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New York Comic Con turns 20 as 250,000 fans bring monsters, superheroes and fantasy to Manhattan

At Manhattan's Javits Center, elaborate cosplay creates a colorful escape from the world outside, while appearances by Nicolas Cage, Hayden Christensen and Jon Hamm, a surprise VisionQuest screening and previews of Blade Runner 2099 draw the crowds

Amir Bogen | 10.12.26

We saw ‘Artificial’ before everyone else, and now we know why Hollywood tried to bury it

After Amazon MGM shelved Luca Guadagnino's $40 million OpenAI drama, Neon brought it to New York; Andrew Garfield plays a scheming Sam Altman, while Israeli-raised Ilya Sutskever emerges as the moral center of a chilling warning about AI

Amir Bogen, New York | 10.11.26

‘We lost the information war’: Jonah Platt takes on Israel’s online battle

Jonah Platt, host of the 'Being Jewish' podcast, speaks about Israel’s information war, rising antisemitism, Hollywood’s reluctance to speak out and why he believes Jews must challenge hatred while remaining willing to criticize their own side

Amir Bogen | 10.01.26

Netanyahu stars in mystery Hezbollah pager film set for release days after Israel election

Paging Hezbollah gives extraordinary access to Israeli security officials and casts Netanyahu as its central figure; director Justin Folk has a long conservative filmmaking record, while the production’s backers and funding remain unclear ahead of an Oct. 30 US release

Amir Bogen, New York | 09.29.26

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‘NAZA’ faces New York protest as Gaza documentary wins audience award in Spain

About 30 pro-Israel demonstrators gathered outside the sold-out New York Film Festival screening, displaying Oct. 7 imagery and demanding greater context; across the Atlantic, supporters at San Sebastián waved Palestinian flags and ‘We are NAZA too’ signs as the film won the audience award

Amir Bogen, New York | 09.27.26

Guy Nattiv delivers his best film yet as Toronto fires up the Oscar race

Israeli-American director Guy Nattiv turns his Holocaust-survivor grandmother’s story into The Liberation, while I Play Rocky, Julianne Moore, Andrew Scott and Mahershala Ali headline a Toronto lineup already shaping the coming Oscar race

Amir Bogen, Toronto | 09.23.26

After uproar in Israel, Gaza documentary ‘NAZA’ heads to US theaters in independent release

Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s film has sold out both New York Film Festival screenings and will open in Manhattan before expanding to Los Angeles and other US cities, despite having no American distributor

Amir Bogen | 09.19.26

Toronto Film Festival braces for protests as Avi Nesher brings Oct. 7 drama

Toronto returns with 293 films, stars and Oscar hopefuls, including new works by Guy Nattiv and Avi Nesher, an Elon Musk biopic and two Palestinian films; Nesher’s Oct. 7 drama is expected to draw protests and tighter security

Amir Bogen, New York | 09.07.26

Yayoi Kusama, Japanese avant-garde icon behind infinity rooms, dies at 97

Japanese artist famed for her polka dots, pumpkins and immersive mirrored rooms dies in Tokyo after a career spanning eight decades; her studio said she painted until her final days

Amir Bogen | 08.27.26

‘Lanterns’ review: DC’s Green Lantern reboot struggles to take flight

HBO Max trades superhero spectacle for a ‘True Detective’-style mystery, but its slow pilot offers too little intrigue despite strong ambitions and Damon Lindelof’s involvement

Amir Bogen | 08.19.26

‘Monsters of God’ review: reptiles fascinate, but the humans fall flat

Eric Goode’s HBO Max follow-up to ‘Tiger King’ and ‘Chimp Crazy’ dives into reptile smugglers, but lacks their madness, intimacy and larger-than-life characters

Amir Bogen | 08.19.26

Israeli director Guy Nattiv brings Holocaust survivor family story to Toronto with ‘The Liberation’

The Israeli Oscar winner’s new thriller follows a Holocaust survivor drawn into a hedonistic women’s cult, with Carrie Coon, Bella Ramsey, Odessa Young and Lily James leading the cast; its Canadian premiere may follow a Telluride world debut

Amir Bogen | 08.12.26

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed: 'I'm opposed to unconditional military aid for any country'

America First, Israel last: Why opposition to US aid to Israel is gaining ground

Opinion: Most Americans neither love nor hate Israel; they are simply indifferent. But they do care about their own lives, as soaring living costs, health insurance rates and cuts to social services make spending billions overseas an increasingly difficult sell

Amir Bogen | 08.11.26

Can Jews still sing Shlomo Carlebach’s music? New film confronts his darkest legacy

‘The Darkest Light’ follows daughter Neshama Carlebach and women who say the revered ‘Singing Rabbi’ exploited their trust, forcing synagogues and admirers to confront decades of silence, denial and complicity

Amir Bogen, New York | 08.02.26

The Agriprocessors kosher slaughterhouse, pictured in 2008

Postville’s Kosher dream: How an Iowa slaughterhouse built a Jewish community and why its future is unclear

Built around one of America’s largest kosher slaughterhouses, Postville became an unlikely Jewish hub in rural Iowa. After years of controversy, recovery and renewal, a devastating fire has left workers, residents and a historic community facing an uncertain future

Amir Bogen | 08.02.26

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