Steven Spielberg

Spielberg’s 'Disclosure Day' excites but falters in final act

Spielberg returns to sci-fi in Disclosure Day, blending thrilling action and alien intrigue. While the first two-thirds grip audiences, the final act becomes predictable and preachy.

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"Disclosure Day" New York Premiere NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 08: Steven Spielberg attends the "Disclosure Day" New York Premiere at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on June 08, 2026 in New York City.
STEVEN SPIELBERG poses on the red carpet at the 83rd Annual Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, California, US, January 11, 2026.

Spielberg wins Grammy for John Williams documentary, becomes ninth Jew to earn 'EGOT' status

Spielberg was awarded the Grammy for producing 'Music by John Williams' before the ceremony on Sunday. The win makes him the 22nd person to win the quartet of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards.

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NAZI TROOPS and students gather seized papers and books to burn, in the Opernplatz, Berlin, 1933.

This week in Jewish history: Jordan & Jerusalem, Tel Aviv & Egypt

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.

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‘NORTH BY NORTHWEST’ and ‘Carrie’ are among the films slated for the ReFILM: Restoration Film Festival at the Jerusalem Cinematheque.

ReFILM festival in Jerusalem to showcase gems of film in new line-up

The films showing in ReFILM are about such diverse aspects of Jewish life as the Israeli fishing industry in the 1950s, the urban development of Beersheba, and a Polish immigrant family’s integration

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Oscars: Predicting the 2023 Academy Award winners

It will be broadcast live in Israel on the Yes network, starting at 3 a.m. Israel time on March 13 on the Yes Movies Drama Channel, and will be preceded by red-carpet coverage. 

MARCH 10, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
‘EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE All at Once’

Steven Spielberg: You can't separate hate and antisemitism

In an interview with Stephen Colbert, Steven Spielberg talks about a resurgence of antisemitism in public discourse.

MARCH 5, 2023BySAM HALPERN
Steven Spielberg speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International

‘Cocaine Bear’ star Alden Ehrenreich got big break after Spielberg saw him at a bat mitvzah

Ehrenreich, now 33, made a scrappy home movie that he and other friends showed at the bat mitzvah ceremony in 2009.

FEBRUARY 25, 2023ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
DIRECTOR STEVEN SPIELBERG waves to the audience after receiving the Honorary Golden Bear Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 73rd Berlinale International Film Festival, in Berlin, on Tuesday.

Steven Spielberg celebrated his Jewish identity at Berlinale tribute

Steven Spielberg spoke about Tikkun Olam while accepting the honorary Golden Bear award in Germany.

FEBRUARY 23, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
DIRECTOR STEVEN SPIELBERG waves to the audience after receiving the Honorary Golden Bear Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 73rd Berlinale International Film Festival, in Berlin, on Tuesday.

Israeli, Jewish films take center stage at Berlinale film fest

The festival’s guest of honor, who will be awarded an honorary Golden Bear is the most celebrated Jewish director in the world, Steven Spielberg.

FEBRUARY 15, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
HELEN MIRREN as Golda Meir in ‘Golda.’

Oscars 2023: Who are the Jewish nominees?

Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner and more Jewish names have been nominated for the 2023 Oscars.

JANUARY 24, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE DIRECTOR, Steven Spielberg, with his sisters (from left) Anne Spielberg, Sue Spielberg, and Nancy Spielberg.

Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’ joins Israeli and international gems

Assessing the best movies of 2022

DECEMBER 31, 2022ByHANNAH BROWN
‘THE FABELMANS’

2022 was a big year for Jews in the arts, here’s what happened on screen and stage

Amid endless debates over who has the right to tell (and be cast in) Jewish stories, it was notable just how many of the biggest pop-culture events of the year fervently embraced Jewish identity.

DECEMBER 21, 2022ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
"Armageddon Time," "Russian Doll," "The Rehearsal" and "Tár" were some of the cultural works of 2022 to deal with Jewish themes

'The Fabelmans': A look at US Jewry and the American Dream - opinion

The movie offers a disturbingly relevant exploration of one Jew’s response to the casual Jew-hatred that sporadically haunts America.

DECEMBER 14, 2022ByGIL TROY
DIRECTOR STEVEN Spielberg and cast member Michelle Williams attend a premiere for ‘The Fabelmans,’ during the AFI Fest in Los Angeles, last month.

Steven Spielberg to be given Honorary Golden Bear award at Berlinale

As part of the award ceremony at the Berlinale Palast, the festival’s central venue, Spielberg’s latest movie, The Fabelmans, will be shown

NOVEMBER 29, 2022ByHANNAH BROWN
STEVEN SPIELBERG