Tag: Film
Filmmaker and comedian Albert Brooks subject of classmate Rob Reiner film
Actor and film movie director Rob Reiner told the entertainment paper Variety that he is working on a new documentary about Jewish comedian, filmmaker and actor Albert Brooks.
Reiner, son of the late Jewish actor, director, screenwriter and comedian...
The ubiquitous ‘Fiddler’ again makes it way to the big screen
How did a non-Jewish director make one of the best Jewish films of all time? Did Frank Sinatra think he could play the part of Tevye? And why did Israeli prime ministers Golda Meir...
Ivan Reitman, ‘Ghostbusters’ director and son of Holocaust survivors, dies at age 75
Jewish producer and director Ivan Reitman died in his sleep on Saturday night at his home in Montecito, Calif., at the age of 75, his family told The Associated Press.
“Our family is grieving the unexpected...
A love letter to Haifa’s multicultural humanity
“In today’s world, where we are bombarded with stories about division, I was driven to tell the story of “Breaking Bread,” which is about commonality,” said Beth Elise Hawk, writer and director of a newly...
Amazon denounced for selling, streaming original Nazi-propaganda films
Americans Against Anti-Semitism has asked Amazon to remove from its platform more than 30 Nazi propaganda films that are available for purchase and streaming.
Israel Bitton, the watchdog group’s executive director, wrote an open letter to the...
Bernard-Henri Lévy guest of honor, debuts film at Jewish festival in Jerusalem
French philosopher, writer and filmmaker Bernard-Henri Lévy will be the guest of honor at the 2021 Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival, where he will also debut his latest documentary, reported The Jerusalem Post.
“The Will to See,”...
Documentary on worst anti-Semitic attack in America shows courage under fire
SWAT teams rushing to a synagogue to save people from a shooting?
That was something most people thought they’d never see. But that’s what happened at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue when Gregory Bowers opened...
Netflix short film, ‘Camp Confidential: America’s Secret Nazis,’ leaves viewers cringing
It was basically the complete opposite of what they expected.
A group of German Jews who fled Hitler and Nazi Germany, and who signed up to be American soldiers, wanted to exact revenge. Instead, they...
Jerusalem-inspired Japanese anime hit arrives on big screen in Israel
Not just Naruto and Dragon Ball: “Yes Planet” and “Rav Hen Dizengoff” movie theaters in Tel Aviv this weekend were painted in the bright colors of Japanese anime in honor of a special screening...
Mila Kunis among 200 stars who sign letter rejecting cultural boycott of Israel
More than 200 celebrities and leaders in the entertainment industry signed a letter rejecting a cultural boycott of the Tel Aviv LGBTQ+ film festival.
The open letter, an initiative by Creative Community for Peace, comes in...