‘The Farewell Party (Mita Tova)’ Has a Deliciously Twisted Sense of Humor
The humorous treatment of so-called "mercy killing" will certainly provoke some viewers.
Israeli Cinema
‘Zaytoun’ and the Lebanon War as a Buddy Movie
Beriut-set Zaytoun is entertaining and finds beauty among the ruins, but it’s one of a thousand fables of friendship against the odds.
Samuel Maoz’s ‘Lebanon’ Challenges the Notion of the War Machine
It is common to believe that the army and war work to turn humans into machines. Lebanon‘s main message, though, runs contrary to that attitude.
‘Syrian Bride’ and the Villainy of Bureaucracy
Middle Eastern governments, terrorist organizations, and the UN are not agents of change in Syrian Bride, but obstructions to happiness.