Danielle Goldstein

November 1, 2022

Reviews, Film & TV

UKJFF 2022: Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

November 1, 2022

Reviews, Film & TV

UKJFF 2022: Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen ★★★★

Last year marked the 50th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof – arguably a paradigm of quintessential Jewry and, as praised by The New Yorker, “the most powerful movie musical ever made”. Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen…

Danielle Goldstein

September 14, 2022

News, Film & TV

New Leonard Cohen documentary out this Friday

Danielle Goldstein

September 14, 2022

News, Film & TV

New Leonard Cohen documentary out this Friday

This Friday sees the UK and Ireland release of a new documentary about the late Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, as told through the lens of what is arguably his most well-known song. Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen…

Danielle Goldstein

August 5, 2022

Film & TV

The film that changed my life: The Fountainhead

Danielle Goldstein

August 5, 2022

Film & TV

The film that changed my life: The Fountainhead

A film that knocked me sideways was The Fountainhead, based on the 1943 novel by Ayn Rand. The protagonist is Howard Roark (played by Gary Cooper), a young architect, who refuses to compromise with the architectural…

Danielle Goldstein

May 24, 2022

Music, Film & TV

Sixty years on from her Royal Festival Hall debut, du Pré still shines

Danielle Goldstein

May 24, 2022

Music, Film & TV

Sixty years on from her Royal Festival Hall debut, du Pré still shines

“A swansong of rare and vanishing beauty. Those present were witness, on the first day of spring, to an early blossoming in Miss du Pré’s playing, and such a…

Danielle Goldstein

May 17, 2022

Film & TV

The film that changed my life: The Yacoubian Building

Danielle Goldstein

May 17, 2022

Film & TV

The film that changed my life: The Yacoubian Building

When I was a girl in Cairo, Egypt, in the 1950s, my favourite outing was going to see a weekly film with my family, then going to eat ice creams and pastries. We saw everything that came out of Hollywood starting with…

Danielle Goldstein

April 13, 2022

News, Film & TV

Pass Over Me released early for Pesach

Danielle Goldstein

April 13, 2022

News, Film & TV

A new short film by award-winning Orthodox Jewish comedian, writer and director Rachel Creeger enjoys an early release for Pesach. Pass Over Me, a moving and amusing piece, was commissioned as part of The Covid…

Danielle Goldstein

March 10, 2022

Film & TV

Servant of the People comes to Channel 4

Danielle Goldstein

March 10, 2022

Film & TV

Servant of the People comes to Channel 4

When Jewish comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy co-wrote and starred in Servant of the People, a comedy series about a history teacher (Zelenskyy) who finds himself elected president, little did he know that life was to imitate art…

Danielle Goldstein

January 25, 2022

News, Film & TV

MTV and CBS announce TV specials for Holocaust Memorial Day

Danielle Goldstein

January 25, 2022

News, Film & TV

MTV and CBS announce TV specials for Holocaust Memorial Day

MTV and CBS have announced two specially commissioned documentaries to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day this Thursday. The Hate We Can’t Forget: A Holocaust Memorial Special airs on MTV worldwide…

Danielle Goldstein

November 18, 2021

Reviews, Film & TV

UKJFF 2021: Sin La Habana ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

November 18, 2021

Reviews, Film & TV

This moving romantic drama about a struggling Cuban ballet dancer, who crosses paths with an Iranian-Canadian Jewish woman looking for love, brings the 25th UK Jewish Film Festival to a vibrant close this week. Sin La Habana screens online and in person at London's Picturehouse…

Danielle Goldstein

November 17, 2021

News, Film & TV

TLVFest at 16

Danielle Goldstein

November 17, 2021

News, Film & TV

While the UK Jewish Film Festival is underway this week, Tel Aviv’s International LGBTQ+ Film Festival enjoys its sweet 16th. The annual event celebrates LGBTQ+ film from around the world, featuring over 150 movies in 2021, 47 of which are Israeli shorts, with 10 made by young…