Films

What makes a film Jewish? Does it need a Jewish mother? It’s easy to find a Jewish person involved at some stage in the production of a great many Hollywood films – and certainly…
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Since its first performance on stage in New York in 1964, the musical adaptation of Sholem Aleichem’s 1894 short stories about Tevye and his daughters has maintained its status as…
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In January 2017, a seven-minute black and white film surfaced on the internet. Filmed in 1939, it captures the wedding of Mimi Dwinger and Barend Boers, a young Dutch couple in the…
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Twelve days of screenings and many metres of red carpet filled London cinemas for the recent 62nd BFI London Film Festival. The Festival emphasised diversity and inclusion, with…
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Sundays never lose that bittersweet feeling, when you savour the freedom of the weekend while fighting off that niggling “have I done all my homework?” voice inside. That’s what…
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The Producers is back to save us all. The cult comedy was first released only 22 years after the horrors of World War II; even director Mel Brooks served, deactivating land mines…
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Tributes to the filmmaker Claude Lanzmann, who died last week aged 92, have been made around the world from leading cultural and political voices. Best known for his…
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Dustin Hoffman turns eighty on 8 August and the BFI Southbank is marking the birthday of one of America’s finest actors with a glorious retrospective throughout June and July. This…
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Atlanta holds various associations within people’s imagination. For some it is a stark reminder of the civil rights era, for others it signifies a simpler time in which everyday…
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Romance blossoms in 5 to 7, screened by UK Jewish Film, in the run-up to the UK International Jewish Film Festival (5–20 November 2016). Anton Yelchin (Star Trek) takes the lead as…
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