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Still from the docuentary "Oliver Sacks: His Own Life," playing at Jewish Film Institute's WinterFest.
Posted inTV & Film

Big issues and controversial personalities star in S.F. Jewish film fest’s WinterFest

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 11, 2020February 12, 2020
Yoav Potash’s documentary "The Remembered" uses animation by Igor Latukhin to bring the spoken recollections of the past to life.
Posted inCulture

East Bay filmmaker Yoav Potash wins $10k award to complete doc on Polish village

Laura Pall by Laura Paull January 9, 2020January 21, 2020
Adam Sandler as a New York jeweler in “Uncut Gems.” (Photo/Courtesy A24)
Posted inTV & Film

The 10 best Jewish films of 2019, from Holocaust satire to ‘Fiddler’ documentary

by Michael Fox December 23, 2019
Mel Brooks’ trademark Borscht Belt style came out of his childhood in the Jewish tenements of Brooklyn. (Courtesy HBO)
Posted inSeniors

Mel Brooks tones down the silly in HBO reminiscence

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier and JTA December 19, 2019December 18, 2019
Lea Tsemel in the documentary "Advocate."
Posted inFilm

Israeli documentary ‘Advocate’ short-listed for Oscars

by JTA December 17, 2019December 18, 2019
Israeli film "Working Woman" is the star film of the 2019 Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inTV & Film

Amos Oz, ‘Fiddler’ doc and more at Silicon Valley Jewish film fest

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 21, 2019
The utterly unloveable Roy Cohn in his later years (Photo/Courtesy Mill Valley Film Festival)
Posted inFilm

New documentary takes a hard look at the brilliant, widely despised Roy Cohn

by Michael Fox October 17, 2019October 17, 2019
Noah Schnapp (right) as the aspiring chef Abe and Seu Jorge as his culinary mentor in "Abe"
Posted inFilm

Food, Christmas, ‘Fiddler’ and more at Sonoma Jewish film fest

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 2, 2019October 2, 2019
In “A Tramway in Jerusalem,” people from different religious and ethnic backgrounds come together on a tram. (Photo/Courtesy Mill Valley Film Festival)
Posted inTV & Film

Nine films to pique Jewish interest at Mill Valley Film Fest

Laura Pall by Laura Paull September 25, 2019September 25, 2019
Anton Yelchin (Photo/Courtesy Lurker Films)
Posted inFilm

New documentary celebrates the life of precocious Jewish movie star Anton Yelchin

by JTA and Stephen Silver August 12, 2019August 12, 2019

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