In an old apartment building on the wrong side of the tracks, two women, unknown to each other Read More »
Tag Archives: Israel
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 »
The Passover Plot (1976) Michael Campus, Harry Andrews, Hugh Griffith, Zalman King
Dramatization of the controversial best-seller that posits an alternate version of the birth of Christianity. Read More »
Colombian Love AKA Ahava Colombianit (2004) Shay Kanot, Yael Appleboum, Mili Avital, Yael Badash
Tali and Ori are a young Israeli couple. After attending their best friends’ wedding, which ended in disaster Read More »
My Stills, 1952-2002 (2003) David Perlov
My Stills, 1952-2002, David Perlov’s last film, is based on his still photographs. Read More »