PJ Grisar is a Forward culture reporter. He can be reached at [email protected] and @pjgrisar on Twitter.
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Film & TV What does Adam Sandler’s Mark Twain Prize say about (Jewish) American humor?
Adam Sandler may be the least Jewish comic to win the award
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Film & TV How Spielberg’s Oscar losses paved the way for ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
‘The Fabelmans’ ditched the genre trappings that the Daniels embraced
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Fast Forward The most notable Jewish winners and moments from the 2023 Oscars
Jamie Lee Curtis thanked her parents in an emotional speech as she accepted her first Academy Award
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Film & TV Why ‘pi’ is Darren Aronofsky’s best — and most Jewish — film
Now showing in IMAX, the film was inspired by the director’s trip to Israel
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Film & TV Your official Purim drinking game for Mel Brooks’ ‘History of the World, Part II’
A handy, holiday guide for Jewish streamers
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Film & TV I watched 6 Christian Purim movies so you wouldn’t have to
Esther's story is a very Jewish one, but Christians have made more movies about it
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Culture ‘History of the World, Part II’ is a Mel Brooks comedy without much Mel Brooks — and that’s a good thing
The star-studded Hulu series has a Brooksian sensibility, but fresher jokes
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Film & TV The greatest film about France in World War II is also a blistering critique of filmmaking
Marcel Ophüls’ ‘The Sorrow and the Pity’ lays bear the horrors (and delights) of its own medium
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