Israeli movies

Ben Perry: How one Israeli actor turned sirens into viral comedy - interview

Scene after scene of Perry turning Israel’s angst into laughter, song, and dance surfaced online to garner millions of views over the almost six weeks of siren jumping.

BEN PERRY’S family pose outside their neighborhood shelter.
THE TROUPE

Laughing through it: Israeli comedy films to celebrate Independence Day

MARY, THE plain yet intellectually savvy Bennet sister, is the main character in ‘The Other Bennet Sister.’

Rewind history to the Gulf War with these Israeli classics

Tom Nesher wins the Ophir Award for Best Director for ‘Come Closer’ in 2024.

How Israeli women dominate the film industry in ways Hollywood still can't


Movie review: Nadia’s dilemma

A Palestinian woman lives life as a Jew in Tova Ascher’s new film

AKA Nadia

Movie Review: ‘Beyond the Mountains’ and off the rails

The ambitious film collapses under its own ideological weight.

Beyond The Mountains And Hills film

Movie Review: Striking a chord

’A Quiet Heart’ evinces the pulse of Jerusalem.

’A Quiet Heart’

The power and the gory

‘Tikkun’ is both revolting and revealing.

‘Tikkun’

Memorable and moving

‘In Between’ tells a new story.

‘In Between’

לַעֲבוֹר אֶת הַקִיר

New movie: Through the Wall

Through the Wall

A year to remember for Israeli movies

The most striking new trend is the diversity of filmmakers and the variety of stories told in their films.

Still from the movie 'Sand Storm'

Coming soon to a theater near you

The ‘Post’ looks at some of the more highly anticipated movies being released in early 2017.

LIAM NEESON stars in Martin Scorsese’s ‘Silence.’

It’s time for the Jewish Film Festival

Eighteen is a lucky number for the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival.

Moritz Daniel Oppenheim - ‘Return’

Don’t bring down the curtain on the Smadar movie theater

The Smadar was the setting for director Avi Nesher’s short movie ‘True Story.’

The Smadar was the setting for director Avi Nesher’s short movie ‘True Stor y’; he is seen here (at lef t) during filming with actors Tuval Shafir (center) and Yuval Scharf