movie

Real-life horror film: Trailer of Oct. 7 atrocities appears in theaters, TV

Families of hostages have reached a new audience to call for their loved ones' safe return.

'Seven Eyes': A film about female observers on the Gaza border during Hamas attack

The film will be about the female observers on the Gaza border who demonstrated great bravery by warning the powers that be about an imminent attack.

Jerusalem highlights January 5-11

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

The real story behind ‘One Life’: Nicholas Winton who rescued Jewish children from the Nazis

That tear-jerking clip periodically goes viral on social media, but now, Winton’s story is coming to bigger screens — in a dramatic film, “One Life.”

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
06/01/2024
 THE CAST of ‘Checkout.’

Israel-Hamas War: Israeli sitcom pays tribute to staffer killed in Gaza

The cast and crew of the popular Israeli sitcom Checkout came up with a special episode called “Iron Checkout” – a reference to the official name for the war, Swords of Iron.

New film on 1506 massacre of Lisbon Jews garners worldwide attention

As many as 4,000 Jews were brutally murdered in the Lisbon massacre between April 19 and 21, 1506. 

By BROOKE SARAH BORDEN
04/01/2024

'Driving Madeline" - An emotional Parisian road trip

A charming, if predictable, movie redeemed and distinguished by two amazing lead performances by Line Renaud and Dany Boon.

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Check out 'Chef' and some Nordic Noir on Israeli TV

If you feel up to watching a suspenseful crime series with violent scenes, the Norwegian Nordic Noir series, Wisting, became available on Hot VOD and Next TV.

The worst of times, the best of movies

Here are my 10 best international films this year (with one exception, these all played in movie theaters in Israel), followed by the 10 best Israeli movies. 

The real Auschwitz commandant — and Yiddish resistance song — behind ‘The Zone of Interest’

"The Zone of Interest,” which won the Grand Prix at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, never shows the inside of the camp’s operations.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
29/12/2023
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