Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi is a 2003 film written and directed by Shemi Zarhin.
Freshly appointed Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein was briefed bystate prosecutors on the police investigation into Foreign MinisterAvigdor…
It's all in the eyebrows. When I used to tell people I wrote about Israeli movies, their eyebrows would furrow downward, into an unmistakable…
An old, Hebrew children's song states, "home is just a box that you live in." To my mind, this is true only if you're a Buddhist, viewing the body as…
The recently concluded 24th Haifa International Film Festival marked the start of a new era in the Israeli film industry: The most hotly anticipated…
I first encountered Etgar Keret as a first-year university student in a beginners' Hebrew class. Our professors had invited Keret and so assigned us…
The Shlomi Alternative Theater Center will hold outdoor events at the Sderot Film Festival from June 1-5 at a special structure they've called…
Fade in to fantasy sequence at a conference room, somewhere in Los AngelesProps: Evian water, cellphones. A group of TV executives from an anonymous…
The CelebrationBy Thomas Vinterburg, Mogens Rukov,Bo Hr. HansenEnglish stage version by David EldridgeTranslated by Shlomi MoskowitzDirected by Hanan…
The 2007 fringe theater Golden Hedgehog (Kipod Hazahav) awards will take place at the Karov Theater (at the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station) on February…
RENDITION2 StarsHebrew title: Hakira Me'Ever La Kavim. 120 min. In Englishand Arabic, with Hebrew titles. If you're already convinced that torture…
The 11th UK Jewish Film Festival kicked off on Monday night with a gala screening of the awarding-winning Israeli film The Band's Visit, which was…
*1/2 Directed by Ayelet Menahemi. Written by Menahemi and Shemi Zarhin. Hebrew title: Noodle. 90 minutes. In Hebrew, English and Mandarin, with…
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche once maintained that "Without music life would be a mistake." If that is the case, then the organizers of this year's…
My wife, Jody, and I recently had an opportunity to get away for a day without the kids. Our destination: Le Meridien Hotel and Spa at the Dead Sea,…
On Saturday night at the awards ceremony of the Berlin International Film Festival, Joseph Cedar won the Silver Bear award for Best Director for his…
Despite the Israeli movie renaissance, directors here still tend to spend longer than they (and their audiences) would like between films - except…
The US indie film world is mourning the tragic death of actress Adrienne Shelly. Born Adrienne Levine in Queens, Shelly, 40, was found dead in her…
Arab MK Muhammad Barakei walked out of a police interrogation on Sunday after accusing the police of rudeness, although the two sides dispute what…