Last Musician of Auschwitz UK 2025, 90 mins, English Director Toby Trackman, featuring Anita Lasker-Wallfisch How can there be music in the worst place in the world? Told through the words of victims of the camp who played and created music during the terrors of the Holocaust, this film shows how music could be a … Continue reading Last Musician of Auschwitz
The making of the Last Musician of Auschwitz Toby Trackman • London The Last Musician of Auschwitz is a complex, powerful film which uses the surprising existence of music in the camp to explore the role of art in preserving a sense of humanity in the face of the most terrible violations. Director of the … Continue reading The making of the Last Musician of Auschwitz
Golda USA/UK 2023,100 mins, English Director Guy Nattiv, featuring Helen Mirren, Liev Schreiber Set during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir is faced with the potential of Israel’s complete destruction. She must navigate overwhelming odds, a sceptical cabinet and a complex relationship with US Secretary … Continue reading Golda
East End Jewish Life Vivi Lachs • London Vivi Lachs will introduce her new book, East End Jews: Sketches from the London Yiddish Press, with a lively presentation and performed readings. The book offers an unparalleled view into the life, labour, politics and joys of London's Jewish East End, from its heyday in the 1890s … Continue reading East End Jewish Life
Park Avenue USA 2025, 105 mins, English Director Gaby Dellal, featuring Fiona Shaw, Katherine Waterston Fiona Shaw and Katherine Waterston give mesmerising performances in British Jewish director Gaby Dellal’s latest feature Park Avenue. When Charlotte runs away from her controlling husband and isolating life as a rancher, she returns to the apartment of … Continue reading Park Avenue
T The Jewish Christian relationship: parent and child or siblings? Canon Guy Wilkinson CBE • Bristol Whilst the Church of England from 1942 with the formation of the Council of Christians and Jews has issued numerous statements condemning antisemitism, it was not until 2019 that the C of E’s Faith and Order Commission published its … Continue reading The Jewish Christian relationship: parent and child or siblings?
A Private Life France 2025, 103 mins, French with English subtitles Director Rebecca Zlotowski, featuring Jodie Foster, Daniel Auteuil Jodie Foster stars as psychiatrist, Lilian Steiner, in this gloriously witty and suspenseful, French detective thriller, from multi-award-winning director, Rebecca Zlotowski. When her patient, Paula Cohen, unexpectedly commits suicide, Lilian is accused of overprescribing antidepressants … Continue reading A Private Life
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