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Tikkun (2015) is an ephemeral journey into the life of a religious Jew. Shot in black and white, the movie’s shots are picturesque, serious, and dark. The movie begins in a ritual slaughterhouse, with

Oriented is a documentary about several young men in their 20′s in Israel. Arab, and homosexual, and living primarily in Israel, they search the world for acceptance. The men have different situations.

“Well I think I could be the loneliest girl in the world.” The movie Atomic Falafel opens with these lyrics, sung over the strumming of a bright ukulele. Is the movie about divorce, or widowhood, or isolation?

In a movie defined by waiting, the audience is not permitted to leave the four walls of the protagonist’s apartment. Periodically, the film shuts to black, with only an animated clock ticking that shows

“Nothing but poison comes out of your mouth,” her aunt tells her. Dorona is the age of a mother, yet she broods like a teenager. Her head is down, and her shoulders are hunched forward as if her hands

Given the movie’s title, “A Strange Course of Events,” (2013), nothing strange at all seems to happen in the first third of the movie. A 40 year old male protagonist is divorced, works at a clinic, and

“You know, a teacher is allowed to call a pupil.” “Yes,” the kindergartener replies. In addition to calling her student on the telephone, the female protagonist teacher also bathes him during school hours,