Blade Runner actor who created golems on screen but failed to achieve the magic of stardom
The story ’s theme of an outsider battling against the social order is — despite the troubling subject matter — typically Jewish
The classic sci fi movie Blade Runner is 40 years old. Nathan Abrams argues that this AI tale can be read in a very Jewish way
Decter was a controversial and confrontational polemicist who published notorious rants against feminism and homosexuality
Prodigious man of the arts whose work in performance, video, sculpture, music and puppetry defied genres
Kasha varnishkes, matzoh brie – The Phantom Tollbooth’s Secret Jewishness
Comedian Ian Stone's new book is about his love of Arsenal, and the band Jam- and his schooldays at JFS.
Leading playwright and Oscar-winning screenwriter whose Jewishness informed his work
Belgian artist whose “tubes of paint” described people in his adopted Wales
Author Nathan Abrams examines the legendary director's Jewish identity
It's everyone's favourite Woody Allen film, voted funniest screenplay ever. Forty years after Annie Hall was released, Nathan Abrams considers its lasting appeal.
Thomas Doherty
Steven Spielberg’s landmark film was feted for educating a mass audience about the Holocaust. But 20 years on some say its faults far outweigh its merits
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