Movie Reviews
'Köln 75': The unlikely story behind Keith Jarrett's iconic concert - review
Köln 75, directed by Israel-born, New York-based Ido Fluk, is a little like The Big Short at times, in that it features moments when various characters stop the action and break the fourth wall.
'Tuner' mixes classical music, crime, and Dustin Hoffman - review
What to watch this week: Gal Gadot buoyant in an otherwise sinking ship in 'In the Hand of Dante'
‘Sentimental Value’ is a beautiful drama of redemption in a show-biz family - review
'More than I Deserve' tells a very Israeli story - review
"More Than I Deserve" tells an intersecting story of two communities in Israel, new immigrants from the former Soviet Union and the ultra-Orthodox
A kid, his grandfather and 1980s New York
James Gray’s Armageddon Time will be like taking a journey in a time machine that will transport you back to New York in the 1980s.
The Man in the Basement: A thriller on Holocaust denial trolls - review
The Man in the Basement opens on January 27 in New York to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day and will soon be shown around the US (and eventually, one would hope, in Israel)
In ‘My Neighbor Adolf,’ the guy next door is Hitler - review
That’s the somewhat bizarre premise of the engaging black comedy My Neighbor Adolf, directed by Leon Prudovsky and co-written by Dmitry Malinsky.
The challenging path to Ofir Raul Graizer’s ‘America’ - review
The miracle is that the movie came together, in spite of the fact that they were set to begin filming during the pandemic.
‘Best Sellers’: Michael Caine shines through the clichés - review
There’s good news and bad news about his latest film, Best Sellers, which opens throughout Israel on January 5. It has a good cast and a meaty role for Michael Caine, but it doesn't quite jell.
‘Concerned Citizen’: A look at a Tel Aviv culture clash - review
Concerned Citizen mixes dark comedy and drama in its social commentary about a young gay couple living in a neighborhood in south Tel Aviv that is home to many migrants, both legal and illegal.
Spielberg's ‘The Fabelmans’ shows us the man behind the movies - film review
It won’t surprise anyone who has ever seen a Spielberg movie to know that what saved him – what elevated him – was both his love for movies and his talent for creating them.
‘Tokyo Shaking’ enacts a real-life disaster - film review
The acting, cinematography and production are highly polished, but the script seems designed to mute any real conflict.
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