Simi Horwitz is a feature writer and film reviewer based in New York City. In 2022, she received first place for film criticism from the Society for Feature Journalism, and in 2023, a New York Press Club Award for an Entertainment News feature; and three Los Angeles Press Club Awards, including first place for film criticism — all for pieces published in the Forward.
Simi Horwitz
By Simi Horwitz
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Film & TV In a quartet of memorable films, an acclaimed Israeli director navigates between hope and despair
Eran Kolirin exposes absurdity and nuance within a world of seemingly intractable conflict
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Culture When a Holocaust denier is actually living right downstairs
In the thriller 'The Man in the Basement,' antisemitism hits extremely too close to home
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Culture Why Diane Keaton still matters
Nearly 50 years after ‘Annie Hall,’ the actress remains the epitome of awkward grace and elegant imperfection
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Film & TV In this overlooked documentary, the son of Holocaust survivors embarks on a seemingly impossible mission
In 'The Presence of Their Absence,' Fred Zaidman searches for evidence of his family's lost story
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Film & TV This might just be the unlikeliest Jewish couple you’ve ever seen in a movie
Harriet Rossetto and Mark Borovitz find happiness in 'The Jewish Jail Lady and the Holy Thief'
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Film & TV Israel’s ‘best comedy’ arrives in America — with honesty, nihilism and subtitles
In 'Significant Other,' two neighbors find a balm for loneliness in each other
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Art How a teenage photographer captured a vanishing world before the Holocaust
Richard Scheuer's images of ordinary life in 1934 are both unsettling and prescient
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Film & TV ‘The most riveting and raw documentary I have ever seen’
In 'Last Flight Home,' Ondi Timoner chronicles her ailing father's decision to end his own life
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