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Israeli Film Wins Top Prize At Venice

VENICE (Reuters) – Hard-hitting Israeli war movie "Lebanon" won the Golden Lion for best picture at the Venice film festival on Saturday. Director Samuel Maoz shot almost the entire drama, featuring graphic and disturbing scenes of violence, from inside a … Continue reading

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Israeli Cinema Is Painful

Nine out of ten times I rent an Israeli film, I regret it. They’re horribly boring. I just checked out "Sallah." It’s billed as "Israel’s all-time classic" and it is supposedly the highest grossing movie in the history of Israeli … Continue reading

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The Fresh New Look Of Israeli Film

That’s the Jewish Journal’s cover story this week. So what does that mean? I hope it means that new Israeli films aren’t as interminably boring as their predecessors. Despite using the most generous standards, I’ve found nine out of ten … Continue reading

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