Film & TV
This Week In Chicago, Israelis And Palestinians Are ‘Disturbing The Peace’
The documentary “Disturbing the Peace” follows former Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters who team up to end the conflict.
David Grossman Play At Lincoln Center Under Attack From BDS Supporters
“It is deeply troubling that Lincoln Center is helping the Israeli government to implement its systematic ‘Brand Israel’ strategy,” the letter states.
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The New Post-Racial Spiderman Ignores His Jewish Superhero Roots
“Spiderman: Homecoming” is an immensely enjoyable film — but it ignores the issues of anti-Semitism inherent in his superhero origin story.
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How A Soap Opera Explains Egyptian-Israeli Relations
The Egyptian spy drama “Alzyb’a” portrays Israelis in a somewhat positive light, but also contains anti-Semitic stereotypes.
Was ‘Full Metal Jacket’ Stanley Kubrick’s Stealth Holocaust Movie?
Kubrick subtly draws upon explicit comparisons that were made between the Americans in Vietnam and the Nazis in Europe.
A Tolkien Takes On The Holocaust
“Within my family, the sense was that if your great-grandfather is JRR Tolkien, you had to go into the arts.”
Why A Jewish Filmmaker Took On A Muslim Girl’s Story For PBS
“When we think of Syria, we think of conflict. But where are the women’s narratives?”
‘Jerry Springer — The Opera’ Headed To Off-Broadway
“There’s no one I can ask, ‘Gee, how did you feel?’ I can’t call Figaro or Carmen and say, ‘Hey, how did you feel about your opera?’”
Revisiting Tony Kushner’s ‘Angels In America’ In The Trump Era
‘Angels in America” is a play of its time and for ours, too. Tony Kushner’s magnum opus — currently in revival at London’s National Theater, and due in movie theaters here this July — is appropriately apocalyptic, informed by an impression of impending catastrophe. “History is about to crack wide open,” Ethel Rosenberg warns Roy Cohn as he makes the case for his own immortality. “Millennium approaches.” When the angel draws near toward the end of part one, an apparition sighs: “The 20th century. Oh, dear, the world has gotten so terribly, terribly old.”
Why The Transformers Movies Are Really Stories Of Jewish Resilience and Adaptability
Transformers embody the Jewish experience — the struggle of Jews to blend into, and pass, in western Christian society.
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