Hannah Brown

Hannah Brown covers culture and has been the movie critic for The Jerusalem Post since 2001. Born and raised in New York City, she was a movie critic at The New York Post , as well as a columnist and an editor in the business section there. Her first novel, If I Could Tell You , inspired by her experiences raising a son with autism, was published by Vantage Point Books in New York in March 2012. Her short fiction has appeared in Commentary , The Jerusalem Post Magazine and Short Story Quarterly .Two of her short stories were included in the anthology Israel Short Stories , published by Ang-Lit Press in Tel Aviv in February 2011. She has published articles, essays and reviews for Newsweek , The Forward , and The Jerusalem Report . From 2007-2008, she hosted a weekly radio show about movies on the RAM FM station. She lives with her two sons in Jerusalem.

Thousands of haredim protest against draft law in Jerusalem, January 6, 2026.

New Israeli drama Ambiguity explores secret lives of disbelieving haredim in Jerusalem - interview

Niv Sultan portrays heroic Mossad agent Tamar Rabinyan in Apple TV+ and KAN 11's Tehran.

KAN 11 to rerun 'Tehran' series at midnight every night

Javier Bardem wears a pin which reads: "Palestine" on the red carpet during the Oscars arrivals at the 98th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US, March 15, 2026.

Javier Bardem speaks out for Palestine at the Oscars, while Iranian dissidents were ignored


Israeli director Levinson-Blount's student film is up for an Oscar

“It’s really an honor to represent my film school at the Oscars. The cast and crew of the film are thrilled, he said. “It’s a student film and it wouldn’t have happened without a lot of teamwork.”

 MEYER LEVINSON-BLOUNT

Oscars clash 2026: ‘Sinners’ takes on ‘One Battle After Another’

From 'One Battle After Another' to 'Sinners,' find out which films and stars are poised to dominate the 98th Academy Awards this Sunday.

MICHAEL B. JORDAN in ‘Sinners.’

War diary: A weekend of sirens, through my autistic son’s eyes

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS: For most of us, our understanding of what Israelis call “the situation” is the lens through which we experience this war. Danny lacks this lens, and it feels different.

TWO WEEKS under fire: Missile trails arc across the night sky above Tel Aviv. Israel has endured days of attacks that have repeatedly sent civilians rushing to bomb shelters.

As Israelis feel weight of war, Eretz Nehederet finds laughter under fire

Wednesday’s Eretz Nehederet functioned as a kind of snapshot of the mood of the country, and managed, as it has in so many other times of crisis, to give people something to laugh about.

An Eretz Nehederet segment depicting an Iranian official showing AI pictures of Tel Aviv buildings swarmed by massive insects.

Holocaust survivor, troubled teen bond in ‘The Optimist’

Written and directed by Finn Taylor, the film is opening in theaters across the US on March 11 and will likely be released in Israel in the coming year.

STEPHEN LANG and Elsie Fisher in ‘The Optimist.’

Quentin Tarantino is alive and well, despite reports; now working on new British farce

Reports attributed to the website Deadline.com said that Tarantino had been killed by an Iranian missile attack on Tel Aviv.

Quentin Tarantino and Daniella Pick pose on the red carpet during arrivals for the screening of the film "Nouvelle Vague" in competition at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 17, 2025.

Exhibition 'Yakir's Light' brings together art by a fallen soldier and his mother

The show combines drawings and photographs with pictures of architectural projects, which is a little unusual. Additionally, one artist is living, and the other is dead, which is very unusual.

The two artists whose work is in the ‘Yakir’s Light’ exhibition: Chaya Hexter and her son Yakir Hexter, who served as a combat engineer in the 8219th Battalion of the Commando Special Forces Unit and was killed in Gaza in January 2024.

Celebrate International Women’s Day on the small screen: Shows with strong women to watch

TV TIME: March 8 is International Women’s Day, and the small screen offers a great many movies and series featuring unforgettable females.

NATALIE DORMER, left, and Mia McKenna-Bruce in ‘The Lady.’

Want to take a shower without being interrupted by missiles? There's an app for that - review

Both sites feature English and Hebrew versions, and joined Hooked, the meet-singles-in-the-bomb-shelter-app as the latest examples of brilliant resilience from Startup Nation.

 A hot bath or a cold and invigorating shower can greatly help improve mood and overall feeling

WATCH: 'Michelle,' Israel’s Eurovision song, revealed in a performance by Noam Bettan

The song includes lyrics in Hebrew, French, and English. The lyrics were written by Nadav Aharoni, Tzlil Kalifi, and Yuval Raphael. Aharoni and Kalifi composed the music, and Aharoni is the producer.

Noam Bettan, winner of the reality show "The Next Star" poses for a picture after winning the final in Neve Ilan, near Jerusalem, January 21, 2026.