“Our Boys” and “The Boys” I’m four episodes into “The Boys” on Amazon Prime, and so far it’s very good. Critical reviews for the eight-episode series, which dropped on July 26, are mostly favorable, and a second season has been ordered. (By the way, don’t confuse “The Boys” with the current HBO offering “Our Boys,”…
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Film
‘Inglourious Basterds’ came out 10 years ago. Has its meaning changed?
Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds,” which turns 10 next week, is unlike any other movie set during the Holocaust. It follows a group of American…
TV
A revealing desert seder for the gorgeous ladies of ‘GLOW’
“GLOW,” the fictional series based on the real lives of the “Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling,” continues to delight with inventive character turns,…
Comedy
A Florida pastor called for Sarah Silverman’s death
An extremist Christian pastor’s anti-Semitic rant in which he called for the death of Sarah Silverman has the Jewish comedian fearing for her life.…
Film
Celebrating the life of precocious Jewish movie star Anton Yelchin
He was adorable, a boy-next-door with Russian-Jewish heritage. He was the precocious ensign on board the starship Enterprise. And he was too young to die.…
Bay Area
Meet the Abayudaya Jews of Uganda, at documentary and talk in Marin
The highlight of most vacations to Africa typically centers on hobnobbing with lions, giraffes and elephants. For Fred and Joanne Greene, the highlight of…
Celebrity Jews
Woodstock turns 50; feminist gangsters; ‘Scary Stories’; etc.
“Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation,” a new offering in the “American Experience” series on PBS, will air at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17 on KQED…
Celebrity Jews
Tarantino’s latest; Polanski’s take on Dreyfus Affair; Captain Kirk’s Jewish values
At the movies “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” which opens Friday, July 26, is a big-budget comedy-drama written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. I will…
Film
S.F. Jewish Film Fest delves into intersectionality and the Women’s March
The 2017 Women’s March brought out millions of Americans who were unhappy that Donald Trump was the new president. “This Is Personal,” a new documentary…