Here are some of the best (Jewish-adjacent) shows that TV, film and theatre have to offer in October and November
By Elisa Bray
This first feature by director and co-writer Noé Debré could so easily have ended up as a kosher kitchen sink drama. Instead, it’s a gem
By John Nathan
Cédric Kahn on his reconstruction of the 1976 trial of leftist Pierre Goldman – and the French judicial system’s prejudice against Jews
By James Mottram
The film director on why returning to his native New York inspired him to make a movie about how a family copes with grief
By Anne Joseph
Keren Nechmad's film Kissufim was shot three years ago before the kibbutz became the site of a Hamas massacre
By Jane Prinsley
Ian McKellen’s stone-faced critic is a delicious embodiment of cruelty and wit
A film released this week tracks her astonishing story – and the cast of high-profile Jews who played crucial roles in building her career
By Melanie Abrams
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The actor is on terrifying form in this film which uses poetic licence to excellent effect
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Revenge is best served on a toxic male tycoon’s private island in this film which starts as a rom-com but which becomes a thriller
Film student Elizabeth Leff wrote and directed the comedy short Nonprofit based on her experience working for a Jewish nonprofit in Washington DC
By Eliana Jordan
I talk to writer-director Nathan Silver about his new film Between the Temples, featuring a cantor who’s losing his voice and faith until his old teacher saves him
This comedy is based on the kind of ineffectual and hapless Jew that gentiles have long liked most, but it’s Jewish plea to live life to the full is one we can all get behind
The actor was raised in an interfaith household, and has been on pilgrimage to Israel
By Hannah Gillott
Cliquot’s corporate story has been deemed big screen fare so I wish the film had dived into the mysterious alchemy of how the sparkling wine is made
Matt Johnson will direct the feature film about the late writer and chef, whose mother was Jewish
