Movie Reviews
'Sheep in the Box': A pointless, sweet story of grief, robots - review
The film explores how a couple, grieving the loss of their young son who was killed in an accident two years before, decide to adopt an AI robot programmed to mimic their child.
‘Waves’ captures thrill and tragedy of resistance at Prague radio station in ’68 - review
'The Social Reckoning': Aaron Sorkin exposes Facebook's dark side in gripping sequel - review
‘Orphan,’ the new film by László Nemes, tells a bleak story of a Jewish boy in 1950s Budapest
‘Rabbi Capoeira’: A movie mixing ultra-Orthodox and martial arts - review
The film is showing throughout July and August at theaters in the Lev Cinemas chain and other venues around the country.
Israeli creativity in the limelight with this year's Jerusalem Film Festival lineup
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.
'Hila': A spectacular movie about a single mother's obsession - review
Hila, which is very watchable in spite of its occasional and distracting descents into pretension, is certainly one of Michal Bat-Adam’s best movies.
‘Hemda’: Shemi Zarhin's film collapses under the weight of a busy plot - review
Usually, whether I like a movie or not, I can understand why the director wanted to make it, but here the reasoning eluded me.
'Treasure': Julia von Heinz's film on Holocaust trauma - review
Treasure is a very particular story that will evoke universal emotions in audiences.
'The Sixth Child': A tragic French story of parenthood, poverty - review
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.
'June Zero': An obscure story about Eichmann in Israel after the trial
People forget that Eichmann spent about two years in Israel, as investigators interrogated him before the trial, during his trial, and in the period of appeals that followed the trial.
'Perfect Days': Less a movie, more like moving in with a stranger - review
The movie tells the story of a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo, one of the cleanest cities in the world.
Cinematheques pay tribute to Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki
Miyazaki’s unique work is imaginative and filled with beautiful imagery, but his stories also have great emotional depth, usually from the point of view of children.
‘Kiss Me Kosher’ tells a comic story of an Israeli-German couple - film review
It’s a typically irreverent joke in a movie that is a mixture of a rom-com and a more serious look at how Israelis deal with prejudice and the past, which is now playing in theaters.
