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Darren Richman
Nathan Fielder, The Rehearsal.
June 13, 2025, 12:19 pm
OPINION: Move over Seinfeld, Fielder’s the funniest
Life is no dress Rehearsal for the glorious insanity of boundary-breaker Nathan Fielder, writes Darren Richman
By Darren Richman
May 21, 2025, 7:03 pm
“What are breasts even for?”
Forced to have a mastectomy after a breast cancer diagnosis, Jean Hannah Edelstein wonders why breasts are even required
By Darren Richman
Bill Maher. Twitter/X
April 30, 2025, 4:39 pm
OPINION: Larry David, Bill Maher, Trump, Hitler and a very public falling out
It would not, says film critic Darren Richman, be overstating the case to suggest this is Biggie and Tupac for middle-aged comedy nerds
By Darren Richman
The original memoir that formed the basis for Children of Radium
April 11, 2025, 4:25 pm
The book that nearly didn’t get written
Joe Dunthorne’s Holocaust family memoir uncovers some highly uncomfortable truths.
By Darren Richman
March 31, 2025, 10:49 am
OPINION: Laughter may not be the best medicine, but it’s right behind chicken soup
How Holocaust survivors used humour to humanise the most inhumane of times
By Darren Richman
March 20, 2025, 9:30 am
Phil Rosenthal is coming to a theatre near you!
Everybody’s favourite American food and funny man is going on tour
By Darren Richman
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February 7, 2025, 1:23 pm
Born this day, 100 years ago: a tribute to the comedic genius of Jack Lemmon
He was and is the yardstick by which every silver screen everyman must be judged and, invariably, found wanting, writes Darren Richman
By Darren Richman
Screenshot: IMDB
January 9, 2025, 8:51 pm
A respectful Holocaust film that contains jokes: Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘A Real Pain’
'The first generation is dying out yet art is still being created in relation to the Holocaust' says reviewer Darren Richman
By Darren Richman
Kristen Bell and Hot rabbi Adam Brody star in Nobody Wants This
December 23, 2024, 10:03 am
OPINION: How Christmas trees and circumcision made the perfect compromise
Darren Richman reflects on interfaith marriage and family expectations
By Darren Richman
Double Indemnity
November 27, 2024, 12:20 pm
Dark days, dark nights and dark movies – it must be ‘Noirvember’
Jews played a big role in film noir, which combines high art with low
By Darren Richman
Screenshot: Roald Dahl books
November 20, 2024, 11:55 am
OPINION: Two Jews, three opinions: what should we make of Roald Dahl?
Darren Richman reviews the Royal Court's performance of 'Giant'
By Darren Richman
November 11, 2024, 11:02 am
Is this Bob Dylan’s last hurrah?
The singer who is forever the voice of protest is performing in London this week
By Darren Richman
Grandpa Harry
October 29, 2024, 11:51 am
OPINION: When Harry met Zigi – a tale of two grandfathers
Poetic licence in honour of a beloved grandfather, the one without a Wikipedia page.
By Darren Richman
October 22, 2024, 12:08 pm
New documentary about Paul Simon charts the magic of his music, his life and his Jewishness
The New York Jew has lost most of his hearing but continues to make music
By Darren Richman
Ben Gazzara, Lara Flynn Boyle, Jane Adams, Louise Lasser, Cynthia Stevenson in Happiness
October 14, 2024, 7:11 pm
Todd Solondz’s controversial black comedy gets a new lease of life
The general consensus seems to be that you could never make a film like Happiness now but, in truth, you couldn’t really make it back then
By Darren Richman
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