Film & TV
How Richard Linklater’s ‘Everybody Wants Some’ Celebrates Bullying
The new Richard Linklater film “Everybody Wants Some!!” has received near-universal praise. But for Austinite Neal Pollack, the celebration of jock culture brought back a whole lot of unwanted memories.
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100 Years Later, a Cinematic Time Capsule Is Opened
Before Michael Curtiz went on to direct “Casablanca” and “Mildred Pierce,” Michael Curtiz directed “The Undesirable,” a fascinating historical time capsule that was thought lost until now.
‘Familiar’ Characters Are African-American but the Sensibility Is Kinda Jewish
Though the characters in Danai Gurira’s “Familiar” at Playwrights Horizons are African-American and the setting is outside Minneapolis, the play will seem familiar to anyone who has relatives with Old Country traditions.
Playwright Kenneth Lonergan’s Bible Belt Clash of Catholic Guilt and Jewish Anxiety
Born to Jewish and Irish-Catholic parents, Kenneth Lonergan is a quintessentially New York writer. So, what’s a nice playwright like him doing setting his new play “Hold On To Me Darling” in Beaumont, Tennessee?
Eat, Drink + Think
Artisanal Matzo From Brooklyn — and All the Dish
Matzapalooza, Italian=style Seder, pros cook Passover, plus restaurant openings and closings, chefs on the move and everything happening this week in the world of Jewish food.
Zionist Dreams and Realities Collide in New Documentary
Watching “Colliding Dreams,” a new documentary about Zionism can be an alternately painful and liberating experience. Talya Zax spoke with the film’s directors Joseph Dorman and Oren Rudavsky.
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Long Journey From Anatevka to ‘Grimsby’
For Sacha Baron Cohen, it’s been a long and winding road from a campus production of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ to ‘The Brothers Grimsby.’ As his longtime friend Dan Friedman notes, at the heart of the actor’s work has always been the quest for social justice.
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Dr. Strangelove’s Jewish Set Designer Dies at 95
Ken Adam — who designed Dr. Strangelove’s war room and the lairs of James Bond supervillians — has died at age 95. Benjamin Ivry recalls Adam’s fascinating Jewish legacy.
This Must Be the Best Anne Frank Adaptation We’ve Ever Seen
Since “The Diary of a Young Girl” was published in 1947, it has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. But there has never been a truly definitive film version of it. Until now.
Atom Egoyan Tells a Tale of Two Genocides
Atom Egoyan’s new thriller “Remember,” starring Christopher Plummer, concerns a Holocaust survivor. But the director says his passion for the film was informed by his ancestors’ survival of the Armenian genocide.
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Why I Can't Stop Watching 'Shtisel'
For a new arrival to Israel, the second season of “Shtisel,” a TV series about a Haredi family, has proved to be a welcome distraction from current events.
