New israeli movies

In a city torn by poster wars and politics, repair for NYC Jews requires fighting for it - opinion

We must turn aside from the temptation to flatten complexity, hide behind false certainties, and hurl our “truths” at one another like Molotov cocktails.

Nina Mogilnik read the perspectives of people who tore down Israeli hostage posters in New York City in the documentary "Torn."
A scene from ‘Holy Cow.’

New movie 'Holy Cow' is a fresh coming-of-age drama brought directly from Cannes

 HARRISON FORD  in ‘Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny.’

Indiana Jones meets science in ‘Dial of Destiny’

 Scene from 'Zero Hour' series

Israeli show creators attend int'l television conference


Being Norman Oppenheimer

Joseph Cedar’s ‘Norman’ shows the humanity within the nudnik.

Joseph Cedar’s ‘Norman’

Hollywood stars attend gala screening of ‘Zookeeper’s Wife’ in Warsaw

Based on the non-fiction best seller by poet and naturalist Diane Ackerman, the movie opens in theaters March 31.

JESSICA CHASTAIN stars in the upcoming Holocaust drama ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife.’

Movie Review: ‘Personal Affairs’

PERSONAL AFFAIRS Hebrew title: Inyanim Ishiim Directed by Maha Haj With Sanaa and Mahmoud Shawahdeh, Ziad Bakri, Hanan Hillo, Doraid Liddawi Running time: 90 minutes In Arabic and Hebrew.

‘Personal Affairs’

Movie review: Nadia’s dilemma

A Palestinian woman lives life as a Jew in Tova Ascher’s new film

AKA Nadia

Coming soon to a theater near you

The ‘Post’ looks at some of the more highly anticipated movies being released in early 2017.

LIAM NEESON stars in Martin Scorsese’s ‘Silence.’

Television: Boston and Hollywood

Three big movies on the small screen.

Scarlett Johansson in the movie 'Hail, Caesar!'

Rise of the Oscar contenders

The ‘Post’ looks at four of the front-runners for next year’s Academy Awards.

Oscar statues are painted outside the entrance to the Dolby Theatre

Miri Regev’s ill-timed tirade

Regev has never pretended to be especially interested in the arts. She has boasted that she has never read Chekhov, apparently to make a point about how European culture should not dominate the arts.

Minister Miri Regev

Ophirs handed out awards, too

Rama Burshtein, an ultra-Orthodox woman, won the Best Screenplay Award for Through the Wall, a comedy about marriage in the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) world.

ELITE ZEXER’S ‘Sand Storm’ took home six Ophir Awards on Thursday night

Israeli cinema on the way to American theaters

From features like ‘Presenting Princess Shaw’ to docos like ‘Tikkun,’ Israel will be represented this summer in the US.

THE DOCUMENTARY ‘Presenting Princess Shaw’ was a big hit at The Jerusalem Film Festival.