Why Steven Spielberg’s Promised Land Is Stuck In The 1980s
“Ready Player One” is not really a return to a fantasy; it is an indulgence in nostalgia for the fantasy itself.
Why Westworld Is a 21st Century Golem Story
HBO’s “Westworld” updates the 1973 Michael Crichton film with nods to I.B. Singer and Frankenstein while critiquing capitalism and prejudice. It premieres on October 2.
This Movie Masterpiece Will Make You Rethink the Ten Commandments
Krzysztof Kieslowski’s 1989 masterpiece “The Dekalog” is back in theaters and out on Blu-Ray. There are 10 parts, one for each Commandment. Michael Bennett Cohn has more than ten reasons why you need to see it.
Why The New ‘Ben Hur’ Is the Least Successful Adaptation Of All
“Ben-Hur,” was once the best-selling American novel of all time. But the latest film adaptation is the worst. Michael Bennett Cohn explains why.
Uri Geller and the Case of the Anti-Semitic Pokemon
Now that Pokemon is everywhere in the United States, stories are resurfacing about accusations of anti-semitism. Over the game’s history, both Uri Geller and the Anti-Defamation League have weighed in.
The Secret Jewish History of Pokemon Go
The Exodus experience of wandering through the desert hoping to encounter magic in unexpected places has a lot more in common with the experience of playing Pokemon Go than you might imagine.
Would Talmudic Rabbis Approve of Hillary Clinton’s Wall Street Money?
Has Hillary Clinton compromised herself by taking money from Wall Street? Bernie Sanders seems to think so. But what does Jewish tradition have to say about it?
How I Found Myself Living Out a 1980s Video Game
Michael Bennett Cohn finds himself in a somewhat real life version of the 1980s video game Castle Wolfenstein.