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New movie 'Ezra' gives nuanced, realistic portrayal of autism

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.”

Mother-daughter movies to celebrate Noa Argamani's freedom from Gaza

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.

‘Hemda’: Shemi Zarhin's film collapses under the weight of a busy plot

Usually, whether I like a movie or not, I can understand why the director wanted to make it, but here the reasoning eluded me.

Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry take a father-daughter trip to Auschwitz in tragicomedy ‘Treasure’

The story of “Treasure” will be familiar to many Ashkenazi Jews who have either made such journeys, which delved into genealogical research.

By TOBY AXELROD/JTA
15/06/2024

All the world's a screen in Shakespeare film fest

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.

'The Sixth Child': A tragic French story of parenthood, poverty

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.

Jerusalem Highlights June 7-13

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

A new movie about fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg explores her mother’s Holocaust experience

The film includes handwritten letters from her mother written during the Holocaust and footage of von Furstenberg as she visits the Kazerne Dossin Holocaust museum in Brussels.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
07/06/2024

Israeli Cinema Day celebrates creativity amid Israel-Hamas war

Fittingly, one of the movies will be the documentary #Nova, about the October 7 massacre at the music festival in Re’im.

Keep the change you filthy animal: 'Home Alone' house hits market for $5.25m.

The infamous Home Alone house at 671 Lincoln Ave. in Winnetka, Illinois, a nostalgic piece of classic Christmas history, has hit the market for the first time in more than a decade.

By JESSICA JONES-GORMAN/LA TIMES/TNS
02/06/2024
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