Film Review | A Real Pain
What if wounds don’t heal as much as they transform and re-shape as they pass down through the generations?
Five Jewish Horror Movies to Watch at Halloween
Each of these Jewish horror movies have some aspect of Jewish history or Jewish religion at their core. Check them out!
Jewish Film Review | ‘Between the Temples’
A cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his former grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adult bat mitzvah student.
Jewish Film Review | A Requiem for Golda
A unique character study follows Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir with a visceral closeness through the tense days of the Yom Kippur War.
Jewish Film Review | Jerusalem Balagan
Paris Boutique
2022
81 minutes
Director: Marco Carmel
Mayane Films, United Channel Movies, United King Film Distribution
Hebrew, English, French with English Subtitles
Romantic Comedy
When sophisticated Parisian-Jewish lawyer Louise, played by...
Jewish Film Review | The Offering
Chaya Sara Oppenheim’s review of The Offering combines a close reading of the film’s Jewish details as well as the bigger message of the meaning of family in the face of horror.
Jewish Film Review | When Austrian Justice Fails
Thomas Roth tells the story of “law, justice and revenge” in Schächten – A Retribution, a post-war thriller.
Jewish Film Review | The Anguish of Losing Faith
Set in an Italian villa, “Where Life Begins” is the story of a young Haredi woman and a divorced farmer who both long to break free.
Uganda’s Abayudaya Jews Dream of Aliyah
A community of observant Orthodox Jews in Uganda, with no genetic link to Israel, wants to make Aliyah.
Film Review: Talking Dirty With Golden Voices
Golden Voices is a superbly acted comedy portraying the struggles of Victor (Vladimir Friedman) and Raya (Mariya Belkina), a Russian couple adapting to their new life in Tel Aviv.
Pot-Peddling Pensioners
In Israeli film Greener Pastures, retiree Dov gets a new lease on life when he begins selling surplus medical marijuana from his fellow nursing home residents on the black market.
Rediscovering Majorca’s Jewish Past
Xueta Island is both a riveting portrayal of Rotstein’s quest to unearth and document Majorca’s rich, and tragic, Jewish history and an inspirational glimpse into attempts to revive Jewish life on the island.