Artist Charlotte Salomon comes to life in this new Canadian animated film
Keira Knightley stars in ‘Charlotte’, debuting at TIFF 2021.
Barry Levinson’s new film tells the story of one man’s harrowing journey to survive the Holocaust
Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson’s new film, The Survivor, the wrenching story of a man forced to box at Auschwitz to survive, had its world premiere screening at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 13. The soul-searching movie is the true story of Holocaust survivor Hertzko Haft (known as Harry) and is based on the […]
The top 6 Jewish films to watch at TIFF 2021
Two animated Holocaust stories lead the way.
Documentary celebrates last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor
Michael Fraiman interviews documentary filmmaker Barry Avrich about his latest film, Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz.
A modern Holocaust story brings terror to 2018
Michael Fraiman reviews Christian Petzold’s latest film, Transit.
A tale of two kindergarten teachers
Michael Fraiman compares the two versions of The Kindergarten Teacher.
A filmmaking collaboration bears freakish results
Michael Fraiman profiles Canadian filmmakers Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, whose movie Freaks will be playing at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The CJN’s top Jewish picks for TIFF 2018
Michael Fraiman recommends his top 7 Jewish picks playing at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.
Emerging Israeli director earns retrospective
Michael Fraiman profiles Israeli director Nadav Lapid, whose films will be showing at a special retrospective at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto starting on August 16.
In there is a house here, filmmaker develops as interviewer
The film, filmed over three seasons, shows Zweig developing as an interviewer. At first, he repeatedly asks the Iglulik inhabitants about what he can do to make their lives happier. Unsurprisingly, the subjects view this question as obtuse and overwhelming.
