Why ‘Call Me By Your Name’ is such a Jewish movie
By Josefin Dolsten (JTA) — “Call Me By Your Name” has earned wide praise for its nuanced and lush portrayal of a young man’s coming…
Film
Josh Miller appointed as inaugural CEO for the Edmonton Screen Industry Office
(ESIO, Edmonton, AB.) The Board of Directors of the Edmonton Screen Industries Office (ESIO) is delighted to announce the appointment of Josh Miller as its…
A Hebrew Hammer sequel is coming, motivated by Trump and anti-Semitic Twitter trolls
By Gabe Friedman NEW YORK (JTA) — It took 14 years and a rise in online anti-Semitism, but the Hebrew Hammer is finally coming out…
Taboo-breaking film depicts Hungary’s grim welcome to Holocaust survivors
By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA) — The time is just after the defeat of Nazi Germany. Two Orthodox Jews disembark from a train at a rural…
Rob Reiner on Judaism, movies and his experience ‘home shuling’
By Curt Schleier (JTA) — By his own admission, Rob Reiner was not the right person to direct “LBJ,” a film biography of Lyndon Baines…