Eran Riklis
Q & A: Eran Riklis On Directing A Mossad Thriller With Ben Kingsley
“Belgium is actually a hub of spies, and is really the center of Europe in some ways.”
A POW's Unlikely Friendship in Lebanon
The drama and tension of life in the Middle East are a potential goldmine for filmmakers. Few have excavated that terrain more successfully than Israeli director Eran Riklis.
An Israeli Filmmaker’s Lebanon Dream
Eran Riklis feels its his duty to make films about the Arab-Israeli conflict. But his latest, ‘Zaytoun,’ also has a universal story at its center.
A.B. Yehoshua Speaks His Mind at the New York Public Library
A.B. Yehoshua’s new novel was inspired by a painting of a woman breast-feeding her father. The 74-year-old literary luminary, who has published some 15 books, does not retreat from the provocative or the perverse.
Why Israel's New Oscar Entry Is a Disaster
“The Human Resources Manager” is an odd film. That it was recently announced as Israel’s entry into the Academy Awards’ Foreign Language category, after winning five Ophir Awards including Best Feature, says less about the movie itself than it does about the goodwill accrued by director Eran Riklis for more accomplished features such as “The Syrian Bride” and “Lemon Tree.” Unfortunately, “The Human Resources Manager” measures up to neither.
'Arab Labor' in the Academy
Crossposted from Haaretz