When facing war, a political leader knows that there will be hard choices to make. They also know that lives will be lost. The new biopic, Golda, follows the late Golda Meir (Helen Mirren) during the Yom Kippur War. …
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DramaReviews
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Ahed’s Knee’
by Sean Coatesby Sean CoatesNadav Lapid’s Synonyms caused quite a stir when it unexpectedly took out the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 2019. The film loosely based on Lapid’s own life about an Israeli man who flees …
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Jewish International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Born in Jerusalem and Still Alive’
by Danny O'Deaby Danny O'DeaA man sits on a bench, wrapped in a coat he’s owned for years. He rests his feet at the head of Jaffa Street in Jerusalem. A tour guide comes along, decked to the nines …
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Advanced word of mouth wasn’t exactly kind to 7 Days in Entebbe. Although it features the fascinating story behind the 1976 counter-terrorist hostage-rescue operation in Uganda after a plane was hijacked by Palestinian freedom fighters, the …