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Stephen Applebaum
August 3, 2023, 1:49 pm
‘Paris Memories’ evokes the trauma of the terror attacks in the French capital
Filmmaker Alice Winocour brings her family's personal experience to bear in her new fmovie
By Stephen Applebaum
July 28, 2023, 5:01 pm
“My movies are all really personal,” says Nicole Holofcener
Her latest film is all about her insecurities
By Stephen Applebaum
Julia Scotti
March 29, 2023, 11:37 am
Transgender comedian documentary exposes the pain behind the search for happiness
Crossing Delancey writer's latest project is close to her heart
By Stephen Applebaum
May 17, 2022, 8:19 am
Battling for Israeli independence
Avi Nesher tried to be fair to both sides’ stories in his film about a battle between a kibbutz and the Egyptians
By Stephen Applebaum
August Diehl stars as Max in Plan A alongside Nikolai Kinski, Milton Welsh and Sylvia Hoeks
September 3, 2021, 2:57 pm
The untold story of Holocaust survivors who sought revenge on Germany
A new film explores the real-life avengers who plotted to murder six million Germans by poisoning water in five cities
By Stephen Applebaum
Yasser Arafat, Hosni Mubarak, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres during peace negotiations
May 24, 2021, 6:54 pm
‘There’s a difference between leaders like Rabin and small, petty politicians’
Stephen Applebaum speaks to Dror Moreh about The Human Factor, a new documentary exploring how personalities have impacted the Middle East peace process
By Stephen Applebaum
July 31, 2020, 4:27 pm
Shiva down your spine with heimische horror flick The Vigil
Stephen Applebaum speaks to film-maker Keith Thomas about his movie, which dives into Jewish theology
By Stephen Applebaum
Jesse Eisenberg stars as French-Jewish mime artist Marcel Marceau
June 18, 2020, 12:34 pm
The mime of his life! Jesse Eisenberg on playing Marcel Marceau in Resistance
Stephen Applebaum speaks to the Hollywood star about director Jonathan Jakubowicz's latest film exploring the wartime heroics of the French-Jewish artist
By Stephen Applebaum
Nick Broomfield's new film explores the lifelong love of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse, Marianne Ihlen, who inspired So Long, Marianne and Bird on the Wire
July 29, 2019, 12:43 pm
Marianne and Leonard director: ‘They were devoted to each other’
Nick Broomfield's new film explores the lifelong love of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse, Marianne Ihlen, who inspired So Long, Marianne and Bird on the Wire
By Stephen Applebaum
April 18, 2019, 4:14 pm
Exploring the trial of Oskar Gröning 70 years after his crimes
Stephen Applebaum speaks to the director of a new film that explores the controversial trial of former SS guard Oskar Gröning
By Stephen Applebaum
Lior Ashkenazi stars with Sarah Adler in Foxtrot
February 28, 2019, 11:26 am
Foxtrot director Samuel Maoz: ‘We don’t like to confront the hard questions’
The controversial film, starring Lior Ashkenazi, explores the trauma of an Israeli society left scarred by years of conflict
By Stephen Applebaum
Film maker Iris Zaki decided to move to a West Bank settlement and find out what life was really like there
November 8, 2018, 11:53 am
Left-winger opens her eyes to life in the West Bank in Unsettling
Israeli film-maker Iris Zaki embeds herself in the West Bank and discovers the picture is more complicated than she thought
By Stephen Applebaum
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