Eytan Fox

Eytan Fox, the acclaimed director of such films as Yossi & Jagger, Walk on Water and The Bubble, has changed. “I used to be a one-film man, I mean I…

On a Facebook group for English-speakers in Israel, American immigrant Yael Tilevitz Lockerman is spreading the word about her new…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu gave his opinion on the controversy surrounding the the new cultural center in Ariel on Sunday, telling his…

Dozens of Israeli cinema and television figures decided to join other artists in protesting Culture Minister Limor Livnat's plan to require…

Israeli film has achieved a significant international presence in recent years. What's less well known is that many of the award-winning directors,…

Playwright Shmuel Hasfari threatened to sue the Cameri theater company if a play that he wrote is performed at the Ariel Cultural Center, Army Radio…

Israel Beiteinu on Sunday announced its decision to act in order to stop government funding for artists who signed the letter published on Friday…

Three days before the Ariel Cultural Center is set to open in the northern West Bank settlement, artists and academics published an open letter on…

SAN FRANCISCO – For years now, the San Francisco-based Blue Star PR has been actively engaged in counteracting the media’s negative portrayal of…

With a mixed, predominantly poor and transientpopulation, yet with a growing yuppie presence, and its location out onthe edge of the first Hebrew…

It's all in the eyebrows. When I used to tell peopleI wrote about Israeli movies, their eyebrows would furrow downward,into an unmistakable…

4 starsSEVEN MINUTES IN HEAVEN (ISR)Directed by Omri Givon. Written by Givon and Nimrod Eldar. 94 minutes. Hebrew title: Sheva Dakot Be'Gan…

After they take home their many prizes, what do local directors do for an encore?Even for filmmakers with a track record, raising money is still…

In spite of the success of Israeli films worldwide, most actors and directors here have decided to stay put, with a few high-profile exceptions. The…

When you first start compiling a list of the best albums of the '00s, the first thing you start thinking is "this came out in this decade?" It's hard…

Some 50 celebrities, artists and filmmakers, including actors Jane Fonda and Danny Glover, musician David Byrne and filmmaker Ken Loach, have accused…

The Ophir Awards (aka the Israeli Oscars), the prizes of the Israel Academy for Film, will be held on September 26 in Tel Aviv and this year, the…

Israel will offer foreign film producers tax breaks of 20 percent if they collaborate with Israeli production companies, the Industry, Trade and…

In Annie Hall, Woody Allen fretted about how his beloved New York City was perceived. "Don't you see, the rest of the country looks upon New York…

A city, Plato argued, "is what it is because our citizens are what they are." And a city's nicknames - because they are bestowed upon it by its…