Jordan Hoffman rewatches 'All the President's Men'
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🗓️ 21 February 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use.
Movie maven Hoffman begins with a tribute to master documentarian Frederick Wiseman, who died this week, aged 96.
We then hear about the Israeli film “Children No More: Were and Are Gone,” directed by Hila Medalia, which is nominated for Best Documentary Short Film. The film documents a vigil that began in March 2025 in Tel Aviv, as a handful of left-wing protesters held photos of children killed in Gaza.
And in the final segment, the pair rewind the 50-year-old masterpiece, "All the President's Men." In addition to appreciating the film's 1976 fashions and antiquated good manners, they note parallels to today's deep exploration into the trove of documents connected with the Epstein case.
Check out the "oy," the "meh" and "not bad" marks given to films in this week's The Reel Schmooze.
The Reel Schmooze is produced by Ari Schlacht and can be found wherever you get your podcasts.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Times of Israel's The Real Shmooze, bringing you all the entertainment news and movie reviews that a Jew can use. |
| 0:16.2 | I'm Amanda Borssel Dan, joined by our movie maven, Jordan Hoffman. |
| 0:21.1 | Hello, good morning. |
| 0:22.6 | How are you? |
| 0:23.6 | Good morning for you and afternoon for me. |
| 0:25.9 | That's correct. |
| 0:26.4 | I'm right. |
| 0:26.4 | I just rolled out of bed. |
| 0:28.7 | As you can see, for, I know some of the listeners actually watch this on YouTube. |
| 0:34.6 | And as we just about were to hit record, I said, I do not really look professional. |
| 0:39.1 | I look like I'm wearing clothes I just slept in, which may actually be the case. This is the, |
| 0:44.1 | one of the negatives of working from home is that you sometimes forget that you're going to be |
| 0:48.3 | on camera and want to look a little professional. So I want to apologize to the viewers. |
| 0:52.7 | I look what my mother would call a jlumph. It's your bedhead, right? That's what we're talking about? It's not a lack of hair. No, it's this shirt. I look like a jlmf. I look like his love. A slump or a jlmph? Which one is better? I think you look amazing and I love that color. It's my favorite color in the world. |
| 1:12.4 | It's a nice color. |
| 1:13.6 | You're carrying it off gloriously. |
| 1:15.2 | So don't worry. |
| 1:16.3 | You look gorgeous. |
| 1:17.4 | For those not watching, it is a rich, deep purple. |
| 1:21.1 | I look a little bit like Grimmis, the McDonald's character. |
| 1:24.6 | If you're familiar, what Grimis. |
| 1:26.5 | Okay. |
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