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PJ Grisar is the Forward’s culture reporter. He can be reached at [email protected].

Adam Sandler as a New York jeweler in “Uncut Gems.” (Photo/Courtesy A24)
Posted inComedy

What does Adam Sandler’s Mark Twain Prize say about (Jewish) American humor?

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward March 15, 2023March 15, 2023
Luke (J.B. Smoove) and Judas (Nick Kroll) kvetch that the Last Supper was more of a “Last Snack.” (Photo/Tyler Golden-Hulu)
Posted inTV

‘History of the World, Part II’ is a Mel Brooks comedy without much Mel Brooks

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward March 2, 2023March 2, 2023
Josephine Park and Sofie Gråbøl in “Attachment.” (Photo/Søren Kirkegaard)
Posted inFilm

There’s now a queer, sexy contender in the Jewish horror movie boom

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward February 6, 2023February 6, 2023
Lior Raz in "Fauda." (Photo/Courtesy Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

In season 4 of ‘Fauda,’ Israeli tactics come under fire — and so do the show’s heroes

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward January 26, 2023
"Camp Pock-A-Wocknee and the Dyn-O-Mite Summer of ‘77" is the first graphic novel by Eric Glickman
Posted inComics

Jewish summer camp nostalgia comes to comics in ‘Camp Pock-a-Wocknee’

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward January 23, 2023January 23, 2023
The motley crew of Nazi hunters returns to bring down the ultimate prey: Hitler himself. (Photo/Courtesy Prime Video)
Posted inTV & Film

Television’s goriest Holocaust revenge fantasy has had a change of heart — will it matter?

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward January 12, 2023
Paul Kaye in "The Offering."
Posted inFilm

Do horror and Hasidism mix? A new film says yes

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward January 9, 2023January 9, 2023
Saul Bellow on the first edition of "Herzog." (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inBooks

To know what Saul Bellow thinks of cancel culture, read his work (or watch this film)

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward December 16, 2022
cover of Time shows painterly image of Zelensky gazing off heroically
Posted inWorld

As Time’s Person of the Year, Zelensky joins a short list of Jews, and a longer list of antisemites

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward December 7, 2022
Screenshot from the movie: a teenage boy inspects a strip of film under a magnifying glass
Posted inTV & Film

‘The Fabelmans’: Steven Spielberg’s long ride down memory lane is a Jewish boy’s dream movie — literally

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward November 17, 2022November 17, 2022

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