movies Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/category/the-arts/movies/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Fri, 02 Jan 2026 06:34:42 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 The Choral https://www.jwire.com.au/the-choral/ https://www.jwire.com.au/the-choral/#respond Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:23:04 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=176121 A movie review by Alex First Set against the dreadful pall of The Great War*, the Choral Society, in the fictional town of Ramsden, in Yorkshire, presses on. The Society is funded by its chairman and local mill owner Alderman Bernard Duxbury (Roger Allam), who employs a large swathe of the town’s population. It is […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/the-choral/feed/ 0 176121 The Housemaid https://www.jwire.com.au/the-housemaid/ https://www.jwire.com.au/the-housemaid/#respond Thu, 25 Dec 2025 23:45:43 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=175798 A movie review by Alex First A twisted, narcissistic tale, The Housemaid is a tense psychological thriller, one of the better examples of the genre in a domestic setting Millie (Sydney Sweeney) is down, but not yet out. She has just been released from jail and is living rough in a very old car that […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/the-housemaid/feed/ 0 175798 Rental Family https://www.jwire.com.au/rental-family/ https://www.jwire.com.au/rental-family/#respond Thu, 25 Dec 2025 23:27:51 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=175795 A movie review by Alex First There is acting and then there is ACTING. Phillip Vandarploeug (Brendan Fraser) is an American actor who has lived in Japan for the past seven years. Thus far, his big claim to fame is playing a superhero in a toothpaste commercial. In other words, he is still looking for […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/rental-family/feed/ 0 175795 Nuremberg https://www.jwire.com.au/nuremberg/ https://www.jwire.com.au/nuremberg/#respond Fri, 28 Nov 2025 05:46:29 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=174700 A movie review by Alex First Warning: this review contains distressing content Holocaust deniers should be made to sit with an audience of Jewish survivors to witness the horrors in the film Nuremberg. Specifically, I speak of deeply traumatising, black and white footage of corpses piled high, being shunted by a bulldozer like animal carcases. […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/nuremberg/feed/ 0 174700 Wicked: For Good https://www.jwire.com.au/wicked-for-good/ https://www.jwire.com.au/wicked-for-good/#respond Wed, 19 Nov 2025 21:13:44 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=174458 A movie review by Alex First The musical fantasy that is Wicked Part II is dramatic, dark and satisfying. Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh) is intent on demonising the evergreen Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and scaring the good people of Oz. The scheming Madame labels Elphaba The Wicked Witch of the West, leaving the good people of […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/wicked-for-good/feed/ 0 174458 JIFF Review – ‘Among Neighbours’ – Surviving the Holocaust, only to face murder at home https://www.jwire.com.au/jiff-among-neighbours-review/ https://www.jwire.com.au/jiff-among-neighbours-review/#respond Wed, 19 Nov 2025 01:26:07 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=174413 Among Neighbours is an engaging documentary that tackles one of the most uncomfortable parts of Holocaust history, the attacks on Jewish survivors who returned to their homes in Polish towns after the war. Most Holocaust films focus on the atrocities committed by the Nazis, but filmmaker Yoav Potash shifts the focus to the Polish people […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/jiff-among-neighbours-review/feed/ 0 174413 Now You See Me: Now You Don’t https://www.jwire.com.au/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont/ https://www.jwire.com.au/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont/#respond Thu, 13 Nov 2025 06:31:30 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=174209 A movie review by Alex First  The original master illusionists with a conscience are back with three additional members joining the fray. The franchise began in 2013 with Now You See Me, before Now You See Me 2 was released in 2016. So, this is the third instalment, with Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland) in the director’s […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont/feed/ 0 174209 The Running Man https://www.jwire.com.au/the-running-man/ https://www.jwire.com.au/the-running-man/#respond Thu, 13 Nov 2025 06:22:32 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=174204 A movie review by Alex First The dystopian action thriller The Running Man pits one man against the system. Ben Richards (Glen Powell) is noted for his rage. He stands up for what he believes in and feels is right, but as a result, he has been fired from a succession of jobs for what […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/the-running-man/feed/ 0 174204 JIFF launches with a deadly dinner party in “Bad Shabbos” https://www.jwire.com.au/jiff-launches-with-a-deadly-dinner-party-in-bad-shabbos/ https://www.jwire.com.au/jiff-launches-with-a-deadly-dinner-party-in-bad-shabbos/#respond Tue, 21 Oct 2025 05:56:04 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=173454 The Jewish International Film Festival has opened with a lively farce in Bad Shabbos, a sharp, fast-paced comedy that turns a well-intentioned Shabbat dinner into complete mayhem. After the last few years, we all need a laugh, and Bad Shabbos provides plenty of them. Directed by Daniel Robbins (best known previously for the 2018 horror […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/jiff-launches-with-a-deadly-dinner-party-in-bad-shabbos/feed/ 0 173454 Sorry, Baby https://www.jwire.com.au/sorry-baby/ https://www.jwire.com.au/sorry-baby/#respond Mon, 08 Sep 2025 07:10:27 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=172814 A  movie review by Alex First Sensitive and insightful, moving, distressing and, at times, amusing, Sorry, Baby focuses on Agnes (Eva Victor) who is trying to figure out her place in the world. She lives a quiet life in a university town, where she studied alongside her best friend, Lydie (Naomi Ackie), who has moved […]

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