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The AniNation animation festival marks its first decade of business at the Jerusalem Cinematheque

The six-day AniNation animation festival is a very varied affair. It offers a variety of items from across the geographic and cultural landscape.

‘Let’s Solve This’ offers a fresh perspective on regional politics. )
WATCHING YEHORAM GAON and rising star Meshi Kleinstein bring out the best in each other, despite some initial misunderstandings as they bridge the generation gap, is at the heart of this enjoyable comedy.

Mystery at the Jerusalem YMCA pool drives Yehoram Gaon’s first film in nearly a decade

Patrick Stewart in Hunting Elephants.

Looking back at Patrick Stewart's Israeli movie, 'Hunting Elephants'

FILE PHOTO: "Star Trek" actor Walter Koenig speaks to reporters in Bangkok July 24, 2007 after his visit to a refugee camp on the Thai-Myanmar border.

Legendary Jewish actor Walter Koenig, 'Star Trek's' plucky Chekov, dies at 90


Jerusalem Women's Film Festival explores trauma, healing, and hope - preview

Notwithstanding the heavy subject matter of many of the films, Jerusalem Women’s Film Festival attendees are expected to come away from the festival in a buoyant, hopeful frame of mind.

‘Mikveh’ provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of surprising everyday issues faced by religious women.

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

Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning transforms Facebook's scandals into a gripping drama about whistleblowers, online extremism, and the consequences of unchecked social media power.

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

Oct. 7 film ‘The Road Between Us’ now on Paramount+

The film's success followed a controversy in which it was initially removed from the festival’s lineup over clearance demands related to Hamas bodycam footage, then reinstated after protests.

"The Road Between Us."

Reflecting on three years of arts coverage since October 7: Balancing culture, tragedy - comment

Over the past three years, as an arts and culture writer, I have tried my best to cope with the events of October 7 by striking a balance between arts chronicling those killed in the war.

A destroyed safe room in Kfar Aza in October 2023. ‘At moments, I wondered if my work was futile: Did we even need arts coverage during this period?’ asks the writer.

Brad Pitt on screen, retired IDF combat dogs in the seats

HaHolchim BaRosh arranged the screening; it supports Oketz veterans as they transition into civilian life and maintains a community for former unit members.

Veterans of the IDF’s Oketz canine unit brought their retired military dogs to a special screening of Brad Pitt’s Heart of the Beast at HOT Cinema in Kfar Saba on October 1, 2026.

New documentary 'To Kill a Nazi' details Holocaust survivor's key role in Entebbe rescue

The hijacking of the flydubai flight made "To Kill a Nazi" incredibly topical, since it tells the story of the extraordinary life of Michel Cojot, a Holocaust and Entebbe hijacking survivor.

Coyote in New York.

Spanish director Alberto Sciamma brings his allegorical film, ‘Cielo,’ to Haifa Film Festival

While the landscapes of Bolivia are spectacular, the film shows how harsh life can be there.

ALBERTO SCIAMMA at the Haifa festival: "Hopefully, [the film] appeals to the heart, and then people bring their own feelings and experiences to it."

Jerusalem highlights: October 2 – October 8

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

Smadar Initiative is featuring ‘Inglorious Bastards.’ (see Saturday).

‘Orphan,’ the new film by László Nemes, tells a bleak story of a Jewish boy in 1950s Budapest

A brilliant, hopeless portrait of troubled childhood, Orphan references the war in nearly every disconsulate frame.

ALTHOUGH SET after World War II, ‘Orphan’ references the war in nearly every disconsolate frame, and captures the melancholy of trying to pick up the pieces after a tragedy of such a grand scale.

Why did Adam Sandler's new film 'Don't Say Good Luck' bring me to tears? - opinion

In Don’t Say Good Luck, high school sophomore Sophie snags the lead in a musical called Waitress. The music is more 13 than Sondheim, but Sara Bareilles’s tunes are a joy to listen to. 

IS IT time to trade Jakarta for Japan? (Pictured: Kyoto, Japan).