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Film

five women stand in a synagogue staring up
Posted inArt, Culture, Film, TV & Film

Culture clash: Israeli comedy about Orthodox and Sephardi Jews a hit overseas

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman May 22, 2017March 23, 2018
black and white family photos
Posted inArt, Culture, Film, TV & Film

Haunting Yiddish song of mother’s war trauma inspires film

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 17, 2017March 23, 2018
a woman sets in a wedding dress, she looks on the verge of tears
Posted inArt, Culture, Film, TV & Film

Orthodox filmmaker’s risky ‘Wedding Plan’

by Michael Fox May 16, 2017March 23, 2018
a Suzuki Vitara has been photoshopped into a race from Mad Max: Fury Road
Posted inCulture, Film, TV & Film

Israeli special effects wizard’s used car ad goes viral

Abigail Klein Leichman by Abigail Klein Leichman May 15, 2017March 23, 2018
Goldberg and Sandberg walk holding hands
Posted inArt, Columns, Culture, Celebrity Jews, Film, TV, TV & Film

Amy Schumer-Goldie Hawn team-up; Sandberg on mourning; and more

by Nate Bloom May 12, 2017March 23, 2018
they sit singing and playing guitar
Posted inArt, Culture, Film, TV & Film

Devoted Berkeley Deadhead documents ‘Long Strange Trip’

by Michael Fox May 11, 2017March 23, 2018
a younger man and older man sit around a coffee table. the younger one talks while the older one smoke a joint
Posted inArt, Culture, Film, TV & Film

Shiva ends, then what? Grief-stricken comedy about the day after

by Michael Fox May 10, 2017March 23, 2018
Norman and Micha stand in a shop window looking at shoes
Posted inArt, Culture, Film, TV & Film

3 Israeli directors’ films top influential LA Times critic’s picks

by JTA May 1, 2017March 23, 2018
Norman and Micha stand in a shop window looking at shoes
Posted inArt, Culture, Film, TV & Film

‘Norman’ digs at complicated dynamic between Israelis and U.S. Jews

by Michael Fox April 19, 2017March 23, 2018
Alison Brie
Posted inColumns, Culture, Film, Celebrity Jews, TV, TV & Film

Brie and Franco wed; Gyllenhaal comes to ‘Life’; Arkin goes ‘In Style’

by Nate Bloom March 31, 2017March 23, 2018

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