The 41st Jerusalem Film Festival will open with the comic revenge film Thelma and will honor American-Jewish actress Jennifer Jason Leigh. Check out the other movies being screened.
The plot threads come together and then unravel as the story moves along slowly through its 197-minute running time.
The films illustrate the diversity and professionalism of the Israeli film industry and show that even in a time of war and tragedy, Israeli creators continue to work.
This moving film illustrates the quote by Dr. Stephen Shore: “When you’ve met one individual with autism, you’ve met one individual with autism.”
In honor of Noa Argamani reuniting with her mother Liora, who is dying of cancer, this week is a good time to enjoy mother-daughter movies.
Usually, whether I like a movie or not, I can understand why the director wanted to make it, but here the reasoning eluded me.
The story of “Treasure” will be familiar to many Ashkenazi Jews who have either made such journeys, which delved into genealogical research.
The festival, programmed in collaboration with the English department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU), begins on June 9 and continues throughout the month.
As I watched the movie, my loyalties kept shifting among the characters, and I wasn’t always sure where it was going – one of the highest compliments I can give any movie.
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