Cinema

Boy George in Israel: Emotional Nova visit, meeting Herzog and a pro-Israel anthem reviewed

From Boy George’s emotional Nova visit to the Adam Brody controversy on Netflix, here’s what Israeli and Jewish culture are talking about this week.

British musician Boy George visits the Nova Festival Memorial Site near the kibbutz of Reim, in southern Israel on November 3, 2026.
This year, for the first time, the Arava film festival will feature two outdoor screens.

Arava film festival celebrates movies shaped by the desert

ADAM BRODY as Noah and Tovah Feldshuh as mother Bina share a moment on screen in ‘Nobody Wants This,’ while Joanne, played by Kristin Bell, looks on.

‘Nobody Wants This’ season 3 is charming enough to forget the Adam Brody controversy

THE SDEROT CINEMATHEQUE.

How the Cinema South Festival has survived and thrived in Sderot for 25 years


Hard-hitting Ali G is back, leading new group of idiots in 'Ali G: Who Iz I?'

Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G character snuck into theaters in Israel and around the world for the new movie Ali G: Who Iz I?, which was set for a two-day release on Friday and Saturday.

The movie starts with a quote from Voltaire, 'Those who can make you believe absurdities can also make you commit atrocities,' and it’s key to understanding the movie.

Rebels, romance, and revolution: Hollywood classics return to the big screen in Tel Aviv

The Tel Aviv Museum of Art celebrates American cinema of the 1960s and 70s with screenings of Hollywood classics, from The Graduate to Easy Rider, October 22-24.

‘GIMME SHELTER’ showcased the Rolling Stones free concert at Altamont that turned violent.

Avi Nesher's ‘Our Loves’ turns tragedy into immersive cinema - review

The idea of people who thought they were as stressed as they could be on October 6 is a smart lens for tackling October 7. You get to know each character and are drawn into their stories.

Daniel Gimpel, as the young religious festival-goer, is one of the standouts in a fine ensemble in ‘Our Loves.’

Mark Feuerstein heads to Israel to film new thriller

American-Jewish actor Mark Feuerstein is heading to Israel to begin filming 'Midair', an action-packed intelligence thriller for Yes co-starring Aviv Alush and Gal Malka.

Mark Feuerstein

Swiss queer film festival removes award-winning Israeli movie from lineup after boycott threats

The Geneva-based festival, which opens on October 9, had previously included Tell Me Everything, a drama about a boy who discovers his father is gay at the height of the AIDS epidemic, in its lineup.

A scene from the Israeli film 'Tell Me Everything.'

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.

International LGBT film festival sets screenings at Tel Aviv Cinematheque

Audiences can also look forward to Adam Shankman’s camp comedy Stop! That! Train! featuring RuPaul, alongside major festival favorites from Cannes and Montreal’s Fantasia.

 People participate in the first Gay Pride Parade in Mitzpe Ramon, on July 2, 2021.

Israeli television marks three years since October 7 massacre

TV Time: What is most striking about much of the new programming is how different it feels from the documentaries made in the first months after the attack.

HOT 8 FILM 'Whose are you?' hwich focuses on three kfar Aza women who all experienced October 7 in different ways despite living so close to one another. 2026

‘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.

Jerusalem highlights: September 18-24

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

Kosher nibbles – Latin-Mediterranean style (see Friday).