by staff | Sep 28, 2023 | Jews in the News
By Nate Bloom Contributing Columnist “Flora and Son” begins streaming on Apple+ on Sept. 29. This musical comedy-drama film got very good reviews at the Sundance Film Festival last January, and soon after, Apple paid $20 million for the rights to show it. Basic plot:...
by staff | Sep 21, 2023 | Jews in the News
By Nate Bloom Contributing Columnist Not long ago, I discovered a PBS (New York) series, and a program in that series, that has received virtually no attention in the media. Its “House Seats” and the “House Seats” program is “Broadway Responds to Anti-Semitism.” You...
by staff | Sep 14, 2023 | Jews in the News
By Nate Bloom Contributing Columnist “Wilderness” is an original Amazon Prime mystery-thriller series that will premiere on Sept. 15. Oddly, the number of episodes isn’t stated anywhere. Amazon never drops a whole season when a show premieres. So, be ready to follow...
by staff | Sep 7, 2023 | Jews in the News
By Nate Bloom Contributing Columnist “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3” [“MBFGW3”] opens in theaters on Sept. 8. Of course, it is a sequel to the comedies “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” [“MBFGW”] (2002) and “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2” [“MBFGW2”] (2016). The first film focused...
by staff | Aug 31, 2023 | Jews in the News
By Nate Bloom Contributing Columnist The original Comedy Central film “Office Race” premieres on Sept. 4 (8p.m.). The two main characters are Pat (Beck Bennett) and Spencer (Joel McHale). Pat is a pushover who coasts aimlessly through life until he’s goaded into...
by staff | Aug 24, 2023 | Jews in the News
By Nate Bloom Contributing Columnist Last week, Netflix “popped” the news that on August 25 they would premiere the original feature film “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.” It’s mostly a comedic coming-of-age story: best friends Stacy (played by SUNNY...
