Levinson, Barry

Contemplating a Canon of Jewish American Films

By Esther Zuckerman December 16, 2022Annie Hall (Movie), Armageddon Time (Movie), Avalon (Movie), Brooks, Mel, Coen, Ethan, Coen, Joel, Crossing Delancey (Movie), Film, Gray, James (1969- ), Jews and Judaism, Levinson, Barry, Movies, Private Benjamin (Movie), Seligman, Emma (Film Director), Shiva Baby (Movie), Silver, Joan Micklin, Spielberg, Steven, The Chosen (Movie), The Fabelmans (Movie)

Two new films remind us that the experiences of U.S. Jews don’t often get the Hollywood treatment. When they do, depictions range from shticky to subtle.

‘The Survivor’ Review: Clenched Fists

By Ben Kenigsberg April 27, 2022Film, Foster, Ben, Krieps, Vicky, Levinson, Barry, Movies, Sarsgaard, Peter, The Survivor (Movie)

In this drama from Barry Levinson, Ben Foster plays a Jewish boxer who, during the Holocaust, was forced to fight his fellow Jews for the Nazis’ entertainment.

‘The Survivor’ Delves Into Harry Haft’s Boxing Dilemma at Auschwitz

By Joseph Berger April 27, 2022Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Boxing, Content Type: Personal Profile, Film, Foster, Ben, Haft, Harry (1925-2007), Holocaust and the Nazi Era, Jews and Judaism, Levinson, Barry, Movies, The Survivor (Movie), World War II (1939-45)

Ordered to win fights or be put to death, Harry Haft, the subject of a new film, was haunted by the fates of his opponents.