The Jewish Frame

Ben and Rabbi Dan discuss the 2010 Paulo Sorrentino film, This Must Be The Place, starring Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, and Judd Hirsch.Topics include: an Italian Catholic's take on T'shuva, the disappearance of major motion pictures for grown-ups, and could this be one of the best Holocaust movies ever made?

Ben and Rabbi Dan discuss the 1989 Woody Allen film, Crimes and Misdemeanors, starring Martin Landau, Woody Allen, Angelica Houston and Alan Alda.Topics include: the ups and significant downs of Woody Allen's career, sight vs. hearing, and why rabbis have such a hard time getting healthcare professionals to focus on them.

We discuss the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film, Inglourious Basterds. Topics include: the meaning of Purim, the career of the late Sidney Poitier, and the movie genre of "Jews vs. Nazis ".

Rabbi Dan Ain and Ben Chinn discuss the 2001 Steven Spielberg film, A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Can a robot love? Is there any reason why we should love it back? What's the difference between a dog, an alien an android and a toy cowboy? Was Stanley Kubrick brought down by a secretive globalist cabal? All this and more in this episode of the Jewish Frame.

In this special Hannukah episode, we discuss the 1986 Don Bluth animated feature, An American Tail. Topics include: why a rat might pretend to be a mouse, Dan Ain's immigrant ancestors, and the Beatles documentary Get Back.

Rabbi Dan Ain and Ben Chinn discuss the 1991 David Mamet film, Homicide, starring Joe Mantegna and William H. Macy. Topics include Jewish self loathing, Ben's favorite Mamet film, and why we love the parts of Judaism that don't make any sense.Mentioned in this episode:Ricky Jay and His 52 AssistantsThings ChangeThe Wicked Son: Anti-Semitism, Self-Hatred, and the JewsFive Cities of Refuge: Weekly Reflections on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and DeuteronomyThe Book of Stone

Hosts Rabbi Dan Ain and Ben Chinn discuss Alan Arkin's 1971 film, Little Murders.Topics include toxic masculinity, Rabbi Ain's identification with Donald Sutherland's First Existentialist minister Rev. Dupas, and a disagreement about Alan Arkin's portrayal of Lieutenant Practice. Come and get it! Also: who is the biggest Jewish movie star of all time? Opinions vary.

Rabbi Dan Ain and Ben Chinn discuss the 2000 Ed Norton movie, Keeping The Faith, starring Ed Norton, Ben Stiller, and Jenna Elfman.