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Jesse Eisenberg's Holocaust Road Trip

Jewish Currents in On the Nose · 5 Dec

Arielle Angel, Maia Ipp, and Menachem Kaiser discuss the film "A Real Pain," exploring its depiction of millennial Jewish identity amidst Holocaust themes.

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A Jewish snowman movie would have made a lot more sense than Netflix's 'Hot Frosty'

Mira Fox in Forward · 15 Nov

Mira Fox critiques the Netflix film "Hot Frosty," a Hallmark-style Christmas movie featuring a magically animated snowman, Jack, who is more reminiscent of a golem than a traditional Frosty.

0 Television/Film Literature

A tale told by a Coen brother — full of sound and fury, signifying what all the other movies have signified

Forward · 4 Oct 2021

Joel Coen's adaptation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," titled "The Tragedy of Macbeth," marks a significant departure from his usual collaboration with his brother Ethan.

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Woody Allen’s latest looks just like the one before it, and the one before that…

Forward · 18 Sep 2020

Woody Allen's latest film, "Rifkin's Festival," has received negative reviews, with critics claiming that it follows the same formula as his previous films.

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Seeing Stars: Ep. 170

Unorthodox · 21 Feb 2019

On this star-studded episode of 'Unorthodox,' shoe designer Stuart Weitzman reminisces about his journey in the fashion world and his impact on the Oscars with iconic footwear, while film critic Jordan Hoffman provides a humorous yet critical preview of the Academy Awards and its notable Jewish absence.