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

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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’

TV TIME: 'All I Had Was Nothingness' is a kind of road movie that follows 'Shoah' creator Lanzmann through many different roads in Germany, Poland, Israel, and the US.

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New Israeli comedy hit, 'Checkout.'

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

A new comedy feature film titled 'Checkout' has already sold a quarter of a million tickets in just a few days, telling the stories of staff and customers at a fictional supermarket chain in Israel.

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

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

Much of the comedy in the movie comes from Uri browbeating the two, and if you can understand the Hebrew, it’s even funnier than the subtitles.

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Iranian director speaks on Iranian torturers behind Haifa Cinematheque

"How can we touch his conscience and make him see that he is a monster?” He hopes that My Worst Enemy is a first step to doing just that. 

OCTOBER 6, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
IRANIAN DIRECTOR Mehran Tamadon at the Haifa International Film Festival

Woody Allen's Coup de Chance only excels at being eye candy - film review

Coup de Chance is so lackluster that it’s almost as if someone fed an AI program the command: Write a script in French about an adulterous affair that inspires violent jealousy, set in Paris.

OCTOBER 3, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
LOU DE LAAGE and Niels Schneider in Woody Allen’s ‘Coup de Chance.’

Koshashvili looks at a Georgian family in Israel - review

The movie was also notable for the fact that it didn’t go for some kind of cheap, love-conquers-all conclusion.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
A SCENE FROM Dover Koshashvili ‘The Giants of Easter Island.’