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Jerusalem highlights: February 14-20

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

 HUMPHREY BOGART and Ingrid Bergman in ‘Casablanca.’

Classic and new romance movies for Valentine’s Day

The Jerusalem Cinematheque will celebrate Valentine’s Day this year with a special program called Whirlwind Romance.

Hollywood is producing more violent film content than ever before

Researchers at the University of New South Wales in Australia have conducted a study to better understand the evolution of on-screen violence.

10/02/2025

New film ‘Halisa’ focuses on a Haifa baby nurse

Noa Koler plays Sara, a nurse in a children’s (Tipat Halav) clinic who has a stressful workload and also faces the pressure that comes with the fertility treatments she is doing.

Chalamet masterfully channels Bob Dylan in 'A Complete Unknown'

The movie is far from flawless, but the problems with it are likely not ones that will bother you as you’re watching it.

 A SCENE from ‘September 5.’

‘September 5’ relives the ’72 Munich massacre

We still remember 1972 and know its tragic story, but now that October 7 has been repackaged by certain elements of the media as 'resistance,' it's especially important that 'September 5' be seen.

‘Highway 65’ is a tense, Israeli neo-noir thriller

Dreifuss has succeeded on both counts and created a suspenseful movie that combines Israeli directness and occasional comic touches with Nordic noir. 

Hostage documentary to tell the Nir Oz story of ‘The Cunios’

The documentary tells the harrowing story of an Argentine-Israeli family taken hostage in the October 7 attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz, with ties to Pope Francis and global efforts for their release.

In ‘Midas Man,’ a new biopic of Jewish Beatles manager Brian Epstein, a synagogue sets the scene

The synagogue scenes were shot at Liverpool’s Princes Road Synagogue, as the actual Greenbank synagogue that hosted both Epstein’s bar mitzvah and funeral no longer exists.

By STEPHEN SILVER/JTA
01/02/2025

Favignana: The 'Goat Island' in Christopher Nolan's upcoming 'Odyssey' film

Christopher Nolan will adapt The Odyssey with an all-star cast, including Tom Holland, Matt Damon, and Zendaya, per Variety.

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