Review | ‘Bad Shabbos’ Gets a Lot of Laughs Out of a Tried-and-True Scenario
It is a tried-and-true cinematic concept, because it is a universally common life event: meeting your significant other’s parents for the first time. Another such...
Five Jewish Horror Movies to Watch at Halloween
Each of these Jewish horror movies have some aspect of Jewish history or Jewish religion at their core. Check them out!
Jewish Film Review | The Anguish of Losing Faith
Set in an Italian villa, "Where Life Begins" is the story of a young Haredi woman and a divorced farmer who both long to break free.
Tango Shalom | The Dancing Rabbi of Crown Heights
Tango Shalom
Released February 11, 2021
1 hour 55 minutes
Directed by Gabriel Bologna
Convivencia Forever Films
Comedy, Family, Dance: English
Hasidic rabbi Moshe Yehuda is a father of five whose...
ChaiFlicks: Jewish TV and Film on Demand
Moment brings you essential independent reporting from the Jewish community and beyond. But we need your help. Your support is critical to the work we do;...
Homage to a Master Drama Teacher
This film is an insightful view into the life of a little-known luminary, replete with wonderful archival footage (not only of pre-state Jerusalem but also of his and his wife’s mime performances), whose legacy would otherwise be unknown to almost all of us.
Moment staff picks: Jewish Movies to Watch on a Rainy Day
For pure cheesy pleasure, I’d go with The Ten Commandments, which frightened me so much as a child that I was actually taken out of the movie theater. I’m tougher now and, besides ever since taking my own kids on the Paramount Pictures tour that explained how the filmmakers used pre-CGI techniques to part the Red Sea, I’ve wanted to watch the thing through properly with lots of use of the pause button.
A Cemetery Story
A documentary about a cemetery: It may not sound like much of a crowd-pleaser, but the German film In Heaven, Underground, directed by Britta Wauer...