Film review

Jerusalem Film Festival returns with Sundance hits, Cannes winners, and Israeli premieres

The 43rd edition of the festival, which was founded to bring the best international films to Israel and to promote Israeli filmmaking, will be at the Jerusalem Cinematheque and the Lev Smadar theater

CRISTIAN MUNGIU’S ‘Fjord’ won the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year.
‘ALL I HAD WAS NOTHINGNESS’

What to watch this week: The story behind ‘Shoah,’ the end of ‘The Bear,’ and a riveting ‘Betrayal’

New Israeli comedy hit, 'Checkout.'

‘Checkout’: New comedy hit, expanded from one of Israel's most popular series

HAVANA ROSE LIU (left) and Leo Woodall in ‘Tuner.’

'Tuner' mixes classical music, crime, and Dustin Hoffman - review


‘Kafka’s Last Trial’ doc. tells the story of a literary legal battle 

It’s fitting that this movie is being released now, just after the centenary of Kafka’s death was marked, and as an exhibit is running at the National Library of Israel.

 A SHOT from ‘Kafka’s Last Trial,’ being screened Saturday night.

Chalamet masterfully channels Bob Dylan in 'A Complete Unknown' - film review

The movie is far from flawless, but the problems with it are likely not ones that will bother you as you’re watching it.

 TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET and Monica Barbaro as Bob Dylan and Joan Baez in ‘A Complete Unknown.’

'Souleymane’s Story': A glance into the life of an African worker in Paris - film review

The new film paints a haunting portrait of one face behind all the headlines about immigration.

 ABOU SANGARE in ‘Souleymane’s Story.’

'Why War': Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai's latest movie - review

The director attempts to answer the question "why war?" in an inventive way, by quoting from an exchange of letters between Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud in the early 1930s.

 A scene from the film ‘Why War.’

Jesse Eisenberg's 'A Real Pain' is a trip worth taking - review

Jesse Eisenberg's 'A Real Pain' is a poignant journey of grief, Jewish identity, and family bonds, blending humor and heart as two cousins navigate their past on a tour of Jewish history in Poland.

 KIERAN CULKIN and Jesse Eisenberg (shown on right) in ‘A Real Pain.’

New film 'The Ring' traces a family's Holocaust trauma - film review

Much of the movie details their search through Budapest, and as interesting as this city’s atmosphere is, it’s the relationships among the three leads that carry the movie forward.

 ADIR MILLER and Joy Rieger in ‘The Ring.’

Israeli film ‘Red Flower’ copes with the carnage in Sderot - review

Also available is the docudrama One Day in October on Yes TV, by Daniel Finkelman and Oded Davidoff, which offers dramatized versions of four stories from October 7.

 A SCENE from ‘Red Flower.’

Love, laughter, and high-stakes Haredi dating in 'Matchmaking 2' - review

If you’re craving a story that’s both romantic and funny, Matchmaking 2 is a good match.

 NOAM IMBER (left) and OMER NUDELMAN in 'Matchmaking 2.'

Norwegian talkfest ‘Sex’ is an utterly unsexy film - review

Norwegian film "Sex" revives mumblecore with a dialogue-heavy story, but its slow, unremarkable conversations fall flat.

 THORBJORN HARR and Jan Gunnar Roise in Dag Johan Haugerud’s film, ‘Sex.’

‘White Bird’ stars Helen Mirren as a Holocaust survivor who teaches her grandson about kindness

The movie is a spinoff of “Wonder” (2017), a modern-day story about a middle schooler seeking to fit in despite his facial differences.

Helen Mirren as Grandmère and Bryce Gheisar as Julian in "White Bird: A Wonder Story."