L.A.-based director Guy Nattiv is back in his native Israel with new film Golda starring Helen Mirren as Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir.
The drama, focused on Meir’s controversial handling of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, opened the Jerusalem Film Festival on July 13, with Mirren squeezing in an appearance just hours before the SAG-AFTRA strike was declared.
The picture originally world premiered at the Berlinale in February, but for Nattiv the Israeli premiere is equally if not more momentous.
“I’ve been waiting for this moment,” Nattiv tells Deadline in Jerusalem.
The director believes the film will chime with current debates in Israel on both its past and future.
“It’s kind of an Israeli movie with an international swagger,” he says of the English-language production, starring a mixture of international and Israeli stars who also include Camille Cottin and Lior Ashkenazi. “It has another layer that...
The drama, focused on Meir’s controversial handling of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, opened the Jerusalem Film Festival on July 13, with Mirren squeezing in an appearance just hours before the SAG-AFTRA strike was declared.
The picture originally world premiered at the Berlinale in February, but for Nattiv the Israeli premiere is equally if not more momentous.
“I’ve been waiting for this moment,” Nattiv tells Deadline in Jerusalem.
The director believes the film will chime with current debates in Israel on both its past and future.
“It’s kind of an Israeli movie with an international swagger,” he says of the English-language production, starring a mixture of international and Israeli stars who also include Camille Cottin and Lior Ashkenazi. “It has another layer that...
- 7/17/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
High-flying Access Entertainment, a division of Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries and equity investor in A24 and “His Dark Materials” producer Bad Wolf, is investing in “Red Skies,” one of the biggest titles set to world premiere at this year’s Series Mania, in main International Competition.
Blavatnik and Danny Cohen, Access Entertainment president, will serve as executive producers on “Red Skies,” a position they also hold one upcoming movies such as Beau is Afraid, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Jonathan Glazer’s “Zone of Interest,” “Iron Claw,” starring Zac Efron, and “Conclave,” from Edward Berger, director of “All Quiet on the Western Front.”
An eight-episode series, “Red Skies” will be broadcast on Reshet 13 later this year.
“Red Skies” marks Access Entertainment’s first foray into Israeli television drama production. It makes its bow on a series which involves a bevy of the prime movers on Israel’s international TV scene.
Produced by Yoav Gross,...
Blavatnik and Danny Cohen, Access Entertainment president, will serve as executive producers on “Red Skies,” a position they also hold one upcoming movies such as Beau is Afraid, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Jonathan Glazer’s “Zone of Interest,” “Iron Claw,” starring Zac Efron, and “Conclave,” from Edward Berger, director of “All Quiet on the Western Front.”
An eight-episode series, “Red Skies” will be broadcast on Reshet 13 later this year.
“Red Skies” marks Access Entertainment’s first foray into Israeli television drama production. It makes its bow on a series which involves a bevy of the prime movers on Israel’s international TV scene.
Produced by Yoav Gross,...
- 3/17/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Hot off the success of “No Man’s Land,” Israel’s Spiro Films and France’s Haut et Court TV are re-teaming on “Armageddon,” a sprawling thriller miniseries looking at Christian extremists operating in the Holy Land.
The show is being created by David Ackerman, who previously worked in national security in Israel and went on to pen the film “Blank Bullet” inspired by the story of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, and “Jerusalem,” a gritty geopolitical thriller drama which competed at last year’s Series Mania.
Ackerman is currently writing the script for “Armageddon,” which weaves several characters, including a Christian American priest who travels with a few disciples to the Kibbutz Megiddo. Appearing friendly and charitable, the group starts forging bonds within the small community, including a mother and a son, while pursuing their secret agenda: find the Antichrist who will provoke a war that will fulfil their biblical prophecy...
The show is being created by David Ackerman, who previously worked in national security in Israel and went on to pen the film “Blank Bullet” inspired by the story of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, and “Jerusalem,” a gritty geopolitical thriller drama which competed at last year’s Series Mania.
Ackerman is currently writing the script for “Armageddon,” which weaves several characters, including a Christian American priest who travels with a few disciples to the Kibbutz Megiddo. Appearing friendly and charitable, the group starts forging bonds within the small community, including a mother and a son, while pursuing their secret agenda: find the Antichrist who will provoke a war that will fulfil their biblical prophecy...
- 3/25/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Hulu has released an official trailer for “The Girl From Plainville” — a limited series inspired by the true story of Michelle Carter’s “texting suicide” case.
Based on Jesse Barron’s Esquire article of the same name, “The Girl From Plainville” dives into Carter’s (Elle Fanning) relationship with Conrad Roy III (Colton Ryan) and his following death, which led to her conviction of involuntary manslaughter.
“All he thought about was dying… I really just wanted to help him,” says Fanning’s Carter in the gripping trailer, which is full of unsettling text messages and moments both following and leading up to Roy’s death.
In addition to Fanning and Ryan, the series also stars Chloë Sevigny as Lynn Roy, Cara Buono as Gail Carter, Kai Lennox as David Carter and Norbert Leo Butz as Conrad Roy II.
Hailing from UCP of the Universal Studio Group, “The Girl From Plainville...
Based on Jesse Barron’s Esquire article of the same name, “The Girl From Plainville” dives into Carter’s (Elle Fanning) relationship with Conrad Roy III (Colton Ryan) and his following death, which led to her conviction of involuntary manslaughter.
“All he thought about was dying… I really just wanted to help him,” says Fanning’s Carter in the gripping trailer, which is full of unsettling text messages and moments both following and leading up to Roy’s death.
In addition to Fanning and Ryan, the series also stars Chloë Sevigny as Lynn Roy, Cara Buono as Gail Carter, Kai Lennox as David Carter and Norbert Leo Butz as Conrad Roy II.
Hailing from UCP of the Universal Studio Group, “The Girl From Plainville...
- 3/2/2022
- by Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Wilson Chapman and Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Israeli series Prime Minister’s Children is taking another run at the U.S.
The series, which was created by Noa Rotman, granddaughter of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and Shachar Magan, is being developed by Add Content, the company behind HBO’s smash hit Euphoria, and Blue Ant Studios.
The show, which will be known in the U.S. as The First Family, explores the household and personal relations surrounding the country’s most prominent politician.
The series, which was originally produced by Koda Communication for Hot 3 in 2011, had reportedly previously been in the works at The CW with Timberman-Beverly Productions.
Hadas Mozes Lichtenstein, Founder and Head of International at Add Content, who brought the Zendaya-fronted Euphoria to HBO and is an exec producer on the U.S. series, is now looking to take another crack at the scripted format with Blue Ant Studios, the company...
The series, which was created by Noa Rotman, granddaughter of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and Shachar Magan, is being developed by Add Content, the company behind HBO’s smash hit Euphoria, and Blue Ant Studios.
The show, which will be known in the U.S. as The First Family, explores the household and personal relations surrounding the country’s most prominent politician.
The series, which was originally produced by Koda Communication for Hot 3 in 2011, had reportedly previously been in the works at The CW with Timberman-Beverly Productions.
Hadas Mozes Lichtenstein, Founder and Head of International at Add Content, who brought the Zendaya-fronted Euphoria to HBO and is an exec producer on the U.S. series, is now looking to take another crack at the scripted format with Blue Ant Studios, the company...
- 3/2/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Perhaps it’s time for another meeting between officials from Israel and Palestine like the series of off-the-books negotiations that took place in Oslo, Norway, back in 1993. Those sessions — conducted in secret over nearly six months, since Israeli policy forbade interacting with or otherwise acknowledging the authority of the Palestinian Liberation Organization — paid off in a very public handshake between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Plo leader Yasser Arafat, photographed with then-u.S. President Bill Clinton.
But the U.S. had little to do with the Oslo Accords, as J.T. Rogers’ Tony-winning play “Oslo” reminded audiences when it premiered at New York’s Lincoln Center Theater in 2016. The discussions were brokered by a nonpartisan Norwegian couple, which provides a uniquely neutral framing device for an in-depth look at the issues concerning both sides. Now, as a recent outbreak of violence in the region reminds how precarious any peace agreement has been,...
But the U.S. had little to do with the Oslo Accords, as J.T. Rogers’ Tony-winning play “Oslo” reminded audiences when it premiered at New York’s Lincoln Center Theater in 2016. The discussions were brokered by a nonpartisan Norwegian couple, which provides a uniquely neutral framing device for an in-depth look at the issues concerning both sides. Now, as a recent outbreak of violence in the region reminds how precarious any peace agreement has been,...
- 5/29/2021
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
“Oslo” tells the story behind the iconic photo of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasir Arafat shaking hands on the White House lawn in 1993. The new TV movie from HBO dramatizes the top-secret negotiations that led to the historic Oslo Accords, a milestone in the ever-winding road to peace in the Middle East.
The movie is an adaptation of J.T. Rogers’s Tony-winning play of the same name, which centers on the Norweigan couple who brought representatives from Israel and Palestine together for the back-channel meetings that would eventually culminate in the signing of the Oslo Accords, the first formal mutual recognition between Israel and the Plo.
As with any based-on-a-true-story flick, the subjects’ lives are much fuller than a two-hour narrative can afford to flesh out. Before you stream “Oslo,” read up on some of the real people behind the historical drama.
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The movie is an adaptation of J.T. Rogers’s Tony-winning play of the same name, which centers on the Norweigan couple who brought representatives from Israel and Palestine together for the back-channel meetings that would eventually culminate in the signing of the Oslo Accords, the first formal mutual recognition between Israel and the Plo.
As with any based-on-a-true-story flick, the subjects’ lives are much fuller than a two-hour narrative can afford to flesh out. Before you stream “Oslo,” read up on some of the real people behind the historical drama.
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- 5/26/2021
- by Alex Noble
- The Wrap
This rigorous and nailbiting documentary examines the US president’s failure to facilitate an agreement between Palestinians and Israelis in the 1990s
In the last days of his presidency Bill Clinton took a call from the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. “You are a great man,” Arafat told him. Clinton replied angrily: “I’m not a great man. I’m a failure. And you made me a failure.” Dror Moreh’s gripping, intellectually vigorous documentary is the story of that failure: the collapse of the peace deal brokered by the US between the Palestinians and Israelis. It’s a blow-by-blow account in measured – but nailbiting – detail, told by the American diplomats in charge of the high-stakes negotiations. You could imagine John le Carré basing a character on one of these polite, ferociously bright people.
When Clinton took office in January 1993, the Middle East was not high on his agenda, but since...
In the last days of his presidency Bill Clinton took a call from the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. “You are a great man,” Arafat told him. Clinton replied angrily: “I’m not a great man. I’m a failure. And you made me a failure.” Dror Moreh’s gripping, intellectually vigorous documentary is the story of that failure: the collapse of the peace deal brokered by the US between the Palestinians and Israelis. It’s a blow-by-blow account in measured – but nailbiting – detail, told by the American diplomats in charge of the high-stakes negotiations. You could imagine John le Carré basing a character on one of these polite, ferociously bright people.
When Clinton took office in January 1993, the Middle East was not high on his agenda, but since...
- 5/19/2021
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
Left to right: Ehud Barak, Bill Clinton and Yasser Arafat at Camp David, in July 2000.
Photo credit: William J. Clinton Presidential Library. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most intractable the world has seen. The Human Factor focuses on the effort to bring a resolution to that conflict through negotiations mediated by the U.S., but particularly on the human side, the human factor, in that effort. Interestingly, it is also presented from the viewpoint of the guys in the middle, the American mediators, rather than the two sides in the conflict. The result is an engrossing, surprisingly gripping documentary that makes one ache for what might have been.
The Human Factor is also a revealing documentary about the long-running effort to resolve the conflict, that offers up remarkable insights, some unexpected humorous moments, and many fascinating details about the process and the personalities involved.
Photo credit: William J. Clinton Presidential Library. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most intractable the world has seen. The Human Factor focuses on the effort to bring a resolution to that conflict through negotiations mediated by the U.S., but particularly on the human side, the human factor, in that effort. Interestingly, it is also presented from the viewpoint of the guys in the middle, the American mediators, rather than the two sides in the conflict. The result is an engrossing, surprisingly gripping documentary that makes one ache for what might have been.
The Human Factor is also a revealing documentary about the long-running effort to resolve the conflict, that offers up remarkable insights, some unexpected humorous moments, and many fascinating details about the process and the personalities involved.
- 5/7/2021
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Arriving at an energizing time in American history (the arrival of a new administration looking to reset certain international priorities), Dror Moreh’s The Human Factor, which premiered at a few 2019 fall festivals––a time when Jared Kushner was tasked with solving piece in the Middle East––is an enlightening and engaging look at fragile peace processes the U.S. worked towards since the early ’90s. Israeli director Moreh, whose previous film The Gatekeepers explored his country’s internal security force, again allows subjects to pull back the curtain and speak freely on matters of importance to national security within and outside Israel’s boarders.
Here the focus is largely on American negotiators caught in the middle, often finding themselves negotiating as “Israel’s lawyer,” as interviewee Aron David Miller laments later in the in the film. The negations and steps towards Middle East peace and prosperity aren’t unilaterally tied to U.
Here the focus is largely on American negotiators caught in the middle, often finding themselves negotiating as “Israel’s lawyer,” as interviewee Aron David Miller laments later in the in the film. The negations and steps towards Middle East peace and prosperity aren’t unilaterally tied to U.
- 5/5/2021
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
In the face of conflict, they sought peace. What’s the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords? In 1993, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization (Plo) Negotiator Mahmoud Abbas signed a Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, commonly referred to as the “Oslo Accord,” at the White House. The accords eventually collapsed in 1996 after Rabin’s assassination by an Israeli who opposed the Oslo Accords on religious grounds, but “Oslo,” a new HBO political thriller, is about the road to those accords.
Continue reading ‘Oslo’ Trailer: Ruth Wilson & Andrew Scott Star In An HBO Political Thriller About The ’93 Oslo Peace Accords at The Playlist.
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- 4/26/2021
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Israeli-American actress-producer-author Noa Tishby was compiling research for what would eventually become her newly released non-fiction book “Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth” (Simon & Schuster) when she discovered that — save for Golda Meir’s 1973 autobiography and English translations of Israeli historian Anita Shapira’s work — there were no books on the history of Israel penned by a woman.
“It was shocking to me,” says Tishby, who first broke on the scene in the hit 1990’s Israeli series “Ramat Aviv Gimmel” and would later go on to sell the Israeli drama “BeTipul” to HBO. The resulting series “In Treatment,” which Tishby co-executive produced, went on to win a Peabody award, two Emmy awards (for Dianne Wiest and Glynn Turman) and ushered in the popularization of Israeli small screen formats for American audiences. (A reboot of the series is currently in the works.)
But while Tishby, born in Tel Aviv,...
“It was shocking to me,” says Tishby, who first broke on the scene in the hit 1990’s Israeli series “Ramat Aviv Gimmel” and would later go on to sell the Israeli drama “BeTipul” to HBO. The resulting series “In Treatment,” which Tishby co-executive produced, went on to win a Peabody award, two Emmy awards (for Dianne Wiest and Glynn Turman) and ushered in the popularization of Israeli small screen formats for American audiences. (A reboot of the series is currently in the works.)
But while Tishby, born in Tel Aviv,...
- 4/7/2021
- by Malina Saval
- Variety Film + TV
This story was originally published in Issue 747 on November 14, 1996.
A Few Times Each Year, Larry King puts everything aside and sets out for La Costa, a health spa in the hills north of San Diego. Nearly 10 years ago he had a heart attack, followed by quintuple-bypass surgery, and going to La Costa is his way of asking fate for a few more years. Each morning he takes a brisk walk around the golf course, checking his pulse along the way. Each afternoon he heads to the spa, pulls off his...
A Few Times Each Year, Larry King puts everything aside and sets out for La Costa, a health spa in the hills north of San Diego. Nearly 10 years ago he had a heart attack, followed by quintuple-bypass surgery, and going to La Costa is his way of asking fate for a few more years. Each morning he takes a brisk walk around the golf course, checking his pulse along the way. Each afternoon he heads to the spa, pulls off his...
- 1/23/2021
- by Rich Cohen
- Rollingstone.com
Larry King, who had a legendary six-decade career on TV and radio and pioneered the live interview, died on Saturday at age 87, according to a statement from his Ora Media company.
King, who had a 25-year run hosting CNN’s “Larry King Live,” died at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he had been hospitalized last month with Covid-19 and had been treated in the hospital’s intensive care unit. “For 63 years and across the platforms of radio, television and digital media, Larry’s many thousands of interviews, awards, and global acclaim stand as a testament to his unique and lasting talent as a broadcaster,” Ora Media said in a statement.
The suspender-clad broadcaster first rose to fame on radio before CNN hired him in 1985 to host a nightly interview show that won him widespread acclaim, high ratings and two Peabody Awards. At its peak in 1998, the show averaged 1.64 million viewers.
King, who had a 25-year run hosting CNN’s “Larry King Live,” died at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he had been hospitalized last month with Covid-19 and had been treated in the hospital’s intensive care unit. “For 63 years and across the platforms of radio, television and digital media, Larry’s many thousands of interviews, awards, and global acclaim stand as a testament to his unique and lasting talent as a broadcaster,” Ora Media said in a statement.
The suspender-clad broadcaster first rose to fame on radio before CNN hired him in 1985 to host a nightly interview show that won him widespread acclaim, high ratings and two Peabody Awards. At its peak in 1998, the show averaged 1.64 million viewers.
- 1/23/2021
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
No filmmaker is better at unraveling the complexities of Middle Eastern turmoil than Dror Moreh. In the Oscar-nominated “The Gatekeepers,” the director looked at the Israeli/Palestine conflict through the eyes of the six living men who have run Shin Bet, Israel’s Secret Service. We expect Avraham Shalom, Yaakov Peri, Carmi Gillon, Ami Avalon, Avi Dichter and Yuval Diskin to be hardliners, but they turn out to be smart, sane and reasoned about the sources and solutions for Israel’s 45-year security problem. They know about it first-hand, because they have had to deal with it every day, unlike the politicians who come and go, for whom they have little respect. The one Israeli leader who did make a difference – Yitzhak Rabin – was felled by an assassin’s bullet on November 4, 1995.
Moreh adopted a similar approach with “The Human Factor”, which looks behind the scenes of three decades of...
Moreh adopted a similar approach with “The Human Factor”, which looks behind the scenes of three decades of...
- 1/20/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
No filmmaker is better at unraveling the complexities of Middle Eastern turmoil than Dror Moreh. In the Oscar-nominated “The Gatekeepers,” the director looked at the Israeli/Palestine conflict through the eyes of the six living men who have run Shin Bet, Israel’s Secret Service. We expect Avraham Shalom, Yaakov Peri, Carmi Gillon, Ami Avalon, Avi Dichter and Yuval Diskin to be hardliners, but they turn out to be smart, sane and reasoned about the sources and solutions for Israel’s 45-year security problem. They know about it first-hand, because they have had to deal with it every day, unlike the politicians who come and go, for whom they have little respect. The one Israeli leader who did make a difference – Yitzhak Rabin – was felled by an assassin’s bullet on November 4, 1995.
Moreh adopted a similar approach with “The Human Factor”, which looks behind the scenes of three decades of...
Moreh adopted a similar approach with “The Human Factor”, which looks behind the scenes of three decades of...
- 1/20/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
After premiering at the 2019 Telluride Film Festival and screening at the Hamptons, Chicago, AFI Fest, and more, Dror Moreh’s insightful documentary “The Human Factor” is finally gearing up for a wide release, care of Sony Pictures Classics. Per the film’s official synopsis, it documents “the untold, behind-the-scenes story of the United States’ 30-year effort to secure peace in the Middle East, told from the perspective of the American negotiators.” Filmmaker Moreh previously helmed the 2012 Oscar nominee “The Gatekeepers,” which followed the former leaders of Israeli security agency Shin Bet.
When the film was preparing for its 2019 Doc NYC premiere, IndieWire’s own Anne Thompson wrote that it was an “intelligent examination of the peace process in the Middle East through the lens of six wily, strategically sensitive negotiators who led the diplomatic talks over 25 years with a series of U.S., Israel, and Palestine leaders.” The film boasts...
When the film was preparing for its 2019 Doc NYC premiere, IndieWire’s own Anne Thompson wrote that it was an “intelligent examination of the peace process in the Middle East through the lens of six wily, strategically sensitive negotiators who led the diplomatic talks over 25 years with a series of U.S., Israel, and Palestine leaders.” The film boasts...
- 11/11/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Yitzhak Rabin, the former Israeli Pm whose assassination in 1995 rocked the Middle East, will be the subject of a new high-end miniseries from Ariel Vromen, the Los Angeles-based Israeli filmmaker whose credits include the 2012 crime pic The Iceman.
The six-part show will be titled The Leader and is being adapted from the book The Rabin Memoirs, which was co-authored by Rabin with journalist Dov Goldstein. Vromen, who will write and direct, has been developing the pic and, working with Rabin’s family, has unearthed previously unseen archival footage and hundreds of hours of interviews (courtesy of the Rabin Center and the Rabin family), which will form a basis for the narrative show.
The series will aim to present an intimate picture of the complex man, tracing his journey from pre-state underground fighter to Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Defence Minister and finally, the first Israeli-born Prime Minister. Each episode...
The six-part show will be titled The Leader and is being adapted from the book The Rabin Memoirs, which was co-authored by Rabin with journalist Dov Goldstein. Vromen, who will write and direct, has been developing the pic and, working with Rabin’s family, has unearthed previously unseen archival footage and hundreds of hours of interviews (courtesy of the Rabin Center and the Rabin family), which will form a basis for the narrative show.
The series will aim to present an intimate picture of the complex man, tracing his journey from pre-state underground fighter to Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Defence Minister and finally, the first Israeli-born Prime Minister. Each episode...
- 10/23/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Histories of Violence: Zilberman Revisits the Tempest of Infamous Assassination
Now over twenty years removed from the circumstances which led to the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in November of 1995, Yaron Zilberman’s effectual sophomore film Incitement presents a time capsule which charts how the struggle for peace and unity can be regressed dangerously in the blink of an eye. The political ripple effects of what transpired following Rabin’s assassination cemented an ongoing cultural conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, however, Zilberman’s retrospective examination eerily conveys how the metamorphoses and vitriol of right-wing media dangerously normalized hate speak and inspired terror in ways which weren’t acknowledged as harmful at the time—and it’s alarming to note certain parallels with contemporary political factions and their infinite platforms assisted by a twenty-hour-news cycle which has led its devotees, whether through real or fake news, to develop a taste for exaggeration,...
Now over twenty years removed from the circumstances which led to the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in November of 1995, Yaron Zilberman’s effectual sophomore film Incitement presents a time capsule which charts how the struggle for peace and unity can be regressed dangerously in the blink of an eye. The political ripple effects of what transpired following Rabin’s assassination cemented an ongoing cultural conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, however, Zilberman’s retrospective examination eerily conveys how the metamorphoses and vitriol of right-wing media dangerously normalized hate speak and inspired terror in ways which weren’t acknowledged as harmful at the time—and it’s alarming to note certain parallels with contemporary political factions and their infinite platforms assisted by a twenty-hour-news cycle which has led its devotees, whether through real or fake news, to develop a taste for exaggeration,...
- 2/10/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Fresh off a screening at the Sundance Film Festival, Kitty Green’s The Assistant premiered this weekend in four theaters, setting a solid debut. Overall, the Time’s Up-era drama thrilled audiences, generating an estimated $84,702 at the box office.
It’s a strong start for the Bleecker Street film — which is opening in the midst of the Weinstein trial. The timing of the debut couldn’t be any more relevant. But there was a bit of a problem when it came to ticket sales at The Angelika in New York, as there was internet outage at the theater in its opening weekend. There were technical difficulties with online ticket sales for reserved seating, but tickets were available on a walk-up, cash-only basis. That said, this may have affected potential performance. Even so, the Angelika and the Lincoln in New York delivered estimated two-day grosses of $18.8K and $19.9K respectively, outperforming...
It’s a strong start for the Bleecker Street film — which is opening in the midst of the Weinstein trial. The timing of the debut couldn’t be any more relevant. But there was a bit of a problem when it came to ticket sales at The Angelika in New York, as there was internet outage at the theater in its opening weekend. There were technical difficulties with online ticket sales for reserved seating, but tickets were available on a walk-up, cash-only basis. That said, this may have affected potential performance. Even so, the Angelika and the Lincoln in New York delivered estimated two-day grosses of $18.8K and $19.9K respectively, outperforming...
- 2/2/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
In the era of #MeToo, Time’s Up and a time when women are being treated unfairly in the workplace, The Assistant couldn’t be released at a more relevant time — and the fact that it takes place in Hollywood makes the story too on the nose.
Written and directed by Kitty Green and starring the indelible Julie Garner, the drama follows one day in the life of Jane (Garner), a recent college graduate who has hopes of becoming a film producer. She recently landed her dream job as a junior assistant to a powerful entertainment mogul (is this beginning to sound familiar?) Most of her day is spent doing what many expect from an assistant job: she makes coffee, orders lunch, takes phone messages, takes messages, loads paper in the copy machine — it’s your basic gofer work. But as we see her go through her day, she begins...
Written and directed by Kitty Green and starring the indelible Julie Garner, the drama follows one day in the life of Jane (Garner), a recent college graduate who has hopes of becoming a film producer. She recently landed her dream job as a junior assistant to a powerful entertainment mogul (is this beginning to sound familiar?) Most of her day is spent doing what many expect from an assistant job: she makes coffee, orders lunch, takes phone messages, takes messages, loads paper in the copy machine — it’s your basic gofer work. But as we see her go through her day, she begins...
- 1/31/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s the start of a new decade and while our most-anticipated films of the year will be unveiled in the coming weeks, we’ll start with a look at January. As always when it comes to the beginning of a new year, a number of 2019 favorites will also be expanding this month, including Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life, Karim Anouz’s Invisible Life, and Sam Mendes’s 1917, so check your local theater listings. A major part of the month will also feature extensive coverage from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, so be sure to bookmark this link for all of our reviews, interviews, and more. Now, on to what is coming to theaters this month.
10. Underwater (William Eubank; Jan. 10)
Yes, an early January release doesn’t bode well for any film but there are enough enticing factors to this aquatic thriller that have our curiosity piqued. There’s director William Eubank behind the camera,...
10. Underwater (William Eubank; Jan. 10)
Yes, an early January release doesn’t bode well for any film but there are enough enticing factors to this aquatic thriller that have our curiosity piqued. There’s director William Eubank behind the camera,...
- 1/2/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
There are so many things that I remember about living in Israel between the years of 1993-1994: the smell of salt water mixed with fresh raw fish in the ancient port of Jaffa, weekend hikes in Ein Gedi, the crackle and hiss of falafel balls frying in vats of piping hot oil in the street food stands of Mahane Yehuda in Jerusalem.
But what I remember most is this: there was hope. It was tangible this hope, spread wide and spanning the length of the entire country, stretching itself like a gentle, soft yawn all the way across the Mediterranean, across the Atlantic, to our families back home in the United States.
Peace was on the horizon.
On September 13, 1993, Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of Israel, and Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, stood on either side of President Bill Clinton and shook hands on the White House Lawn.
But what I remember most is this: there was hope. It was tangible this hope, spread wide and spanning the length of the entire country, stretching itself like a gentle, soft yawn all the way across the Mediterranean, across the Atlantic, to our families back home in the United States.
Peace was on the horizon.
On September 13, 1993, Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of Israel, and Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, stood on either side of President Bill Clinton and shook hands on the White House Lawn.
- 12/10/2019
- by Malina Saval
- Variety Film + TV
This year, with some mighty titles from the Maghreb evaluated alongside the rest of continental Africa, the competitive potential of the Middle East lineup handicapped here may seem a tad diminished. Nevertheless, the territory boasts a possible short-list contender in Palestinian helmer Elia Suleiman’s wry travelog “It Must Be Heaven,” which nabbed the international critics award at 2019 Cannes.
Back in 2003, Suleiman’s second feature, “Divine Intervention,” marked the first of 12 submissions made by Palestine over the years. During that time, the entries resulted in two nominations, both for films helmed by Hany Abu-Assad: “Paradise Now” (2005) and “Omar” (2013). Now, Suleiman, like Abu-Assad, is recognized as an elder statesman of Palestinian filmmaking as well as an accomplished auteur whose films continue to bear witness to the surreal and the absurd in Palestinian life at home and abroad. Although his work is better-known in Europe than in the U.S., “It Must Be Heaven...
Back in 2003, Suleiman’s second feature, “Divine Intervention,” marked the first of 12 submissions made by Palestine over the years. During that time, the entries resulted in two nominations, both for films helmed by Hany Abu-Assad: “Paradise Now” (2005) and “Omar” (2013). Now, Suleiman, like Abu-Assad, is recognized as an elder statesman of Palestinian filmmaking as well as an accomplished auteur whose films continue to bear witness to the surreal and the absurd in Palestinian life at home and abroad. Although his work is better-known in Europe than in the U.S., “It Must Be Heaven...
- 12/5/2019
- by Alissa Simon
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Here’s a first teaser trailer for Incitement, Israel’s international Oscar hopeful which last month scored a U.S. deal for WestEnd Films with Greenwich Entertainment.
Writer-director Yaron Zilberman’s (A Late Quartet) Toronto and London Film Festival drama-thriller chronicles the year leading up to the assassination of Israel’s prime minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995. Set against the backdrop of Rabin’s efforts to end the Israeli-Palestian conflict, the film is told through the journey of the assassin, Yigal Amir (played by Yehuda Nahari Halevi).
The film examines all the forces that acted on him, from his personal quest to become a hero in the eyes of his peers, and the rejection he faces from his love interest, to the intense incitement of politicians and religious leaders.
Pic was co-written by Ron Leshem (Euphoria) and Yaron Zilberman. Yehuda Nahari Halevi (Wedding Doll) stars as Yigal Amir, alongside Amitay Yaish Ben Ousilio...
Writer-director Yaron Zilberman’s (A Late Quartet) Toronto and London Film Festival drama-thriller chronicles the year leading up to the assassination of Israel’s prime minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995. Set against the backdrop of Rabin’s efforts to end the Israeli-Palestian conflict, the film is told through the journey of the assassin, Yigal Amir (played by Yehuda Nahari Halevi).
The film examines all the forces that acted on him, from his personal quest to become a hero in the eyes of his peers, and the rejection he faces from his love interest, to the intense incitement of politicians and religious leaders.
Pic was co-written by Ron Leshem (Euphoria) and Yaron Zilberman. Yehuda Nahari Halevi (Wedding Doll) stars as Yigal Amir, alongside Amitay Yaish Ben Ousilio...
- 11/27/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman and Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
When filmmaker Yaron Zilberman told Dalia Rabin that he wanted to make a film about her father’s death through the eyes of his assassin, she wasn’t sure how to respond.
“At the beginning, I was quite skeptical, and even a little shocked by the idea,” said Rabin, whose father, Yitzhak Rabin, was assassinated in 1995 by a Jewish extremist during his second term as Israel’s prime minister. Luckily, she knew of Zilberman’s work, and gave her blessing to the project that became “Incitement.”
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The Israeli drama, which screened as part of TheWrap’s Awards Screening Series, follows the assassin, Yigal Amir, in the year leading up to the murder, as he becomes obsessed with the idea of killing the prime minister, egged on by the ultra-nationalist rhetoric of politicians and religious leaders.
“At the beginning, I was quite skeptical, and even a little shocked by the idea,” said Rabin, whose father, Yitzhak Rabin, was assassinated in 1995 by a Jewish extremist during his second term as Israel’s prime minister. Luckily, she knew of Zilberman’s work, and gave her blessing to the project that became “Incitement.”
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The Israeli drama, which screened as part of TheWrap’s Awards Screening Series, follows the assassin, Yigal Amir, in the year leading up to the murder, as he becomes obsessed with the idea of killing the prime minister, egged on by the ultra-nationalist rhetoric of politicians and religious leaders.
- 11/20/2019
- by Kylie Harrington
- The Wrap
“Satori” will tell the latest chapter of ballet star Sergei Polunin’s story, as the enigmatic Ukrainian dance prodigy moves into choreography and attempts to rebuild his career.
The project reunites Polunin with Oscar-nominated Steven Cantor after the pair’s work on earlier feature documentary “Dancer.” The new film follows Polunin’s inauguration as a choreographer with his “Satori” project.
Polunin, once described as the “bad boy of ballet,” quit the Royal Ballet in London in 2012 after having been its youngest-ever principal dancer.
He has created Project Polunin, which creates works for stage and film, and has acted in movies including Rudolf Nureyev biopic “The White Crow” and Kenneth Branagh’s remake of “Murder on the Orient Express.”
As with “Dancer,” WestEnd Films has boarded worldwide sales on “Satori.” The London-based sales, production and finance outfit will introduce the film, which is in production, to buyers at Afm. “Dancer” sold to 25 territories,...
The project reunites Polunin with Oscar-nominated Steven Cantor after the pair’s work on earlier feature documentary “Dancer.” The new film follows Polunin’s inauguration as a choreographer with his “Satori” project.
Polunin, once described as the “bad boy of ballet,” quit the Royal Ballet in London in 2012 after having been its youngest-ever principal dancer.
He has created Project Polunin, which creates works for stage and film, and has acted in movies including Rudolf Nureyev biopic “The White Crow” and Kenneth Branagh’s remake of “Murder on the Orient Express.”
As with “Dancer,” WestEnd Films has boarded worldwide sales on “Satori.” The London-based sales, production and finance outfit will introduce the film, which is in production, to buyers at Afm. “Dancer” sold to 25 territories,...
- 11/7/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Israeli drama-thriller Incitement, the country’s international Oscar hopeful, has scored a U.S. deal for WestEnd Films with Greenwich Entertainment.
Writer-director Yaron Zilberman’s (A Late Quartet) Toronto title chronicles the year leading up to the assassination of Israel’s prime minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995. Set against the backdrop of Rabin’s efforts to end the Israeli-Palestian conflict, the film is told through the journey of the assassin, Yigal Amir.
The film examines all the forces that acted on him, from his personal quest to become a hero in the eyes of his peers, and the rejection he faces from his love interest, to the intense incitement of politicians and religious leaders.
Pic was co-written by Ron Leshem (Euphoria) and Yaron Zilberman. Yehuda Nahari Halevi (Wedding Doll) stars as Yigal Amir, alongside Amitay Yaish Ben Ousilio (The Man in the Wall), Anat Ravnizky, Yoav Levi, Dolev Ohana, Raanan Paz,...
Writer-director Yaron Zilberman’s (A Late Quartet) Toronto title chronicles the year leading up to the assassination of Israel’s prime minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995. Set against the backdrop of Rabin’s efforts to end the Israeli-Palestian conflict, the film is told through the journey of the assassin, Yigal Amir.
The film examines all the forces that acted on him, from his personal quest to become a hero in the eyes of his peers, and the rejection he faces from his love interest, to the intense incitement of politicians and religious leaders.
Pic was co-written by Ron Leshem (Euphoria) and Yaron Zilberman. Yehuda Nahari Halevi (Wedding Doll) stars as Yigal Amir, alongside Amitay Yaish Ben Ousilio (The Man in the Wall), Anat Ravnizky, Yoav Levi, Dolev Ohana, Raanan Paz,...
- 10/28/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman and Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The makers of a controversial new film about the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin describe their conversations with the killer, Yigal Amir
“The murder of an Israeli prime minister by an Orthodox Jew was inconceivable,” says American-Israeli film-maker Yaron Zilberman. “For anyone who was pro-peace, it was beyond anything that we could fathom.” The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin by the religious ultra-nationalist law student Yigal Amir, at a peace rally on 4 November 1995, was one of the most traumatic events in Israel’s history. Rabin’s death buried the prospect of peace, further divided an already riven society and left an indelible mark on Israel’s politics.
Although the assassination has been the focus of many documentaries, Incitement is the first narrative feature to take on the subject. Directed by Zilberman and co-written with Ron Leshem, it chronicles the events in the year preceding the assassination from Amir’s point of view,...
“The murder of an Israeli prime minister by an Orthodox Jew was inconceivable,” says American-Israeli film-maker Yaron Zilberman. “For anyone who was pro-peace, it was beyond anything that we could fathom.” The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin by the religious ultra-nationalist law student Yigal Amir, at a peace rally on 4 November 1995, was one of the most traumatic events in Israel’s history. Rabin’s death buried the prospect of peace, further divided an already riven society and left an indelible mark on Israel’s politics.
Although the assassination has been the focus of many documentaries, Incitement is the first narrative feature to take on the subject. Directed by Zilberman and co-written with Ron Leshem, it chronicles the events in the year preceding the assassination from Amir’s point of view,...
- 10/11/2019
- by Anne Joseph
- The Guardian - Film News
Israel has picked Yaron Zilberman’s Incitement, a drama focusing on the life of the man who assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, as its official submission for the best international feature category at the 2020 Oscars.
Fresh off its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival just two weeks ago, the thriller is already making headlines for its politically charged premise. Incitement follows the life of religious law student Yigal Amir in the year leading up to his assassination of Prime Minister Rabin on Nov. 4 1995. The film has garnered acclaim for its far-too-relevant message on the dangers of ...
Fresh off its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival just two weeks ago, the thriller is already making headlines for its politically charged premise. Incitement follows the life of religious law student Yigal Amir in the year leading up to his assassination of Prime Minister Rabin on Nov. 4 1995. The film has garnered acclaim for its far-too-relevant message on the dangers of ...
- 9/23/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Israel has picked Yaron Zilberman’s Incitement, a drama focusing on the life of the man who assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, as its official submission for the best international feature category at the 2020 Oscars.
Fresh off its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival just two weeks ago, the thriller is already making headlines for its politically charged premise. Incitement follows the life of religious law student Yigal Amir in the year leading up to his assassination of Prime Minister Rabin on Nov. 4 1995. The film has garnered acclaim for its far-too-relevant message on the dangers of ...
Fresh off its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival just two weeks ago, the thriller is already making headlines for its politically charged premise. Incitement follows the life of religious law student Yigal Amir in the year leading up to his assassination of Prime Minister Rabin on Nov. 4 1995. The film has garnered acclaim for its far-too-relevant message on the dangers of ...
- 9/23/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
American-Israeli filmmaker Yaron Zilberman set off to shed light on the 1995 assassination of the Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in “Incitement,” which world-premiered at Toronto in the Contemporary World Cinema section.
Nominated for 10 Ophir awards in Israel, “Incitement” charts the events leading up to the assassination of Rabin at the end of a peace rally celebrating the Oslo Accords and is told through eyes of the murderer, Yigal Amir, a promising young law student who progressively turns into a delusional ultranationalist.
“It’s one of the most traumatic stories in the history of Israel, along with the Yom Kippur war,” said Zilberman, whose last film was 2012 relationship drama “A Late Quartet.” “I was 27 years old at the time and it had a very strong impact on me and it was a trauma in Israel. So many taboos were broken by this murder … it was an attack on democracy and it...
Nominated for 10 Ophir awards in Israel, “Incitement” charts the events leading up to the assassination of Rabin at the end of a peace rally celebrating the Oslo Accords and is told through eyes of the murderer, Yigal Amir, a promising young law student who progressively turns into a delusional ultranationalist.
“It’s one of the most traumatic stories in the history of Israel, along with the Yom Kippur war,” said Zilberman, whose last film was 2012 relationship drama “A Late Quartet.” “I was 27 years old at the time and it had a very strong impact on me and it was a trauma in Israel. So many taboos were broken by this murder … it was an attack on democracy and it...
- 9/9/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
There’s a certain group of documentary-loving policy wonks who’ll be clamoring for “The Human Factor,” with its nostalgic spotlight on a time when the U.S. understood the value of international diplomacy (how quaint that now sounds!). For director Dror Moreh, making a film about the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations was a natural follow-up to his well-received “The Gatekeepers,” in which Israeli security agents spoke of their work and Moreh exposed conflicting rationales and troubling moral relativity. His latest documentary, while potentially more sellable, is far more problematic, on multiple fronts.
First, there’s his decision to see the conflict only through the eyes of six negotiators for the Americans, several of whom admit to a latent Israeli bias. Then there’s the problematic way Yasser Arafat is presented, depicted as usual as petulant and childish, with no recognition that his insistence on being treated with respect was at...
First, there’s his decision to see the conflict only through the eyes of six negotiators for the Americans, several of whom admit to a latent Israeli bias. Then there’s the problematic way Yasser Arafat is presented, depicted as usual as petulant and childish, with no recognition that his insistence on being treated with respect was at...
- 8/31/2019
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
“Incitement,” about the promising Israeli law student who became an ultra-nationalist obsessed with assassinating Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. WestEnd Films is producing and will also launch sales on the picture at Tiff.
Rabin was serving his second term as Israel’s prime minister when he was shot and killed by Yigal Amir in 1995. The first still released from the film shows Yehuda Nahari Halevi (“Wedding Doll”) as Amir, burning a picture of Rabin at a protest.
The film is from Yaron Zilberman (“A Late Quartet”) and has been generating buzz on home turf, scoring 10 nominations in the Ophir Awards, the Israeli Oscars, including For best film. It was written by Zilberman with Ron Leshem, the Israeli-American award-winning writer behind the original Israeli “Euphoria” series, which has been successfully remade for HBO in the U.S. Both are also producers.
Rabin was serving his second term as Israel’s prime minister when he was shot and killed by Yigal Amir in 1995. The first still released from the film shows Yehuda Nahari Halevi (“Wedding Doll”) as Amir, burning a picture of Rabin at a protest.
The film is from Yaron Zilberman (“A Late Quartet”) and has been generating buzz on home turf, scoring 10 nominations in the Ophir Awards, the Israeli Oscars, including For best film. It was written by Zilberman with Ron Leshem, the Israeli-American award-winning writer behind the original Israeli “Euphoria” series, which has been successfully remade for HBO in the U.S. Both are also producers.
- 8/13/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Directors Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan go behind the scenes of the secret Israeli-Palestinian talks that tried to bring about peace in the 1990s
Like a sombre archaeological dig, this documentary disinters the 1990s Oslo peace process between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation. It began in 1993 with imaginative, off-the-record discussions between unofficial representatives in a conference venue outside Oslo – no more neutral and non-Middle Eastern location could possibly be conceived, short of hosting the talks on Pluto. And it ended catastrophically, with the assassination of the Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995.
Unlike in South Africa and Northern Ireland in that same era, the chance for peace was missed. Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan’s film reconstructs the lost atmosphere of hope, with interesting interviews, including one with Israel’s then foreign minister, Shimon Peres – the last one he gave before he died.
Like a sombre archaeological dig, this documentary disinters the 1990s Oslo peace process between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation. It began in 1993 with imaginative, off-the-record discussions between unofficial representatives in a conference venue outside Oslo – no more neutral and non-Middle Eastern location could possibly be conceived, short of hosting the talks on Pluto. And it ended catastrophically, with the assassination of the Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995.
Unlike in South Africa and Northern Ireland in that same era, the chance for peace was missed. Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan’s film reconstructs the lost atmosphere of hope, with interesting interviews, including one with Israel’s then foreign minister, Shimon Peres – the last one he gave before he died.
- 9/27/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
West Of The Jordan River Kino Lorber Director: Amos Gitai Screenwriter: Amos Gitai Cinematographers: Oded Kirma, Eitan Hai, Vladimir Truchovski Cast: Amos Gitai, Yitzhak Rabin, Tzipi Lipni, Tzipi Hotovely, groups of Muslims and Jews Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 1/9/18 Opens: January 26 at New York’s Quad Cinema Toward the conclusion of Amos Gitai’s documentary […]
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- 1/21/2018
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Lior Ashkenazi: "I admire David Bowie. The thing he had the biggest success with, let's say Ziggy Stardust, and then he changed to something else." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In 2017, Lior Ashkenazi starred with Richard Gere in Joseph Cedar's Norman: The Moderate Rise And Tragic Fall Of A New York Fixer and opposite Sarah Adler as the parents of an Israeli soldier (Yonaton Shiray) in Samuel Maoz's Venice International Film Festival Silver Lion winner and Oscar Foreign Language shortlisted film Foxtrot.
Coming up for Lior is his portrayal of Yitzhak Rabin in José Padilha's 7 Days In Entebbe, starring Rosamund Pike (Cédric Jimenez's The Man With The Iron Heart, based on Laurent Binet's novel HHhH) and Daniel Brühl, and Julie Delpy's My Zoe with Gemma Arterton, Richard Armitage, and Brühl. In Dragos Buliga's The Wanderers: The Quest Of The Demon Hunter, with Armand Assante,...
In 2017, Lior Ashkenazi starred with Richard Gere in Joseph Cedar's Norman: The Moderate Rise And Tragic Fall Of A New York Fixer and opposite Sarah Adler as the parents of an Israeli soldier (Yonaton Shiray) in Samuel Maoz's Venice International Film Festival Silver Lion winner and Oscar Foreign Language shortlisted film Foxtrot.
Coming up for Lior is his portrayal of Yitzhak Rabin in José Padilha's 7 Days In Entebbe, starring Rosamund Pike (Cédric Jimenez's The Man With The Iron Heart, based on Laurent Binet's novel HHhH) and Daniel Brühl, and Julie Delpy's My Zoe with Gemma Arterton, Richard Armitage, and Brühl. In Dragos Buliga's The Wanderers: The Quest Of The Demon Hunter, with Armand Assante,...
- 12/27/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
If you have a theater fan in your life who has been extra hyped these days, it’s likely because the 2017 Tony Awards are nearly here.
The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre (as the Tonys are officially known) recognize the highest honor in U.S. theater — the equivalent of television’s Emmys or the film industry’s Oscars.
With no Hamilton-sized hit this year, the race in the top categories has been pretty wide open and hard to predict — with only Bette Midler’s turn in the revival of Hello, Dolly! a lock for the best actress in a musical prize.
The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre (as the Tonys are officially known) recognize the highest honor in U.S. theater — the equivalent of television’s Emmys or the film industry’s Oscars.
With no Hamilton-sized hit this year, the race in the top categories has been pretty wide open and hard to predict — with only Bette Midler’s turn in the revival of Hello, Dolly! a lock for the best actress in a musical prize.
- 6/11/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Richard Gere (Norman Oppenheimer) with Lior Ashkenazi (Micha Eshel) at Lanvin: "It's almost like theater."
Star of Joseph Cedar's Footnote and Norman: The Moderate Rise And Tragic Fall Of A New York Fixer, Lior Ashkenazi, spoke with me on growing up seeing Kirk Douglas, Steve McQueen, and Paul Newman movies with his father, Burt Lancaster in Robert Siodmak's The Crimson Pirate being his first, shooting Eytan Fox's Walk On Water at Berlin's Tempelhof airport, meeting Son Of Saul director László Nemes at the Cannes Film Festival, and performing a silent scene with Richard Gere.
Lior's upcoming films include Julie Delpy's My Zoe (with Gemma Arterton, Richard Armitage, Daniel Brühl); Dragos Buliga's The Wanderers (Armand Assante); Eran Riklis's Refuge (Golshifteh Farahani, Neta Riskin), Samuel Maoz's Foxtrot (Sarah Adler), and José Padilha's Entebbe (Rosamund Pike, Brühl), where he portrays Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
Star of Joseph Cedar's Footnote and Norman: The Moderate Rise And Tragic Fall Of A New York Fixer, Lior Ashkenazi, spoke with me on growing up seeing Kirk Douglas, Steve McQueen, and Paul Newman movies with his father, Burt Lancaster in Robert Siodmak's The Crimson Pirate being his first, shooting Eytan Fox's Walk On Water at Berlin's Tempelhof airport, meeting Son Of Saul director László Nemes at the Cannes Film Festival, and performing a silent scene with Richard Gere.
Lior's upcoming films include Julie Delpy's My Zoe (with Gemma Arterton, Richard Armitage, Daniel Brühl); Dragos Buliga's The Wanderers (Armand Assante); Eran Riklis's Refuge (Golshifteh Farahani, Neta Riskin), Samuel Maoz's Foxtrot (Sarah Adler), and José Padilha's Entebbe (Rosamund Pike, Brühl), where he portrays Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
- 5/12/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Lior Ashkenazi on being Micha Eshel: "He's enjoying himself because it's Manhattan, it's New York, you know." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
On the opening night in New York at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema, Lior Ashkenazi, star of the Oscar-nominated Footnote and brilliant foil to Richard Gere's Norman in Joseph Cedar's Norman: The Moderate Rise And Tragic Fall Of A New York Fixer, spoke with me following the screening about the rehearsal process, his point of view on politicians, a Gene Kelly kind of freedom, and how he transformed from being the "sexy guy" to becoming two Prime Ministers.
Lior's upcoming films include José Padilha's Entebbe with Rosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl, where he portrays Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and next Julie Delpy's My Zoe with Gemma Arterton, Richard Armitage, and Brühl.
"Richard was leading the whole thing. He was getting down on his knees, trying to...
On the opening night in New York at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema, Lior Ashkenazi, star of the Oscar-nominated Footnote and brilliant foil to Richard Gere's Norman in Joseph Cedar's Norman: The Moderate Rise And Tragic Fall Of A New York Fixer, spoke with me following the screening about the rehearsal process, his point of view on politicians, a Gene Kelly kind of freedom, and how he transformed from being the "sexy guy" to becoming two Prime Ministers.
Lior's upcoming films include José Padilha's Entebbe with Rosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl, where he portrays Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and next Julie Delpy's My Zoe with Gemma Arterton, Richard Armitage, and Brühl.
"Richard was leading the whole thing. He was getting down on his knees, trying to...
- 4/15/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Shimon Peres, former Israeli president and winner of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize, died Tuesday, the Jerusalem Post reports. He was 93. After suffering a massive stroke on September 13, Peres, the last surviving member of Israel’s founding fathers, suffered severe organ failure on Tuesday. He also suffered irreversible brain damage a a result of the stroke. Peres, who held many offices in the Israeli government including prime minister, defense minister and foreign minister, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994, along with then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Plo chairman Yasser Arafat, for their work creating the Oslo Accords peace deal. Also...
- 9/28/2016
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Never before has this country been in such urgent need of common-sense pun control. Like a dare between stoners that went too far and took on a sporadically funny life of its own, “Sausage Party” unfolds as though “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” and “The Book of Mormon” were stuffed into a blender and fused together into an unholy smoothie of heresy, hedonism, and hot dogs. And puns. So many puns.
Do all hot dogs go to heaven? What about their buns — can leaven be for real? Forget spoiler alerts: All of this food is already foul as can be.
Set inside a sterile American supermarket and starring several different aisles worth of anthropomorphized groceries, this is an R-rated cartoon in which the hero is a weenie named “Frank,” a Twinkie is an actual twink, and the villain is literally a douche. This is a movie so ugly it makes “South Park: Bigger,...
Do all hot dogs go to heaven? What about their buns — can leaven be for real? Forget spoiler alerts: All of this food is already foul as can be.
Set inside a sterile American supermarket and starring several different aisles worth of anthropomorphized groceries, this is an R-rated cartoon in which the hero is a weenie named “Frank,” a Twinkie is an actual twink, and the villain is literally a douche. This is a movie so ugly it makes “South Park: Bigger,...
- 8/10/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Rosamund Pike, Daniel Bruhl and Vincent Cassel are all in talks to board Jose Padilha's true story drama "Entebbe" for Working Title and Participant Films.
Set in 1976, the story follows four hijackers - two Palestinian, two German - who took a plane hostage and diverted it to land in Uganda while they demanded the release of dozens of Palestinian and pro-Palestinian prisoners.
The suspense thriller follows the hijackers, hostages, French crew, and then-Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and future Pm Shimon Peres as they try to decide whether to negotiate or launch a raid to free the hostages.
Greg Burke ("'71") is penning the screenplay while Kate Solomon, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will produce.
Source: Deadline...
Set in 1976, the story follows four hijackers - two Palestinian, two German - who took a plane hostage and diverted it to land in Uganda while they demanded the release of dozens of Palestinian and pro-Palestinian prisoners.
The suspense thriller follows the hijackers, hostages, French crew, and then-Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and future Pm Shimon Peres as they try to decide whether to negotiate or launch a raid to free the hostages.
Greg Burke ("'71") is penning the screenplay while Kate Solomon, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will produce.
Source: Deadline...
- 7/29/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The publicist who worked with Barbra Streisand, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and advised Bill Clinton and Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin has died at his Los Angeles home. He was 86.
David Horowitz’s wife Lynn confirmed on Monday that the longtime publicist, awards campaign specialist and Civil Rights activist died on July 17.
Horowitz was born on July 21, 1929, in New York City. The family relocated to Miami and then Los Angeles, where he attended UCLA as a pre-med student before finding his way into advertising.
He served as an account executive at The Goodman Organization, handling Warner Bros, United Artists, and American International Pictures. As a unit publicist he worked on Billy Wilder’s Irma La Douce and The Fortune Cookie.
Horowitz’ in-house roles of note included president of corporate entertainment, president of the film division and president of the TV division at Rogers & Cowan. He went to Warner Bros in the 1970s, first as the...
David Horowitz’s wife Lynn confirmed on Monday that the longtime publicist, awards campaign specialist and Civil Rights activist died on July 17.
Horowitz was born on July 21, 1929, in New York City. The family relocated to Miami and then Los Angeles, where he attended UCLA as a pre-med student before finding his way into advertising.
He served as an account executive at The Goodman Organization, handling Warner Bros, United Artists, and American International Pictures. As a unit publicist he worked on Billy Wilder’s Irma La Douce and The Fortune Cookie.
Horowitz’ in-house roles of note included president of corporate entertainment, president of the film division and president of the TV division at Rogers & Cowan. He went to Warner Bros in the 1970s, first as the...
- 7/18/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Newt Gingrich is back in the political spotlight after emerging as a finalist in the search for Donald Trump's vice presidential pick. Even if the Georgia lawmaker doesn't make the cut as Trump's running mate, the presumptive Gop nominee has promised Gingrich some sort of role in a Trump administration. "In one form or another, Newt Gingrich will be part of our government," Trump said during a joint appearance with Gingrich in Ohio on Wednesday. Gingrich's growing involvement in Trump's campaign has peaked the interest of media outlets, with CNN exploring "How Newt Gingrich became Donald Trump's inside man...
- 7/11/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Culture Ministry funds new stand with aim to increase Israeli presence at the festival.
The tension between Israel’s Ministry of Culture and the national film industry has entered a new phase following the department’s decision to sponsor a second Israeli film stand at the Cannes Film Festival.
According to the Ministry, the new stand is designed to offer a different and expanded perspective of the country’s filmmaking profile.
Judging by the careful phrasing of industry interviewed for this report, however, the move is seemingly a sensitive one.
“This is not supposed to be another Israeli stand selling and distributing Israeli films,” said Etti Cohen, head of the Film Desk at the Ministry of Culture.
“The role of the new [stand], to be inaugurated in Cannes by Culture Minister Miri Regev, is to unveil all of the activities that could not be exposed in the existing stand, such as presenting the many cinema schools in the...
The tension between Israel’s Ministry of Culture and the national film industry has entered a new phase following the department’s decision to sponsor a second Israeli film stand at the Cannes Film Festival.
According to the Ministry, the new stand is designed to offer a different and expanded perspective of the country’s filmmaking profile.
Judging by the careful phrasing of industry interviewed for this report, however, the move is seemingly a sensitive one.
“This is not supposed to be another Israeli stand selling and distributing Israeli films,” said Etti Cohen, head of the Film Desk at the Ministry of Culture.
“The role of the new [stand], to be inaugurated in Cannes by Culture Minister Miri Regev, is to unveil all of the activities that could not be exposed in the existing stand, such as presenting the many cinema schools in the...
- 3/21/2016
- by dfainaru@netvision.net.il (Edna Fainaru)
- ScreenDaily
Jose Padilha ("Elite Squad," "Narcos") is in negotiations to direct the ticking-clock thriller "Entebbe" for Working Title and StudioCanal.
The 1976 true story follows four hijackers - two Palestinian and two German - who took a plane hostage and diverted it to land in Uganda while they demanded the release of dozens of Palestinian and pro-Palestinian prisoners.
The action follows the hijackers, the hostages, the flight crew, then-Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and future Pm Shimon Peres trying to decide whether to negotiate or launch the raid to free the hostages. Greg Burke ('71") is penning the screenplay.
Source: Variety...
The 1976 true story follows four hijackers - two Palestinian and two German - who took a plane hostage and diverted it to land in Uganda while they demanded the release of dozens of Palestinian and pro-Palestinian prisoners.
The action follows the hijackers, the hostages, the flight crew, then-Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and future Pm Shimon Peres trying to decide whether to negotiate or launch the raid to free the hostages. Greg Burke ('71") is penning the screenplay.
Source: Variety...
- 2/12/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Amos Gitai. If you can recall when Vincent D'Onofrio was sexy, Gitai has that sort of confrontational charm. He turns you on while he sets you on edge, even at age 66.
One of Israel's most prolific directors, this constant provocateur has let loose with over 80 shorts, documentaries and narratives since 1972, many of them exploring Israel in an acutely critical manner, from Orthodox misogyny (Kadosh (1999)) to his war experiences during which he was wounded (Kippur (2000) ), to a story of a residence, from its Arab owners to the Israelis who took ownership (House (1980)). The latter documentary was made for Israeli TV but was deemed inappropriate, and if Gitai hadn't smuggled it out of the station, it would have been destroyed.
But since House, no government would think of messing with Gitai and his work, especially since his oeuvre has been acclaimed at such world-class venues as Cannes and the Venice Film Festival.
One of Israel's most prolific directors, this constant provocateur has let loose with over 80 shorts, documentaries and narratives since 1972, many of them exploring Israel in an acutely critical manner, from Orthodox misogyny (Kadosh (1999)) to his war experiences during which he was wounded (Kippur (2000) ), to a story of a residence, from its Arab owners to the Israelis who took ownership (House (1980)). The latter documentary was made for Israeli TV but was deemed inappropriate, and if Gitai hadn't smuggled it out of the station, it would have been destroyed.
But since House, no government would think of messing with Gitai and his work, especially since his oeuvre has been acclaimed at such world-class venues as Cannes and the Venice Film Festival.
- 1/30/2016
- by Brandon Judell
- www.culturecatch.com
In "Rabin, The Last Day," director Amos Gitai combines archival footage and staged re-enactments to examine the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner Yitzhak Rabin in Tel Aviv on November 4, 1995, creating what The Playlist's Jessica Kiang called "a deeply absorbing... bold and declarative" political thriller—qualities on full display in the electrifying U.S. trailer. The film which screened in Venice and Toronto last year, comes to New York's Lincoln Plaza Cinema on January 29 from distributor Kino Lorber, with a planned national rollout to follow. Read More: "Kino Lorber to Release Pioneering Silent Serial 'Fantômas'" Gitai, who served in a rescue unit in the 1973 Yom Kippur War (depicted in his film "Kippur"), uses the subject of Rabin's assassination—now more than twenty years distant—to pose provocative questions about the contours of a political culture in which such grave acts are...
- 1/13/2016
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
Once you’ve caught up with our 50 favorite films of last year, it’s time to look towards 2016. While our comprehensive previews will be arriving shortly, today we’ll take a look at the month of January. This is usually a dumping ground for Hollywood, and although there are a few bigger titles that have our curiosity, it’s mostly festival hold-overs from 2015 that are the essential watches.
It should be noted that many of the best films of 2015 — including Carol, Anomalisa, 45 Years, Arabian Nights, Mustang, and Son of Saul — will be expanding throughout the month, so check your local theater listings. A restoration of Orson Welles’ Chimes at Midnight will also be touring the country, and there’s a limited NYC run of Studio Ghibli’s Only Yesterday; both should certainly take priority over anything below.
Matinees to See: Yosemite (1/1), Lamb (1/8), Anesthesia (1/8), A Perfect Day (1/15), 13 Hours (1/15), Band of Robbers...
It should be noted that many of the best films of 2015 — including Carol, Anomalisa, 45 Years, Arabian Nights, Mustang, and Son of Saul — will be expanding throughout the month, so check your local theater listings. A restoration of Orson Welles’ Chimes at Midnight will also be touring the country, and there’s a limited NYC run of Studio Ghibli’s Only Yesterday; both should certainly take priority over anything below.
Matinees to See: Yosemite (1/1), Lamb (1/8), Anesthesia (1/8), A Perfect Day (1/15), 13 Hours (1/15), Band of Robbers...
- 1/5/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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