Hannah Brown

The New York Times framed Israel’s Eurovision campaigning as suspicious soft power, despite acknowledging that no rules were broken and other countries engaged in similar promotion.

Twelve new films have been chosen for the Israeli competition. They include Soccer for the Soul, by Avida Livny, and Shalom, by Meital Zvieli.

Israel’s Noam Bettan speaks to The Jerusalem Post about the challenges he faced on the road to Eurovision.

Last year in Basel, a man got as close as he could to Yuval Raphael, the Israeli contestant, and mimed slitting her throat.

Managing director of Eurovision, Martin Green, confirmed on Saturday that he had issued a formal warning to KAN, Israel’s public broadcaster, over an advertising campaign.

TV Time: While the film was entertaining on every level, it also sparked a debate because of its central plot, in which Louise (Sarandon) kills a man who is raping Thelma (Davis). 

At the same time, Austrian police said they were preparing for a week of heightened security both before and during the event.  

It’s usually the men in movies who have this kind of sudden-onset midlife crisis, but here it’s Eva who impulsively decides to move out of her apartment and start dating.

Sons and Soldiers tells the amazing true story about a group of young Jewish refugees from Germany and surrounding countries, who made it to the US in the 1930s just before the Nazis closed in.

The new film is a throwback to the days when eccentric female protagonists were called “kooky.”