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David Alvarez as Bernardo in Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" remake. (Photo/JTA-Niko Tavernise-Twentieth Century Fox)
Posted inTV & Film

Golden Globes 2022: Andrew Garfield, and Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story,’ win big

by JTA January 10, 2022
Footage from the Lumière brothers, capturing a train pulling into Jaffa station in 1896, is accessible on the Israel Film Archive website.
Posted inHistory

The Israel Film Archive collects more than a century of Israeli historical footage online. Here are the highlights.

by Karen Chernick and JTA January 5, 2022
Andrew Garfield in "Tick, Tick ... BOOM!"
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Drake nixes Grammys; Jon Stewart talks Harry Potter; Larry David is bald; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 4, 2022January 6, 2022
Saul Bellow in 1976 (Photo/U.S. State Department)
Posted inUncategorized

Genius, jerk, misogynist, everyman — the many lives of Saul Bellow

by Julia M. Klein and Forward January 3, 2022January 3, 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
"Let It Be Morning" was Israel's entry for the 2022 Academy awards. (Photo/Screenshot)
Posted inFilm

Israel’s controversial Oscar submission misses shortlist

by Tom Tugend and JTA December 22, 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
Andy Samberg and Maya Rudolph are the hosts of "Baking It."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Schlubby Adam Sandler couture blows up; Hanukkah takes over ‘Baking It’; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky 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 Irene Katz Connelly, PJ Grisar and Forward December 20, 2021December 20, 2021
Andrew Garfield in "Tick, Tick ... BOOM!"
Posted inCulture

Steven Spielberg, Tracee Ellis Ross among Jewish Golden Globes nominees for 2022

by Emily Burack and JTA December 13, 2021

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