film review

‘Kafka’s Last Trial’ doc. tells the story of a literary legal battle

It’s fitting that this movie is being released now, just after the centenary of Kafka’s death was marked, and as an exhibit is running at the National Library of Israel.

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.

'Souleymane’s Story': A glance into the life of an African worker in Paris

The new film paints a haunting portrait of one face behind all the headlines about immigration.

'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.

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‘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
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