At the movies “Late Night,” a comedy-drama opening nationwide on Friday, June 14, stars Emma Thompson as a longtime host of a TV entertainment talk show. However, as Katherine Newbury’s entire writing team is male, she gets attacked in the press as a women-hating woman. In response, she hires Molly Patel (Mindy Kaling), a writer…
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Summer has landed in the Bay Area, bringing new art with it
Although it’s summer in the Bay Area and the pace of life is slowing down for some, those who make and share art are still doing so with tremendous…
Theater
Jewish directors dominate at Tony Awards
“Hadestown,” a musical about the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and the underworld, won best new musical at the Tony Awards, and a coveted prize for…
On Stage
S.F. cantor’s daughter sings in ‘Once’
Ariela Morgenstern has the acting and singing chops for her role in a new San Francisco production of the Tony Award-winning musical “Once” — but that’s…
TV
Heaven and hell, angels and demons: Welcome to TV in 2019
Jews are taught that it is our role to repair the world. Even if we cannot finish our tikkun olam work, we are not free to abstain from it. But what if…
Books
‘Sophie’s Choice’ is the perfect summer read. Hear me out.
This piece originally appeared on Alma. Contrary to popular belief, summer is not only for the lighter things in life. It can be the best time for…
Photography
Striking images reveal Jewish photographer's Canadian indigenous roots
At the age of 20, Kali Spitzer left her home in Victoria, British Columbia, to travel north and immerse herself in the culture of her father, who is a…
Art
Israelis’ quirky site-specific art wanders through Bay Area
The traveling Israeli artists Maya Gelfman and Roie Avidan, creators of the ongoing photography project “Mind the Heart!” have rolled through sites in 100…
Film
The myth of Moe Berg, ‘The Spy Behind Home Plate’
Near the end of John Ford’s essential 1962 Western, “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” a newspaper editor coins the credo, “When the legend becomes fact,…