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The 1960 Billy Wilder film 'The Apartment' is featured on this week's The Reel Schmooze. (courtesy)
The Reel Schmooze podcast
‘The Apartment’: Why this 1960 film about adultery is a comedy icon today
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
ToI's movie maven and deputy editor agree to disagree about the Billy Wilder film that had Chris Rock raving in a recent interview
The Reel Schmooze's featured film of the week is 'The Stamp Thief: A Holocaust Mystery.' (Courtesy)
October 10, 2026, 10:55 am
‘The Stamp Thief’: Will a rag-tag team of LA Jews get lucky in Poland?
ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor follow a group of semi-retired Hollywood writers as they attempt to unravel a mystery and maybe even right a historical wrong
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
2004's 'Ushpizin' is the featured film for this week's The Reel Schmooze podcast. (courtesy)
October 3, 2026, 11:14 am
‘Ushpizin’: An unforgettable homage to the most beautiful etrog of all
ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor step into a sukkah in Jerusalem’s Mea She’arim for this week’s adventure
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
The first film to include spoken dialogue, 1927's 'The Jazz Singer,' is the focus of this week's The Reel Schmooze. (courtesy)
September 26, 2026, 11:28 am
‘The Jazz Singer’: How the world’s first ‘talkie’ could not be more Jewy
ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor delve into the 1927 Al Jolson tale of a cantor’s son who just had to put on black face to make it to Broadway
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
This week's The Reel Schmooze podcast features the new documentary, 'You Had To Be There.' (courtesy)
September 19, 2026, 10:49 am
‘You Had To Be There’: How a musical about Jesus shaped Jewish comedy
ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor delve into the delightful romp that documents the 1972 Toronto production of ‘Godspell,’ starring a constellation of fledgling Jewish greats
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
Elliott Gould attends the Los Angeles premiere of “Only Murders In The Building” Season 2 at DGA Theater Complex on June 27, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images/AFP)
September 17, 2026, 3:44 pm
Elliott Gould talks faith, family, Barbra Streisand and his new movie
Actor lends his voice to new animated film ‘Legend of Destruction’ about the end of the Second Temple, directed by Israeli filmmaker Gadi Dar, now streaming worldwide
By Brigit Grant
Gal Gadot's 'The Runner' is featured on this week's The Reel Schmooze podcast. (courtesy)
September 12, 2026, 10:56 am
‘The Runner’: Starring lovely London — and a sprinting Gal Gadot
ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor tune in to the new Amazon Prime adventure that proves the former Wonder Woman is still in fighting form
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
Composer Gilad Benamram working on the score for the fifth and final season of 'Fauda,' which premiered on Netflix on September 8, 2026 (Courtesy)
September 8, 2026, 7:24 pm
‘Fauda’ composer channels October 7 trauma into new season’s searing soundtrack
All eight episodes premiere worldwide on Netflix, with Gilad Benamram’s new score, rewritten around Israel’s complex emotional landscape following the Hamas onslaught
By Jessica Steinberg
This week's Reel Schmooze is dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Star Trek series. (courtesy)
September 5, 2026, 10:59 am
Star Trek: 60 years to the most gloriously nerdy enterprise
ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor boldly go where no staff have gone before and explore all that is Jewish behind the beloved franchise
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
The 2026 Sandler family production 'Don't Say Good Luck' is this week's featured film on The Reel Schmooze. (Courtesy)
August 22, 2026, 11:16 am
‘Don’t Say Good Luck’: The Sunny (Sandler) side of life, with cancer
ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor discuss the newest Sandler family production, starring daughter Sunny and a cast of actors forming a relatable family going through a too-common crisis
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
Ralph Bakshi's 1977 'Wizards' is the featured film of this week's The Reel Schmooze podcast. (courtesy)
August 15, 2026, 12:06 pm
‘Wizards’: Does animated 1977 art film belong in the canon, or in the geniza?
ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor discuss the completely bizarre mixed-medium movie that wrestles with magic, boobies, evil Nazis and Hitler 5,000 years in the future
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
1979 'The Frisco Kid,' starring Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford, is this week's featured film on The Reel Schmooze podcast. (courteys)
August 8, 2026, 12:07 pm
‘The Frisco Kid’: A (gefilte) fish out of water in the Wild West
ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor discuss the extremely Jewish 1979 cowboy flick starring Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
Director Rachel Israel, right, and producer Shai Korman arrive at the premiere of 'The Floaters' during the 2025 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, August 3, 2025. (Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images via JTA)
August 7, 2026, 1:53 am
With 2 new films, director Rachel Israel offers comic relief for Diaspora Jews on edge
In ‘The Floaters’ and ‘Influenced,’ the New York filmmaker shows Jewish identity as the backdrop for friendship, family and ambition rather than antisemitism or crisis
By Stephen Silver
This week's The Reel Schmooze podcast features Billy Wilder's 1944 'Double Indemnity.' (courtesy)
August 1, 2026, 12:06 pm
‘Double Indemnity’: Billy Wilder’s film noir masterpiece
ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor discuss the 1944 release that help launch a genre and put the Jewish refugee from Europe on on the movie-making map
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
This week's The Reel Schmooze podcast features 'Reading Lolita in Tehran.' (courtesy)
July 25, 2026, 11:14 am
‘Reading Lolita in Tehran’: Lifts veil on how regime turned rotten
ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor discuss the ‘memoir in books’ written by Iranian-American author Azar Nafisi and directed by Israeli Eran Riklis
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
This week's Reel Schmooze podcast focuses on filmmaker Daniel Roher's 'Tuner.' (courtesy)
July 18, 2026, 11:12 am
‘Tuner’: The Jewiest film of the summer
ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor discuss the comedic crime thriller that spotlights Dustin Hoffman, Lior Raz and Tovah Feldshuh
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
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