Is ‘Barbie’ Jewish? Is ‘Barbie’ Shabbat? Is ‘Barbie’ the Book of Genesis? Four drunk Jews discuss
'Does Barbie have a concept of religion or Jewishness? Depends who plays with her'
'Does Barbie have a concept of religion or Jewishness? Depends who plays with her'
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is continuing its love affair with Jewish filmmakers with the 2020 Golden Globe nominees. We don’t expect that members of that outfit are particularly interested in Jewish geography, but here at the Forward, our offices are plastered with headshots connected by yards of red thread and dates of b’nai mitzvah….
Life in plastic is fantastic. Life in a muted, almost under-water environment where rich people with treatable psychiatric problems live lives of attractive nihilism is also very good. Such we shall likely see in the long-awaited “Barbie” movie, which signed filmmakers Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach as co-writers this week, The Hollywood Reporter announced this…
It’s been quite the week for shocking film and television news: A controversial article accusing Aziz Ansari of sexual misconduct elicited dozens of inflamed responses, a scandal over gender pay disparity ripped through Hollywood and, most stunningly of all, “Paddington 2” — which is, in fairness, supposed to be quite good — became the best-reviewed…
Is Woody Allen guilty of sexually abusing his step-daughter Dylan Farrow as a young child, as Farrow alleges? Is Allen’s marriage to adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn evidence enough that there is something extremely wrong with Allen? Should we forgive it all because “Annie Hall” is just such a good entry into the cannon of great…
A director who has been tipped as a potential Oscar nominee for her new movie has apologized for signing a statement this summer calling for a play to be cancelled because its production received Israeli government funding. Greta Gerwig, director of the upcoming film “Lady Bird,” had signed an open letter in July along with…
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