“A swansong of rare and vanishing beauty. Those present were witness, on the first day of spring, to an early blossoming in Miss du Pré’s playing, and such a…
When I was a girl in Cairo, Egypt, in the 1950s, my favourite outing was going to see a weekly film with my family, then going to eat ice creams and pastries. We saw everything that came out of Hollywood starting with…
A new short film by award-winning Orthodox Jewish comedian, writer and director Rachel Creeger enjoys an early release for Pesach. Pass Over Me, a moving and amusing piece, was commissioned as part of The Covid…
When Jewish comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy co-wrote and starred in Servant of the People, a comedy series about a history teacher (Zelenskyy) who finds himself elected president, little did he know that life was to imitate art…
MTV and CBS have announced two specially commissioned documentaries to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day this Thursday. The Hate We Can’t Forget: A Holocaust Memorial Special airs on MTV worldwide…
This moving romantic drama about a struggling Cuban ballet dancer, who crosses paths with an Iranian-Canadian Jewish woman looking for love, brings the 25th UK Jewish Film Festival to a vibrant close this week. Sin La Habana screens online and in person at London's Picturehouse…
While the UK Jewish Film Festival is underway this week, Tel Aviv’s International LGBTQ+ Film Festival enjoys its sweet 16th. The annual event celebrates LGBTQ+ film from around the world, featuring over 150 movies in 2021, 47 of which are Israeli shorts, with 10 made by young…
This absorbing new documentary explores those volunteers who flocked to Israel’s kibbutzim and their vast impact, but it also reveals the darker underside. In the swinging 60s, the countercultural generation wanted to travel, try new experiences, taste life abroad and, most importantly…
I was intrigued to discover two Italian films screening at this year’s UK Jewish Film Festival, one set in Rome, the other in north-eastern Italy near Trieste, and both covering not…
This classic 1971 Israeli feature celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and it's aged beautifully. Written and directed by Ephraim Kishon, HaShoter Azoulay, aka The Policeman, took home numerous awards in 1972, including Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globes…