The movie avoids many of the cliches associated with fictional depictions of resistance fighters.
For all its virtues, The Holdovers invites unfortunate comparisons to the ne plus ultra of teacher-student bonding movies, Wonder Boys.
With their proven track record, Oppenheim, Sharon, and their cohorts will do the British comics justice and leave their Opera House patrons whistling a tune or two, smiling, or possibly laughing.
If you can flow with the feelings behind the movie and see it as a well-observed version of the psyche of a fragile and traumatized child, you will find much to enjoy.
The movie uses a newsreel format to give the story historical context and to lay out the many different factions who fought each other during the pre-state years.
Several of Welles’s works will be the subject of a tribute at the Jerusalem Cinematheque, starting on February 5 and running throughout the month.
While the movie celebrates the spirit of Tel Aviv 80 years ago, it was actually filmed in Puglia, Italy, where Winterbottom and his team found buildings that were “new, white, and low-rise."
Apsell stressed that one of the primary motives for the film is to combat ignorance of what happened in the Holocaust.
Alongside the release of the highly anticipated film "Wishful", a special facility was launched yesterday on the KSP network. This facility offers toys that will be sold only at the KSP in Israel.
Since we are now experiencing a truly difficult year, it’s nice to have a movie like this to help us get through it.