israeli film

'Among Neighbors': A filmmaker’s journey to uncover a forgotten Holocaust legacy

Filmmaker Yoav Potash arrived in Poland to document a modest ceremony in a forgotten town, but left with a profound mystery that would take a decade to unravel.

By NERIA BARR
23/04/2025

A tribute to Israeli classics, 'Hacks' returns, and Jon Hamm gets in trouble

Israeli Movie Channel on Yes has a tribute to veteran movie producer Yitzhak Shani, screening several of his films in an all-day program.

Richard Gere shines in ‘Longing,’ the English remake of an Israeli hit

Talking to Gabizon, it seems important that the director/writer who created the movie was able to reshape the material himself for the English version.

‘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. 

Beloved Israeli actor, Ze'ev Revach, dies at 84

Revach is survived by his wife and five children.

Highlights of the Haifa International Film Festival

One advantage for English speakers of seeing a movie at a film festival is that they show films with English titles, unlike the theater chains, which only offer subtitles occasionally.

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.

Israelis go to Sri Lanka to process trauma in ‘Arugam Bay’

The movie, which opened in theaters around Israel on Thursday, couldn’t be more relevant to the trauma so many young Israelis are trying to process right now.

  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen in an interrogation room (illustrative)

Palestinian films make the Oscar shortlists, as Israeli hopefuls are passed over

Yariv Mozer’s We Will Dance Again, a hard-hitting film about the massacre at the Supernova music festival, was one of the eligible films that was passed over this year.

Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival unveiled: A visual mix showcasing Jewish life and history

Several television series will be presented, including David Schalko’s highly praised Kafka, an ambitious look at the tormented writer’s life, and the new Shtisel spin-off, Kugel.

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