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The Reel Schmooze

The Reel Schmooze

Movie maven Jordan Hoffman brings all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use.

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‘The Apartment’: Why this 1960 film about adultery is a comedy icon today

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 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

‘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

‘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

‘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

‘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