, 2017March 23, 2018
Adam Sandler (left) and Ben Stiller play stepbrothers with lingering childhood resentments in Noah Baumbach's new film The Meyerowitz Stories.”
Posted inCulture

‘Meyerowitz Stories’ unspools pent-up family resentments

by Michael Fox October 12, 2017March 23, 2018
New York Hasidic families are featured in "One of Us." (Photo/Courtesy MVFF)
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Aaron Sorkin, Jewish themes on deck for Mill Valley Film Fest

by Michael Fox September 15, 2017March 23, 2018
a man (Menashe) and boy walking down the street together, both in traditional hasidic garb
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Yiddish drama ‘Menashe’ opens lens on Hasidic Brooklyn

by Michael Fox August 9, 2017March 23, 2018
Tayla Solomon and the "Lethal Ladies of BLSYW" in the film "Step." (Photo Courtesy Fox Searchlight Pictures. © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation )
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Ace producer takes another big ‘Step’ for tikkun olam

by Michael Fox August 1, 2017March 23, 2018

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