film

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.

Confronting the myths of Hitler and the Holocaust

Joachim A. Lang’s groundbreaking approach merges two cinematic genres –Holocaust films and depictions of Nazi Germany – previously kept separate.

By YAEL BEN MOSHE
26/01/2025

Berlin International Film Festival to screen doc on hostage David Cunio

David’s brother Ariel Cunio was also taken hostage, along with his girlfriend, Arbel Yehoud, and they are still being held. David is not on the list of hostages to be released in the current deal.

 A SCENE from ‘Most Precious of Cargoes.’

Exploring humanity through animation: Hazanavicius' 'The Most Precious of Cargoes' debuts in Israel

At Haifa Film Festival, Oscar-winning director discusses France’s antisemitism.

Aki-no festival presents beautiful diversity of Japanese cinema

The festival features the best of recent Japanese cinema and is the sole opportunity in Israel to see many of such movies.

Post-trauma, then and now: Erez Tadmor's 'Soda' explores Holocaust survivors' stories

Tadmor is an extremely prolific and versatile filmmaker who released a drama film about a shelter for orphans in south Tel Aviv.

Jerusalem highlights: January 17-23

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

Real Estate – Love Story wins the Israeli competition at the Haifa Film Festival

This was the first year that the Israeli Film Award included both feature films and documentaries in a single category.

'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.

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