Ivan Bibic returns to his Pittsburgh PA suburb after surviving a Japanese POW camp, causing regular nightmares. Read More »
Tag Archives: Israel
I Love You Rosa / Ani Ohev Otach Rosa (1972) Moshé Mizrahi, Michal Bat-Adam, Gabi Otterman, Moshe Tal
The love of Nissim for his widowed sister-in-law, Rosa in the Old City of Jerusalem at the turn of the century. Read More »
Or (My Treasure) (2004) Keren Yedaya, Dana Ivgy, Ronit Elkabetz, Meshar Cohen
Or shoulders a lot: she’s 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash Read More »
The Assassin Next Door / Kirot (2009) Danny Lerner, Olga Kurylenko, Ninet Tayeb, Henry David
In an old apartment building on the wrong side of the tracks, two women, unknown to each other Read More »
Pornography and the Holocaust AKA Stalags (2008) Ari Libsker
Documentary film about pornographic Stalag fiction books popular in Israel until the time of the Adolf Eichmann trial. Read More »
O Jerusalem (2006) Élie Chouraqui, JJ Feild, Saïd Taghmaoui, Maria Papas
Alternating between the unique vantage points of the Jews, the Arabs, and the British, director Elie Chouraqui’s historical drama Read More »
The Syrian Bride (2004) Eran Riklis, Hiam Abbass, Makram Khoury, Clara Khoury
In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border Read More »
Eli & Ben (2008) Ori Ravid, Lior Ashkenazi, Yuval Shevach, Yael Hadar
Ben (Lior Ashkenazi, “Walk on Water”) has always affectionately entertained his son Eli’s (Yuval Shevakh) mischievous behavior. Read More »
Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986) Moshé Mizrahi, Tom Hanks, Cristina Marsillach, Benedict Taylor
An American flyer who joined the RAF before his country was in the war is recovering from a leg injury in Jerusalem. Read More »
Operation Sunflower AKA Mivtza Hamaniya (2014) Avraham Kushnir, Yehoram Gaon, Baruch Brener, Daniella Kertesz
The Iranians are bringing missiles out of their bunkers and within an hour and a half they will be prepared Read More »