June 17, 2021: Summer movie season is officially here, with big studio tentpoles finally hitting theaters – and many moviegoers finally willing to enter the hallowed ground of their local cineplex.
Action franchises and family-friendly adventures do not typically boast Jewish themes, of course, which made us wonder whether there are, in fact, any Jewish blockbusters? What would that even look like? Perhaps a film from the blockbusters arguable inventor, Steven Spielberg? Perhaps starring the Jewish meme-star Jeff Goldblum?
Returning to the podcast to help us sort this out is Senior Editor of Collider, and our resident expert on summer movies, Matt Goldberg. For a type of movie that wouldn't seem to have a Jewish connection, there is a lot to discuss.
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Show Notes
Our guests for this episode: Matt Goldberg, Senior Editor at Collider and AJFF's go-to expert on summer movie season.
Read more about this week's topic:
- Read about how Jeff Goldblum decided to become an actor while studying for his bar mitzvah, courtesy of The Jerusalem Post.
- Tablet makes the case why Ghostbusters is one of the great Jewish films of all time.
- Explore Steven Spielberg's mastery of the blockbuster form, by way of the Wall Street Journal.
The music for our episode is provided by the incomparable Joe Alterman. Specifically, our into and outro music is "Pure Imagination" off his album, "Give Me the Simple Life", and our interlude music is "Over the Rainbow" from "More Cornbread (Live)". Check him out on Spofity or wherever you get your music.
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