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

Zelensky appears on a large screen in front of a crowd of people outdoors
Posted inOpinion

In Zelensky’s Mordechai-like Purim plea, Biden is as uneasy as Esther

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward March 16, 2022
Wallace Shawn and Elena Anaya in "Rifkin's Festival," directed by Woody Allen.
Posted inCulture

Is ‘Rifkin’s Festival’ Woody Allen’s love letter to cinema — or something more cynical?

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward January 26, 2022January 26, 2022
Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman in "Licorice Pizza"
Posted inFilm

In ‘Licorice Pizza,’ P.T. Anderson shows us what makes Jews — and Haim — unique

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward December 29, 2021December 29, 2021
San Francisco's Chinatown in 1965. (Photo/Flickr-Roger W CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inHistory

Why do Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas?

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward December 23, 2021December 23, 2021
Screenshot from the official "Spider-Man: No Way Home" app
Posted inTV & Film

What Yiddish — and the Forward — are doing in the new Spider-Man movie

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward December 21, 2021December 21, 2021
Israeli actresses Alena Yiv (left) and Shira Haas play a mother and daughter in "Asia." (Photo/Courtesy Menemsha Films)
Posted inCulture

The best Jewish (and Jew-ish) films of 2021

PJ Grisar by The Forward, PJ Grisar and Forward December 20, 2021December 20, 2021
Mel Gibson, unrepentant antisemite. (Photo/Forward-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

The prickly reason Mel Gibson will never be cancelled

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward December 9, 2021
(Photo/Forward-Emma McIntyre-Getty)
Posted inBooks

Mel Brooks’ memoir is 500 pages on his favorite subject — himself

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward November 30, 2021
Artist Judy Chicago at her "A Birthday Bouquet For Belen" installation in 2019. (Photo/Forward-Donald Woodman-Artists Rights Society NY)
Posted inCulture

Feminist icon Judy Chicago gets first retrospective at de Young and a new autobiography

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward November 1, 2021November 3, 2021
Jon Stewart, of "Daily Show" fame, is back with a new series on Apple TV+.
Posted inCulture

Jon Stewart’s new show is not very funny — and that’s OK

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward October 1, 2021

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