Movie Reviews

Isabelle Huppert is the star in ‘The Richest Woman in the World’ - review

The Richest Woman in the World, directed by Thierry Klifa, opens in theaters in Israel on Thursday.

‘THE RICHEST Woman in the World’ is a reminder that in a career that has spanned more than 150 roles, most of them leads, Isabelle Huppert is always the most interesting thing about every movie in which she has starred.
‘SHEEP IN THE BOX’ is about how a couple, grieving the loss of their young son who was killed in an accident two years before, decide to adopt an AI robot programmed to mimic their child.

'Sheep in the Box': A pointless, sweet story of grief, robots - review

FROM LEFT: Vojtech Vodochodský, Stanislav Majer, and Tatiana Pauhofová in ‘Waves.’

‘Waves’ captures thrill and tragedy of resistance at Prague radio station in ’68 - review

JEREMY STRONG (left) and Bill Burr in ‘The Social Reckoning.’

'The Social Reckoning': Aaron Sorkin exposes Facebook's dark side in gripping sequel - review


'Reality': Getting in the mindset of uneducated vanity - review

Sydney Sweeney, a young star who has played in her share of rom-coms, gives a compelling performance in a tricky role.

 SYDNEY SWEENEY in ‘Reality.’

‘Rabbi Capoeira’: A movie mixing ultra-Orthodox and martial arts - review

The film is showing throughout July and August at theaters in the Lev Cinemas chain and other venues around the country.

 MIKI HAYAT in ‘Rabbi Capoeira.’

Israeli creativity in the limelight with this year's Jerusalem Film Festival lineup

The films illustrate the diversity and professionalism of the Israeli film industry and show that even in a time of war and tragedy, Israeli creators continue to work.

 ‘COME CLOSER’ and ‘Eid’ will be screened at the Jerusalem Film Festival next month.

'Hila': A spectacular movie about a single mother's obsession - review

Hila, which is very watchable in spite of its occasional and distracting descents into pretension, is certainly one of Michal Bat-Adam’s best movies. 

 A scene from Michal Bat-Adam's film 'Hila.'

‘Hemda’: Shemi Zarhin's film collapses under the weight of a busy plot - review

Usually, whether I like a movie or not, I can understand why the director wanted to make it, but here the reasoning eluded me.

 SASSON GABAY and Assi Levy in ‘Hemda.’

'Treasure': Julia von Heinz's film on Holocaust trauma - review

Treasure is a very particular story that will evoke universal emotions in audiences.

 STEPHEN FRY and Lena Dunham in ‘Treasure.’

'The Sixth Child': A tragic French story of parenthood, poverty - review

As I watched the movie, my loyalties kept shifting among the characters, and I wasn’t always sure where it was going – one of the highest compliments I can give any movie.

 A scene from 'The Sixth Child'

'June Zero': An obscure story about Eichmann in Israel after the trial

People forget that Eichmann spent about two years in Israel, as investigators interrogated him before the trial, during his trial, and in the period of appeals that followed the trial.

 A SCENE from  Jake Paltrow’s  ‘June Zero.’

'Perfect Days': Less a movie, more like moving in with a stranger - review

The movie tells the story of a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo, one of the cleanest cities in the world.

 KOJI YAKUSHO and Arisa Nakano in ‘Perfect Days.’

Cinematheques pay tribute to Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki

Miyazaki’s unique work is imaginative and filled with beautiful imagery, but his stories also have great emotional depth, usually from the point of view of children.

 A SCENE from ‘Princess Mononoke,’ one of Studio Ghibli's most successful movies.