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Brady Corbet’s film "The Brutalist" explores the odious and corrupt world of capital, ego and power which overwhelms an architect’s resources. (Focus Features)
Posted inFilm

The Oscar race: Bob Dylan and László Tóth face the limits of Jewish reinvention

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar February 5, 2025February 5, 2025
In "Bad Shabbos," Cliff "Method Man" Smith plays a doorman who helps a frazzled Jewish family deal with an unforeseen catastrophe. (Courtesy)
Posted inFilm

At Sacramento Jewish film fest, have a ‘Bad Shabbos’ with the ‘Sabbath Queen’

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 3, 2025February 4, 2025
An illustration of tourists standing in line at Auschwitz. One asks "Is this the line for ticket holders?" Another replies "It's for people who don't have tickets yet. I've been waiting for FOUR hours!"
Posted inHolocaust Remembrance Day

A gift shop at Auschwitz? New films and a graphic memoir explore the contradictions of ‘dark tourism’

by Andrew Silow-Carroll January 27, 2025January 27, 2025
Adrien Brody is nominated for his performance as architect Laszlo Toth in "The Brutalist."
Posted inFilm

Jewish postwar epic ‘The Brutalist’ picks up 10 Oscar nominations, with ‘A Complete Unknown’ close behind

by Andrew Lapin January 23, 2025January 23, 2025
Barbara Drapińska as Marta in "The Last Stage," a film made in the  ruins of Auschwitz by women who had been imprisoned there.
Posted inFilm

Exploring the Holocaust films of the 1940s, ‘made in the shadow of the ruins’

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky January 22, 2025January 23, 2025
netanyahu talks on the phone inside his limousine
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‘The Bibi Files:’ The documentary Netanyahu doesn’t want you to see is coming to the East Bay

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 7, 2025January 7, 2025
Adrien Brody poses with the Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama award for "The Brutalist" at the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, Jan. 5 2025. (Robyn Beck / AFP via Getty Images)
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Adrien Brody wins Golden Globe for portraying Holocaust survivor and architect in ‘The Brutalist’

Ben Sales by Ben Sales January 6, 2025January 6, 2025
A collage that includes a color photo of a bald man in a suit, a black and white photo of a young Bob Dylan wearing sunglasses, and the cover of a copy of the Christian Bible
Posted inOpinion

What David Brooks and Bob Dylan teach Jews about heresy

by Andrew Silow-Carroll December 31, 2024December 31, 2024
A porcelain owl made by Ukrainian artists Anya Stasenko and Stava Leontyev sits in a crumbling wall in "Porcelain War." (Picturehouse 2024)
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‘Porcelain War’: New documentary follows Ukrainian artists as they resist Russia’s invasion

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 26, 2024December 26, 2024
Major Jewish movies of 2024 included (clockwise from top left) "Between the Temples," "September 5," "A Complete Unknown," "The Brutalist" and "A Real Pain." (Photo illustration: Grace Yagel/70 Faces Media)
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From ‘A Real Pain’ to ‘The Brutalist’ and beyond, Jewish movies were everywhere in 2024. What does it mean?

by Andrew Lapin December 26, 2024December 26, 2024

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