Oscar Nominations Announced
Israeli film ‘Footnote,’ Jonah Hill, Woody Allen among nominees
Visionaries
What makes a Jewish film? To open our 100 Greatest Jewish Films week, critics A.O. Scott and Jody Rosen talk about movies from Abie’s Irish Rose to Zelig.
100 Greatest Jewish Films
Schindler’s List is astoundingly stupid, Inglourious Basterds is cartoonishly potent, and more in our list of the greatest Jewish movies of all time
Sundown: Egypt Civilian Gov’t Offers Resignation
Plus, when Brody met Allen, biking through Tel Aviv, and more
American Master
In a PBS documentary debuting this weekend, comedy guru Robert Weide examines the life and work of Woody Allen, film’s iconic nebbishy New York Jew
Woody Allen, American Master
Notoriously private filmmaker opens up in documentary, says Annie Hall just “okay”
Unhealthy Obsession
Hypochondria, long fodder for Jewish comedy, has real and debilitating costs for people suffering from it, their families and friends, and a healthcare system straining to treat them




