After meeting the famed filmmaker at a cocktail reception, Deborah Koenigsberger Gutierrez had an epiphany about her identity - and created the new festival, which opens on April 2

Screening in Boston on March 21, Tomer Heymann's award-winning film 'I am Not' follows Oren, an adopted Guatemala-born Israeli, on a journey beyond his multiple diagnoses

Playing at the Boston Jewish Film Festival, 'Valeria is Getting Married' touches on the murky morality of these mutualistic relationships - and their resulting emotional toll

Homegrown director Marvin Samel jumps behind the camera to film Judd Hirsch in the leading role based on Samel's colorful - and barely believable - real-life father

Re-released in the US on Feb. 24, Marcel Ophuls' 4-hour 1969 film presents a riveting depiction of everyday life in Nazi-occupied France and is ultimately about human nature

Great performances by all-star actors including Michael Douglas and Michelle Pfeiffer don't save Marvel's latest release - out Feb. 16 - from soulless visuals and a languid plot

Until she appeared opposite a screaming Ryan Reynolds in 2019's 'Free Guy,' the Jewish entertainer says her talents could seldom pay the bills: 'It’s nice to peak late in life'

As host of the new NPR podcast 'The Statue,' Paul Farber looks into how we carry memories as a collective - learning from a fictitious character's very real sculpture along the way

French psychological thriller film based on true story of Parisian Jewish couple who unknowingly sold basement space to neo-Nazi antisemite and fought for years to evict him

Netflix film starring Jonah Hill and Lauren London is a rom-com with teeth that doesn't shy away from airing long-simmering cultural grievances