How Pixar’s ‘Soul’ borrows from an ancient Jewish idea
by Rabbi Benjamin Resnick (JTA) — Pixar’s “Soul,” released on Friday on Disney+, is a tender balm of a movie about an aspiring jazz musician…
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Martin Scorsese’s ‘Casino’ is 25 years old. Here’s a primer on its Jewish protagonist and Hollywood’s other Jewish gangsters.
By Stephen Silver (JTA) — “Casino,” Martin Scorsese’s examination of the mob’s control of Las Vegas in the 1960s and 70s, debuted in theaters on…
Exciting news at Calgary’s Jewish Film Festival: Upcoming screenings sweep Israeli Academy Awards
(AJNews) – The Israeli Academy Awards were just announced earlier today, and the 2020 Virtual Calgary Jewish Film Festival is thrilled to let you know…
‘Incitement’ director Yaron Zilberman tries to get inside the head of Yitzhak Rabin’s killer
by Tom Tugend (AJNews Editors Note): “Incitement” is the opening film for the 2020 Virtual Calgary Jewish Film Festival – it screens on November 7…
Calgary’s first virtual Jewish Film Fest brings the ‘reel’ thing to your screen
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – The Israeli Academy of Film & Television recently announced the nominations for this year’s Ophir awards, Israel’s equivalent to the…