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The 'girl in red' scene from the Academy Award-winning film Schindler's List. (YouTube screenshot)
April 23, 2018, 1:10 pm
‘Schindler’s List’ at 25
How this deeply Jewish story turned Steven Spielberg into a major moral voice of our generation
By Michael Berenbaum
Diarist Renia Spiegel, who was murdered by the Nazis at the age of 18 in Przemysl, Poland (courtesy: Renia Spiegel Foundation)
April 12, 2018, 7:33 pm
The lost diary of Poland’s ‘Anne Frank’: An untold testament of a truncated life
For decades, few people knew of Renia Spiegel or her journal. The Holocaust victim's sister and a determined filmmaker are working to change that
By Matt Lebovic
Izzy Ezagui, center, and fellow reserve soldiers in 2014 (Courtesy of Izzy Ezagui)
March 20, 2018, 3:03 pm
One-armed IDF sharpshooter still fights on the front lines — from the US
Published March 20, Izzy Ezagui's memoir 'Disarmed' charts the American-born IDF vet's battle for Israel -- and himself
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Mira Sorvino arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
March 5, 2018, 2:59 am
Oscars to bring an unpredictable awards season to a close
Academy Awards look to balance celebration with a Hollywood still reeling with shame over 'open secret' sexual misbehavior that for years went unpunished in male-dominated industry
By Jake Coyle
Professors David M. Kennedy and Condoleeza Rice at Stanford University in 'American Creed.' (Courtesy PBS)
February 27, 2018, 4:31 am
PBS documentary reminds Americans of their ties that bind — not gag
In 'American Creed,' San Francisco filmmaker Sam Ball examines different ways people keep the country's founding ideals alive in a time of extreme political polarization
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Director Samuel Maoz receives the Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize for his movie "Foxtrot" during the award ceremony of the 74th Venice Film Festival on September 9, 2017 at Venice Lido. (AFP Photo/Tiziana Fabi)
January 30, 2018, 8:37 am
‘Foxtrot’ director says next film won’t be Israeli
'There are limits to Hebrew,' Samuel Maoz says after Oscar snub and a public tiff with Israel's right-wing culture minister
By TOI staff
A quintet of 'Casablanca' winners: a sleepy Michael Curtiz, Jack Warner (talking, as usual), Hal Wallis (with his Thalberg Award), one of the event’s hosts, Jack Benny, and the screenwriter Howard Koch. (Courtesy/author’s collection)
January 14, 2018, 2:57 am
The unknown director behind one of the most famous movies of all time
Critics never took to Michael Curtiz, the Hungarian Jew who directed 'Casablanca. Film scholar Alan K. Rode's new book tells us why
By JP O’ Malley
Paul Sorvino, Martin Landau and Maria Dizzia in 'Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game' (Courtesy Gravitas Ventures)
January 12, 2018, 7:23 pm
Senior sex and quirky bromance in MD’s debut film — Martin Landau’s last hurrah
The Jewish actor's stunning final performance in 'Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game' is only outdone by the movie's writer: a 73-year-old Harvard neurologist
By Renee Ghert-Zand
This file photo taken on October 20, 2017 shows Saudis attending the "Short Film Competition 2" festival at King Fahad Culture Center in Riyadh. (AFP PHOTO / FAYEZ NURELDINE)
December 13, 2017, 7:00 am
Saudi filmmakers, businessmen eye return of cinemas
After Riyadh announced decades-old ban on movie theaters will be lifted, first venues expected to open early next year
By Alison Tahmizian Meuse
Jack Warner, of the Warner Bros. and the famous Warner Bros. water tower. (Jack Warner/public domain; image of tower/ traveljunction.com)
November 9, 2017, 10:45 pm
Hollywood’s success, and sex scandals, go back to some of its founding fathers
Today's disturbing allegations are not unprecedented. A spotlight on Jack Warner, co-founder of one of the biggest movie studios, who was accused of 'womanizing' decades ago
By Rich Tenorio
October 27, 2017, 3:20 pm
I told my story of anorexia on camera
If fear kept me from telling my story, I was no better than the people who made me feel I had to hide that part of myself
By Gabriela Mischel
Ethiopian film director Zekarias Mesfin surprises the audience by appearing from inside a coffin on the stage of the National Theater of Ethiopia, during the premiere of his film "Ewir Amora Kelabi" in Addis Ababa, October 16, 2017. (AFP/Zacharias ABUBEKER)
October 24, 2017, 1:21 pm
Ethiopian migrant trying to reach Israel turns perilous journey into film
Zekarias Mesfin got as far as the Egyptian border, where he was captured and imprisoned for two years
By Chris Stein
This file photo taken on May 22, 2015 shows US producer Harvey Weinstein arriving for the screening of the film 'The Little Prince' at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. (AFP Photo/Loic Venance)
October 11, 2017, 7:37 pm
Britain’s Bafta suspends Harvey Weinstein’s membership
Amid growing number of accusations of sexual misconduct, UK's film academy says 'no place' for such behavior in movie industry
By AFP
US President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to movie director Steven Spielberg at the White House, Washington, DC, November 24, 2015. (AFP/NICHOLAS KAMM)
September 21, 2017, 3:36 am
HBO’s ‘Spielberg’ documents director’s 45-year career
Feature-length docu shows the blockbuster filmmaker became a hero to Jews with the world's most important Holocaust film -- but it took him time to get there
By Jordan Hoffman
Sasson Gabai, left, hands an award to film director Samuel Maoz at the 2017 Ophir Awards ceremony on September 19, 2017. (Flash90)
September 20, 2017, 1:11 am
‘Foxtrot’ film sweeps Ophir Awards as politics stay in spotlight
Movie about grief and IDF wins eight prizes, including best picture, actor and director at Israeli version of Oscars, as speakers blast absent Regev
By Jessica Steinberg
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