How Ernst Lubitsch punched Hitler in the face
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Queerness and Jewishness — forms of Otherness — are overlapping identities in Luca Guadagnino's Italian film.
In an unforgettable scene in 'To Be or Not to Be,' a Polish actor gets the last laugh
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The 'Schindler's List' scene has been accused of 'kitsch.' That's why it's so effective.
In a key scene in 'Menashe,' the lead character and his Latino co-workers connect across cultures
For more than 40 years, Suri Bieler has been defining what Jewish American life looks like on screen.
Cooper Raiff's film, on Apple TV+ follows a non-Jewish b'nai mitzvah hype man
A new dramedy starring Dakota Johnson tells the story of a “motivational dancer” for bar/bat mitzvah parties.
A YIVO scholar translates a popular sea shanty about ‘yam-narishkaytn.’
A Leonard Cohen documentary, an Israeli comedy and a chat between Jewish comedy writers are among the festival’s offerings.
A conscientious objector to WWI, Sassoon became an activist through his poetry – while living as a closeted gay man.
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