October 31, 2025
If you were an American kid between the late 1950s and the end of the 20th Century, chances are you watched some incarnation of children’s entertainer, educator and ventriloquist Shari […]
October 23, 2025
The 31st annual Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival, presented by the Minnesota JCC, launches Thursday, Oct. 23 and continues through Sunday, Nov. 2. The 11‑day event features dozens of films, many local […]
October 21, 2025
Jewish summer camp meets coming-of-age comedy in The Floaters, screening tonight as a Spotlight Centerpiece at the Twin Cities Film Fest. The award-winning feature, which won Best Director at the […]
October 17, 2025
When I first heard of Long Story Short, I was very intrigued by its premise as an animated show centered on a Jewish family. It checked off one of my […]
October 16, 2025
At 95, Oscar-nominated actress June Squibb is having quite the third-act renaissance, starring in her first leading role (Thelma) only last year. And in this year’s Eleanor The Great, Squibb, […]
October 9, 2025
Proving that the comeback is always greater than the setback, Israeli rap sensation Noga Erez will touch down in Minneapolis on Thursday, Oct. 16, and the sold-out show at the […]
September 16, 2025
I’m late to the Lena Dunham party, not having seen Girls or any of her independent films, but I was curious about Too Much since it stars Megan Stalter (Jimmy’s daffy […]
August 5, 2025
Editor’s note: this review ran last summer after the Tribeca Film Festival. In Bad Shabbos, winner of the Tribeca Film Festival’s Audience Award in 2024, it’s Friday night on the […]
April 15, 2025
The name Art Spiegelman is guaranteed to evoke one word for anyone familiar with the artist: Maus. His Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel (to date, the only one to be so […]
December 19, 2024
It was in simpler and more peaceful times that the Maccabeats’ first music video for Hanukkah, intended for their mostly Orthodox audience, went viral. The year was 2010, and since […]