
James Mottram
James Mottram is a film journalist and author. He's written several books on film including The Making of Dunkirk, published in the UK by Titan.

(Stephen) Fry’s delight: his new film with Lena Dunham
Stephen Fry and Lena Dunham on how they connected with their Jewishness while shooting a road movie in Poland

A boy – now 93 – tells his story of incredible survival hiding from the Nazis in the forest
Now a new film is telling Maxwell Smart’s story

How my son’s terminal cancer inspired me to convert to Judaism
Kit Vincent’s film ‘Red Herring’ tracks his family’s devastation after they were told he was terminally ill. His father tells our writer about how life has moved on since

The shameful tale of the Jewish boy kidnapped by the Catholic church
I meet the director of a new film about a six-year-old snatched from his family – after he’d been baptised by the family maid

Amy Winehouse biopic was the inevitable next step in the commercialisation of the vulnerable star
It’s hard not to think that this film is the latest addition to the cottage industry that sprung up around the late songwriter

Famed filmmaker Ethan Coen on why he’s on a lesbian road trip
He’s made his new screwball romantic comedy with his wife and long-time editor, but if you think this means broiges with brother Joel, you’re wrong

Legacy of a hero: making the new feature film about the British man who saved 669 Jewish children from the Nazis
James Mottram meets the director of One Life, and one of the refugees rescued by Nicholas Winton

How a 70-year-old widower gets embroiled in his daughter’s marital problems
New film My Daughter My Love is spearheaded by Israeli writer-director Eitan Green

Exploring a young man's fear of undertaking national service in IDF
Matan Yair's new movie A Room of his Own follows a young man facing his mandatory spell in the army

'We need to talk about Jewface' says Dame Helen Mirren
The actor is starring in a new biopic about Golda Meir, and says she 'absolutely believes' in Israel

Parisian film director's new film is a love letter to her wounded city
Alice Winocour tells of her inherited Jewish trauma and her new film on the 2015 Paris terror attacks

‘Jewface’ talk is dangerous, says director of new Mirren film Golda
Guy Nattiv said that Golda Meir's family suggested Mirren take the role

Supergirl for ever: actress Helen Slater talks myths and fame
As a teenager, she played the title role in the 1984 movie Supergirl. Now Helen explains why she is going back to college

An A-list cast for new thriller Amsterdam
Director David O. Russell on the starry list of actors he has assembled for his new 1930s film

After 15 years, my film’s on screens at last
When the star of his film died, Joshua Newton despaired. But as he tells James Mottram, the tech came through in the end

After 15 years, my film’s on screens at last
When the star of his film died, Joshua Newton despaired. But the tech came through in the end
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