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Blue Box Yes Docu Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Michal Weits Screenwriters: Michal Weits, Marie-Josée Cardinal Cast: Michal Weits, Gidi Weitz, Nir Weitz, Nitan Weitz, Rami Weits, Stav Weitz, Yehiam Weitz. Voice of Dror Keren. Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 10/15/21 Opens: November 4, 2021 Some time […]

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Unfolding in a compact and extraordinarily compelling 82 minutes, “Blue Box” is a brave, authoritatively documented account of how the Jewish National Fund (Jnf) acquired land in Palestine before and after the creation of the State of Israel. Helmer Michal Weits uses the primary source par excellence: the diaries and papers of her great-grandfather, Yosef Weitz, to argue that from today’s perspective, some of the methods used seem morally questionable. Offering a stark contrast to the popular Israeli national myth of “a land without a people for a people without a land,” this multi-layered documentary will inspire much debate and deserves wide distribution.

Little-known outside of Israel, Yosef Weitz, a longtime Jnf Director of Lands and Afforestation, is celebrated there as the father of Israel’s forests. But in her research, Weits discovers a less, er, pine-scented, side of his work in establishing the Jewish state, a side never mentioned in her family’s lore.

"RoboCop, Roboshmop... here comes a Robokid!" High Octane Pictures has debuted an official trailer for a super wacky, indie sci-fi film from Israel called Robot Awakening. Sometimes low budget, funky sci-fi comedies turn out good, sometimes they don't. This is the latter. The film was once known as Omg, I'm a Robot! and it first premiered at film festivals way back in 2016. The comedy is about a guy who randomly discovers he's actually a robot - then embarks on a quest to find his missing girlfriend. Yeah, not much going on here. Starring Yotam Ishay as Danny, with Hili Yalon, Tzahi Grad, Dror Keren, Inna Bakelman, Nelly Tagar, David Kigler, Ori Yaniv, and Rob Schneider. As bad as this looks, I can't help share the trailer as there's just something quirky and appealing about the way it looks that you must see. Check it out. Here's the new official trailer...

Take Israeli director Avi Nesher out of Israel, and he creates celluloid crap of the third order. Consider She (1982) with Sandahl Bergman. Or Doppelganger (1993) with Drew Barrymore? Or even Ritual (2002) with Jennifer Grey? If you haven’t been face-to-face with any of these features, you’re probably being rewarded for accomplishing something quite wonderful in a former life.

But drop-ship Nesher back to his native country, and he can surprise you. Turn Left at the End of the World (2004) is semi-engaging look at the plight of Indian immigrants living in the backwoods of Israel during the sixties. As for The Secrets (2007), here’s an exceptionally fine tale of an Orthodox Jewish young woman who wants to break all the rules by studying the Talmud and living her life as a lesbian. Really a must-see.

Now Nesher’s latest effort, The Matchmaker, is currently trodding down the theater aisles. No confetti is needed.

Title: The Matchmaker (Paam hayti) Menemsha Films Director: Avi Nesher Screenwriter: Avi Nesher, inspired by Amir Gutfreund’s novel “When Heroes Fly” Cast: Adir Miller, Maya Dagan, Dror Keren, Dov Navon, Tuval Shafir, Neta Porat, Yarden Bar-Kochva, Bat-el Papura, Kobi Farag Screened at: Broadway, NYC, 8/7/12 Opens: August 17, 2012 Ask American kids in the forties how they spent their summer vacations and they’ll talk about playing hide-and-seek, ringalevio, marbles, territory, and best of all stick ball and punch ball in the gutter where success was measure by how many sewer lengths you could hit. Ask American kids in the late sixties and you’ll hear about smoking weed, listening to Jefferson [ Read More ]...

TEL AVIV, Israel -- Newly rebranded cable TV broadcaster HOT and its production arm HOTVISION, topped the second annual television awards presented by the Israel Academy for Film and Television, broadcast from the Petach Tikva Auditorium for Art and Culture on Wednesday by commercial Channel 2 franchise holder TelAd. The awards, presented in 16 categories, were chosen by the Academy's 715 members and were devoted entirely to local television productions. HOT, winner in in five categories, was cited for Halleluja as best local TV drama; Good Evening With Guy Pines, best culture and leisure magazine; The Children of Napoleon Hill, best children's program; Dror Keren, best actor in a drama, TV series or TV film for his work in Rina and Arik Forever; and Liora Rivlin, best actress for The Long Journey.