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Film

Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides in "Dune."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Timothée Chalamet goes to space; Zoë Kravitz goes to Gotham; The Jews go to the ‘Jewish Nobels’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 27, 2021
Mila Kunis on a film set in New York City, Aug. 29, 2021. (Photo/JTA-MEGA-Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Mila Kunis, Neil Patrick Harris, Helen Mirren and over 200 other celebrities sign letter denouncing cultural boycott of Israel

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA October 27, 2021
Benicio del Toro (center) as painter Moses Rosenthaler, and Léa Seydoux (right) as the prison guard Simone in "The French Dispatch." (Photo/Searchlight Pictures)
Posted inTV & Film

‘The French Dispatch’ is Wes Anderson’s most Jewish film yet

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA October 22, 2021
From "Giraffada," one of the Palestinian films newly available on Netflix.
Posted inTV & Film

On Netflix and elsewhere, new collections of Palestinian and Israeli films are now available for streaming

by Andrew Lapin and JTA October 19, 2021October 20, 2021
(Illustration/JTA-Plume Creative-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

The ‘Jewface’ debate about casting non-Jews as Jews betrays an Ashkenazi bias

MaNishtana by MaNishtana and JTA October 13, 2021
Vladimir Friedman and Maria Belkin in "Golden Voices." (Photo/JTA_Music Box Films)
Posted inUncategorized

In ‘Golden Voices,’ Russian movie dubbers reinvent themselves in Israel, to hilarious effect

by Andrew Lapin and JTA October 11, 2021
William Shatner on stage during “Star Trek: Mission New York,” Sept. 4, 2016 (Photo/JTA-Roy Rochlin-Getty Images)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Gen Z loves Adam Sandler; Captain Kirk goes to space; Lena Dunham gets hitched; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 8, 2021October 13, 2021
Rich Brownstein is the author of "Holocaust Cinema Complete," a guide to every Holocaust movie ever made.
Posted inCulture

He’s seen 400 Holocaust movies, and he might not like your favorites

by Andrew Lapin and JTA October 4, 2021
Two Auschwitz prisoners escape in a scene from "The Auschwitz Report." (Photo/Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Posted inFilm

Review: ‘The Auschwitz Report’ clunkily dramatizes escapees who warned the world

by Andrew Lapin and JTA September 28, 2021
Tiffany Haddish performs in her Netflix stand-up special “Black Mitzvah.” (Photo/Netflix)
Posted inUncategorized

Jews give Jews some Jewish awards; How to propose to Tiffany Haddish; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 14, 2021

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