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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren as Grandmère and Bryce Gheisar as Julian in "White Bird: A Wonder Story." (Larry Horricks via JTA)
October 14, 2024, 7:08 am
‘White Bird’ stars Helen Mirren as Holocaust survivor who guides wayward grandson
Author of children’s book that movie is based on says it is important that non-Jews help carry on lessons of Holocaust; film debuted this month after delay due to Hollywood strike
By Shira Li Bartov
'Golda' director Guy Nattiv at the Cinema for Peace ceremony in Berlin on February 19, 2024. (Courtesy)
February 20, 2024, 6:55 pm
Director Guy Nattiv calls for new Israeli and Palestinian leadership
Oscar-winner and ‘Golda’ lead actress Helen Mirren accept special award at Berlin’s Cinema for Peace Foundation
By Jessica Steinberg
Helen Mirren onstage at the screening of 'Golda' at the opening night of the Jerusalem's Film Festival, July 13, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 14, 2024, 8:45 pm
Helen Mirren, Liev Schreiber among stars condemning calls for Israel Eurovision ban
400 signatories to letter organized by Creative Community for Peace say they’re shocked by efforts to ban Israel ‘for responding to greatest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust’
By Amy Spiro
Screen capture from video of British actress Dame Helen Mirren during an interview with the BBC broadcast on October 1, 2023. (Daily Mail. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 2, 2023, 12:49 pm
Helen Mirren defends Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose in ‘Maestro’
‘Golda’ actress says there is a ‘delicate’ balance between being racially offensive and accurately portraying a historical figure
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Director Guy Nattiv, second from right, with the actors in 'Tatami,' filmed in Georgia in 2022, his latest film about an Iranian athlete forced to make an impossible decision (Courtesy Guy Nattiv)
September 19, 2023, 3:44 am
After tackling Golda, director Guy Nattiv goes to the mat for Iran’s exiled athletes
The Israeli filmmaker discusses his new film, ‘Tatami,’ which grapples with anti-Israel pressure on Iranian judokas, and blames jeers for his Meir biopic on the political climate
By Jessica Steinberg
Screen capture from video of actress Helen Mirren talking about playing Israeli leader Gold Meir in the film 'Golda' during an interview with Channel 12 broadcast August 28, 2023. (Channel 12. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 28, 2023, 1:11 pm
Helen Mirren: Israel must exist ‘for eternity’ because of the Holocaust
Speaking to Israeli TV about her film role as PM Golda Meir, star actress declares she would join anti-government protest movement if she had the chance
By ToI Staff
Director Guy Nattiv poses for photographers at the photo call for the film 'Golda' during the International Film Festival 'Berlinale', in Berlin, Germany, on Feb. 20, 2023. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
August 25, 2023, 12:44 pm
Director of ‘Golda’: Criticism against Israel’s first female PM was misogynism
In interview, director Guy Nattiv explains how he sought to soften, deepen the memory of Golda Meir and why Helen Mirren is great for the part of Meir
By Jocelyn Noveck
Helen Mirren and Camille Cottin in 'Golda.' (Sean Gleason, Courtesy of Bleecker Street/ShivHans Pictures)
August 24, 2023, 4:34 pm
Not your standard biopic, ‘Golda’ is a gritty warning about the cost of victory
Out Friday, director Guy Nattiv’s latest film, starring Helen Mirren as Golda Meir, skips the broader history lesson and focuses on her humanity as she navigated the Yom Kippur War
By Matt Goldberg
Helen Mirren arrives for the screening of 'Golda' in Jerusalem's Film Festival, Thursday, July 13, 2023. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
July 14, 2023, 3:21 am
Self-labeled ‘shiksa from London’ Helen Mirren accepts Jerusalem Film Festival honor
At Israeli premiere of ‘Golda,’ actress says she never imagined receiving an award in the ‘beautiful, historic, magical, difficult, complex and wonderful city of Jerusalem’
By Amy Spiro
Actress Helen Mirren and co-star Lior Ashkenazi attend a press conference for the upcoming film 'Golda,' about prime minister Golda Meir, in Jerusalem, July 13, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 13, 2023, 2:50 pm
In Jerusalem, Helen Mirren says Golda Meir ‘one of the greatest’ roles she’s played
Ahead of ‘Golda’ premiere at Jerusalem Film Festival, UK actress says she is ‘moved and excited’ to see mass pro-democracy rallies in Israel, recalls her time on a kibbutz in 1967
By Amy Spiro
Then-US vice president Joe Biden, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, talk before a dinner at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner, Pool)
July 13, 2023, 11:02 am
Daily Briefing July 13: Who’s afraid of a US-Israel relationship reassessment?
News editor Amy Spiro, senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on fallout of NYT op-ed claiming US is reviewing its Israel ties; why coalition and opposition find it hard to woo the center
By ToI Staff
Helen Mirren as Golda Meir in Guy Nattiv's film 'Golda.' (Jasper Wolf)
July 2, 2023, 11:27 pm
Helen Mirren, other glitterati to appear at 40th Jerusalem Film Festival
This year’s event includes hits from Sundance, Cannes, Berlin and Venice, among more than 200 movies
By Jessica Steinberg
Helen Mirren as Golda Meir in Guy Nattiv's film 'Golda.' (Jasper Wolf)
June 16, 2023, 10:46 pm
Helen Mirren’s Golda Meir biopic gets US release date
Movie by Oscar-winning Israeli filmmaker Guy Nattiv will begin playing in theaters on August 24
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Helen Mirren in 'Golda,' opening the Jerusalem Film Festival, July 13-23, 2023. (Courtesy United King Films)
June 7, 2023, 6:55 am
Golda Meir biopic starring Helen Mirren to open 40th Jerusalem Film Festival
French film and Cannes winner ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ to close annual festival on August 23
By Jessica Steinberg
Helen Mirren as Golda Meir in Guy Nattiv's film 'Golda.' (Jasper Wolf)
February 23, 2023, 10:49 am
Golda Meir biopic skirts politics as current government faces growing scrutiny
Star Helen Mirren says legendary former PM ‘would have been utterly horrified’ at legal overhaul, calls it ‘the rise of dictatorship’
By Gabe Friedman
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