Arts & Culture Interest

Devour these stellar titles that celebrate the arts, from music, literature, and filmmaking to fashion and theater.

1341 Frames of Love and War

Celebrated war photographer Micha Bar-Am shares his vast archive of 500,000 photos and his reflections on the psychological and personal toll of bearing witness to multiple wars.

The Artist's Daughter

Filmmaker Margarita Linton hopes that her estranged father’s newest exhibition of paintings will serve as the catalyst for their reconnection, but as his excuses mount she resolves to tell her story regardless, resulting in an inspired turn of events.

Burning Off the Page

This fascinating documentary paints an intimate portrait of Yiddish writer Celia Dropkin (1887–1956) and her explicit and innovative poetic depictions of desire and death.

The Catskills (Comedy Spotlight)

This humor-filled, nostalgic celebration of vacation resorts in the Borscht Belt paints a vibrant picture of 20th-century Jewish-American history.

Nathan-ism

For over nine decades, artist Nathan Hilu obsessively draws his experiences as an 18-year-old Jewish private tasked with guarding high-level German war criminals at Nuremberg.

The Two Lives of Rube Goldberg

In The Two Lives of Rube Goldberg, director Geoffrey George (Goldberg’s youngest grandchild,) explores Rube’s life, as well as the influence of his legacy, which continues to inspire new generations of creative thinkers, today.

White Bird

When famous artist Sara Blum (Helen Mirren) confronts her grandson’s bullying behavior, his unrepentant demeanor provokes her to recount her experience as a Jewish girl in an occupied French village during World War II.

Vishniac

This breathtaking and exceptionally well-crafted documentary about Russian-Jewish photographer Roman Vishniac (1897–1990) captures his transformation from a free-spirited scientist in Berlin to one of the world’s greatest photographers.

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