Curt Schleier Archives - St. Louis Jewish Light

Haim sisters to soundtrack animated Netflix film

Published February 5, 2021

HBO Max’s next Israeli show: ‘Possessions,’ a thriller about a French woman caught in a murder case

Published January 24, 2021

The formerly Orthodox character on ‘The Good Doctor’ is inspired by the creator’s family

Published December 30, 2020

‘Homeland’ creators are adapting Nathan Englander’s ‘Dinner at the Center of the Earth’ into a TV series

Published December 1, 2020

HBO adapts ‘Oslo,’ Tony Award-winning play about peace accords, into original film

Published November 12, 2020

6 Jewish-themed films to watch through this year’s online DOC NYC festival

Published November 5, 2020

HBO Max to air Yom Kippur War drama ‘Valley of Tears,’ Israel’s biggest-budget TV series ever

Published October 14, 2020

Bette Midler shines as an angry Jew in HBO’s ‘Coastal Elites’

Published September 11, 2020

Famed Israeli wildlife photographer Amos Nachoum gets a thrilling documentary about his career — and his quest to get close to a polar bear

Published June 15, 2020

The coronavirus didn’t just upend Broadway — it put indie projects in limbo

Published May 27, 2020

Jerry Stiller was a mensch. He could act with the best of them, too.

Published May 11, 2020

The musician Shulem on being the first artist raised Hasidic to sign with a major record label

Published April 23, 2020

David Simon didn’t like ‘The Plot Against America’ when he first read it. Trump’s election changed his mind.

Published March 16, 2020

‘One Jewish Boy,’ an English play about a mixed-race interfaith couple, sold out shows — and ignited a storm of anti-Semitism

Published March 10, 2020

Ben Schwartz is the voice of ‘Sonic: The Hedgehog’ and is friends with Billy Crystal. He’s still worried about fitting into Hollywood.

Published February 24, 2020

Hanukkah photography exhibit offers a window into Hasidic Jewish life

Published December 20, 2019

Clive Owen plays a Hasidic violin virtuoso in new film ‘The Song of Names’

Published December 17, 2019

Mel Brooks gets serious in HBO special — but there’s plenty of shtick, too

Published December 16, 2019

Michael Chabon adapting ‘Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay’ for Showtime miniseries

Published December 10, 2019

The king of farce’s new play is inspired by his parents’ love letters

Published November 29, 2019

Netflix to air miniseries on the trial of Nazi guard nicknamed ‘Ivan the Terrible’

Published October 25, 2019

Documentary shows how ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ made it to the stage

Published August 16, 2019

Julian Edelman gets his own Showtime documentary

Published June 27, 2019

Smithsonian channel documentary explores ‘Adolf Island,’ a British isle that housed concentration camps

Published June 18, 2019

When young Israelis move to Germany or Austria, it’s a hard pill for their families to swallow

Published June 12, 2019

Documentary on Dr. Ruth delves into the sex therapist’s Holocaust past

Published May 16, 2019

Discovery Channel and PBS to air Holocaust documentaries for Yom Hashoah

Published April 25, 2019

The deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire inspires a contemporary composer

Published January 24, 2019

Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin mine aging for laughs in Chuck Lorre’s latest, ‘The Kominsky Method’

Published November 16, 2018

Claude Lanzmann’s posthumous ‘Shoah’ sequel ‘Four Sisters’ is sadly relevant

Published November 14, 2018

‘Manchester by the Sea’ director’s latest Broadway play follows Jewish family dealing with tragedy

Published November 8, 2018

How Moises Kaufman went from a yeshiva in Venezuela to directing a Harvey Fierstein classic

Published October 26, 2018

‘Fauda’ screenwriter wanted to depict terrorists as ‘real human beings’

Published September 27, 2018

In this Argentine film, a Holocaust survivor leaves home to find the man who saved him in WWII

Published September 20, 2018

Gender nonbinary activist Kate Bornstein seeks to shatter stereotypes in Broadway’s ‘Straight White Men’

Published August 9, 2018

An all-female Orthodox ambulance corps gets a film of their own

Published July 10, 2018

‘Maktub,’ an Israeli comedy about low-level gangsters, makes it to Netflix

Published June 18, 2018

Rachel Bloom on Michelle Wolf, her first movie and post-‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ plans

Published May 3, 2018

Jewish-American soldiers didn’t just fight Nazis in WWII — they endured anti-Semitism

Published April 5, 2018

Zach Braff is happy to be back on TV. ‘Scrubs’ fans should be, too.

Published March 27, 2018

The creator of Netflix’s ‘Jessica Jones’ is becoming a feminist icon in the #MeToo era

Published March 22, 2018

A refreshing romantic comedy about an autistic couple who meet at a Jewish community center

Published March 13, 2018

Itzhak Perlman’s inspiring musical journey — and his delightful 50-year marriage — captured in a documentary

Published March 9, 2018

Arthur Miller’s daughter made an intimate HBO documentary about her father

Published March 7, 2018

This 25-year-old Jewish guy plays SpongeBob on Broadway

Published December 21, 2017

Jewish family learns they are related to Scarlett Johansson by watching PBS show

Published November 3, 2017

Rob Reiner on Judaism, movies and his experience ‘home shuling’

Published October 31, 2017

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried isn’t a cranky loudmouth, as documentary about him shows

Published October 30, 2017

Paul Rudd learns about his family history from a JTA article on ‘Finding Your Roots’

Published October 26, 2017

Josh Gad honors his Holocaust survivor grandparents with role in ‘Marshall’

Published September 29, 2017

This Jewish man was once New York’s toughest cop. Now he’s a TV star.

Published September 12, 2017

Al Franken learned about justice from his childhood rabbi

Published June 30, 2017

Carl Reiner, 95, dishes his secrets to longevity

Published May 19, 2017

How Liev Schreiber’s Jewish grandpa inspired him

Published May 4, 2017

Hank Azaria opens up about speaking Ladino and his latest TV role

Published April 13, 2017

A celebrity photographer trains his lens on Holocaust survivors

Published March 29, 2017

Jessica Biel discovers that she’s a little bit Jewish

Published March 22, 2017

Try not to cry during this Oscar-nominated film about a Holocaust survivor and his violin

Published February 8, 2017

Josh Radnor, beyond ‘How I Met Your Mother’

Published December 21, 2016

This former nebbish can help you become super popular — like him

Published December 2, 2016

Comedian Nick Kroll is serious about being funny

Published October 28, 2016

Ewan McGregor’s biggest challenge: Philip Roth

Published October 20, 2016

Anger becomes comedian Lewis Black

Published August 21, 2016

What’s a nice Jewish boy like Daniel Radcliffe doing playing a neo-Nazi?

Published August 16, 2016