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East Bay International Jewish Film Festival

Menny (Moshe Folkenflik) is a religious man who picks up his old guitar again to raise funds for his sick child in “Redemption.” (Photo/Courtesy EBIJFF)
Posted inCulture

‘Redemption’ lies between rock (’n’ roll) and a hard place

by Michael Fox February 15, 2019
a man and woman hold their faces close together, gazing into each other's eyes
Posted inFilm

Personal reinvention goes tragically awry in ‘A Fortunate Man’

by Michael Fox February 14, 2019February 15, 2019
Carl Laemmle (Photo/Courtesy East Bay International Jewish Film Festival)
Posted inFilm

Film pays tribute to moviemaking pioneer and wartime rescuer

by Dan Pine February 14, 2019
Peter Sellers in "Ghost in the Noonday Sun," the subject of the documentary "The Ghost of Peter Sellers"
Posted inCulture

Family, journalism, Peter Sellers and more on film at WinterFest

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 12, 2019
Scene from "Shelter"
Posted inCulture

A Mossad agent and her Arab informant seek elusive ‘Shelter’ in new Israeli film

by Michael Fox March 8, 2018March 23, 2018
Muhi and his grandfather, Abu Naim (Photo/Courtesy Medalia Productions)
Posted inCulture

In ‘Muhi,’ meet a limbless Palestinian boy confined to an Israeli hospital

by Michael Fox March 5, 2018March 23, 2018
Aaron Altaras in “The Invisibles,” a drama about Jews hiding in wartime Berlin
Posted inFilm

In WWII, they were ‘Invisibles,’ but the film is something to be seen

by Michael Fox March 1, 2018March 23, 2018
"Bombshell," a documentary on the life of Hedy Lamarr, is playing at the East Bay International Jewish Film Festival
Posted inCulture

Identity was the real ‘Bombshell’ in Hedy Lamarr’s story

by Michael Fox February 27, 2018March 23, 2018
Knoop speaking on the phone
Posted inArt, Culture, Film, TV & Film

‘Menten Affair’: How Dutch journalist brought down Nazi war criminal

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz February 24, 2017March 23, 2018
children run across a grassy field
Posted inCulture, Film, TV & Film

True story of young girl’s derring-do lifts Holocaust escape film

by Michael Fox February 23, 2017March 23, 2018

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