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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 502

Jewish filmmakers

Civil rights leaders Roy Wilkins and A. Phillip Randolph during a protest at Maryland's Glen Echo Park in 1960. (Courtesy/George Meany Library)
January 14, 2025, 7:42 am
Film charts lasting impact of rollercoaster Black-Jewish protest of segregated park
Documentary film ‘Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round,’ screening Jan. 29 at the NY Jewish Film Festival, shows how a 1960 neighborhood demonstration in Maryland shifted civil rights
By Luke Tress
Jeff Baena arrives at the premiere of "Spin Me Round," August 17, 2022, at The London in West Hollywood, Calif. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
January 5, 2025, 8:11 am
Director Jeff Baena found dead in his home at 47
Circumstances of death still unknown; Los Angeles medical examiner’s office says details won’t be revealed until investigation is concluded
By AP and ToI Staff
Charles Shyer attends 'The Noel Diary' screening at The Bay Theater on November 10, 2022 in Pacific Palisades, California. (Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix/AFP)
December 30, 2024, 9:38 am
Charles Shyer, filmmaker behind ‘Father of the Bride’ and ‘Baby Boom,’ dies at 83
Writer and director best known for a string of comedies in the ’80s and ’90s with his then-wife, Nancy Meyers, including ‘Private Benjamin’ and ‘The Parent Trap’
By Lindsey Bahr
Major Jewish movies of 2024 included (clockwise from top left) "Between the Temples," "September 5," "A Complete Unknown," "The Brutalist" and "A Real Pain." (Photo illustration: Grace Yagel/70 Faces Media)
December 26, 2024, 12:56 am
Despite US Jews’ anxiety over antisemitism and Israel, Jewish films are having a moment
‘The Brutalist,’ ‘A Real Pain’ and ‘A Complete Unknown’ are all on this year’s prominent top-10 lists as they and others are expected to see plenty of attention come Oscar season
By Andrew Lapin
Arthur Harari (right) as attorney Georges Kiejman in 'The Goldman Case.' (Courtesy of Menemsha Films/Moonshaker)
December 4, 2024, 1:35 am
Award-winning French film about Jewish radical shrouded in mystery makes US debut
‘The Goldman Case’ tells the story of Pierre Goldman, who was convicted of murdering two pharmacists in a robbery before a retrial cleared him of the charges
By Shira Li Bartov
Director Jim Abrahams speaks onstage at the screening of "Top Secret!" during the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival on April 8, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Charley Gallay / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
November 28, 2024, 7:54 pm
Jim Abrahams, co-creator of ‘Airplane!’ and ‘The Naked Gun,’ dies at 80
Filmmaker was known for a string of comedy movies made alongside childhood friends David and Jerry Zucker, who he met at synagogue
By ToI Staff
Zack Weiner’s 2021 campaign to represent the Upper West Side was fodder for his new film, 'Citizen Weiner.' (Courtesy Zack Weiner via JTA)
November 6, 2024, 8:53 pm
This Jewish actor made a ‘reality film’ about his not-quite real campaign for NYC Council
In mockumentary ‘Citizen Weiner,’ young filmmaker Zack Weiner actually runs for office, campaigning on issues close to his heart – and experiencing the consequences of public life
By Joseph Strauss
June Squibb, left and Fred Hechinger star in 'Thelma,' opening the 41st Jerusalem Film Festival on July 18, 2024 (Credit David Bolen)
July 7, 2024, 8:44 pm
Jerusalem Film Festival to open with comic ‘Thelma’
The annual summer film event announces international offerings, including Josh Margolin’s feel-good flick about his wily grandmother
By Jessica Steinberg
An undated photo of filmmaker Luca Barbareschi. (Federica Di Benedetto e Marco Bellucci)
September 9, 2023, 2:05 am
Filmmaker Luca Barbareschi has two films premiering at Venice — and a bone to pick
The Jewish-Uruguayan-Italian actor, director, producer and former parliamentarian expounds on cancel culture, his Judaism, and why he feels Roman Polanski isn’t getting his due
By Amy K. Rosenthal
An Oscars statue outside the Dolby Theatre for the 87th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on February 21, 2015. (Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
August 18, 2023, 5:36 am
Academy of Motion Pictures mum on how Jews fit into new inclusion standards
Rules taking effect for next year’s Best Picture award aim to encourage diversity in film industry, raising questions and criticism
By Luke Tress
A still from 'Concerned Citizen.' (Courtesy of the Israel Film Center Festival)
June 16, 2023, 12:16 am
Grab your rugelach and check out this year’s must-watch Israeli films
From June 1-8, NYC’s Israel Film Center Festival presented a selection of films that rivals Cannes or Sundance – but here you ran the chance of bumping into your Hebrew teacher
By Jordan Hoffman
British director Jonathan Glazer poses during a photocall for the film "The Zone Of Interest" at the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 20, 2023. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP)
May 28, 2023, 4:21 am
Jonathan Glazer, Cannes-winning British Jewish movie director
As 58-year-old takes runner-up prize for unusual Holocaust drama ‘The Zone of Interest,’ a look at the mere handful of films he’s released over a 20-year career
By AFP
Jeremy Dauber is the author of 'Mel Brooks: Disobedient Jew.' (Yale University Press via JTA)
March 8, 2023, 1:57 am
A history of Mel Brooks as a ‘disobedient Jew’
In new biography, Jeremy Dauber breaks down how the comedian and director just couldn’t help being a loving iconoclast skewering the establishment
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Walter Mirisch, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at the organization's headquarters in Beverly Hills on September 16, 1975. (AP Photo/George Brich)
February 26, 2023, 11:55 pm
Walter Mirisch, Oscar-winning filmmaker who produced ‘West Side Story,’ dies at 101
Astute producer hailed as ‘true visionary’ by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; he also helped make ‘Some Like it Hot,’ ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ and countless other movies
By AP
The cast of the Hallmark film 'Made for Each Other.' (Steve Ackerman/Hallmark)
February 25, 2023, 3:24 am
From dust to human: A new Hallmark rom-com puts a twist on the Jewish golem legend
‘Made for Each Other,’ written by Israeli-American screenwriter Adi Blotman, centers around a mystical 16th-century folktale, with a 21st-century twist
By Amy Spiro
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