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The Little Traitor

2007 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 Stars

In 1947 Palestine, the occupying British army is a source of outrage and anger for the locals, and young Proffy Liebowitz is no exception, until he strikes up an unusual and unexpected friendship with a fatherly British officer. The great Alfred Molina plays Sgt. Dunlop, who is hardly the enemy Liebowitz takes him for upon their first meeting. Ultimately, their relationship will change the two men's lives in ways they could never imagine.
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Yossi

2012 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 Stars

While driving through a remote part of Israel, a closeted gay doctor crosses paths with a group of soldiers who inspire him to live life in the open. Ohad Knoller reprises the title role in this sequel to Yossi & Jagger.
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Budrus

2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 Stars

Documentarian Julia Bacha delves into the fraught world of Palestinian-Israeli relations in this amazing account of one family's leadership of a movement to prevent Israel's Separation Barrier from slicing the Palestinian village of Budrus in half.
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Spring 1941

2008 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 Stars

After Germany invades Poland and the Nazis order the confinement of all local Jews in the ghetto, medical doctor Artur Planck (Joseph Fiennes) manages to flee with his family, seeking refuge at the farm of Emilia (Kelly Harrison), their former grocer. With the Planck family hiding in her attic, Emilia finds her feelings for the physician growing stronger than she wants, or can control -- despite the dangers of the situation.
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Jaffa

2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 Stars

In the Israeli city of Jaffa, an Arab father and son -- Hasan and Taufik -- work at a garage owned by a Jewish family that includes the pretty Mali (Dana Ivgy). But the tensions simmering beneath the surface of the genial workplace are about to come to a boil. A secret affair between Mali and Taufik has grave repercussions when Mali becomes pregnant in this gripping drama, an official selection at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
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The Flat

2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 Stars

When Arnon Goldfinger's grandmother died at 98, he was charged with cleaning out her Tel Aviv apartment, where he made a shocking discovery. The filmmaker plays detective as he sorts through decades of the Holocaust survivor's letters and photos.
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Eyes Wide Open

2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 Stars

Married Jerusalem butcher Aaron (Zohar Strauss) takes pity on homeless student Ezri (Ran Danker) and hires him to work in his shop. But when romantic sparks fly between the unlikely pair, Aaron's wife, Rivkeh (Tinkerbell), becomes increasingly suspicious. The stern Orthodox community disapproves, and a menacing group of "modesty guards" monitors Aaron's every move in this tragic drama, an official selection at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
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Diameter of the Bomb

2005 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 Stars

In June 2002, a suicide bomber struck Jerusalem, one of many such attacks in recent years. But what makes this particular salvo stand out is this unprecedented documentary, which details the full impact of the event, using footage from the Israeli military, Hamas and even the bomber's home movies. The result is a compelling look at Israel's efforts to stop the bombing and the victims who fell within the explosion's expanding circle of tragedy.
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Time of Favor

2000 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 Stars

Both a political-psychological drama and a love story between a passionate woman and two best friends, this profound film addresses the tense relationship between the orthodox nationalists and the military on Israel's West Bank.
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The Human Resources Manager

2010 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 Stars

This beautifully shot film combines comedy and tragedy in the tale of a workaholic human resources manager (Mark Ivanir) who neglects his family to further his career. But when an employee at his bakery is killed, he begins an odd journey toward self-realization. Offering to escort the woman's body from Israel back to her Eastern European homeland, the manager is puzzled by eccentric characters along the way but begins to understand the importance of family.
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My First War

2008 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 Stars

Suddenly conscripted into the Israeli army in 2006 to fight against Lebanon, 28-year-old Yariv Mozer brought along his video camera to capture this soldier's-eye view of the hostilities, interviewing his fellow troops between skirmishes.
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Beaufort

2007 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 Stars

In the final days of the Israeli occupation of Lebanon, a band of soldiers prepares for the evacuation of a mountain stronghold called Beaufort. But their leader's strict adherence to the rules puts the men in harm's way.
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Or, My Treasure

2005 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 Stars

Or (Dana Ivgy) is a 16-year-old Israeli girl who does all she can to support her mother, Ruthie (Ronit Elkabetz), a sick and aging prostitute. In a case of the child parenting the parent, Or recycles loose cans, washes dishes in a local Tel-Aviv restaurant and goes to school when she can. Her ultimate goal is to earn enough money so that her mother never has to walk the streets again. Keren Yedaya makes her directorial debut with this drama.
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Yossi & Jagger

2002 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 Stars

Two Israeli soldiers try to find solace from the constant grind of war in this moving romantic drama. While preparing for a daring moonlit ambush in the snowy mountains of Lebanon, company commander Yossi (Ohad Knoller) and his platoon leader, Jagger (Yehuda Levi), fall in love, carefully hiding their relationship from their comrades. But will the tragedy of war ultimately intrude upon the men's clandestine affair?
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Late Marriage

2001 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 Stars

Russian director Dover Koshashvili's debut feature is a funny and sometimes painful account of one man's late journey of self-discovery. Zaza, a 31-year-old grad student, must endure his parents' many attempts to arrange a marriage for him -- and their antagonism when they discover he's been dating an older divorcee with a child. Koshashvili eschews easy laughs and clichés in favor of subtly performed, well-observed family drama.
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The Assassin Next Door

2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 Stars

Two apartment-dwelling neighbors -- and virtual strangers -- on the rough side of town discover that they share more than an address: They're both looking for an escape from their tortured lives and are willing to go to great lengths to find one. Under duress, Galia (Olga Kurylenko) escalates from prostitution to murder-for-hire, while Elinor (Ninette Tayeb) is trapped under the thumb of an abusive husband ... but all that's about to change.
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My Father My Lord

2007 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 Stars

When a young boy questions his family's ultra-Orthodox faith, his rabbi father falls back on the dogma he teaches, but his answers fail to satisfy his inquisitive son. Will the rabbi's strict adherence to doctrine bring harm to his family?
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Kadosh

1999 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 Stars

Meir's rabbi father thinks his son should divorce his wife, Rivka, because she's not fulfilling her duty as a child-bearer. Meanwhile, Rivka's sister is in love with a Jewish outcast, but her rabbi wants her to marry a brute.
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The Matchmaker

2010 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 Stars

In an Israel still recovering from World War II yet also grappling with the tumultuous "Swinging Sixties," teenager Arik (Tuval Shafir) works for matchmaker Yankele Bride (Adir Miller) as a "spy-guy" who investigates potential clients, and gets a master class in the art of love. Yankele, who operates in an unsavory area of Haifa, is in love with fellow Holocaust survivor Clara (Maya Dagan), while Arik finds romance with a wild American (Neta Porat).
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Seven Minutes in Heaven

2008 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 Stars

When a bomb explodes in a Jerusalem bus, Galia's beau loses his life, and she loses her memory of the events following the attack. To reclaim her life, Galia must now reconstruct those moments in this thriller.
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Kippur

2000 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 Stars

In October 1973, Egyptian and Syrian armies attacked Israel on the most important Jewish religious holiday: Yom Kippur, which is known as the Day of Atonement. Director Amos Gitai's agonizing account, which he co-wrote with Marie-Jose Sansalme, chronicles the life of a Weinraub (Liron Levo), a young member of a medical unit that rescued the wounded during the war. It is based on Gitai's own experience of joining a helicopter rescue crew.
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Kedma

2002 | NR | 2.6 out of 5 Stars

Having just survived the holocaust, a small group of Jewish refugees boards a ship and reaches the shores of Palestine. One week later, the state of Israel will be established, launching them into another violent and confusing period in their lives.
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Free Zone

2005 | NR | 2.6 out of 5 Stars

Hana Laszlo won a Cannes Best Actress award for her portrayal of Hanna, an Israeli taxi driver, in this drama. Headed to the Free Zone to collect money owed to her husband, Hanna picks up Rebecca (Natalie Portman), a frazzled American who begs to come along. But retrieving the money won't be easy; the two wind up on a strange journey with a Palestinian woman (Hiam Abbass) who reveals that Hanna's debtor has vanished, along with all of his loot.
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Tehilim

2007 | NR | 2.6 out of 5 Stars

When Eli Frankel gets into a minor car accident with his sons, he sends the older one to get help. But when the boy returns, Eli is gone. As time goes by, his family agonizes over their still-missing father.
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Off White Lies

2011 | NR | 2.6 out of 5 Stars

Thirteen-year-old Libi is sent to Israel to join her father, Shaul, a wiz at white lies. But it doesn't take long for her to chafe at his lifestyle. Soon, she begins to unravel the web of lies her father has constructed around him.
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