Wes Hopper

Wes Hopper is a writer and reviewer living in Los Angeles.

Barbie and The Bomb: The Jewish Roots of This Summer's Blockbusters

Wes Hopper
August 21, 2023
Much has been made of this summer’s blockbuster movie phenomena, Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” which were released on the same weekend. The films have become a strange double feature, both bound to the same cultural moment. While they seem to have little in common, both films depict maverick Jewish thinkers whose ideals created seismic shifts in the world.