Jerusalem Cinematheque

Jerusalem highlights: August 7-13

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

Do not disturb until Chelyabinsk
A recent picture of Yad Kennedy.

Jerusalem highlights: July 31-August 6

Irvin Unger presents his new book on Arthur Szyk (see Monday).

Jerusalem highlights: June 12-18

Jerusalem Cinematheque unveils renovated auditorium

Jerusalem highlights: April 17-23


Jerusalem Highlights: August 30-September 5

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 Wadi Kelt

A tribute to Sidney Lumet will take place in Jerusalem this September

American Jewish director Sidney Lumet will be the subject of a tribute in Jerusalem, on what would have been his 100th birthday.

 ‘DOG DAY AFTERNOON’ and ‘Network’ are just two of Sidney Lumet’s masterpieces.

Jerusalem Highlights: August 23-29

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 Landscape photography (illustrative)

Jerusalem Cinematheque celebrates Robin Williams' legacy with special tribute series - opinion

The Jerusalem Cinematheque honors Robin Williams’ legacy with a month-long film series starting August 1. Catch classics like Aladdin and Good Will Hunting on the big screen.

 ROBIN WILLIAMS in ‘Good Morning, Vietnam.’

'Don’t lower the curtain on Israeli cinema': Israeli film stars protest gov't reforms

“If funding isn’t allocated to films, in a year or two, there will be no Israeli films being released."

 People in a movie theatre wait for the screening of the film 'The Boy' created by Yahav Winner, who was killed following the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, on November 11, 2023.

Jerusalem Film Festival to host Jennifer Jason Leigh as guest of honor

The festival, which will include hundreds of new movies from around the world and from Israel, will run at the Jerusalem Cinematheque until July 27. 

 JENNIFER JASON LEIGH

The future is now: Jerusalem Cinematheque presents Cinematic Dystopia series

The series of films looks at very different futuristic movie dystopias, and it can be fun to see what they got wrong and scary to look at what they were right about.

 Set photograph from Metropolis, a 1927 German expressionist science-fiction silent film directed by Fritz Lang.

All the world's a screen in Shakespeare film fest

The festival, programmed in collaboration with the English department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU), begins on June 9 and continues throughout the month.

 LEONARDO DICAPRIO and Claire Danes in 'Romeo + Juliet'

Jerusalem Highlights June 7-13

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 'Banquet with the Queen'

Jerusalem Highlights April 12-18

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 Jeremie Ravon and Irit Haruvi in ‘From Three Comes Four’