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The Holdovers review: A beautifully wrought comedy that took me back to 1970

Twenty years after Sideways, director Alexander Payne reunites with Oscar-nominated Paul Giamatti

1 min read

January 25, 2024 14:55

The human touch: Dominic Sessa as Angus and Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Mary in director Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers (Photo: Seacia Pavao / 2023 Focus Features LLC)

Don’t Destroy Me, Arcola Theatre review: It’s hugely satisfying to see this lost-forever world of post-war Jewish Brixton revived

Tricia Thorns’s ambitious production vaults us powerfully back to a particular moment in Anglo-Jewish history

2 min read

January 25, 2024 14:36

Eddie Boyce, Timothy O'Hara and Nathalie Barclay on stage at the Arcola Theatre (Photo by Phil Gammon)

Kin at the National Theatre: This is a play that makes the case for Israel

Those who have bought into the narrative that the Jewish state is white and colonialist entity need to watch this show

1 min read

January 18, 2024 16:34

Physical theatre: the dancing in Kin is superb

Mean Girls review: What’s the point of the rehash? It’s hilarious

You’ve already seen the film, but Tina Fey’s version is so funny you never lose interest

2 min read

January 18, 2024 16:26

Film review: Poor Things – ‘A tornado of a performance from Emma Stone’

Sex in the cinema need not be exploitative

1 min read

January 12, 2024 12:39

Ramy Youssef and Emma Stone in Poor Things.

Review of Stranger Things, The First Shadow: This show redefines what we can depict on page

Not a moment of this three-hour drama triumph lasts a second longer than you want it to [Missing Credit]

1 min read

January 11, 2024 15:50

One Life review: ‘The question that hovers is why’

Motivation is missing from this stirring biopic

2 min read

January 7, 2024 09:40

One Life review: ‘The question that hovers is why’

Ulster American review: Forget the tension and enjoy the craic

You can pick holes in this play, but it remains enormous fun

1 min read

January 5, 2024 15:27

Ulster American at Riverside Studios (Photo: Johan Persson)

Priscilla review: how Elvis shook up her life

The film maps out the young woman’s emotional life much better than his songs

1 min read

January 4, 2024 17:08

Directed by Sofia Coppola, the film stars Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla and Jacob Elordi as Elvis Presley

Judaism is the only religion I have and the only one I’m comfortable with, says Sharon Osbourne

The former X Factor judge talks about being a patrilineal Jew and why she and Ozzy are leaving LA for the UK

7 min read

January 4, 2024 16:00

Sharon Osbourne speaks to the JC from her home

Should Roald Dahl’s witches be cancelled?

The National Theatre’s production was hard to watch, especially after October 7

3 min read

December 28, 2023 11:16

The Witches company at the National Theatre (Photo: Marc Brenner)

Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Pig?

JW3 is planning a Jewish Chanukah panto every year. Its first knockabout script is an auspicious start

1 min read

December 14, 2023 17:49

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More from John Nathan

The Holdovers review: A beautifully wrought comedy that took me back to 1970

Don’t Destroy Me, Arcola Theatre review: It’s hugely satisfying to see this lost-forever world of post-war Jewish Brixton revived

Kin at the National Theatre: This is a play that makes the case for Israel

Mean Girls review: What’s the point of the rehash? It’s hilarious

Film review: Poor Things – ‘A tornado of a performance from Emma Stone’

Review of Stranger Things, The First Shadow: This show redefines what we can depict on page

One Life review: ‘The question that hovers is why’

Ulster American review: Forget the tension and enjoy the craic

Priscilla review: how Elvis shook up her life

Judaism is the only religion I have and the only one I’m comfortable with, says Sharon Osbourne

Should Roald Dahl’s witches be cancelled?

Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Pig?