Film & TV
The Food Truth Is Too Inconvenient
Factory farming animals hurts vulnerable human populations.
For #MeToo To Work We Have To Move Beyond 90s ‘Bitchification’
Award-winning journalist and former Forward staffer, Allison Yarrow discusses her new book “90s Bitch” about media treatment of women in the 90s.
Jeff Goldblum, A Flirt And A Half, Is A Philip Roth Fan
Jeff Goldblum is the closest thing Hollywood has to a human sunbeam.
The Secret Jewish History Of Watership Down
Richard Adams said that some of the rabbits were based on his experiences as a lieutenant during World War II
Does Keeping Kosher Mean Having Less Sex?
More seafood equals more sex, according to a new Harvard study.
Can Natalie Portman And Jonathan Safran Foer Save The World From Humans?
Can “Eating Animals” become the “Inconvenient Truth” or “Philadelphia” of animal farming and food production?
Movie News: ‘Hereditary,’ Luchino Visconti, ‘Wonder Woman’ Sequel Spoilers
Do you like movies? You’re in the right place.
The Melodramatic, Bloated, Indulgent Brilliance of Luchino Visconti
Visconti’s last films are a kind of middle finger raised at his critics.
Movie News: Woody Allen Tactless On #MeToo, Why Jews Didn’t Play Jews During Hollywood’s Golden Age
In early Hollywood, it was often not coincidence but policy that led to Jews rarely playing Jewish characters.
How Irish-American Actor James Cagney Learned Yiddish — And Shocked Every Executive In Hollywood
Cagney, best known for his portrayals of tough guys, learned Yiddish as a child on the Lower East Side, where he lived in a largely Jewish tenement.
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In ‘Picnic At Hanging Rock,’ Jewish And Other Mysteries
“Pity she’s a Hebrew,” remarks a local society woman.
