Movie Reviews

Luc Besson's ‘June and John’ bogged down by clichés - review

The new film is a throwback to the days when eccentric female protagonists were called “kooky.”

SCENE FROM 'June and John'.
REUNITED AND IT FEELS so red (from L): Emily Blunt (Emily Charlton); Anne Hathaway (Andy Sachs); and Stanley Tucci (Nigel Kipling) attend ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ world premiere at New York City’s Lincoln Center, April 20.

‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’: Israel rolls out red carpet as Tel Aviv hosts early premiere

RYAN GOSLING in Project Hail Mary.

Movie theaters reopening across the country, just in time for Passover vacation - review

EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS (2014) Pictured: Christian Bale as Moses.

Miriam on screen: Great films depicting biblical trailblazers to watch during Passover


'The Good Boss': A story of bad business - review

If you feel you can still laugh about the way the system grinds down employees then you won’t feel too bad watching The Good Boss.

 JAVIER BARDEM in ‘The Good Boss.’

'Beautiful Minds': An unlikely duo celebrating their power - review

Usually, I either like or dislike a movie, but with Beautiful Minds, I kept going back and forth, finding it alternately charming and cloying.

 BERNARD CAMPAN and Alexandre Jollien in ‘Beautiful Minds.’

‘Metronom’: Rebellious youth in Romania’s troubled times - review

It’s an ambitious movie, told mainly through two long scenes, the party and investigation, and it won Alexandru Belc the directing prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival.

 A SCENE FROM ‘Metronom.’

'Valeria is Getting Married': Story of a mail-order Ukrainian bride - review

The title of the film really ought to be Is Valeria Getting Married? because Christina knows that this kind of mail-order partnership is not a done deal.

 LENA FRAIFELD in ‘Valeria is Getting Married.’

‘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.