Israeli movie

Moshe Rosenthal’s ‘Tell Me Everything’ brings a powerful coming-of-age story to Israeli theaters

Tell Me Everything, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year, the first Israeli feature film to be shown there in years, is also a portrait of an unconventional family.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
The film opens in 1987, as 12-year-old Boaz (Yair Mazor) prepares for his bar mitzvah under a cloud of tension in his family.
Eyal Padan’s animated short film Two Robots.

Israeli animated short 'Two Robots' film wins award at San Francisco sci-fi festival

The animated short by Israeli director Eyal Padan will be screened on September 13 at the Marina Theatre in San Francisco as part of the festival.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
AVI NESHER (left) directs Shalom Michaelshwilli and Magi Azarzar in ‘Our Loves.’

Israeli film about October 7 selected for Toronto International Film Festival despite boycott

The inclusion of this film is a significant step in breaking through an unofficial but real international boycott of Israeli cinema.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
The Samurai and the Prisoner, the latest film by Japanese master Kiyoshi Kurosawa, will be shown in the festival.

Jerusalem Film Festival announces international lineup featuring award winners, cult classics

The international lineup, which includes feature films, documentaries, animated films, and experimental works, will be screened in the Jerusalem Cinematheque and at Lev Smadar.

|ByHANNAH BROWN

Jerusalem Jewish film fest to take place in December

The festival will open with Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name, an adaptation of Andre Aciman’s novel about a love affair between two young Jewish men in Italy in the 1980s.

NOVEMBER 25, 2017ByHANNAH BROWN
ARNIE HAMMER and Timothee Chalamet star in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Call Me By Your Name.’

An Israeli gangster takes New York

Mikki Levy was just let out of Kishon Prison after 18 years behind bars. Where does he go? Brooklyn of course.

NOVEMBER 24, 2017ByAMY SPIRO

Brian Cox on playing Churchill

The Scottish actor tells the Haifa Film Festival about the great statesman, Brexit and the art of the job.

OCTOBER 9, 2017ByHANNAH BROWN
BRIAN COX and Miranda Richardson in a scene from ‘Churchill

Controversial film Foxtrot wins 'Israeli Oscars'

Foxtrot is now Israel’s official candidate for consideration for a Best Foreign Language Oscar nomination.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017ByHANNAH BROWN, AMY SPIRO
A SCENE from Samuel Maoz’s critically acclaimed ‘Foxtrot.’

A confusing obsession: ‘Longing’ makes you wish for more

Longing features a strong cast, but it is an overly literal, often mawkish and unfocused film.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017ByHANNAH BROWN
Longing by Savi Gabizon

בְּרוֹש לְבַדוֹ

New documentary film: Indie Capped

JUNE 28, 2017ByJPOST IVRIT STAFF
New documentary film: Indie Capped

Alphabet soup: ‘GOT’ and ‘OITNB’ are returning

YES is having gay-themed films for Pride Week, which will continue to run until June 24.

JUNE 1, 2017ByHANNAH BROWN
'Orange is the new black'

Up close and personal

The annual Docaviv film festival begins on May 11.

MAY 4, 2017ByHANNAH BROWN
Eight Days a Week

In Between: The movie that has touched a chord throughout the world and in Israel

An interview with the intriguing Maysaloun Hamoud, who wrote and directed the celebrated film ‘In Between.’

MARCH 12, 2017ByHANNAH BROWN
Maysaloun Hamoud, director of ‘In Between,’ poses for a picture inside a cinema in Nazareth last month

Watch: Richard Gere on peace and bromance at Israeli premier of 'Norman'

Gere: “I feel if this conflict you all have been enduring... could be solved, 99% of the problems on the planet could be solved.”

MARCH 9, 2017ByHANNAH BROWN
Actor Richard Gere (L), director Joseph Cedar (C) and actor Lior Ashkenazi hold a news conference following the screening of the film "Norman: The Moderate Rise And Tragic Fall Of A New York Fixer" at the Jerusalem Cinematheque, in Jerusalem March 9, 2017.