A.J. Goldmann

A.J. Goldmann is a writer based in Munich. His articles on art and culture have appeared in, among other publications, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Opera News Magazine, and The Forward.

Tom Stoppard and Tony Kushner Wander Around Mitteleuropa
Suspended productions of ‘Leopoldstadt’ and ‘The Visit’ try to update the traumas that broke families in World War II
byA.J. Goldmann
Nazi Bears Awarded in Berlin
The 70th Berlinale, in thrall to politics instead of art, falls flat
byA.J. Goldmann
A Golden Bear for Israel
The protagonist of ‘Synonyms’ refuses to speak Hebrew. Is that why director Nadav Lapid snagged the Jewish state’s first top prize in nearly 70 years of the Berlin Film Festival?
byA.J. Goldmann
The Riches of Jewish Film in Venice
At the 75th festival—with new works by the Coen brothers, Julian Schnabel, Errol Morris, Orson Welles, and ‘Son of Saul’ director László Nemes, and period dramas starring Rachel Weisz and Jeff Goldblum, as well as Israeli films—‘the horror of the world lies behind infinitely pretty things’
byA.J. Goldmann
Undocumented
A new film examines footage staged by the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto
byA.J. Goldmann
Pews You Can Use
An Israeli choreographer turns a venerable Berlin shul into a performance space
byA.J. Goldmann