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Dianna Agron stars in "Clock." (Photo/JTA-Hulu)
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‘Clock’: A Hulu horror movie influenced by the post-Holocaust pressure to have children

by Taylor Speyer June 22, 2023June 22, 2023

A version of this article first appeared on Hey Alma. As a science fiction horror film, Alexis Jacknow’s movie “Clock” is relatively unremarkable. Its images aren’t unique, and its narrative comes […]

Armen Nahapetian as a young Beau and Zoe Lister-Jones as a young Mona in "Beau Is Afraid." (Photo/Courtesy of A24)
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‘Beau Is Afraid’ isn’t Jewish ‘Lord of the Rings’ — it’s way worse

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward April 19, 2023
Josephine Park and Sofie Gråbøl in “Attachment.” (Photo/Søren Kirkegaard)
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There’s now a queer, sexy contender in the Jewish horror movie boom

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward February 6, 2023February 6, 2023
Paul Kaye in "The Offering."
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Do horror and Hasidism mix? A new film says yes

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward January 9, 2023January 9, 2023
A shot of the golem and a little girl with a flower, seen here as it appears on the poster for "The Golem Rescored," was famously copied in the 1931 “Frankenstein” film.
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Reanimating ‘The Golem,’ horror cinema’s century-old urtext, just in time for Halloween

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 28, 2021October 28, 2021
A scene from "The Vigil."
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‘The Vigil’: An ex-Hasidic man’s harrowing night with the dead

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