The comedian is being lauded for his acting in the upcoming film The Meyerowitz Stories. Deserving as he may be, the notion that his performance comes as some surprise is a high-brow cheap shot at the comedic legend.

Israel’s Culture Minister made a political statement by wearing a dress with the Jerusalem skyline printed on it

Amos Gitai’s polemical new documentary—opening in U.S. theaters Friday—on the 1995 assassination that rocked Israel sacrifices facts in favor of sensation

With brutal tact and appalling artistry, the visceral and haunting ‘Son of Saul’ makes little miracles out of the monstrous

Hungarian actor Géza Röhrig stars in Auschwitz drama Son of Saul

As Hollywood looks to mine B-movies for remakes, genre schlock has growing escapist appeal in Israel

Masked robber snatched $136 million worth of Lev Leviev’s diamonds

European cineastes clash with American ironists and shlock-meisters at the film-world’s biggest hoedown

As political and financial crises deepen in Western Europe, French Jewry is facing a familiar test

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The jam-packed films of Arnaud Desplechin