{"id":308053,"date":"2026-03-01T14:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T14:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/308053\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T14:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T14:13:08","slug":"blue-moon-brilliant-or-a-waste-of-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/308053\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Blue Moon&#8217;: Brilliant or a waste of space?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/writers\/jordan-hoffman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Hoffman<\/a> and host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/writers\/amanda-borschel-dan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amanda Borschel-Dan<\/a>, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use.\n<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s Oscar-themed episode, movie maven Hoffman begins with a rant against the cynical social media uproar over a misstepped statement made at the Berlin Festival.\n<\/p>\n<p>WATCH the full episode here:<\/p>\n<p>We then hear about the 2025 hit \u201cBlue Moon,\u201d which portrays a pivotal night in the life of master lyricist Lorenz Hart. The film is up for two Academy Awards, but one of our team would not give it the time of day again.<\/p>\n<p>Next, we turn to a 14-minute animated film called \u201cPapillion,\u201d which captivated the pair. It is a painterly immersive dive into the life of Alfred Nakache, who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics in Nazi Germany, only to end up in Auschwitz, and is one of five films competing for best short animation.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the \u201coy,\u201d the \u201cmeh\u201d and the \u201cnot bad\u201d marks given to these films in this week\u2019s The Reel Schmooze.<\/p>\n<p>The Reel Schmooze is produced by Ari Schlacht and can be found wherever you get your podcasts.<\/p>\n<p>Check out last week\u2019s The Reel Schmooze here:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-308053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}