The best Jewish (and Jew-ish) movies of 2022
The year's best Jewish films engaged with the complicated legacy of Jewish storytelling
The year's best Jewish films engaged with the complicated legacy of Jewish storytelling
Noah Baumbach's adaptation of 'White Noise' is in thrall to Gen-X pop culture
Why Kushner was the perfect screenwriter for Spielberg's 'Fabelmans'
Steven Spielberg and James Gray’s semi-autobiographical films are loaded with Jewish content, but lack a Jewish sensibility
The 'Fabelmans' is mesmerizing — before it goes off the rails
“I like very much the sort of easy way that Jewishness lives in this movie,” co-writer Tony Kushner said. “It’s a very profound part of Steven’s identity, and of the Fablemans’ identity.”
The 'Schindler's List' scene has been accused of 'kitsch.' That's why it's so effective.
This week’s parsha concerns God’s instructions to the Israelites in the wilderness on the design of priestly temple garments, how to properly light the menorah and how to build the golden altar of incense. So perhaps it’s fitting that the Moses-y desert parable “Dune” is now nominated for the Oscar gold in costume design, cinematography…
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