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Film

Sonia is an older woman, seated in a bright pink top on the sofa, next to her is a bright green pillow that says "whatever"
Posted inArt, Culture, Film, TV & Film

Tiny woman with a huge personality will win you over in Jewish film fest doc

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn July 18, 2017March 23, 2018
Sarah (left) and Hagar form an unlikely bond in “Harmonia.”
Posted inArt, Culture, Film, TV & Film

Midrash on film: Biblical drama unfolds as modern heartbreak

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 17, 2017March 23, 2018
David (Brandon Polansky) and Sarah (Samantha Elisofon) are a couple in the romantic comedy “Keep the Change.”
Posted inArt, Culture, Film, TV & Film

Romantic comedy heralds ‘Change’ through autistic lovers

by Michael Fox July 14, 2017March 23, 2018
A scene from the digitally restored version of “Avanti Popolo,” a 1986 comical saga about the 1967 War
Posted inArt, Culture, Film, TV & Film

S.F. Jewish Film Fest packs Karl Marx, Al Gore, Hedy Lamarr and more into 17 days

by Liz Harris July 13, 2017March 23, 2018
Still from the audiovisual composition “offgrid offline” (Photo/Courtesy Tel Aviv Museum of Art)
Posted inArt, Culture, Film, Music, TV & Film

Direct from Israel, Kutiman’s audiovisual jazz irrupts into CJM

Daniel Bromfield by Daniel Bromfield July 12, 2017March 23, 2018
a suspicious looking man in a dark hallway
Posted inArt, Culture, Film, TV & Film

German movie tells the true story of a plot that almost killed Hitler

by Tom Tugend July 3, 2017March 23, 2018
Gore stands on stage. Behind him, the words "There is already 4% more water vapor over the oceans than there was only 30 years ago"
Posted inArt, Culture, Film, TV & Film

Al Gore will speak at S.F. screening of ‘Inconvenient Truth’ follow-up film

by J. Staff June 29, 2017March 23, 2018
they're drinking shots in a night club
Posted inArt, Columns, Culture, Film, Celebrity Jews, TV, TV & Film

New TV from Alison Brie and Nick Kroll; Jews of ‘Rough Night’; and more

by Nate Bloom June 19, 2017March 23, 2018
they stand together, both holding guitars
Posted inArt, Culture, Film, TV & Film

Romantic comedy ‘Band Aid’ keeps writer-director-star’s Jewishness intact

by Michael Fox June 8, 2017March 23, 2018
picture of hedy lamarr
Posted inArt, Culture, Film, TV & Film

S.F. Jewish Film Fest will highlight women directors on opening, closing nights

max cherney by Max A. Cherney June 7, 2017March 23, 2018

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