On the Seventh Day

Judith Shulevitz considers the Sabbath at the Austin Jewish Book Fair

"...will speak on Sunday, Nov. 21, at the Austin Jewish Book Fair...."

Nov. 12, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Menorah Roundup

This season's best menorahs

"...to my mother – who else would a nice Jewish boy dedicate a blog posting to? My mother is..."

Dec. 13, 2008 Design Post by Andy Campbell

Something Silver This Way Comes

Previewing the Austin Jewish Book Fair

"...to do it up right. After all, the Austin Jewish Book Fair has come a long way since it..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

One Night With the King

Despite a title that makes it sound like a tell-all about a one-night-stand with Elvis Presley, this movie is actually about the Jewish heroine, Queen Esther.

"...with Elvis Presley, this movie is actually about the Jewish heroine, Queen Esther (Dupont), who saves her people from..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Prime

With genuine sparks between its two lovestruck leads and a delightfully flinchy performance from Meryl Streep, this comedy is just what its title implies: prime.

"...Abrahams and Annie Parisse. You don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy this light romantic comedy, but it helps...."

Oct. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Holy Land

"...advised by a rabbi regarding a little-known provision in Jewish law that allows a distracted young man to go..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Believer

"...about them, he cannot escape the fact of his Jewish identity. And, that inescapable truth is his torment. The..."

July 5, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Keeping the Faith

The Texas Documentary Tour presents festival hit Trembling Before G-d, in which Orthodox Jews try to reconcile religion with their homosexuality.

"...between atheists and agnostics.) In the early Nineties, gay Jewish filmmaker Sandi Simcha DuBowski was researching and making videos..."

April 19, 2002 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Governess

"...the cloistered, almost subterranean lifestyle of the city's sizable Jewish population are fascinating to observe. Living within the heart..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

HE'BREW Brings Chosen Beer to Texas

Shmaltz Brewing Product is Certified Kosher and It's Got Schtick

"...complaints here! Amongst the many additions is the only Jewish heritage beer for Texas' chosen people...."

Oct. 24, 2012 Food Post by Amy Kritzer

Killing Kasztner

This documentary is about the little-remembered figure Rudolf Israel Kasztner, who negotiated with Adolf Eichmann for the release of 1,700 Jews from Hungary, only to later be castigated for Nazi collaboration.

"...with fascinating material. Kasztner, sometimes referred to as the Jewish Schindler, is a controversial if scantly remembered figure in..."

May 7, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Defiance

In this true story, Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber play two Jewish brothers who escape into the forest to elude capture by the Nazis and wind up birthing a small village of escapees.

"...Defiance, the true story of the Bielski family, three Jewish brothers who, in 1941, escaped into the forest of..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Protocols of the Elders of Chisum

State rep joins the tin foil hat brigade

"...of an anti-religious plot with roots in an ancient Jewish sect. … The memo he distributed links to a..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Max

"...as one of the film’s associate producer) as the Jewish art dealer who first meets Corporal Hitler in the..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Love You, I Love You Not

"...the word go. The subject matter -- a tender-hearted Jewish teenager's first encounter with anti-Semitism -- packs an inherent..."

April 3, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Jojo Rabbit

Anti-hate satire in the ruins of the Reich finds heart and humor in the chaos

"...sister. Indoctrinated into the bizarro world of National Socialism’s anti-Jewish pathology (all Jews have horns, scales, and eat babies,..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Marshall

Supreme Court judge biopic has bite

"...Marshall finds himself paired with Sam Friedman (Gad), a Jewish local attorney whose legal bread and butter has thus..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Son of Saul

Hungarian Oscar entry finds original way to present a Holocaust drama

"...there been enough already? Isn’t it possible that the Jewish command to “never forget” is somehow being diluted via..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Risen

A Roman soldier is sent to track a rumor about the Christ's resurrection

"...the truth regarding the mysteriously missing corpse of the Jewish king, and thereby quash the spreading rumors of the..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Kosher Baker

Dairy-free baking so delicious no one will miss the butter

"...juicy briskets or herb-roasted chicken. In accordance with the Jewish commandment not to mix milk with meat, these desserts..."

Nov. 13, 2012 Food Post by Amy Kritzer

The Possession

A divorced couple reunite in their efforts to save their daughter from an evil spirit.

"...subgenre? Probably not – 2009's The Unborn traded in Jewish mysticism, too – but it's considerably creepier than it..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Barney's Version

Paul Giamatti won a Golden Globe for his performance as Barney Panofsky in this film based on Mordecai Richler's 1997 novel.

"...sometimes funny but often too shrilly stereotypical) is a Jewish princess who was born into money. Barney discovers his..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shalom, Y'all

Previewing the Austin Jewish Film Festival

"...The eighth annual Austin Jewish Film Festival runs April 10-16. Highlights include a special..."

April 9, 2010 Screens Feature

A Serious Man

The Coen brothers deliver one of their best and most personal movies, a kind of cockeyed Jewish fable that urges us to embrace life's mysteries.

"...captures with perfection the sound and the look of Jewish-American culture of that period. As for narrative structure, A..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Inglourious Basterds

In this World War II movie, Quentin Tarantino weaves together multiple storylines that coalesce into a literally explosive finale that daringly rewrites history.

"...men, christened the “Basterds" by the Axis, are an all-Jewish squadron of bloodthirsty Nazi hunters whose most memorable member..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

This Brazilian film is set against the twinned, opposing backdrops of the explosive 1970 World Cup and the human toll of the country's brutal military dictatorship.

"..."outsider" religious overtones (in this case São Paulo's Orthodox Jewish community) and a small but deadly dose of uneasy..."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Protocols of Zion

Documentary filmmaker Marc Levin investigates the reasons for the recent renaissance of American anti-Semitism; sadly, the end result is scattershot and never really elucidates or poses solutions to the problem.

"...of modern anti-Semitism that advances the notion that a Jewish cabal is secretly planning to take over the world...."

Feb. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bee Season

Myla Goldberg’s novel about spelling-bee fever, a family in chaos, and religious/mystic exploration arrives on the screen with all its faults intact but few of its charms.

"...talent for spelling. Her father is Saul (Gere), a Jewish academic who takes Eliza’s new talent and runs with..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Gospel of John

The last years of Jesus are presented with more realism than pageantry.

"...outspokenness about the debasement of the Temple irritated the Jewish elders or Pharisees. His convictions about sin and forgiveness..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Left Luggage

"...Bradley. Echoes of the Holocaust resonate through two different Jewish families living in 1970s Antwerp while the luminous Rossellini..."

April 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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