Book review: Elizabeth, the queen of celebrities
First authorised biography of the screen siren feels like a missed opportunity
The Pale Blue Eye film review: A military mystery
Christian Bale stars as a detective hunting down in a serial killer at an 1830s US army training academy in a film that deserves extra marks for originality.
Corsage Film review: The corseted empress breaks free
An expertly crafted study in female rage against the establishment
40 years ago this month, the most Jewish film ever came out
Pretty much every aspect of Steven Spielberg’s ET resonates with Jews, making it a parable of our story, told by one of us, for us
Stutz Film review: A therapist saviour
Judd Apatow collaborator Jonah Hill chronicles the career of the counsellor he credits for rescuing him from a lifetime of anxiety
Avatar: The Way of Water film review: A 3-hour sci-fi action adventure on a grandiose scale
Avatar: The Way of Water does exactly what is expected from it
Nocebo Film review: A maid story mixes classic horror with socio-political issues
Director Lorcan Finnegan returns with dark and understated thriller
Matilda the Musical Film review: Thrilling if overlong version of a classic
Successful RSC musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1988 tale gets the big-screen treatment
Painting her life — the tragic story of Charlotte Salomon
Keira Knightley stars in a new animated biopic of the extraordinary artistic talent who died aged 26 in Auschwitz. We meet the makers...
Belgian Jewish filmmaker's film voted greatest of all time by British critics
Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles is the first by a female director to win the accolade
Lynch/Oz Film review: - A director’s obsession with the Wizard of Oz
Director Alexandre O. Philippe's latest documentary takes on the relationship between David Lynch and 1939 film The Wizard of Oz- and it's a must-see for movie buffs
White Noise Film review: A family flees danger
Marriage Story star Adam Driver puts in a tour de force turn in Noah Baumbach's latest
A Jewish community frozen on the eve of destruction
The Jews of a small Polish town were filmed in 1938, before the Nazi invasion brought disaster. The director of a new film about them talks about how it was made
SAS Rogue Heroes continues the tradition of joke Jewish soldiers
This comic relief role for Jewish soldiers has been a constant for well over a century
She Said film review: How two NY Times journalists exposed Harvey Weinstein
Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan and Jodi Kantor star in story of exposing a predator
Bones and All film review: A cannibal road trip
Hollywood heartthrob Timothée Chalamet returns in Italian director Luca Guadagnino’s best movie since Call Me By Your Name
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