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.
Your Daily Spiel for August 30
U.S. Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, recently said that a rollout of the Trump administration’s peace plan for Israel is “not imminent.”; Natalie Portman and Timothée Chalamet are among the list of talent attending the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival; and the August 29 rally to oppose B’nai Brith’s “smear campaign” against the Canadian Union of Postal Workers drew about 75 pro-Palestinian protesters and some 200 members of the Jewish community.
Your Daily Spiel for August 24
FIFA has banned Jibril Rajoub from attending soccer games for a year; anti-semitic slogans were found on monuments for Holocaust victims in Estonia; and Drake will present the critically-acclaimed film Monsters and Men at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.