movies
How should Jews think about war?
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 28, 2023
(RNS) — As the old rock song put it: ‘War — what is it good for?’ It is a very old question and it is not easy to answer.
Is ‘You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’ good for the Jews — or Judaism?
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 5, 2023
(RNS) — Why is American Judaism bar/bat mitzvah-centric? Ask Adam Sandler and his family.
The thing about Bradley Cooper’s nose
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 21, 2023
Bradley Cooper playing Leonard Bernstein? No big deal. The nose thing? Meh. Let's all get a grip.
Why the movie ‘Exodus’ still matters
By Jeffrey Salkin — July 13, 2023
(RNS) — On the 75th anniversary of Israel’s birth, the blockbuster movie still raises serious questions.
‘The Way,’ Emilio Estevez’s film about the Camino, returns to theaters
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 15, 2023
(RNS) — The movie returns to theaters for one night Tuesday (May 16) and features a conversation between Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen and travel guru Rick Steves.
‘Everyone gets their love story’: How Christmas rom-coms have taken over the season
By Emily McFarlan Miller and Adelle M. Banks — December 2, 2022
(RNS) — Move over, Hallmark. Other channels and streaming services are premiering holiday originals, too, hoping to capture the magic of the Christmas rom-com for their audiences.
Spielberg tells his — and Hollywood’s — Jewish story
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 30, 2022
(RNS) — Understanding his new film as a history of Jews and the entertainment business.
New Hulu documentary recaps rise of Moral Majority and downfall of Jerry Falwell Jr.
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 3, 2022
(RNS) — ‘God Forbid,’ which clocks in at nearly two hours and carries a TV-MA rating, released this week on streaming platform Hulu.
How to bend and not break
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 17, 2022
(RNS) — From the most important word in the history of American cinema ... a lesson in life itself.
The climate bill is our generation’s moonshot. Failure is not an option.
By Joshua Hammerman — August 12, 2022
(RNS) — As Ron Howard's new movie shows, our new adventure means digging deep, not going high.
New documentary follows the Rev. James Martin ‘Building a Bridge’ to LGBTQ Catholics
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 23, 2022
(RNS) — ‘I just hope that it helps LGBTQ Catholics see that there’s a place for them in their own church — it’s their church, too — and also for Catholic leaders to hear these voices,’ Martin said.
Why LGBTQ pride is a Jewish issue
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 20, 2022
(RNS) — The intersectionality of Jews and gays has a particular power and poignancy.
‘Father Stu,’ the story of a boxer-turned-priest, is Mark Wahlberg’s ‘love letter to God’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 8, 2022
CHICAGO (RNS) — Bringing Father Stu's story to the big screen reaffirmed his faith and his commitment to serving God, Wahlberg said.
New Netflix docuseries ‘jeen-yuhs’ chronicles Kanye West’s belief in God and himself
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 16, 2022
CHICAGO (RNS) — The docuseries is a reminder West’s complicated relationship with Christianity reaches back further than ‘Jesus Is King’ and his recent elaborate Sunday Service events.
Growing old with grace and kindness: The life and lives of Sidney Poitier
By Greg Garrett — January 11, 2022
(RNS) — Sir Sidney Poitier changed the film world on the way to changing the larger world.
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