Film

From Behind the Desk to Behind the Camera: Leslie Shampaine Makes Her First Film

The Washington, D.C., region is no Hollywood, but it has its own film industry, focusing on broadcast journalism, primarily news, documentaries and special projects...

Swiss historical drama ‘Labyrinth of Peace’ shatters the myth of Switzerland’s neutrality in WWII

Sponsored By Debra Nussbaum Cohen It’s Switzerland in 1945 and the war has just ended. A group of deeply traumatized, ragged-looking...

Inside the surprisingly Jewish world of ‘Tár’

By Andrew Lapin In the first 10 minutes of the new film “Tár,” a conductor played by Cate Blanchett discusses the Hebrew concepts of “teshuvah”...

Fall arts preview

This fall, Jewish cultural venues in the Washington area will showcase a little less Zoom and a lot more live programming. Producers are offering...

‘Image of Victory’ shows limits of idealism

Review There’s just as much singing and dancing as there is armed combat in Israeli director Avi Nesher’s film “Image of Victory.” In the final days...

Leonard Cohen doc will have you saying ‘Hallelujah’

Review Jarrad Saffren | Staff Writer For a documentary to be worth your while, its subject needs to have historical weight. I think of some of...

JxJ Festival returns live with focus on Jews of Color, LGBTQ Jews

While much of the world got through the first two-plus years of the pandemic streaming and Zooming, Dava Schub says there’s nothing like a...

HBO’s ‘The Survivor’ asks a profound question

Jarrad Saffren | Staff Writer How powerful is a reason to live? That is the question that animates Jewish director Barry Levinson’s new movie, “The Survivor,”...

Wallace Shawn, between Woody Allen and Israel

By Andrew Lapin Headlining a Woody Allen movie in 2022 is a dicey proposition — and Wallace Shawn, the star of the filmmaker’s latest, is...
Bob Einstein

A new HBO documentary profiles the late ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ actor Bob Einstein

By Andrew Lapin Bob Einstein, the cult-favorite Jewish comedian best known for playing Marty Funkhouser on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and the popular “Super Dave Osborne”...