Movie Reviews

'Fantasy Life,' rife with Jewish-American comedy, turns anxiety into an offbeat love story

Fantasy Life is anything but pat, and although I enjoyed the movie when I saw it in Haifa, I found it even funnier and more interesting when I re-watched it on a computer link.

MATTHEW SHEAR and Amanda Peet in ‘Fantasy Life.’
DENIS PODALYDÈS plays author Georges Simenon’s distinguished inspector Maigret in ‘Maigret and the Dead Lover’

‘Maigret and the Dead Lover’: Bringing French detective back to big screen - review

Joseph Mazzello (second from left) and Jon Voight (second from right) in ‘Monument.’

Israeli architects honor Lebanese soldiers in new feature film ‘Monument’ - review

Still from A Burning Man

'A Burning Man' tells the moving story of a father’s dilemma about his soldier son


‘Rosa’s Wedding’: A charming low-key comedy-drama - review

While the movie is often predictable, it is nevertheless enjoyable, and belongs squarely in the ever-growing genre of movies about middle-aged women making a major life transformation.

 ‘ROSA’S WEDDING’

'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

 SCENES FROM ‘More Than I Deserve.’

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.

 SCENES FROM ‘Armageddon Time’ with Anthony Hopkins.

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)

 A SCENE FROM ‘The Man in the Basement.’

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.

 DAVID HAYMAN and Udo Kier in ‘Adolph and Me.’

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.

 OFIR RAUL GRAIZER: I feel the experience of an immigrant with my soul.

‘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.

 MICHAEL CAINE and Aubrey Plaza in ‘Best Sellers.’

‘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.

 A SCENE FROM ‘Concerned Citizen.’

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.

 THE FABELMAN family in Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans.’

‘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.

 ‘TOKYO SHAKING’