Movie

Jerusalem highlights: June 20-26

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

 Lama Ani Hai in a concert.
 PRODUCER-DIRECTOR Davies, whose current project is the film ‘Einstein’s Incredible Universe.’

Understanding the mind of Albert Einstein

 ‘SWIMMING WITH WINGS’

27th TLV Student Film Festival announces full program

 Illustrative image of grilled cheese.

Jerusalem highlights: June 6-12


New doc tells story of Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel

An Elie Wiesel documentary presents a compelling portrait of a Holocaust survivor who bore witness.

 IMAGES FROM the documentary ‘Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire.’

Jerusalem highlights: May 30 – June 5

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

 Johanna Riethmueller

A Chicago cinema canceled a pro-Israel movie screening, relented — then canceled again

“We regret any unintended offense our decision to cancel a privately organized, public film screening caused," Facets Film Forum said in a statement.

 Following the cancellation of "Bring the Family Home" by Facets, CJA rescheduled the screening at the Wilmette Theater in suburban Chicago on May 13, 2025.

Checkout: A Mossad spy parody movie worth watching - review

Dov’s frantic attempts at gaining a totally Israeli identity will resonate more with most viewers than the darker story about the conflict.  

 A SCENE from ‘Checkout.’

Jerusalem Highlights: April 25 – May 1

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

 Artwork by Miryam Adler.

Nadav Lapid’s new film to be shown at Cannes

The film is reportedly set in the aftermath of the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, which led to the outbreak of the current war in Gaza.

 Nadav Lapid's movie, Synonyms, won the Golden Bear Award at the 2019 Berlinale.

Jerusalem Highlights: April 18-24

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

 The music of Jemaa El Fna.

‘Shtisel’ star Sasson Gabay is happy to be back playing a complex haredi Orthodox Jew in ‘Kugel’

As a preview — a taste of the “burnt end” of the kugel, Nuhem might say — Gabay spoke with the New York Jewish Week about filming in Antwerp.

Sasson Gabay stars as the well-meaning, conniving Nuhem in "Kugel," a prequel to the hit Israeli series "Shtisel."

Funny fables from the underworld in ‘Jaffa Stories’ - review

The movie is an adaptation of the series of books called Jaffa Stories by the late journalist Menahem Talmi, which ran in Maariv and has just been reissued in digital editions.

 A SCENE from ‘Jaffa Stories.’

Jerusalem highlights: April 11-17

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

 People are seen riding bikes in Jerusalem in this illustrative image.

Jerusalem Cinematheque screens classic films for 50th anniversary

The movies include Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane (1941), Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal (1957), Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959), and more.

 A SCENE from ‘Citizen Kane.’