Young Israeli husband Eli Cohen is recruited by the Mossad in the early 1960’s and sent to Syria. Read More »
Daily Archives: November 24, 2021
The Merciless Trap AKA Nasake muyo no wana (1961) Jun Fukuda, Makoto Satô, Ichirô Nakatani, Kumi Mizuno
Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict Read More »
Gagarine (2020) Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh, Alseni Bathily, Lyna Khoudri, Jamil McCraven
Yuri fights to save his home town – which he shares with his namesake, Yuri Gagarin – from demolition. Read More »
Rana’s Wedding AKA Al qods fee yom akhar (2002) Hany Abu-Assad, Clara Khoury, Khalifa Natour, Ismael Dabbag
About a Palestinian girl of 17 who wants to get married to the man of her own choosing. Read More »