Amy Kronish
By Amy Kronish
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The Schmooze Israeli-Arab Actor Under Fire, Again
Mohammad Bakri is an extraordinary actor and filmmaker. He is also a Palestinian citizen of the state of Israel, which gives rise to complex issues of identity. Bakri is currently appearing in a production of Federico Garcia Lorca’s “The House of Bernarda Alba” at the Tzavta theater in Tel Aviv. In an article in Ha’aretz,…
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The Schmooze Why Israeli Jews Preserved Their German Roots
Courtesy of First Hand Films Crossposted from Israeli Film & Filmmakers Following the recent jury issues and conflict of interest at the Jerusalem Film Festival, I’ve decided to award my own prize for the best Israeli film. And the award goes to…. Arnon Goldfinger’s “The Flat,” a triumph of personal documentary filmmaking. Though it didn’t…
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The Schmooze Friday Film: The Cell Phones That Bind
Crossposted from Israeli Film & Filmmakers On July 13, I attended the premiere screening at the Jerusalem International Film Festival of “Man Without a Cell Phone,” directed by Sameh Zoabi. The film is a social comedy about a young man and his father, who are fighting the system by opposing a cell phone tower that…
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