Israeli Film
Film About Yitzhak Rabin’s Assassin Takes Israel’s Top Prize
“Incitement” will be Israel’s submission to the Academy Awards for 2020 Best International Feature Film.
Israel’s Culture Minister Is Killing Israeli Cinema
Israeli films are sweeping up awards and gaining international acclaim. Miri Regev is doing her best to put an end to that.
‘Maktub’, Israel’s Best Action-Comedy Movie, Streams on Netflix
Israeli movies and TV on Netflix keep getting better and better.
‘The Women’s Balcony’ Explores Tensions Among Observant Jews In Jerusalem
“The Women’s Balcony” asks us to question what it means to be a good Jew and, indeed, a good person.
3 Films By Israeli Directors Top Los Angeles Times List
LOS ANGELES – Three films directed by Israelis took center stage in the film listings of the Los Angeles Times’ senior critic Kenneth Turan. In Hollywood few newspaper items are scrutinized more intensely than the film reviews and rankings in the Los Angeles Times, making Friday’s list a boon for the films and their directors. The top…
Watching “Zero Motivation” as an American Jewish Woman
At the age when I was en route to some terrible frat party or over-my-head seminar on Foucault, my Israeli equivalent was Serving the Jewish People.
Why We’re in a Golden Age For Israeli Cinema — And Politics Has Nothing To Do With It
A bevy of new Israeli features debuted at this year’s Cannes Film Festival including a shiva air guitar comedy (yes, you read that night) directed by Asaph Polonsky. A.J. Goldmann gives us the highlights.
A Jewish 'Ulysses' at the Cannes Film Festival
With a jury featuring the Coen Brothers and Jake Gyllenhaal, the Cannes Film Festival has a decidedly Jewish spin this year. A.J. Goldmann takes a look at one of the festival’s most intriguing Israeli films.
'Zero Motivation' and 7 IDF Movies You Should See
‘Zero Motivation’ — a kind of IDF version of ‘M* A* S* H’ — is just the latest in a long line of movies about the IDF. Here are 7 more all Israeli film buffs should see.
'Cupcake's Israeli Neighborhood Charm
Eytan Fox’s new film oozes nostalgia for an Israel that had a sense of community. It is wonderfully entertaining kitsch and is as deliciously saccharine as a film can get.
