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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.

  • Actor Noof McEwan in Tom Stoppard’s ‘Leopoldstadt’
    Actor Noof McEwan in Tom Stoppard’s ‘Leopoldstadt’
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    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
  • Member of the international jury Berenice Bejo arrives for the opening ceremony and 'My Salinger Year' premiere during the 70th Berlin International Film Festival at Berlinale Palace on Feb. 20, 2020, in Berlin
    Member of the international jury Berenice Bejo arrives for the opening ceremony and 'My Salinger Year' premiere during the 70th Berlin International Film Festival at Berlinale Palace on Feb. 20, 2020, in Berlin
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    Nazi Bears Awarded in Berlin

    The 70th Berlinale, in thrall to politics instead of art, falls flat

    byA.J. Goldmann
  • Nadav Lapid, winner of the Golden Bear for best film for 'Synonyms,' attends the award winners press conference during the 69th Berlinale International Film Festival at Grand Hyatt Hotel on Feb. 16, 2019, in Berlin.
    Nadav Lapid, winner of the Golden Bear for best film for 'Synonyms,' attends the award winners press conference during the 69th Berlinale International Film Festival at Grand Hyatt Hotel on Feb. 16, 2019, in Berlin.
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    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
  • Tye Sheridan and Jeff Goldblum in a still from Rick Alverson's 'The Mountain' (2018).
    Tye Sheridan and Jeff Goldblum in a still from Rick Alverson's 'The Mountain' (2018).
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    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
  • A still from A Film Unfinished.(Oscilloscope Laboratories)
    A still from A Film Unfinished.(Oscilloscope Laboratories)
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    Undocumented

    A new film examines footage staged by the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto

    byA.J. Goldmann
  • (Dancers: Bernhard Musil; Neue Synagoge dome © Anka Belz.)
    (Dancers: Bernhard Musil; Neue Synagoge dome © Anka Belz.)
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    Pews You Can Use

    An Israeli choreographer turns a venerable Berlin shul into a performance space

    byA.J. Goldmann
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