Contemplating a Canon of Jewish American Films

December 16, 2022Posted inAnnie 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.