film review

'Why War': Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai's latest movie

The director attempts to answer the question "why war?" in an inventive way, by quoting from an exchange of letters between Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud in the early 1930s.

Jesse Eisenberg's 'A Real Pain' is a trip worth taking

Jesse Eisenberg's 'A Real Pain' is a poignant journey of grief, Jewish identity, and family bonds, blending humor and heart as two cousins navigate their past on a tour of Jewish history in Poland.

New film 'The Ring' traces a family's Holocaust trauma

Much of the movie details their search through Budapest, and as interesting as this city’s atmosphere is, it’s the relationships among the three leads that carry the movie forward.

‘Red Flower’ copes with the carnage in Sderot

Also available is the docudrama One Day in October on Yes TV, by Daniel Finkelman and Oded Davidoff, which offers dramatized versions of four stories from October 7.

Love, laughter, and high-stakes Haredi dating in 'Matchmaking 2

If you’re craving a story that’s both romantic and funny, Matchmaking 2 is a good match.

Norwegian talkfest ‘Sex’ is an utterly unsexy film

Norwegian film "Sex" revives mumblecore with a dialogue-heavy story, but its slow, unremarkable conversations fall flat.

(Larry Horricks)

‘White Bird’ stars Helen Mirren as a Holocaust survivor who teaches her grandson about kindness

The movie is a spinoff of “Wonder” (2017), a modern-day story about a middle schooler seeking to fit in despite his facial differences.

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
05/10/2024

'A World Apart' showcases Italian small-town charm with a heartfelt story of resilience

'A World Apart' tells the heartwarming story of a Roman teacher revitalized by a tiny Italian village’s fight to keep its school open, resonating with today’s challenges.

 JUNE SQUIBB and Fred Hechinger in ‘Thelma.’

'Thelma': A movie that will ride off with your heart

Thelma is a touching and entertaining story about what getting old is like for many people, with real laughs and moving moments.

Movie ‘Last Summer’ brings viewers on a journey of an illicit and immoral relationship

The movie is the story of an illicit and immoral relationship, the kind that once upon a time was winked at when the younger person was a male teenager but is now viewed as a criminal offense.

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