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Acclaimed director and cinematographer Milos Forman is the subject of "Forman vs. Forman," a documentary showing at the California Independent Film Festival.
Posted inCulture

Films about Jews, plus a ‘Grease’ sing-along, at California Independent Film Fest

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 27, 2022November 2, 2022
Audrey Glickman, a survivor of the 2018 Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, blows the shofar outside the building in the HBO documentary "A Tree of Life." (Photo/Courtesy HBO)
Posted inCulture

HBO’s documentary on the Tree of Life synagogue shooting arrives as the nation’s eyes are back on antisemitism

by Andrew Lapin and JTA October 27, 2022
Playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner (left) speaks with Stanford students who attended his talk on "Munich," Oct. 19, 2022 (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
Posted inCulture

At Stanford, screenwriter Tony Kushner reflects on ‘Munich’ and the controversy surrounding it

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 20, 2022October 31, 2022
Ondi Timoner and her father Eli Timoner in "Last Flight Home," Ondi's film about Eli's assisted suicide. (Photo/MTV Documentary Films)
Posted inCulture

‘Last Flight Home’: A Jewish family helps their father end his life in new documentary

by Andrew Lapin and JTA October 14, 2022October 18, 2022
"Charlotte," an animated WWII film about a German Jewish painter voiced by Keira Knightley, will screen as part of the Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inCulture

Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival to feature stories of love, war and restitution

Lauren Hakimi by Lauren Hakimi October 12, 2022October 20, 2022
Sabra, the Israeli superhero who will make her screen debut in the fourth Captain American movie played by Shira Haas, first appeared in 1980’s “Incredible Hulk” No. 256, “Power in the Promised Land!”
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Meet Sabra, Marvel’s Israeli superhero, soon to be played by Shira Haas

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward September 14, 2022September 14, 2022
From left to right: Paul Dano, Mateo Zoryna Francis-Deford and Michelle Williams as fictionalized members of Steven Spielberg's family in his film "The Fabelmans."(Photo/Courtesy Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment)
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At ‘The Fabelmans’ premiere, Steven Spielberg discusses how his Jewish identity is portrayed in the autobiographical film

by Stephen Silver and JTA September 12, 2022
Patients lay in beds in the “Syndrome K” unit at Fatebenefratelli Hospital. (Photo/JTA-“Syndrome K”-Freestyle Digital Media)
Posted inCulture

To save Jews and keep the Nazis away, these doctors invented a fake infectious disease

by Stephen Silver and JTA August 12, 2022August 12, 2022
In Walter Tejblum’s "Shalom Taiwan," a rabbi takes drastic measures to save his synagogue from financial ruin. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Outsider Pictures)
Posted inTV & Film

From Argentina, a surprisingly delightful movie about a rabbi in Taiwan

by Simi Horowitz and Forward August 3, 2022August 3, 2022
Polish actress Zuzanna Surowy in "My Name Is Sara." (Photo/Courtesy Strand Releasing)
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A Jewish girl disguises herself as a Christian to evade the Holocaust in ‘My Name Is Sara’

by Andrew Lapin and JTA July 26, 2022July 26, 2022

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