Why ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Was Really A Jewish Horror Movie
Now 50 years old, was the horror classic really just “a good Jewish practical joke on Christianity?”
The Secret Jewish History Of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’
“I told Kubrick this was a very Jewish film, and I explained why I thought so. Judaism is a breakthrough in thinking.”
On British TV, A Renaissance For Jewish Characters
“A sea change is occurring. The number of Jews, both fictional and real, is exploding on our screens, right in front of our eyes.”
The Secret Jewish History of Nuclear War Movies
Kubrick even populated his movie with ersatz Jews — figures who, while not explicitly Jewish on screen, could be read as such.
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.
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.
Debating the Best Israeli Films
With “Footnote” the fourth Israeli film in five years to make it to the shortlist nomination for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Israel’s recent cinematic prowess is indisputable. Though none of Israel’s total of ten nominations actually won an Oscar there have been many more excellent films to come out of that country and we asked two experts to give us their list of favorites of recent years.
The World's Top 10 Jewish Films
After he reviewed Lawrence Baron’s “The Modern Jewish Experience in World Cinema,” we asked contemporary Jewish film scholar Nathan Abrams for his choice of the best recent Jewish films. Below are his choices (in no particular order) of films over the last few decades that have made a significant impact in challenging stereotypes worldwide.
Toward a Global Jewish Cinema
Following speculative top-100 lists of Jewish movie moments and Jewish movies, the arrival of the more serious ‘The Modern Jewish Experience in World Cinema’ is timely.
The Disembodied Evil of Jewish Horror Movies
Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror
By Jason Zinoman
The Penguin Press, 272 pages, $25.95
