Israeli movies

‘Under siege’: Creators describe rising antisemitism in Hollywood

Jewish creators behind Mad Men and The Americans describe the growing antisemitism that young artists face.

‘Mad Men’ creator Matthew Weiner at Jerusalem Sessions on Monday.
Tovah Feldshuh: My job as an actor is always to be in my character’s corner.

Tovah Feldshuh on portraying Golda Meir, rising antisemitism, and renewed relevance - interview

Lia Elalouf in Tom Nesher's Come Closer.

Tom Nesher’s Ophir Award-winning and Israeli Oscars selection, 'Come Closer,' to open in US

TOMER MACHLOOF, Shahar Tavoch, and Wael Hamdun in ‘Stay Forte.’

‘Stay Forte’ tells the human story behind the Gaza hostage escape - review


Rise of the Oscar contenders

The ‘Post’ looks at four of the front-runners for next year’s Academy Awards.

Oscar statues are painted outside the entrance to the Dolby Theatre

Movies: 'Our Father'

A violent, heavy drama.

‘Our Father’

A race to the altar

‘Through the Wall’ and into your heart.

‘Through the Wall’

Movies: A kinder, gentler time in ‘Women’s Balcony’

A very human and funny story of how repression can come with a seductive face – the men don’t go along with the rabbi out of cruelty but because he inspires them.

‘Women’s Balcony’

Grapevine: Wowing audiences

News briefs from around Israel

KNESSET SPEAKER Yuli Edelstein addresses the Bundestag’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee

Not just another Cinderella

Ido Haar’s ‘Presenting Princess Shaw’ is not a sentimental story about the transition from anonymity to stardom, but a film about a tenacious woman who fights to make her voice heard.

Aspiring singer Samantha Montgomery has broken through with the help of an Israeli musician and filmmaker

Miri Regev’s ill-timed tirade

Regev has never pretended to be especially interested in the arts. She has boasted that she has never read Chekhov, apparently to make a point about how European culture should not dominate the arts.

Minister Miri Regev

Ophirs handed out awards, too

Rama Burshtein, an ultra-Orthodox woman, won the Best Screenplay Award for Through the Wall, a comedy about marriage in the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) world.

ELITE ZEXER’S ‘Sand Storm’ took home six Ophir Awards on Thursday night

Television: Emmy winners, Israeli classics, Turkish delight

This TV lineup is well worth watching.

Mr. Robot

Movie Review: 'Sand Storm'

‘Sand Storm’ is an affecting Beduin drama.

‘Sand Storm’