Published

Sort by

Letterboxd Showdown: Illuminated

L’chaim, serious men and funny girls! As this wet hot American summer ends and Rosh Hashanah—the Jewish New Year—begins, we are SO inviting you to our bat mitzvah (and bar mitzvah and b’nai mitzvah). This is how you and your Chosen ones win: make a list of the ten best movies that capture the Jewish experience. Stories can range from that of Meyerowitz to Yentl; Sammy Fabelman to Jessica Stein; rooftop fiddlers to wedding singers; disobedient lesbians to shiva babies. So cross Delancey, stroll down Hester Street and have what she’s having (apples dipped in honey) at Katz’s Delicatessen—it’s Armageddon time. Shanah Tovah!

Read notes
  • Inglourious Basterds

    1

  • Schindler's List

    2

  • Beau Is Afraid

    3

  • A Serious Man

    4

  • Annie Hall

    5

  • The Pawnbroker

    6

  • Munich

    7

  • Uncut Gems

    8

  • Barton Fink

    9

  • Son of Saul

    10

  • X-Men

    11

  • Little Odessa

    12

  • Mikey and Nicky

    13

  • Licorice Pizza

    14

  • The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

    15

  • Pi

    16

  • Ida

    17

  • The Pianist

    18

  • Wet Hot American Summer

    19

  • Armageddon Time

    20

  • Chariots of Fire

    21

  • 22

  • Shiva Baby

    23

  • Three Identical Strangers

    24

  • Everything Is Illuminated

    25