When Hanukkah rolls around, it can be tough to find Jewish-themed entertainment amid all the other holiday movies and TV shows. So we’ve compiled a list of some of the best Hanukkah shows and movies and where you can stream them. So light the menorah and curl up with these great titles.
Eight Crazy Nights November 27, 2002
This animated musical comedy stars Adam Sandler as Davey Stone, a man facing legal trouble during Hanukkah. With Sandler’s signature humor and catchy musical numbers, “Eight Crazy Nights” delivers a lighthearted and comedic take on the holiday season while conveying a message of forgiveness and hope.
The Hebrew Hammer January 23, 2003
A Jewish blaxploitation hero saves Hanukkah from the clutches of Santa Claus’s evil son.
Round and Round December 10, 2023
While Rachel is stuck in a time loop, reliving the night of her parents’ Hanukkah party, she leans on the boy her grandmother...
Eight Crazy Nights November 27, 2002
This animated musical comedy stars Adam Sandler as Davey Stone, a man facing legal trouble during Hanukkah. With Sandler’s signature humor and catchy musical numbers, “Eight Crazy Nights” delivers a lighthearted and comedic take on the holiday season while conveying a message of forgiveness and hope.
The Hebrew Hammer January 23, 2003
A Jewish blaxploitation hero saves Hanukkah from the clutches of Santa Claus’s evil son.
Round and Round December 10, 2023
While Rachel is stuck in a time loop, reliving the night of her parents’ Hanukkah party, she leans on the boy her grandmother...
- 12/7/2023
- by Ben Bowman
- The Streamable
Melvin Van Peebles, the influential filmmaker behind “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song,” and father of director and actor Mario Van Peebles, has died. He was 89.
“Dad knew that Black images matter,” Mario Van Peebles said in a statement from the Criterion Collection. “If a picture is worth a thousand words, what was a movie worth? We want to be the success we see, thus we need to see ourselves being free. True liberation did not mean imitating the colonizer’s mentality. It meant appreciating the power, beauty and interconnectivity of all people.”
“Sweet Sweetback” will be screened at the New York Film Festival this week for a 50th anniversary tribute. “In an unparalleled career distinguished by relentless innovation, boundless curiosity and spiritual empathy, Melvin Van Peebles made an indelible mark on the international cultural landscape through his films, novels, plays and music,” the Criterion Collection said.
Melvin and Mario Van...
“Dad knew that Black images matter,” Mario Van Peebles said in a statement from the Criterion Collection. “If a picture is worth a thousand words, what was a movie worth? We want to be the success we see, thus we need to see ourselves being free. True liberation did not mean imitating the colonizer’s mentality. It meant appreciating the power, beauty and interconnectivity of all people.”
“Sweet Sweetback” will be screened at the New York Film Festival this week for a 50th anniversary tribute. “In an unparalleled career distinguished by relentless innovation, boundless curiosity and spiritual empathy, Melvin Van Peebles made an indelible mark on the international cultural landscape through his films, novels, plays and music,” the Criterion Collection said.
Melvin and Mario Van...
- 9/22/2021
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
Jewish superstition has been riddled with dybbuks and golems for centuries, but horror movies haven’t wised up to it nearly enough. “The Vigil” is proof that bible-thumping priests and haunted convents can’t have all the spooky fun. In director Keith Thomas’s eerie first feature “The Vigil,” a young man estranged from the Orthodox Jewish community of Borough Park, Brooklyn, agrees to fulfill the duties of a “shomer,” the ritualistic practice of looking after a dead body over the course of one night. Desperate for rent money, he agrees, unwittingly signing up for a long night with a possessed corpse.
The ensuing mayhem relies on the usual preponderance of jump scares, but Thomas combines those moments with aplomb and surprising thematic depth. Set almost exclusively within the confines of the shadowy home, . And if “Conjuring” owner Warner Bros. doesn’t ingest its lore, Thomas has ample potential for...
The ensuing mayhem relies on the usual preponderance of jump scares, but Thomas combines those moments with aplomb and surprising thematic depth. Set almost exclusively within the confines of the shadowy home, . And if “Conjuring” owner Warner Bros. doesn’t ingest its lore, Thomas has ample potential for...
- 9/12/2019
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
The Hebrew Hammer is coming out of retirement, and he needs your help to make it happen. Nearly 15 years after the original film — an amusing send-up of blaxploitation films and superhero tropes starring Adam Goldberg as the eponymous hero — bowed at Sundance, and the team behind the be-yarmulked crime fighter is back for another big time fight. Goldberg, director Jonathan Kesselman, and producer Harrison Huffman announced earlier this week that they opened up crowdfunding for their long-planned sequel: “The Hebrew Hammer vs. Hitler.”
Goldberg and Kesselman have promised a “bigger, funnier sequel” that will somehow involve both time travel and original leading lady Judy Greer, a project at least partially inspired by the current political climate.
Read More:Mark and Jay Duplass’ Ambitious Crowdfunding Campaign Gets a Major Boost In Its First Week
“We are bringing the Hebrew Hammer out of retirement because of a clarion call for us to do...
Goldberg and Kesselman have promised a “bigger, funnier sequel” that will somehow involve both time travel and original leading lady Judy Greer, a project at least partially inspired by the current political climate.
Read More:Mark and Jay Duplass’ Ambitious Crowdfunding Campaign Gets a Major Boost In Its First Week
“We are bringing the Hebrew Hammer out of retirement because of a clarion call for us to do...
- 10/17/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Eight Crazy Nights: The Best Movies for ChanukkahEight Crazy Nights: The Best Movies for ChanukkahJason Gorber12/22/2016 9:50:00 Am
It’s fair to say that Channukah doesn’t exactly engender the same kind of cinematic outpouring of love as other December-ish holidays do.
Unfortunately we’re waiting for that Maccabee epic that’s never been – our money’s on Spielberg to knock that one out of the park. While other festivities like Passover have obvious crossover potential (here’s looking at you, Charlton Heston) the festival of lights hasn’t quite caught the movie world on fire.
That said, this time for family fun gathering around a flickering flame might be the perfect time to have a little bit of your own film festival, Jew or Gentile alike taking time to celebrate the miracle of cinema. Here’s eight nights of watching to get you in the Channukah mood:...
It’s fair to say that Channukah doesn’t exactly engender the same kind of cinematic outpouring of love as other December-ish holidays do.
Unfortunately we’re waiting for that Maccabee epic that’s never been – our money’s on Spielberg to knock that one out of the park. While other festivities like Passover have obvious crossover potential (here’s looking at you, Charlton Heston) the festival of lights hasn’t quite caught the movie world on fire.
That said, this time for family fun gathering around a flickering flame might be the perfect time to have a little bit of your own film festival, Jew or Gentile alike taking time to celebrate the miracle of cinema. Here’s eight nights of watching to get you in the Channukah mood:...
- 12/22/2016
- by Jason Gorber
- Cineplex
Fans of “Black Mirror” know that the popular sci-fi anthology series explores the unintended consequences of modern technology, such as a grain implanted in your ear that allows people to relive their past memories, or software that allows people to converse with the deceased. But what happens when the general frustrations of modern technology play a part in these premises? Funny or Die has the answer.
Read More: ‘Black Mirror’ Season 3 Review: New Genres, New Talent Give Anthology Series an Upgrade
Written by Rob Kutner (“The Daily Show”) and directed by Jonathan Kesselman (“The Hebrew Hammer”), “Realistic Black Mirror” injects technological headaches that we are all too familiar with it, like forgetting passwords and buffering video chats. In one scene, a couple picks up their ideal baby only to be sold a bunch of new supplemental material, like a new adapter and a software update. In another scene, a mysterious...
Read More: ‘Black Mirror’ Season 3 Review: New Genres, New Talent Give Anthology Series an Upgrade
Written by Rob Kutner (“The Daily Show”) and directed by Jonathan Kesselman (“The Hebrew Hammer”), “Realistic Black Mirror” injects technological headaches that we are all too familiar with it, like forgetting passwords and buffering video chats. In one scene, a couple picks up their ideal baby only to be sold a bunch of new supplemental material, like a new adapter and a software update. In another scene, a mysterious...
- 12/9/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Anna Nicole Smith's professional and personal problems were widely covered in tabloids before her death in 2007, but now TV audiences can see them acted out by Agnes Bruckner when Lifetime's "The Anna Nicole Story" premieres later this month. The first trailer for the biopic contrasts Smith's glamorous and sexy appearance in front of the cameras with her reckless behavior at home -- and just about everywhere else, too. Also read: Anna Nicole Smith Lawyer Howard Stern Back on the Hook for Conspiracy Charges Adam Goldberg ("The Hebrew Hammer") co-stars with Bruckner as Smith's...
- 6/3/2013
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
As the former mayor of New York City, Ed Koch, who died today at the age of 88, was a prominent pop culture figure in his own right. He appeared in several movies and TV shows; "Sex and the City," "The Muppets Take Manhattan," "The First Wives Club" and "The Hebrew Hammer" are just a few of the productions in which he appeared as himself.
But Koch was also a true movie lover. After his mayoral tenure, he became a bona fide critic, reviewing films for a New York area newspaper. And in 2009 he started an online video series called "The Mayor at the Movies."
Koch screened films with regular audience members, and his reviews (ending with either a "plus" or a "minus") reflected that Ordinary Guy ethos. These are highlights from a few of his video segments:
"The Hurt Locker"
"This movie will have you at the edge of your seat for its entire length.
But Koch was also a true movie lover. After his mayoral tenure, he became a bona fide critic, reviewing films for a New York area newspaper. And in 2009 he started an online video series called "The Mayor at the Movies."
Koch screened films with regular audience members, and his reviews (ending with either a "plus" or a "minus") reflected that Ordinary Guy ethos. These are highlights from a few of his video segments:
"The Hurt Locker"
"This movie will have you at the edge of your seat for its entire length.
- 2/1/2013
- by Tami Katzoff
- MTV Movies Blog
Reach way back in your memory banks to the year 2003. Remember watching Comedy Central and coming across a Jewish exploitation film called The Hebrew Hammer? Adam Goldberg starred as Mordechai Jefferson Carver, a "Shaft"-type character who battled Santa Claus' son to save Hanukkah.
Now THR says a sequel is in development, and this time around, writer-director Jonathan Kesselman is having The Hebrew Hammer take on the Jewish people's biggest adversary: Adolf Hitler himself. The Hebrew Hammer vs. Hitler is being crowdsourced through a website called Jewcer.com, and Goldberg and co-star Judy Greer are signed on to return. Also along for the ride this time? Jesus Christ himself...or at least the character, anyway. The Hammer heads out, with Jesus as his sidekick, to take down freaking Adolf Hitler. Sounds like this could be some really interesting viewing. Production starts this spring, and you can check out the pitch...
Now THR says a sequel is in development, and this time around, writer-director Jonathan Kesselman is having The Hebrew Hammer take on the Jewish people's biggest adversary: Adolf Hitler himself. The Hebrew Hammer vs. Hitler is being crowdsourced through a website called Jewcer.com, and Goldberg and co-star Judy Greer are signed on to return. Also along for the ride this time? Jesus Christ himself...or at least the character, anyway. The Hammer heads out, with Jesus as his sidekick, to take down freaking Adolf Hitler. Sounds like this could be some really interesting viewing. Production starts this spring, and you can check out the pitch...
- 1/9/2013
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
Although it's very unlike the Jews to not just let go of the past, director Jonathan Kesselman and actor Adam Goldberg have spent the last 10 years attempting to mount a sequel to 2003's The Hebrew Hammer, their fluke cult hit about an overcoat-clad Jewish vigilante making the streets safe for everyone's bubbe. Now that sequel is finally set for a spring start date, thanks to a crowd-sourced fundraising campaign on Jewcer and the fact that Israel doesn't need any more money. (What, they want we should pay them not to call us?). As you can ...
- 1/8/2013
- avclub.com
Way back in 2003, Comedy Central released their action comedy The Hebrew Hammer starring Adam Goldberg as an orthodox Jewish blaxploitation hero who saves Hanukkah from the clutches of Santa Claus' evil son. Though many likely know the film because it exclusively aired on Comedy Central for five years, it also played at Sundance and had a limited theatrical release. It's no doubt ridiculous, but it's also a pretty damn funny film. Well, fans of the original film can rejoice today as THR learned from Goldberg that a sequel is coming with the on-the-nose title The Hebrew Hammer vs. Hitler. No we're not kidding. Goldberg will reprise his role as Mordechai Jefferson Carver, described as the Shaft of orthodox Jews, and esteemed private investigator. In addition, Judy Greer will be back as Esther Bloomenbergensteinenthal, who is now the Hammer's wife. But this time the plot gets a little more ridiculous than...
- 1/8/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Jeff Garlin is an actor, writer, director, stand-up comedian, and, of course, Larry David’s amoral manager on Curb Your Enthusiasm (not to mention Susie Essman’s “fat f—” of a husband on the same). Beginning this Thursday, the funnyman will add “podcaster” to his resumé when By the Way, In Conversation with Jeff Garlin debuts on the Earwolf Podcast Network. As its name implies, the show features Garlin yakking it up with a series of notable acquaintances, including Larry David himself, who guests on the first episode.
Below, the jovial Garlin talks about his podcast, the future of Curb Your Enthusiasm,...
Below, the jovial Garlin talks about his podcast, the future of Curb Your Enthusiasm,...
- 1/8/2013
- by Clark Collis
- EW.com - PopWatch
It’s been 10 years since Adam Goldberg played an overcoat-wearing, kick-ass Jew named Mordechai Jefferson Carver in the “Jewxploitation” flick The Hebrew Hammer. Beginning this spring, the Hammer is back, this time for a sequel called — get ready — The Hebrew Hammer vs Hitler, slated to start production this May in New York City, with Goldberg attached to once again play Mordechai, and the original movie’s filmmaker Jonathan Kesselman back to direct.
The movie takes time travel and pours a bucket of Manischewitz all over it. Mordechai tries to prevent a time-traveling Hitler from rewriting Jewish history, with Goldberg also...
The movie takes time travel and pours a bucket of Manischewitz all over it. Mordechai tries to prevent a time-traveling Hitler from rewriting Jewish history, with Goldberg also...
- 1/8/2013
- by Solvej Schou
- EW - Inside Movies
Here's one final, belated Hanukkah present: The Hebrew Hammer is making a comeback. The coming year is already set to host some long-awaited cult comedy rebirths and sequels, from Arrested Development to Anchorman. Now, with the help of crowd-sourced fundraising, a second chapter of writer-director Jonathan Kesselman's 2003 Jewish-themed blaxploitation spoof is aiming to begin production this spring. The sequel will return Adam Goldberg as Mordechai Jefferson Carver, the Shaft of Orthodox Jews, who operates as a private investigator under the moniker from which the film gets its name. In the first movie, he saved the
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- 1/6/2013
- by Jordan Zakarin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"The Hebrew Hammer vs. Hitler," the sequel to 2003's "The Hebrew Hammer," will begin filming next year, after an innovative crowdfunding campaign that's raised $35,000 on Jewcer.com, the filmmakers announced Tuesday. Adam Goldberg will return in the lead role, with principle photography expected to begin in May 2013. In the film, Goldberg's character, now married and enjoying the good life in suburbia, is forced to dust off his black-leather couture to confront a new menace: a time-traveling Hitler intent on altering key moments in Jewish history. The original film launched at Sundance and...
- 12/18/2012
- by Liza Foreman
- The Wrap
Coming up with our list of 9 Favorite Christmas Movie Characters was hard — there are so many to choose from. From Jack Skellington to Buddy the Elf, those holiday hams have earned a permanent place in our Christmas traditions.
That said, it wasn't half as hard as coming up with a list of our favorite Hanukkah movie characters. As a holiday gift to you, dear readers, we spent days hours minutes combing through dozens of a couple Hanukkah movies to pick out the 2 Greatest Hanukkah Characters Of All Time!
2. Davey Stone (Adam Sandler), 'Eight Crazy Nights,' 2002
It's no "Billy Madison," but kudos to Sandler for making an animated movie musical about the Festival of Lights. Davey Stone is a terrible guy, embittered by the death of his family on Hanukkah 20 years ago, and determined to drown his sorrows in booze for all time.
The love of an elderly basketball...
That said, it wasn't half as hard as coming up with a list of our favorite Hanukkah movie characters. As a holiday gift to you, dear readers, we spent days hours minutes combing through dozens of a couple Hanukkah movies to pick out the 2 Greatest Hanukkah Characters Of All Time!
2. Davey Stone (Adam Sandler), 'Eight Crazy Nights,' 2002
It's no "Billy Madison," but kudos to Sandler for making an animated movie musical about the Festival of Lights. Davey Stone is a terrible guy, embittered by the death of his family on Hanukkah 20 years ago, and determined to drown his sorrows in booze for all time.
The love of an elderly basketball...
- 12/7/2012
- by Brooke Tarnoff
- NextMovie
I have the theme from Gremlins stuck in my head and it’s all your fault!
What better way to celebrate Christ’s Birthday (Observed) than with a full day’s programming of movies that have nothing to do with Him? I figure we’ll get to that next year on Christ’s Deathday (Observed); for now, these flicks of love, gratitude and a whole spectrum of other heartwarming words will have to suffice.
8:00 Am - It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) - 130 min
It’s a movie everybody’s seen! Or at least that used to be the case. I’m old and cognizant enough to remember the clichéd time when It’s a Wonderful Life was shown on seemingly every channel, round-the-clock from Thanksgiving to Christmas Day, but even though that ended roughly fifteen to twenty years ago, the stereotype remains. These days, I think less and less...
What better way to celebrate Christ’s Birthday (Observed) than with a full day’s programming of movies that have nothing to do with Him? I figure we’ll get to that next year on Christ’s Deathday (Observed); for now, these flicks of love, gratitude and a whole spectrum of other heartwarming words will have to suffice.
8:00 Am - It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) - 130 min
It’s a movie everybody’s seen! Or at least that used to be the case. I’m old and cognizant enough to remember the clichéd time when It’s a Wonderful Life was shown on seemingly every channel, round-the-clock from Thanksgiving to Christmas Day, but even though that ended roughly fifteen to twenty years ago, the stereotype remains. These days, I think less and less...
- 12/25/2011
- Shadowlocked
Each week within this column we strive to pair the latest in theatrical releases to the worthwhile titles currently available on Netflix Instant Watch.
This week Mel Gibson tries to win back the love of moviegoers by returning to theaters, where he and his hand puppet will do battle with a vagrant whose armed to the teeth, a Viking whose wielding a mighty hammer, and a wavering pair of lovers. If you want to fill your weekend with superheroes, imaginary friends, cheating partners and exploitation action stars, we’ve got you covered!
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Thor
Marvel continues their Avengers franchise with this fish-out-of-water adventure that posits the Viking warrior in modern-day America. Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman and Kat Dennings co-star.
Superman: The Movie (1978) Arguably the first superhero movie of note, this Richard Donner-directed adventure pits the Man of Steel (Christopher Reeve) against the nefarious Lex Luther (Gene Hackman). Margot Kidder...
This week Mel Gibson tries to win back the love of moviegoers by returning to theaters, where he and his hand puppet will do battle with a vagrant whose armed to the teeth, a Viking whose wielding a mighty hammer, and a wavering pair of lovers. If you want to fill your weekend with superheroes, imaginary friends, cheating partners and exploitation action stars, we’ve got you covered!
—
Thor
Marvel continues their Avengers franchise with this fish-out-of-water adventure that posits the Viking warrior in modern-day America. Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman and Kat Dennings co-star.
Superman: The Movie (1978) Arguably the first superhero movie of note, this Richard Donner-directed adventure pits the Man of Steel (Christopher Reeve) against the nefarious Lex Luther (Gene Hackman). Margot Kidder...
- 5/5/2011
- by Kristy Puchko
- The Film Stage
Alexa from Pop Elegantiarum here with your weekly arts and crafts.
The hubby and I had a very predictable night last week, sitting on the couch, crying during It's a Wonderful Life. (My excuse is I'm still recovering from an appendectomy, making me all soft around the edges. He has no excuse.) Aside from this obvious picture, the holidays are really all about the movies, what with all the award contenders in the theaters, or terrible weather keeping you inside to catch up on that Netflix queue. So there is nothing more appropriate than sending some of these film-themed greetings to share the film love this season. Here's a selection to cover (almost) all the film lovers in your life. Happy envelope licking!
Something for the cult fans out there: a Wiseau Christmas.
A Precious Christmas (maybe a year too late).
A movie lover's 12 days of Christmas, including nine ladies leading,...
The hubby and I had a very predictable night last week, sitting on the couch, crying during It's a Wonderful Life. (My excuse is I'm still recovering from an appendectomy, making me all soft around the edges. He has no excuse.) Aside from this obvious picture, the holidays are really all about the movies, what with all the award contenders in the theaters, or terrible weather keeping you inside to catch up on that Netflix queue. So there is nothing more appropriate than sending some of these film-themed greetings to share the film love this season. Here's a selection to cover (almost) all the film lovers in your life. Happy envelope licking!
Something for the cult fans out there: a Wiseau Christmas.
A Precious Christmas (maybe a year too late).
A movie lover's 12 days of Christmas, including nine ladies leading,...
- 12/14/2010
- by Alexa
- FilmExperience
David Steinberg, best known for playing Meegosh in George Lucas‘ 1988 film Willow, directed by Ron Howard died on March 15 at age 45 in Valencia, California – where he moved in 2004. No cause of death was given. Steinberg earned good reviews for performances at the New York Shakespeare Festival, Baltimore’s Center Stage and the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.
Steinberg also appeared in Baz Luhrmann’s production of La Boheme in New York and L.A. as well as the Grammy-nominated national tour of The Wizard of Oz.
Steinberg once said,
“I want to be noticed eventually because I’m a good actor, That’s a real goal of mine: to be respected as a person and an actor, not just because I’m short.”
In addition to his role in Willow, Steinberg appeared in the films Wigstock, Love and Sex and The Hebrew Hammer among others. On television, Steinberg appeared on Charmed,...
Steinberg also appeared in Baz Luhrmann’s production of La Boheme in New York and L.A. as well as the Grammy-nominated national tour of The Wizard of Oz.
Steinberg once said,
“I want to be noticed eventually because I’m a good actor, That’s a real goal of mine: to be respected as a person and an actor, not just because I’m short.”
In addition to his role in Willow, Steinberg appeared in the films Wigstock, Love and Sex and The Hebrew Hammer among others. On television, Steinberg appeared on Charmed,...
- 3/26/2010
- by Jason Moore
- ScifiMafia
I've been following Judy Greer for the last eleven years, ever since I nestled down into a movie theater seat and watched Jawbreaker for the first time. Fern Mayo/Vylette was complete absurdity, whether wide-eyed and mousey or tarted up and sassy. In no time, Greer started to make her way into high profile films from Three Kings to The Wedding Planner, and I was sure that this mean big things quickly -- especially after the 2003-2004 year of The Hebrew Hammer, 13 Going on 30, The Village, and her cock-eyed boob work as Kitty Sanchez in Arrested Development. But still, more of the same -- until now.
The Hollywood Reporter posts that she has joined Alexander Payne's The Descendents, along with Beau Bridges, Matthew Lillard, and Robert Forster. I wish I could tell you that she's playing George Clooney's wife, who ends up in a coma after a catamaran accident,...
The Hollywood Reporter posts that she has joined Alexander Payne's The Descendents, along with Beau Bridges, Matthew Lillard, and Robert Forster. I wish I could tell you that she's playing George Clooney's wife, who ends up in a coma after a catamaran accident,...
- 3/15/2010
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
Chanukkah isn't over yet! There's still time to celebrate those eight crazy nights with "the baddest Heeb this side of Tel Aviv" for free on SlashControl. The Hebrew Hammer, starring the only dude who could make modified side curls sexy, Adam Goldberg, is a comedy that takes its cues from '70s movies like Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song and Shaft and but has more in common with take-offs on the Blaxploitation genre like Black Dynamite.
Mordechai Jefferson Carver (Goldberg) and his buddy Mohammed Ali Paula Abdul Rahim (Mario Van Peebles*) band together with Hebrew hottie Esther Bloomenbergensteinenthal (the adorable Judy Greer, aka Kitty Sanchez from Arrested Development) to fight Santa's wayward son, played by Andy Dick. Can Morchechai and his buddies save the tribe from a boozy Santa Jr. in an ugly sweater? Will Esther and Mordy make it a double mitzvah on the Sabbath? Maybe! Watch it on SlashControl now.
Mordechai Jefferson Carver (Goldberg) and his buddy Mohammed Ali Paula Abdul Rahim (Mario Van Peebles*) band together with Hebrew hottie Esther Bloomenbergensteinenthal (the adorable Judy Greer, aka Kitty Sanchez from Arrested Development) to fight Santa's wayward son, played by Andy Dick. Can Morchechai and his buddies save the tribe from a boozy Santa Jr. in an ugly sweater? Will Esther and Mordy make it a double mitzvah on the Sabbath? Maybe! Watch it on SlashControl now.
- 12/16/2009
- by Jenni Miller
- Cinematical
Adam Goldberg: Shooting To The Music
By
Alex Simon
Adam Goldberg first brought his unique brand of manic intensity to Richard Linklater’s ensemble classic Dazed and Confused in 1993 and has since been featured in such varied films as 2 Days in Paris, A Beautiful Mind, Saving Private Ryan, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Hebrew Hammer and I Love Your Work, which he also directed. An actor with a talent for mining the neuroses of his character for both comedic and dramatic effect, Goldberg also played recurring roles in “Friends” and “Entourage.” Goldberg's music CD, "LANDy, Eros And Omissions," hit shelves June 23 of this year from Nine Yards Records.
Goldberg’s latest film, (Untitled), is a satirical comedy that has him playing Adrian Jacobs, a brooding avant-garde composer who falls for the gorgeous owner (Marley Shelton) of a trendy New York art gallery. The quirky worlds...
By
Alex Simon
Adam Goldberg first brought his unique brand of manic intensity to Richard Linklater’s ensemble classic Dazed and Confused in 1993 and has since been featured in such varied films as 2 Days in Paris, A Beautiful Mind, Saving Private Ryan, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Hebrew Hammer and I Love Your Work, which he also directed. An actor with a talent for mining the neuroses of his character for both comedic and dramatic effect, Goldberg also played recurring roles in “Friends” and “Entourage.” Goldberg's music CD, "LANDy, Eros And Omissions," hit shelves June 23 of this year from Nine Yards Records.
Goldberg’s latest film, (Untitled), is a satirical comedy that has him playing Adrian Jacobs, a brooding avant-garde composer who falls for the gorgeous owner (Marley Shelton) of a trendy New York art gallery. The quirky worlds...
- 11/2/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Fans of HBO’s Entourage know Adam Goldberg as Nick Rubenstein, the spoiled coke-addicted son of a famous movie producer who agrees to fund Medellin, Vince's ill-fated dream project. To others, he is Julie Delpy’s lover in the romantic drama 2 Days in Paris, or the "stereotypically Jewish" guy in films like Dazed and Confused and The Hebrew Hammer. Over the last decade or so, Goldberg has worked with a slew of top-drawer directors including Steven Spielberg (Saving Private Ryan) Tony Scott (Déjà vu), David Fincher (Zodiac), Richard Linklater (Waking Life) and Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind), predominantly in supporting roles. He is also an accomplished musician and filmmaker.
Now, in the satirical spoof on New York’s Chelsea art scene (Untitled), Goldberg steps into the lead role as Adrian Jacobs, a brooding and sullen composer of esoteric discordant musical works that feature — among other sounds produced by ready-made everyday...
Now, in the satirical spoof on New York’s Chelsea art scene (Untitled), Goldberg steps into the lead role as Adrian Jacobs, a brooding and sullen composer of esoteric discordant musical works that feature — among other sounds produced by ready-made everyday...
- 10/22/2009
- CinemaSpy
'I had some Excedrin, which has got a lot of caffeine in it, so I was jumpstarted prior to the interview,' Adam Goldberg tells me well into our interview. His credits are impressive and far-reaching; he's as well known for roles in Saving Private Ryan and A Beautiful Mind as he is for Dazed and Confused, The Salton Sea, The Hebrew Hammer, and Tribeca screener 2 Days in Paris. He's also done a fair share of TV, from his short stint on Friends as Chandler's creepy roommate to the all-too-brief 2009 season of The Unusuals on ABC. In his latest movie, (Untitled), fraternal jealousy, pretentious art, and love collide in a comedy that takes place in New York's art scene. Goldberg's Adrian, a scowling, self-absorbed composer whose chain-rattling music plays to near-empty rooms, catches gallery owner Madeleine Gray's (Marley Shelton) icy blonde attention both artistically and romantically as she leads...
- 10/20/2009
- TribecaFilm.com
There are few things quite as excruciating as watching a perfectly talented actor decide that what he really wants to be is a rock star. Even if they actually know how to play an instrument or can sing on key, the end result is almost always embarrassing. Every once in a while somebody like Zooey Deschanel defies our expectations, but they tend to be anomalies. As for the rest, well… anybody remember when Billy Bob Thornton and Joaquin Phoenix were making great movies instead of making public asses of themselves? Yeah, those were good times. And they have only their musical ambitions to blame. So I was understandably distraught to hear that Adam Goldberg, one of my favorite indie actors, was releasing an album this summer. My first reaction was somewhere in the ballpark of "No, no, no, no, please, please, please, Adam, don't do this! Oh god, oh god,...
- 10/16/2009
- Vanity Fair
This week has already brought us the end of an era as we heard that our beloved B.A. Baracus is no longer solely played by the bling-wearing, mohawk-sporting icon Mr. T. But luckily we've got another tough guy on the way who should sooth the sting with his satirical blaxploitation ways -- Michael Jai White's Black Dynamite -- "the smoothest, baddest mother to ever hit the big screen."
We haven't heard anything from the butt-kicker since we shared an exclusive clip of the man's fighting action, but now as the film gears up for its October 16 release (bumped from September 4), a new trailer has been posted over at Yahoo. No surprise -- it's all sorts of bad/awesome. There's kung-fu action, heroic steps to stop drug dealers, and some Arsenio Hall if you look close enough. Watching this trailer, I'm already hoping for B.D. to rip into...
We haven't heard anything from the butt-kicker since we shared an exclusive clip of the man's fighting action, but now as the film gears up for its October 16 release (bumped from September 4), a new trailer has been posted over at Yahoo. No surprise -- it's all sorts of bad/awesome. There's kung-fu action, heroic steps to stop drug dealers, and some Arsenio Hall if you look close enough. Watching this trailer, I'm already hoping for B.D. to rip into...
- 9/11/2009
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
A couple of years ago, in the wake of the success of Borat, there was an interesting rumour that popped up about the possibility of Sacha Baron Cohen starring in a remake [1] of Blake Edwards's The Party. Since then we've heard nothing more about the project, making it probably just another wacky rumour dreamed up by a gossip columnist looking for attention. This week, however, The Party has once again resurfaced, this time with writer/director Jonathan Kesselman attempting to set it up as an indepedent production. According to The Hollywood Reporter [2], MGM and Dreamworks failed to follow through on the project, leaving Kesselman to finance it on his own for $20 million. Kesselman previously wrote and directed The Hebrew Hammer, a Jewish-themed blaxploitation spoof that I have not seen, but heard good things about. Still, I have my doubts about whether or not this is a movie that can...
- 3/23/2009
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
I wasn't entirely thrilled last August when news broke that a director of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers eps was heading back to Hollywood to spearhead a remake of The Party -- one where Hrundi V. Bakshi gets replaced by "a hapless blond Midwesterner [who] will have his appearance changed to resemble an Indian by a zealous studio eager he fit a part." But now the news has become a little more promising.
The Hollywood Reporter posts that Jonathan Kesselman, the director of the most excellent holiday comedy The Hebrew Hammer, has signed on to helm the feature. Since the film looks like it will have little in common with its original source material, and has now got the man who created Mordechai Jefferson Carver and Esther Bloomenbergensteinenthal, things are suddenly looking up -- at least up and out of remake hell.
But the challenge will become finding a blonde Midwesterner who...
The Hollywood Reporter posts that Jonathan Kesselman, the director of the most excellent holiday comedy The Hebrew Hammer, has signed on to helm the feature. Since the film looks like it will have little in common with its original source material, and has now got the man who created Mordechai Jefferson Carver and Esther Bloomenbergensteinenthal, things are suddenly looking up -- at least up and out of remake hell.
But the challenge will become finding a blonde Midwesterner who...
- 3/23/2009
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
Now that Steve Martin has effectively killed off one of the most iconic comedy characters ever, let's hope he has nothing to do with this remake. Jonathan Kesselman, helmer of Comedy Central's "The Hebrew Hammer," will now direct a revamp of the Blake Edwards' comedy "The Party." Marco Garibaldi is producing under his Godfather Entertainment company.Apparently, this is a $20 million independently financed film that will be looking for cameos by various of high-profile Hollywood folks.In "The Party," Peter Sellers starred as Hrundi V. Bakshi, an oafish Indian extra on a film who is mistakenly invited to a high profile party and innocently turns the place upside down. The most memorable scene is by far the "Birdy Num Num" via the home's sound system which is hilariously heard by all attending. ...
- 3/23/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Jonathan Kesselman, director of Comedy Central's "The Hebrew Hammer," will helm the remake of Blake Edwards' The Party that Marco Garibaldi is producing under his Godfather Entertainment. The project is a $20 million independently financed film that will aim for cameos by a number of high-profile Hollywood personalities. In Edwards' "Party," Peter Sellers starred as Hrundi V. Bakshi, an Indian extra who inadvertently is invited to a swank Hollywood party. Garibaldi, who has brought on Brandon Gibson and Jim Russo to help him write the script, will tweak the conceit, focusing on a blond Midwesterner whose appearance is changed by studio executives eager he fit a part.
- 3/23/2009
- Comingsoon.net
Now that Steve Martin has effectively killed off one of the most iconic comedy characters ever, let's hope he has nothing to do with this remake. Jonathan Kesselman, helmer of Comedy Central's "The Hebrew Hammer," will now direct a revamp of the Blake Edwards' comedy "The Party." Marco Garibaldi is producing under his Godfather Entertainment company.Apparently, this is a $20 million independently financed film that will be looking for cameos by various of high-profi...
- 3/23/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Now that Steve Martin has effectively killed off one of the most iconic comedy characters ever, let's hope he has nothing to do with this remake. Jonathan Kesselman, helmer of Comedy Central's "The Hebrew Hammer," will now direct a revamp of the Blake Edwards' comedy "The Party." Marco Garibaldi is producing under his Godfather Entertainment company.Apparently, this is a $20 million independently financed film that will be looking for cameos by various of high-profi...
- 3/23/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
He's not exactly a household name, having last directed cult hit The Hebrew Hammer waaaay back in 2003, but Jonathan Kesselman has lined up an interesting job for his return to the big screen: a remake of The Party, originally directed by Pink Panther supremo Blake Edwards.The original movie saw bumbling Indian film extra Hrundi V. Bakshi (played by Peter Sellers) accidentally invited to an exclusive party instead of being fired when two memos are confused. This time, to avoid the dodgy racial politics of the 1968 film, the same role will be that of a blond Midwesterner whose appearance has been changed by studio executives anxious for him to fit a part.There's no start date or cast yet, although the film is aiming to enlist lots of high-profile actors in cameo roles. It's early days, but this might be worth keeping an eye on. After all, Kesselman has kept...
- 3/23/2009
- EmpireOnline
Jonathan Kesselman has signed on to will direct the remake of Blake Edwards' The Party that Marco Garibaldi is producing under his Godfather Entertainment banner. The 1968 cult hit starred Peter Sellers. In the original film, Sellers starred as Hrundi V. Bakshi, an Indian extra who inadvertently is invited to a swank Hollywood party. Garibaldi, who has brought on Brandon Gibson and Jim Russo to help him write the script, will tweak the story, focusing on a blond Midwesterner whose appearance is changed by studio executives eager he fit a part. Garibaldi said last the summer that he was jumping back into the Hollywood game by producing an update of the movie after several earlier attempts at MGM and DreamWorks. The project is a $20 million independently financed film that will aim for cameos by a number of high-profile Hollywood personalities. Kesselman is best known for the Jewish blaxploitation spoof The Hebrew Hammer,...
- 3/23/2009
- by James Cook
- TheMovingPicture.net
Jonathan Kesselman will be the life of the party.
Kesselman, director of Comedy Central's "The Hebrew Hammer," will helm the remake of Blake Edwards' "The Party" that Marco Garibaldi is producing under his Godfather Entertainment banner.
Garibaldi said last the summer that he was jumping back into the Hollywood game by producing an update of the movie after several earlier attempts at MGM and DreamWorks. The project is a $20 million independently financed film that will aim for cameos by a number of high-profile Hollywood personalities.
Kesselman, repped by Apa and Sleeping Giant, is best known for the Jewish blaxploitation spoof "Hammer," which starred Adam Goldberg as a violence-prone hero on a quest to save Hannukah. He also is directing and co-writing "Odd Todd," about a man faced with the hard luck of locking himself out of his apartment as his unemployment checks stop, for Paramount/Nickoledeon.
Kesselman also...
Kesselman, director of Comedy Central's "The Hebrew Hammer," will helm the remake of Blake Edwards' "The Party" that Marco Garibaldi is producing under his Godfather Entertainment banner.
Garibaldi said last the summer that he was jumping back into the Hollywood game by producing an update of the movie after several earlier attempts at MGM and DreamWorks. The project is a $20 million independently financed film that will aim for cameos by a number of high-profile Hollywood personalities.
Kesselman, repped by Apa and Sleeping Giant, is best known for the Jewish blaxploitation spoof "Hammer," which starred Adam Goldberg as a violence-prone hero on a quest to save Hannukah. He also is directing and co-writing "Odd Todd," about a man faced with the hard luck of locking himself out of his apartment as his unemployment checks stop, for Paramount/Nickoledeon.
Kesselman also...
- 3/22/2009
- by By Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Writer Jonathan Kesselman is set to adapt Glenn Frank's prize-winning debut novel, Abe Gilman's Ending, for the screen and will produce the project through his company Worldwide Media Conspiracy.
Kesselman, the writer-director of The Hebrew Hammer and Nickelodeon Studios' upcoming comedy The Orbit of Bob, will produce the feature with Frank.
Ending centers on a depressed man in a wheelchair forced to move to a nursing home after his wife dies. Close to giving up hope, his interest in life is rekindled when a new patient enlists others for a historical project. In an intertwined story line, a young German Jewish boy in post-World War II Boston attempts to discover what happened to his father after the Holocaust.
Ending, published in October, won Frank the Bruce P. Rossley Literary Award for best new voice.
WMC and Vox3 Films are producing an adaptation of Peter Alson's memoir Confessions of an Ivy League Bookie. Kesselman also is attached to direct the comedy Odd Todd for Paramount Pictures.
Kesselman, the writer-director of The Hebrew Hammer and Nickelodeon Studios' upcoming comedy The Orbit of Bob, will produce the feature with Frank.
Ending centers on a depressed man in a wheelchair forced to move to a nursing home after his wife dies. Close to giving up hope, his interest in life is rekindled when a new patient enlists others for a historical project. In an intertwined story line, a young German Jewish boy in post-World War II Boston attempts to discover what happened to his father after the Holocaust.
Ending, published in October, won Frank the Bruce P. Rossley Literary Award for best new voice.
WMC and Vox3 Films are producing an adaptation of Peter Alson's memoir Confessions of an Ivy League Bookie. Kesselman also is attached to direct the comedy Odd Todd for Paramount Pictures.
- 2/22/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- Quick Links > Beemer > Associates in Science > Glenn Gaslin > Purchase Novel Music video extraordinaire Adam Levite, aka "Associates in Science", is collaborating with Jon Kesselman, the writer/director behind the Jewxploitation film The Hebrew Hammer, in an adaptation of Glenn Gaslin's novel Beemer. Levite, who has fourteen music videos to his credit, including work for personal favorites Interpol and Radiohead, has optioned Gaslin's satirical work and is currently co-writing the script with Kesselman. Beemer, the debut novel from Gaslin published in 2003, follows the life of Southern Cali slacker Beemer Minutia who dreams of mass-marketing himself while sipping 7-Eleven slushies (hello children of the 80's). Unfortunately Beemer, like most wide-eyed 25-year-olds, falls victim to practicalities - moving in with his controlling girlfriend and entering the "real world". While this will be Levite's first feature, he is no stranger to the production world and fellow director Kesselman has proven to have
- 8/3/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
Judy Greer has joined the ensemble cast of M. Night Shyamalan's upcoming thriller The Woods. Production begins in Philadelphia in October. The actress joins Adrien Brody, Joaquin Phoenix, Bryce Dallas Howard, William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver in the Walt Disney Co. film. Set in 1897, Woods revolves around a close-knit community that lives with the frightening knowledge that a mythical race of creatures resides in the woods around them. Greer will play Kitty Walker, the older sister to Ivy, played by Howard. Shyamalan, who penned the Woods script, also is producing along with Scott Rudin and Sam Mercer. Walt Disney Studios chairman Richard Cook and production president Nina Jacobson are overseeing for the studio. Greer, repped by CAA, David Gardner at Principato-Young Entertainment and attorney Fred Toczek, recently completed Revolution Studios' 13 Going on 30 opposite Jennifer Garner and is currently working on Dimension Films' Cursed. The actress, best known for her roles in Adaptation, The Wedding Planner and What Women Want, next stars in writer-director Adam Goldberg's psychological indie drama I Love Your Work and ContentFilm's The Hebrew Hammer.
- 8/22/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- Montreal's Just for Laughs comedy festival Wednesday unveiled its comedy film lineup for this year's event, to kick off July 10 with the North American premiere of Mon idole (Anything You Say), French filmmaker Guillaume Caneti's sardonic satire about power relationships. Comedia, Just for Laughs' international comedy film festival, will showcase 25 features in all and close July 20 with the Canadian premiere of Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini's American Splendor, the Grand Jury Prize winner at this year's Sundance Film Festival. The film sidebar also will screen Jonathan Kesselman's first feature, The Hebrew Hammer, a Jewish take on the blaxploitation genre that stars Adam Goldberg and Andy Dick.
- 6/26/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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