Things Fall Apart
It's easy to mistake Etgar Keret for light reading. With Keret, four pages is an epic tale—most of his stories weigh in at five or six paragraphs. But brevity and levity are not the same, and nowhere is this mo...
As Time Goes By
For writer Michael Green, Casablanca was more than just a great film. It was the only thing tying him to a bygone romance with his high school tutor.
Best Femmes Forever
Fanny Brice, Molly Picon and Theda Bara were pioneering Jewish stars of film's Silent and Golden Eras. We imagine them as BFFs in these gorgeous fashion photos by Doron Gild.
RASL Dazzle
The most highly anticipated comic book in years (aside from the sequel to Frank Miller's Dark Knight) doesn't feature superheroes, nor is it published by Marvel or DC. No, the title that's got graphic novel-hea...
Twice Baked
Dave Itzkoff on the two Jewish guys from New Jersey who
created the funniest Asian-American characters in contemporary cinema.
created the funniest Asian-American characters in contemporary cinema.
David vs. Goliath
After the success of The Passion of the Christ, critics forecasted a Second Coming of Christian blockbusters. Well, a funny thing happened on the way to the rapture. Eric Kohn investigates.
Sexy Beast
Emma Forest gets up close and personal with Jason Segel, the writer and star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
So Sue Me
You may know Jeff B. Cohen from his turn as Chunk in The Goonies, though these days the retired child actor hardly ever performs the truffle shuffle for his friends or ransacks damp cellars for ice cream. Now a...
Funny Girl
"Oh my God!! Listen to this!" Kristen Schaal squeals in her appealingly cartoonish voice. She jumps off her bed, which is covered by the kind of faded, old-fashioned quilt you'd only have if you, like, grew up ...
