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For all its virtues, The Holdovers invites unfortunate comparisons to the ne plus ultra of teacher-student bonding movies, Wonder Boys.

The 12th edition of the annual Anthropological Film Festival will take place at the Jerusalem Cinematheque from February 13-15.

With their proven track record, Oppenheim, Sharon, and their cohorts will do the British comics justice and leave their Opera House patrons whistling a tune or two, smiling, or possibly laughing.

The one-hour documentary, to be released in April, will feature Sandberg interviewing eyewitnesses to the horrific attack, as well as released hostages and first responders.

The movie uses a newsreel format to give the story historical context and to lay out the many different factions who fought each other during the pre-state years.

Several of Welles’s works will be the subject of a tribute at the Jerusalem Cinematheque, starting on February 5 and running throughout the month. 

Since we are now experiencing a truly difficult year, it’s nice to have a movie like this to help us get through it.

Israeli 'Haktovet al Hakir' commemorates the Babyn Yar massacre

The film opens with the 2012 murder of Black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida, later recreating Nazi-era Germany, the Jim Crow South and other moments it connects through the idea of caste. 

The sadness at the core of this movie goes deep, as it focuses on a world where any human connection and sensuality connected to sex has been washed away by rivers of alcohol.