Spielberg, Gyllenhaal, Garfield among 2022 Jewish Oscar nominees
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) — Steven Spielberg’s remake of “West Side Story” drew seven Oscar nominations Tuesday, including best picture and best director. Spielberg’s best-director…
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Golden Globes 2022: Andrew Garfield, and Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story,’ win big
by Shira Hanau, Gabe Friedman (JTA) — Golden Globes fans may have noticed something different this year: The annual entertainment awards were not announced on…
Jews were the creative forces behind ‘West Side Story’ decades ago and today. Should they be?
by Jordyn Haime (JTA) — In 1955, theater director Jerome Robbins approached writer Arthur Laurents and composer Leonard Bernstein with a new idea for a…
Calgary Jewish Film Festival starts on November 6
by AJNews Staff (AJNews) – Film buffs across Jewish Alberta are counting off the days until November 6 for the virtual launch of the 21st…
‘The French Dispatch’ is Wes Anderson’s most Jewish film yet
by Gabe Friedman (JTA) — Jewishness has been at the fringes of several of Wes Anderson’s movies, but the famed director has never had an explicitly…