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William Shatner in "You Can Call Me Bill" (Screenshot from trailer)
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A new William Shatner documentary is more meet-and-greet than film

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar March 18, 2024March 18, 2024
Jonathan Glazer, winner of the Best International Feature Film award for “The Zone of Interest”, onstage in the press room at the 96th Annual Academy Awards at Ovation Hollywood on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo/JTA-Jeff Kravitz-FilmMagic)
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Jewish reactions to Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech point to growing divide over Holocaust rhetoric

by Andrew Lapin March 13, 2024March 14, 2024
In "God and Country," a documentary produced by Rob Reiner, footage from real events showcases the signs and symbols of growing Christian nationalism in the United States. (Screenshot)
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In new documentary ‘God and Country,’ Rob Reiner shines a light on Christian nationalism

by Stephen Silver February 22, 2024February 22, 2024
Left: Nathaniel Solomon at Chabad House Berkeley (Photo/Andrew Esensten). Right: Obi Clark at Temple Beth Abraham. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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Meet two local Jews whose paths to Judaism went through Rastafari

Andrew EsenstenLea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Andrew Esensten and Lea Loeb February 16, 2024February 21, 2024
Israelis featured on the @israelsowhite Instagram account, which celebrates diverse Jewish heritage and pokes fun at claims that Israelis are “white colonizers.” (Photo/Courtesy Ben Younger)
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Instagram’s ‘IsraelSoWhite’ mocks notion of Israelis as ‘white colonizers’

Beth Harpaz by Beth Harpaz February 12, 2024February 12, 2024
Cleavon Little (left) and Gene Wilder in "Blazing Saddles."
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‘Blazing Saddles’ marks a half-century of hilarity — and controversy

by Stephen Silver February 7, 2024
Scene from "All We Carry," a documentary about Honduran migrants showing at Jewish Film Institute's WinterFest.
Posted inCulture

Have a film-forward February in the Bay Area

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 6, 2024February 8, 2024
Bob Dylan was among the artists who recorded "We Are the World" in 1985. (Photo/Netflix)
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Stevie Wonder’s impression of Bob Dylan is highlight of ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar February 5, 2024February 6, 2024
Cillian Murphy plays J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's film "Oppenheimer." (Photo/JTA-Universal Pictures)
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‘Barbenheimer,’ ‘Maestro’ and ‘The Zone of Interest’ lead large crop of Jewish-inspired Oscar nominations

by Andrew Lapin January 23, 2024
Jon Bernthal and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor in a scene from "Origin." (Photo/JTA-Array Filmworks-Neon)
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‘Origin’ story: How Ava DuVernay’s new movie connects the Holocaust, slavery and caste

by Andrew Lapin January 22, 2024

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