cinema

36th Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles celebrates the Jewish state's cinema

The festival’s opening-night gala will feature the West Coast Premiere of Tom Nesher’s Come Closer at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills.

Classic British films by Pressburger and Powell being showed at Jerusalem Cinematheque

Their movies feature lush cinematography (whether in color or black-and-white), passionate romances that are all the more affecting because the characters are so very British.

Israeli coming-of-age story ‘Sweet Mud’ heads to Netflix

The story’s primary focus is 12-year-old Dvir and his mother, Miri, who loves him but struggles to function, and who is considered an annoyance by most of the kibbutz members.

‘Picture This,’ a series of interviews about Oct. 7, to be broadcast in the US

The series uses illustrations and animations by acclaimed Israeli artists of testimonies, which creates a vivid impression of events that were never recorded on camera.

Sweetening the movie: Hot Cinema upgrades the popcorn

Hot Cinema introduces sweet caramel-flavored popcorn to their menu for the first time in Israeli cinemas, costing NIS 20.

By MEITAL SHARABI
13/09/2024

'Genocide in Gaza': Anti-Israel protests, boycott calls at Toronto, Venice film festivals

Sarah Friedland, an American-Jewish director accepting the Luigi De Laurentiis Prize for Best First Film, said, “As a Jewish American, I’m accepting this award on the 336th day of Israel’s genocide."

‘Art College 1994’ features more talk than paint

It focuses on two guys, Zhifei a.k.a. Rabbit (Shaoxing) and Xiaojun (Dong Zijian), gifted students at a provincial art college, who are trying to figure out art, life, women, and everything else.

Movie and free buffet: the Planet network offers a new service

New VIP LIGHT concept at PLANET network's Beer Sheva and Zichron Yaakov cinemas: NIS 79.90 for unlimited free buffet and movie in luxurious VIP hall armchairs.

By MEITAL SHARABI
05/09/2024

A tribute to Sidney Lumet will take place in Jerusalem this September

American Jewish director Sidney Lumet will be the subject of a tribute in Jerusalem, on what would have been his 100th birthday.

Miss Holocaust Survivor documentary wins Ernst Lubitsch award

The documentary Miss Holocaust Survivor won the Ernst Lubitsch Award in Berlin, celebrating a beauty pageant honoring Holocaust survivors.

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