entertainment

Trying to love 'About Dry Grasses,' Nuri Bilge Ceylan's new film

The plot threads come together and then unravel as the story moves along slowly through its 197-minute running time.

Grapevine June 26, 2024: Lessons not learned

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Tel Aviv-based Ananey to partner with Jim Henson Company

The Season Keepers will be a modern-day fairy tale, inspired by Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons,” and will tell the story of twins Lia and Ben.

Richard Gere stars in 'Longing,' a remake of an Israeli film

The remake, starring Richard Gere, is set in the US, and is being remade by the Israeli director who originally directed and created the film.

From Ethiopia with love and joy: A recent arrival to the shores unfurls his vocal talents

Abate Berihun blazed a trail for many Israelis with Ethiopian roots, being one of Ethiopia’s leading jazz artists before making aliyah 25 years ago.

12/05/2024

A timely revival of Hanoch Levin’s ‘Krum’

Revived by Yoram Loewenstein Studio actors, director Ido Kolton recast this iconic work as taking place in a dance club.

‘A Room of His Own’ interweaves personal and national stories

The movie is a riveting look at a troubled, brilliant, and very endearing teenage boy, Uri (Gilad Lederman, in an amazing movie debut), who has a hugely challenging family situation.

PechaKucha event returns to Tel Aviv with eclectic array of artists

PechaKuchanin event is the ideal vehicle for providing audiences with entertainment that is distilled and free of lightweight filling material.

05/04/2024

Netflix docudrama retelling the story of Exodus is one of Netflix's top shows

The Netflix series mixes dramatized scenes and traditional footage of experts and, in cases where Bible stories match or reflect the record, historical evidence.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
03/04/2024
Nazi Germany

Hulu’s ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’ uncovers a Jewish family’s buried past under the Nazis

“We Were the Lucky Ones” is distinguished from these and other Holocaust dramas by its wide lens.

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
27/03/2024
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