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"The Debt": American Remake of Israeli Film Opens This Week

The long awaited "The Debt" opens this Wednesday in NY, and premieres tonight at The JCC in Manhattan to a sold out crowd. This film was one of the most anticipated films that fell through the of of..

posted August 29, 2011 in Blog | Permalink | Comments (4)

Miral - Lost in the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict

Miral - Lost in the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict For anyone familiar with the Palestinian narrative, Julian Schnabel's controversial film, Miral, is in not a shocking story. Schnabel even makes to..

posted March 16, 2011 in Blog | Permalink | Comments (0)

Boycotting Arts

From the very start, this Flotilla fiasco has been a PR war more than anything else. Israel fell straight into this trap and lost the battle quite embarrassingly. Nevertheless, the true danger in is..

posted June 10, 2010 in Blog | Permalink | Comments (1)

From Lebanon War to Gang Wars, a Step Up for the Israeli Film Industry?

Over the last couple of years, Israel's films represented in The Academy Awards where on the topic of Lebanon (Waltz with Bashir and Beaufort) and displayed the horrors of war. This year, Israel it..

posted February 02, 2010 in Blog | Permalink | Comments (0)

Other Narratives

A new phenomenon is flooding the middle-eastern film scene. I first noticed the narrative stand-off between the rising Israeli cinema and the young Palestinian voices at this past year's Cannes film..

posted November 06, 2009 in Blog | Permalink | Comments (0)

The most Jewish film in America

I walked out of the latest Coen Borther's film, A Serious Man, shocked! This is the most Jewish movie I have ever seen. What happened? These very Jewish brothers who never really acknowledged a deep..

posted October 08, 2009 in Blog | Permalink | Comments (0)

The Art of War - "Lebanon" premiere at The Jerusalem Film Festival

This year's Jerusalem film festival has wonderful Israeli films especially in the main feature film category. Everyone is saying that this year has one of the toughest competitions. One of my films..

posted July 14, 2009 in Blog | Permalink | Comments (1)

Insiders and outsiders in controversial Israeli films: Ve'ahavta (and Though Shalt Love)

Insiders and outsiders in controversial Israeli films: Ve'ahavta (and Though Shalt Love) Israel has more film schools per-capita than any other country in the world. The product of this..

posted June 24, 2009 in Blog | Permalink | Comments (0)

The Concert - The Movie of the Summer is here

It is hard to find a good movie in this sea of mediocre-or-worse summer movies. But The Concert by Radu Mihaleanu is a true summer delight. After his last film Live and Become was a heavy handed in..

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A Matter of Size (Sipur Gadol)

The 26th Jerusalem international film festival opened tonight with the film A Matter of Size (Sipur Gadol). After over one hour of speeches and awards, the 5000 anxious viewers got to see the of the..