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A scene from 'The Voice of Hind Rajab.' (courtesy)
December 17, 2025, 10:11 am
The Reel Schmooze: Art or propaganda? ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’
Movie maven Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan on slain director Rob Reiner’s legacy, plus reviews of ‘An Officer and a Spy’ on the Dreyfus Affair and a Tunisian’s re-enactment of a Gaza tragedy
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
Scene from Roman Polanski's 'An Officer and a Spy.' (courtesy Playtime/Gaumont)
August 8, 2025, 12:29 am
Roman Polanski’s award-winning Dreyfus Affair film makes long-awaited US debut
Screening in New York from August 8, what may be the best film adaptation of France’s Kafkaesque trial has the exiled director drawing comparisons between himself and his subject
By Jordan Hoffman
Roman Polanski arrives on the red carpet of the 45th Deauville US Film Festival, on September 7, 2019, in Deauville, northern France. (Loic Venance/AFP)
October 23, 2024, 7:58 am
Case accusing ‘The Pianist’ director Polanski of sexually assaulting minor dismissed
Award-winning Jewish director fled US after separate case in which he admitted to sexual relations with minor; recently settled case related to alleged incident in 1973
By AFP
This combination of photos created on May 14, 2024 shows French-Polish director and former president of the Jury, Roman Polanski, left, on September 7, 2019 in Deauville, France; British actress Charlotte Lewis, right, on May 14, 2024. (LOIC VENANCE and Thomas SAMSON/AFP)
May 14, 2024, 6:39 pm
French court acquits director Roman Polanski of defaming British actress
Charlotte Lewis sued the Franco-Polish director after he said her accusation of rape against him was a ‘heinous lie’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Director Roman Polanski on stage after the preview of his movie "J'accuse" (An Officer and a Spy) in Paris, November 4, 2019. (Thomas Samson/AFP)
March 5, 2024, 10:23 am
Roman Polanski on trial in France on charge of defaming accuser
British actress Charlotte Lewis accused Polanski in 2010 of assaulting her when she was a minor; filmmaker dismissed accusations as ‘heinous lie’
By Marie DHUMIERES and Alice Hackman
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
Director Roman Polanski appears at an international film festival, where he promoted his film, 'Based on a True Story,' in Krakow, Poland on May 2, 2018. (AP Photo/File)
July 18, 2022, 3:16 pm
Polanski fled US when judge planned to renege on teen sex assault case deal – lawyer
Film director left in 1978 during trial relating to sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl; presiding judge was swayed by publicity, Polanski’s lawyer claims
By brian melley
Director Roman Polanski appears at an international film festival, where he promoted his film, 'Based on a True Story,' in Krakow, Poland on May 2, 2018. (AP Photo)
July 14, 2022, 9:30 am
At request of victim, court orders release of documents in Polanski criminal case
Samantha Geimer has said she thinks judge was unfair to renowned director who has been a fugitive since pleading guilty to unlawful sex with a 13-year-old decades ago
By Robert Jablon
French-Polish director Roman Polanski stands on the red carpet of the 45th Deauville US Film Festival, in Deauville, northern France, September 7, 2019. (Lou Benoist/AFP)
May 31, 2021, 10:38 am
In new film, director Polanski revisits the horrors of his Holocaust boyhood
‘Polanski, Horowitz. Hometown’ follows Jewish filmmaker as he tours his hometown of Krakow with fellow survivor and photographer Ryszard Horowitz, whom he met in Warsaw Ghetto
By AFP
Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski, left, poses for the media with Stanislaw Buchala, right, who received the Israeli distinction of the Righteous Among the Nations on behalf of his late grandparents, Stefania and Jan Buchala, who saved Polanski, from the Holocaust in 1943-45, during the ceremony of bestowing the honor in Gliwice, Poland, October 15, 2020.(Michal Buksa/AP)
October 16, 2020, 7:46 am
Roman Polanski pays tribute to Poles who saved him from Holocaust
Stefania and Jan Buchala posthumously declared as ‘Righteous Among the Nations,’ an honor given to those who helped protect Jews from Nazis
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
Director Roman Polanski poses during a photo call to the screening of "Based on a true story" in Paris, France, October 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Francois Mori,file)
October 15, 2020, 2:33 pm
Yad Vashem to honor Poles who hid Polanski during WWII in Thursday ceremony
Stefania and Jan Buchala to be named Righteous Among the Nations in event in Poland; new documentary will feature director’s 1st meeting with couple’s grandson in 2017
By Anna Maria Jakubek and Ben Simon
Roman Polanski prior to the screening of his movie, 'Based on a True Story,' in Paris, France, on October 30, 2017. (Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)
October 5, 2020, 8:58 pm
Roman Polanski’s Holocaust saviors to be named Righteous Among the Nations
A grandson of Stefania and Jan Buchała will accept medal posthumously granting them title Israel confers on non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews from Nazis
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Director Roman Polanski on stage after the preview of his movie "J'accuse" (An Officer and a Spy) in Paris, November 4, 2019. (Thomas Samson/AFP)
August 26, 2020, 8:43 am
US court rejects Roman Polanski’s bid to rejoin Academy
Judge says film organization’s decision to expel the director, who is wanted for statutory rape, ‘was not arbitrary or capricious’
By AFP
Feminist activists paste posters on police vehicles outside Cesar Film Awards Ceremony in Paris as guests arrive, February 28, 2020. (Lucas Barioulet/AFP)
February 29, 2020, 4:20 am
Walkouts as Roman Polanski wins best director at French Oscars
Protesters try to storm Paris film awards ceremony, chant ‘lock up Polanski’ over sexual assault allegations; the filmmaker avoids event, fearing a ‘public lynching’
By Fiachra GIBBONS
French-Polish director Roman Polanski looks on on stage after the preview of his last movie 'J'accuse' (An Officer and a Spy) in Paris, November 4, 2019. (Thomas SAMSON/AFP)
February 27, 2020, 3:30 pm
Polanski snubs French Oscars for Dreyfus movie, fearing ‘lynching’ by activists
Director, wanted in US over child rape in 1970s, to skip ceremony in which his film about anti-Semitic affair is the favorite, saying ‘we know how this evening will unfold already’
By Fiachra GIBBONS
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