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Director Sam Firstenberg and the poster for his 1989 'Riverbend.' (Courtesy of Firstenberg)
April 24, 2026, 7:29 pm
A popular US theater is reviving a lost film by Israeli B-movie director Sam Firstenberg
Alamo Drafthouse theaters in five cities will screen the 1989 action drama ‘Riverbend’ on April 29, signaling renewed interest in a filmmaker critics praised as a master of ‘earnest schlock’
By Stephen Silver
An Israeli artist couple (Efrat Dor and Ariel Bronz) sell their souls to the ruling elite in the provocative film 'Yes!' from director Nadav Lapid. (Courtesy of Kino Lorber via JTA)
April 10, 2026, 1:30 am
In ‘Yes!,’ Israeli director Nadav Lapid skewers the country’s ‘moral abyss’ after Oct. 7
Now in limited theatrical release in the US nearly a year after its premiere at Cannes, the film is intensely critical of Israel, even as it has faced boycotts by pro-Palestinian activists
By Andrew Lapin
Muhammad Gazawi as Khaled in 'The Sea.' (Courtesy JCC Manhattan via JTA)
November 6, 2025, 5:34 pm
Controversial Israeli film ‘The Sea’ makes its North American premiere in NYC
The Arabic-language film, Israel’s Academy Award submission this year, has ignited criticism on the left and the right. On Thursday, it opens the Other Israel Film Festival in Manhattan
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Solomon Wiener, left, and Jeremy Neumark Jones as Michael Podchlebnik in 'The World Will Tremble' by Israeli director Lior Geller. (Courtesy)
April 24, 2025, 4:25 pm
New film shows how escapees from 1st Nazi death camp revealed Final Solution to the world
Screening in NY to mark Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, director Lior Geller’s ‘The World Will Tremble’ tells true story of daring revelation of plan to exterminate world Jewry
By Rich Tenorio
German actors and actresses hold photos of Israeli hostage David Cunio upon arrival at the opening of the International Film Festival, Berlinale, in Berlin, February 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
February 25, 2025, 4:12 pm
Jeers for Israel and a top award for a doc about hostages at Berlin film festival
As ‘Holding Liat’ wins top documentary prize and ‘Letter to David’ sees its world premiere, Berlinale organizers try to prevent repeat of last year’s unmitigated anti-Israel displays
By Toby Axelrod
From 'Legend of Destruction,' Gidi Dar's 2021 film about the Jewish revolt against the Romans in 70 CE. (Courtesy: David Polonsky and Michael Faust)
August 11, 2024, 4:25 pm
2021 film about the destruction of the Second Temple finds new resonance after Oct. 7
Gidi Dar’s ‘Legend of Destruction’ was acclaimed in Israel because it reflected social and political divides in 21st-century Jerusalem; now an English version speaks to US Jews
By Jackie Hajdenberg
File - The site of the Supernova music festival near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel is seen on October 12, 2023. At least 360 Israeli festival-goers were killed during the assault by Hamas terrorists on October 7. (Ohad Zwigenberg/ AP)
February 23, 2024, 4:56 pm
Documentary on October 7 Supernova festival massacre makes US debut
Days after the Hamas onslaught, filmmaker Duki Dror headed to the devastated rave site near Re’im. It is now his mission to show the world ‘Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre’
By Rich Tenorio
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
A still from 'Concerned Citizen.' (Courtesy of the Israel Film Center Festival)
June 16, 2023, 12:16 am
Grab your rugelach and check out this year’s must-watch Israeli films
From June 1-8, NYC’s Israel Film Center Festival presented a selection of films that rivals Cannes or Sundance – but here you ran the chance of bumping into your Hebrew teacher
By Jordan Hoffman
Shlomi Bertonov, right, as Ben in 'Concerned Citizen.' (Guy Sahaf via JTA)
June 14, 2023, 12:15 pm
Israeli drama ‘Concerned Citizen’ tackles gentrification and race issues in Tel Aviv
Writer-director Idan Haguel’s second film, about notoriously rundown and singularly diverse Neve Sha’anan, hits close to home — much of it was filmed in his own old apartment
By Sarah Rosen
Oren Levy filming with his video camera in a still from 'I am Not.' (Courtesy/ Itai Raziel)
March 21, 2023, 3:37 pm
What’s in a name? Poignant documentary plumbs identity of complex Israeli young man
Screening in Boston on March 21, Tomer Heymann’s award-winning film ‘I am Not’ follows Oren, an adopted Guatemala-born Israeli, on a journey beyond his multiple diagnoses
By Rich Tenorio
Christina, played by Lena Fraifeld, and Valeria, played by Dasha Tvoronovich, in 'Valeria is Getting Married' by director Michal Vinik. (Courtesy)
March 19, 2023, 3:34 pm
A match made in desperation: New Israeli film unveils plight of mail-order brides
Playing at the Boston Israeli Film Festival, ‘Valeria is Getting Married’ touches on the murky morality of these mutualistic relationships – and their resulting emotional toll
By Rich Tenorio
From 'Legend of Destruction,' Gidi Dar's 2021 film about the Jewish revolt against the Romans in 70 CE. (Courtesy: David Polonsky and Michael Faust)
February 9, 2023, 11:43 am
Award-winning animated feature about Second Temple destruction now in English
Gidi Dar says ‘Legend of Destruction’ film is ‘warning sign to Israelis’ at a time of renewed national discord
By Jessica Steinberg
Left to right: Avshalom Pollak as 'Y' in Nadav Lapid's film 'Ahed's Knee' (Kino Lorber/ via JTA); Natasha Lyonne in 'Russian Doll' (Courtesy of Netflix © 2022); Michael Banks in James Gray’s ‘Armageddon Time' (Courtesy of Anne Joyce/Focus Features)
December 25, 2022, 9:53 am
ToI culture critic’s top 10 moments of Jewish entertainment for 2022
It’s been a banner year for films, shows, and theatrical productions by Jews or about the Jewish experience. Here are the best from Jordan Hoffman
By Jordan Hoffman
The cast and crew of 'Cinema Sabaya' pose with their Ophir Awards after winning Best Picture and other prizes, September 18, 2022. (courtesy)
November 28, 2022, 3:58 pm
‘Cinema Sabaya’ director hopes to repeat film’s underdog success on road to Oscars
Orit Fouks Rotem never expected her film ‘Cinema Sabaya’ to sweep the Ophir Awards, but now finds herself seeking a chance to vie for Best Foreign Film at the 2023 Academy Awards
By Jessica Steinberg
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