Top prizes were handed out by the CineGouna Platform (Cgp) at the El Gouna Film Festival this week to projects in various stages of inception or completion. Winning a $15,000 prize for a project in development, “Theft of Fire” is Palestinian filmmaker Amer Shomali’s hybrid documentary, retelling the true story of an art heist “that never happened” to steal back antiquities pilfered from Palestinian lands by former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan.
Produced by Rashid Abdelhamid, the film is in the early stages of development but has already secured Canadian co-production.
“She Was Not Alone” won the equivalent Cgp Award for a film in postproduction. Produced by Huda Al Kadhimi and Huma Gupta and directed by Iraq’s Hussein Al-Asadi, the documentary gives a character portrait of Fatima, a nomad who tends for her buffalos in the poisoned marshes of Iraq as her island and way of life are threatened...
Produced by Rashid Abdelhamid, the film is in the early stages of development but has already secured Canadian co-production.
“She Was Not Alone” won the equivalent Cgp Award for a film in postproduction. Produced by Huda Al Kadhimi and Huma Gupta and directed by Iraq’s Hussein Al-Asadi, the documentary gives a character portrait of Fatima, a nomad who tends for her buffalos in the poisoned marshes of Iraq as her island and way of life are threatened...
- 12/21/2023
- by John Bleasdale
- Variety Film + TV
With all of the talk going down about the prosthetic nose that Bradley Cooper wore while playing legendary conductor Leonard Bernstein in the forthcoming “Maestro” and Helen Mirren’s star turn as Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in “Golda” (which opened Friday), it got me to thinking about what other films centered on famous Jews might be out there. I figured it had to be pretty minimal. Jews, after all, are estimated to comprise a population of a mere 18 million of the 8 billion people in the world, or a scant 0.2 percent. Of the U.S. population, only 2.4 percent identify as Jewish. So I mean, how many Jewish-themed projects could there be?
It turns out the answer is a lot more than I thought.
How do I know this? Because while surfing around, I discovered ChaiFlicks, which in August celebrated its third anniversary as a niche streaming service bringing viewers a...
It turns out the answer is a lot more than I thought.
How do I know this? Because while surfing around, I discovered ChaiFlicks, which in August celebrated its third anniversary as a niche streaming service bringing viewers a...
- 8/28/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Helen Mirren as Golda Meir and Liev Schreiber as Henry Kissinger, in Bleecker Street/ShivHans Pictures’ Golda Photo credit: Sean Gleason, Courtesy of Bleecker Street/ShivHans Pictures
Helen Mirren portrays Golda Meir, Israel’s first women prime minister, during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, in Golda. Internationally, Golda Meir is known as the “Iron Lady of Israel” and is an admired figure but she is more controversial in her home country of Israel. In the British historical drama Golda, Israeli-American director Guy Nativ and British scriptwriter Nicholas Martin aim to offer a fresh look at Golda Meir by focusing on her during the Yom Kippur War, when Israel found itself facing two invading armies, from Egypt in the Sinai and Syria in the Golan Heights.
Mirren plays Golda Meir in heavy makeup and prosthetics, transforming her appearenceappearance to more closely resemble the much-photographed Golda Meir and allow director Nativ to more...
Helen Mirren portrays Golda Meir, Israel’s first women prime minister, during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, in Golda. Internationally, Golda Meir is known as the “Iron Lady of Israel” and is an admired figure but she is more controversial in her home country of Israel. In the British historical drama Golda, Israeli-American director Guy Nativ and British scriptwriter Nicholas Martin aim to offer a fresh look at Golda Meir by focusing on her during the Yom Kippur War, when Israel found itself facing two invading armies, from Egypt in the Sinai and Syria in the Golan Heights.
Mirren plays Golda Meir in heavy makeup and prosthetics, transforming her appearenceappearance to more closely resemble the much-photographed Golda Meir and allow director Nativ to more...
- 8/24/2023
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Jewish streaming platform ChaiFlicks is launching an all-new slate of TV programs and films set to begin rolling out in August. Programming includes “Wartime Girls,” the Israeli series “The New Black (Shababnakim)” and drama series “Normal” from Lior Dayan and Dori Media.
The new program additions follow “The Lesson,” which debuted earlier this summer. Starting in August, documentary series “The Hebrews” (August 2) and drama film “Those Who Remained” (August 8) will debut on ChaiFlicks, followed by “The Elected” on September 7.
“Normal,” the semi-autographical story from Dayan (the son of Israeli actor/writer Assi Dayan and grandson of Israeli military leader Moshe Dayan), will join ChaiFlicks on October 4, and “Wartime Girls” Season 4 will hit the streamer in December.
On December 20, ChaiFlicks will premiere the fourth season of “Wartime Girls,” which centers on three young Polish women as they fight Nazi occupation during World War II.
ChaiFlicks is also hosting the inaugural Free Summer Film Festival,...
The new program additions follow “The Lesson,” which debuted earlier this summer. Starting in August, documentary series “The Hebrews” (August 2) and drama film “Those Who Remained” (August 8) will debut on ChaiFlicks, followed by “The Elected” on September 7.
“Normal,” the semi-autographical story from Dayan (the son of Israeli actor/writer Assi Dayan and grandson of Israeli military leader Moshe Dayan), will join ChaiFlicks on October 4, and “Wartime Girls” Season 4 will hit the streamer in December.
On December 20, ChaiFlicks will premiere the fourth season of “Wartime Girls,” which centers on three young Polish women as they fight Nazi occupation during World War II.
ChaiFlicks is also hosting the inaugural Free Summer Film Festival,...
- 8/2/2023
- by Sophia Scorziello
- Variety Film + TV
The trailer for Guy Nattiv’s Golda has dropped showcasing Helen Mirren’s transformation into Israel’s first female Prime Minister Golda Meir. Watch the preview in the video posted above.
Written by Nicholas Martin, Golda is a ticking-clock thriller set during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, faced with the potential of Israel’s complete destruction, must navigate overwhelming odds, a skeptical cabinet, and a complex relationship with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (Liev Schreiber), with millions of lives in the balance.
Her tough leadership and compassion would ultimately decide the fate of her nation and leave her with a controversial legacy around the world.
The Golda cast also includes Camille Cottin (Call My Agent), Rami Heuberger (Schindler’s List), Lior Ashkenzi (Foxtrot), Ellie Piercy (Black Mirror), Ed Stoppard (Judy), Rotem Keinan, Dvir Benedek, Dominic Mafham, Ben Caplan, Kit Rakusen and Emma Davies.
Written by Nicholas Martin, Golda is a ticking-clock thriller set during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, faced with the potential of Israel’s complete destruction, must navigate overwhelming odds, a skeptical cabinet, and a complex relationship with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (Liev Schreiber), with millions of lives in the balance.
Her tough leadership and compassion would ultimately decide the fate of her nation and leave her with a controversial legacy around the world.
The Golda cast also includes Camille Cottin (Call My Agent), Rami Heuberger (Schindler’s List), Lior Ashkenzi (Foxtrot), Ellie Piercy (Black Mirror), Ed Stoppard (Judy), Rotem Keinan, Dvir Benedek, Dominic Mafham, Ben Caplan, Kit Rakusen and Emma Davies.
- 7/26/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
L.A.-based director Guy Nattiv is back in his native Israel with new film Golda starring Helen Mirren as Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir.
The drama, focused on Meir’s controversial handling of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, opened the Jerusalem Film Festival on July 13, with Mirren squeezing in an appearance just hours before the SAG-AFTRA strike was declared.
The picture originally world premiered at the Berlinale in February, but for Nattiv the Israeli premiere is equally if not more momentous.
“I’ve been waiting for this moment,” Nattiv tells Deadline in Jerusalem.
The director believes the film will chime with current debates in Israel on both its past and future.
“It’s kind of an Israeli movie with an international swagger,” he says of the English-language production, starring a mixture of international and Israeli stars who also include Camille Cottin and Lior Ashkenazi. “It has another layer that...
The drama, focused on Meir’s controversial handling of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, opened the Jerusalem Film Festival on July 13, with Mirren squeezing in an appearance just hours before the SAG-AFTRA strike was declared.
The picture originally world premiered at the Berlinale in February, but for Nattiv the Israeli premiere is equally if not more momentous.
“I’ve been waiting for this moment,” Nattiv tells Deadline in Jerusalem.
The director believes the film will chime with current debates in Israel on both its past and future.
“It’s kind of an Israeli movie with an international swagger,” he says of the English-language production, starring a mixture of international and Israeli stars who also include Camille Cottin and Lior Ashkenazi. “It has another layer that...
- 7/17/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Helen Mirren dedicated a Jerusalem Film Festival life-time achievement award to actors around the world on Thursday, just an hour before a looming SAG-AFTRA strike was made official.
The actress received the honorary prize ahead of the Israeli premiere of Guy Nattiv’s Golda as the festival’s opening film, in which she stars as iconic late stateswoman Golda Meir.
“I would just like to say, I am a member of a tribe and members of my tribe can be found in Germany, in Belgium, America… they are Palestinians, they are Israelis, they are Africans,” she told the 6,000-strong crowd at the outdoor opening ceremony in the shadow of Jerusalem’s Old City walls.
“They are the tribe to whom I really want to dedicate this award and that is the tribe of actors. Actors are wonderful people.”
Mirren gave a special mention to the Israeli cast members on...
The actress received the honorary prize ahead of the Israeli premiere of Guy Nattiv’s Golda as the festival’s opening film, in which she stars as iconic late stateswoman Golda Meir.
“I would just like to say, I am a member of a tribe and members of my tribe can be found in Germany, in Belgium, America… they are Palestinians, they are Israelis, they are Africans,” she told the 6,000-strong crowd at the outdoor opening ceremony in the shadow of Jerusalem’s Old City walls.
“They are the tribe to whom I really want to dedicate this award and that is the tribe of actors. Actors are wonderful people.”
Mirren gave a special mention to the Israeli cast members on...
- 7/13/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Helen Mirren hasn’t played that many historical characters in her storied career. But somehow when she has, she not only brings exemplary acting skill but also an imposing regality, obviously handy when she’s playing monarchs like queens Elizabeth I and II as well as Catherine the Great. That said, surely I’m not the only viewer who has felt that sometimes her portrayals of, say, Alma Hitchcock (in Hitchcock) or Hedda Hopper (Trumbo) are flattering to the women she’s impersonating because Mirren, in addition to being a great performer, is and always has been a great beauty. Her Elizabeth I in The Audience and The Queen, both written by The Crown’s creator Peter Morgan, is the Og screen Lilibet — wry, haughty … and too glam by half, even in a dowdy Barbour jacket and headscarf. Cheekbones will out.
Intriguingly, for her latest performance as a great lady from history,...
Intriguingly, for her latest performance as a great lady from history,...
- 2/20/2023
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival. Bleecker Street releases the film in theaters on Friday, August 25.
Defending her conduct during the Yom Kippur War before a panel of graying men, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir (Helen Mirren) takes the half-smoked cigarette already dangling from her lips and, instinctually but not all absentmindedly, uses it to light another. This idiosyncratic character beat arrives early in Guy Nattiv’s ho-hum biopic, and speaks volumes about story and subject, telling all you need to know about Meir the person and “Golda” the film.
That Golda’s a smoker should come as no shock; nearly everyone is in this period accurate window into 1973. What sets the Prime Minister apart is her doggedness – her clarity of purpose and tenacity of intent. This cancer-struck icon makes a point to light up each time she undergoes radiation treatment, smoking less...
Defending her conduct during the Yom Kippur War before a panel of graying men, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir (Helen Mirren) takes the half-smoked cigarette already dangling from her lips and, instinctually but not all absentmindedly, uses it to light another. This idiosyncratic character beat arrives early in Guy Nattiv’s ho-hum biopic, and speaks volumes about story and subject, telling all you need to know about Meir the person and “Golda” the film.
That Golda’s a smoker should come as no shock; nearly everyone is in this period accurate window into 1973. What sets the Prime Minister apart is her doggedness – her clarity of purpose and tenacity of intent. This cancer-struck icon makes a point to light up each time she undergoes radiation treatment, smoking less...
- 2/20/2023
- by Ben Croll
- Indiewire
War is coming in Guy Nattiv’s Golda, onscreen and off. But despite the media’s best efforts to turn the casting of British, non-Jewish actor Helen Mirren as Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir into an explosive example of cultural appropriation, both Nattiv’s direction and Mirren’s performance are low-key and careful enough to rise above the controversy. In retrospect, it does seem a little strange that no other candidate was deemed suitable, and the movie won’t do much extra business on account of Mirren’s star power, but those anticipating a tone-deaf disaster will be sorely disappointed.
Golda very much exists in the slipstream of two last-decade biopics, The Iron Lady and Darkest Hour, both humanizing studies of seemingly indomitable famous politicians. Nattiv, however, takes a much narrower view of his subject, using Meir’s testimony at an inquest into her government’s handling of the Yom...
Golda very much exists in the slipstream of two last-decade biopics, The Iron Lady and Darkest Hour, both humanizing studies of seemingly indomitable famous politicians. Nattiv, however, takes a much narrower view of his subject, using Meir’s testimony at an inquest into her government’s handling of the Yom...
- 2/20/2023
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Golda
Filmed in October of 2021 and earmarked for a 2022 release, Guy Nattiv‘s fifth feature in the Golda Meir biopic is now slated for a first-quarter release this year. Helen Mirren stars as “The Iron Lady of Israel” in what could be considered a political thriller. Written by Nicholas Martin, this follows the intensely dramatic events and controversial decisions Meir faced during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Golda also sees Camille Cottin plays Lou Kaddar, Rami Heuberger plays Moshe Dayan, Lior Ashkenazi plays David Elazar and Dominic Mafham plays Haim Bar Lev. Nattiv’s previous feature was Skin – the full-length feature based on his Academy Award with his short film “Skin”.…...
Filmed in October of 2021 and earmarked for a 2022 release, Guy Nattiv‘s fifth feature in the Golda Meir biopic is now slated for a first-quarter release this year. Helen Mirren stars as “The Iron Lady of Israel” in what could be considered a political thriller. Written by Nicholas Martin, this follows the intensely dramatic events and controversial decisions Meir faced during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Golda also sees Camille Cottin plays Lou Kaddar, Rami Heuberger plays Moshe Dayan, Lior Ashkenazi plays David Elazar and Dominic Mafham plays Haim Bar Lev. Nattiv’s previous feature was Skin – the full-length feature based on his Academy Award with his short film “Skin”.…...
- 1/11/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Actress-director Anjelica Huston may have been born into film royalty and may have fulfilled that royal destiny by becoming the third generation, after actor grandfather Walter and director-actor-writer father John Huston, to score Oscar gold, but her early innings were not the stuff cinema dreams are made of.
“Casino Royale” is the film where she first appeared, as an uncredited young teen 55 years ago this month. It is largely regarded as an overcooked comedy fiasco, or as Variety deemed it back then, “an attempt to spoof the pants off the James Bond.” The film had no less than five directors, including her father, John.
Variety was kinder to John Huston’s 1969 film “A Walk with Love and Death,” Anjelica’s first starring role, but most other outlets were tougher on the film and Huston’s performance, and it came and went with little notice.
In a vain attempt to overcome that fate,...
“Casino Royale” is the film where she first appeared, as an uncredited young teen 55 years ago this month. It is largely regarded as an overcooked comedy fiasco, or as Variety deemed it back then, “an attempt to spoof the pants off the James Bond.” The film had no less than five directors, including her father, John.
Variety was kinder to John Huston’s 1969 film “A Walk with Love and Death,” Anjelica’s first starring role, but most other outlets were tougher on the film and Huston’s performance, and it came and went with little notice.
In a vain attempt to overcome that fate,...
- 4/28/2022
- by Steven Gaydos
- Variety Film + TV
Production is underway in London.
Camille Cottin, best known internationally for the French TV series Call My Agent! has joined the cast of Guy Nattiv’s Golda, starring Helen Mirren as Israel’s first and only female prime minister. UK sales agent Embankment Films has also revealed a first-look image of Mirren and a raft of pre-sales.
The film is now shooting for six weeks in London and on location in Israel.
Golda, written by Florence Foster Jenkins’ Nicholas Martin, follows the events faced by the ‘Iron Lady of Israel’ during the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Cottin will play Lou Kaddar,...
Camille Cottin, best known internationally for the French TV series Call My Agent! has joined the cast of Guy Nattiv’s Golda, starring Helen Mirren as Israel’s first and only female prime minister. UK sales agent Embankment Films has also revealed a first-look image of Mirren and a raft of pre-sales.
The film is now shooting for six weeks in London and on location in Israel.
Golda, written by Florence Foster Jenkins’ Nicholas Martin, follows the events faced by the ‘Iron Lady of Israel’ during the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Cottin will play Lou Kaddar,...
- 11/17/2021
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Sales
Dori Media Group (Dmg) has sold Israeli drama “Normal” to WarnerMedia in Latin America, where the series will be available on HBO Max. the series premiered in November of last year on Israel’s Hot, pulling strong reviews and ratings, finishing the year as one of the broadcasters top three most-watched dramas. Based on the true story of series co-creator Lior Dayan, the series kicks off with its protagonist at a low point, committed to a psych ward after a nervous breakdown fueled by drug use. There, the writer battles with personal demons and receives treatment while facing the harsh reality that he is totally normal, a standard superseded by his father, filmmaker, actor, and artist Assi Dayan, and grandfather, defense minister Moshe Dayan. “Normal” played in competition at last year’s Series Mania in the festival’s International Panorama section.
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Dori Media Group (Dmg) has sold Israeli drama “Normal” to WarnerMedia in Latin America, where the series will be available on HBO Max. the series premiered in November of last year on Israel’s Hot, pulling strong reviews and ratings, finishing the year as one of the broadcasters top three most-watched dramas. Based on the true story of series co-creator Lior Dayan, the series kicks off with its protagonist at a low point, committed to a psych ward after a nervous breakdown fueled by drug use. There, the writer battles with personal demons and receives treatment while facing the harsh reality that he is totally normal, a standard superseded by his father, filmmaker, actor, and artist Assi Dayan, and grandfather, defense minister Moshe Dayan. “Normal” played in competition at last year’s Series Mania in the festival’s International Panorama section.
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Kids’ Entertainment company Cake has closed a U.
- 8/3/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Palestinian director Amer Shomali is set to explore the allegedly illegal excavation of Palestinian antiquities by Israeli military leader and politician Moshe Dayan — who remains a divisive figure around the world — in a hybrid film project that examines the loss of cultural history by way of an action-packed, partly animated heist thriller.
“Theft of Fire” is a co-production between Rashid Abdelhamid of Made in Palestine Project and Ina Fichman of Montreal-based Intuitive Pictures, who produced Shomali’s award-winning 2014 doc “The Wanted 18,” co-directed with Paul Cowan.
Shomali and Abdelhamid are presenting the project at the Copenhagen Documentary Film Festival’s Cph:Forum financing and co-production event, which runs April 26-30.
“Theft of Fire” will chronicle the alleged plundering of ancient Palestinian sites by Dayan, who served as Israel’s defense minister from 1967 to 1974 and later foreign affairs minister from 1977 to 1979.
Following Dayan’s death in 1981, his widow Rachel sold the massive collection...
“Theft of Fire” is a co-production between Rashid Abdelhamid of Made in Palestine Project and Ina Fichman of Montreal-based Intuitive Pictures, who produced Shomali’s award-winning 2014 doc “The Wanted 18,” co-directed with Paul Cowan.
Shomali and Abdelhamid are presenting the project at the Copenhagen Documentary Film Festival’s Cph:Forum financing and co-production event, which runs April 26-30.
“Theft of Fire” will chronicle the alleged plundering of ancient Palestinian sites by Dayan, who served as Israel’s defense minister from 1967 to 1974 and later foreign affairs minister from 1977 to 1979.
Following Dayan’s death in 1981, his widow Rachel sold the massive collection...
- 4/27/2021
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
A review of tonight's "Mad Men" coming up just as soon as I have two secretaries and three telephones... "Jiminy Christmas. Think you're going to begin your life over and do it right. But what if you never get past the beginning again?" -Pete The latter half of the run "Mad Men" has featured some of the series' most ambitious episodes, as well as some of its most satisfying. It's a more complex show than when it started, and frequently a better one. Yet I often hear complaints from fans who have grown weary of the show, and particularly about how Don keeps making the same mistakes time and again. It may be true to his character, they acknowledge, but if — to borrow Peggy Lee's question from last week's premiere — that's all there is, then why is the show still going? What's the point to it all? The craft...
- 4/13/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Exclusive: Basil Iwanyk’s Thunder Road has acquired screen rights to the Steven Pressfield hybrid history The Lion’s Gate: On The Front Lines Of The Six Day War. The producer will use the book as a template to tell the story of how Israel, faced with extinction as Jordan, Syria and Egypt prepared to attack, routed the enemy in less than a week in 1967 with a brilliant battle plan. By the time the smoke cleared, Israel had gained hold of three times as much land as it started with, taking over the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Sinai Peninsula, and Judaism’s holiest site, the Western Wall that was part of the ruins of Solomon’s Temple, real estate that hadn’t been in Jewish hands for 1900 years.
Though a period tale, it certainly is a topical one, because the repercussions are still felt today in the constant tension between Israel and its neighbors.
Though a period tale, it certainly is a topical one, because the repercussions are still felt today in the constant tension between Israel and its neighbors.
- 10/10/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
By Robert Welkos Billionaire: Arnon Milchan Net Worth: $4.7 billion (Forbes); $4.2 billion (CelebrityNetWorth) Hollywood Connections: Producer began his Hollywood career in 1977 after being introduced to producer Elliot Kastner (“Harper”). Set up New Regency Productions in 1991. Has worked with directors like Martin Scorsese, Terry Gilliam, Oliver Stone, Roman Polanski and Sergio Leone. Company partnered with Warner Bros. and then 20th Century Fox. One of the producers of this year’s Oscar winning picture “12 Years a Slave.” Films Of Note: “Pretty Woman,” “JFK,” “Fight Club,” “Heat,” “L.A. Confidential,” “12 Years a Slave,” “Noah.” Films In The Works: “Birdman.” Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu. Cast: Emma Stone, Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Zach Galifianakis. IMDb logline: “A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory.” “The Revenant.” González Iñárritu to direct Leonard DiCaprio in...
- 5/1/2014
- by Robert W. Welkos
- Hollywoodnews.com
Jerusalem (AP) — Actor and director Assi Dayan, an Israeli cultural icon who was known for both his trailblazing films and troubled personal life, died on Thursday in his Tel Aviv home. He was 68. No cause of death was given but Dayan had suffered from several illnesses in recent years. Word of his death immediately became the top news item in Israel. A scion to one of Israel's most prominent families, Dayan was the youngest son of famed military chief and defense minister Moshe Dayan. His sister Yael was also a former politician. "My baby is gone and this is not the age when you expect the anchor to fall," his 97-year-old mother Ruth said, speaking to reporters outside his home. Despite his lineage, Dayan was somewhat of a counterculture hero. He often lashed out at the state and angrily confronted his father over his military views, his marital infidelities and...
- 5/1/2014
- by AP
- Hitfix
Assi (Assaf) Dayan, one of Israel’s best known and highly regarded actors, writers and directors, died this morning in Tel Aviv at the age of 68.
Son to the country’s most famous soldier, Moshe Dayan, whose shadow obsessed him all his life, he had been plagued for many years by bad health and addictions, his condition largely advertised by himself in interviews and documentaries in which he often complained of being mistreated and insufficiently supported by the country’s cultural authorities.
First introduced to films aged 22 when he played a small part in Michael Kakoyannis The Day the Fish Came out (1967), he appeared to be heading for a great career in acting after taking the lead in John Huston’s A Walk with Love and Death (1969), opposite the director’s own daughter, Anjelica.
Though personal problems as well as the reticence of insurance companies to assume responsibility for the son of Israel’s Ministry of Defense...
Son to the country’s most famous soldier, Moshe Dayan, whose shadow obsessed him all his life, he had been plagued for many years by bad health and addictions, his condition largely advertised by himself in interviews and documentaries in which he often complained of being mistreated and insufficiently supported by the country’s cultural authorities.
First introduced to films aged 22 when he played a small part in Michael Kakoyannis The Day the Fish Came out (1967), he appeared to be heading for a great career in acting after taking the lead in John Huston’s A Walk with Love and Death (1969), opposite the director’s own daughter, Anjelica.
Though personal problems as well as the reticence of insurance companies to assume responsibility for the son of Israel’s Ministry of Defense...
- 5/1/2014
- by dfainaru@netvision.net.il (Edna Fainaru)
- ScreenDaily
Legendary Israeli filmmaker Assi Dayan, one of the most celebrated cultural icons to come out of the holy land with 8 Israeli Oscars, or Ophir Awards, to his name, has passed away at the age of 68. Publicly known for his self-admitted battle with substance abuse in recent years, Dayan was in pain early Thursday morning local time, when his home caregiver called paramedics, whom upon arrival found him unconscious and were unable to resuscitate him. Photos: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2014 The son of notorious Israeli military leader and politician Moshe Dayan, who died in 1979, Assi Dayan made his
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- 5/1/2014
- by David Caspi
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"Mad Men" is back for the start of its seventh season — which is or isn't the final season depending on whether you value contractual language (which says it is) over scheduling (which will give us seven episodes this spring and seven more next year) — and I have a review of the premiere coming up just as soon as I'm seated next to a man in a hairpiece eating a banana... "Why are you making it so hard? Open the door and walk in." -Lou Avery We return to the world of "Mad Men" a scant two months after our last glimpse, late in January of 1969. It's by far the shortest time gap between seasons, but almost as much has changed in those two months than in the 11 months between the heist of Sterling Cooper and our first look at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. It seems only appropriate given the period.
- 4/14/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Matt Zoller Seitz drew comparisons between Bob Benson and Dick Whitman in last week's Mad Men recap. After relishing in his foresight, he continued to speculate whether Pete might be gay and applauded Sally Draper. Readers had much to add, of course. Here’s what you thought of “The Quality of Mercy.”You picked out other doppelgängers. * "Also, this week in Mad Men Themes!!!!: More Twins! Identical cousins on The Patty Duke Show, more from Megan's soap opera with her good twin/evil twin characters, Dd/Bb, Ken looking like Stan's Moshe Dayan poster with his eyepatch." —Commenter pennywise * "@pennywise - Betty and Sally having a smoke." —Commenter 77Bc You defended Pete ... * "Pete getting his head blown off is a fantasy? Dude, are you nuts? Pete Campbell is, for better and worse, the most interesting and unpredictable male in the ensemble. Certainly, watching Don circling the drain, engaging in...
- 6/19/2013
- by Lauren Duca
- Vulture
Films have done much to show existential impact of militarisation upon Israeli society, and chart the collapse of early idealism
"Israel is more than grapefruit and soldiers," said Assi Dayan at the opening of Seret, the London Israeli Film festival on Sunday evening. Yet his films have done much to show the existential impact of militarisation upon Israeli society, and chart the collapse of early idealism. In 1967, he played the film-star-handsome Palmach commando in a portrayal of kibbutz life amid the sun and barley. But in 1976, two years after his famous father, the eye-patched tank general Moshe Dayan, finished as minister of defence, he directed a cult parody of the army as full of fools and swindlers. And then, in 1993, a grim story of drunken Israeli soldiers murdering the occupants of a Tel Aviv bar. And finally, in 2011, Dr Pomerantz, a tragic farce about a broken therapist who makes a...
"Israel is more than grapefruit and soldiers," said Assi Dayan at the opening of Seret, the London Israeli Film festival on Sunday evening. Yet his films have done much to show the existential impact of militarisation upon Israeli society, and chart the collapse of early idealism. In 1967, he played the film-star-handsome Palmach commando in a portrayal of kibbutz life amid the sun and barley. But in 1976, two years after his famous father, the eye-patched tank general Moshe Dayan, finished as minister of defence, he directed a cult parody of the army as full of fools and swindlers. And then, in 1993, a grim story of drunken Israeli soldiers murdering the occupants of a Tel Aviv bar. And finally, in 2011, Dr Pomerantz, a tragic farce about a broken therapist who makes a...
- 6/11/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 2, Episode 12 of The CW's "Nikita," entitled, "Sanctuary."
One of my favorite things about "Nikita" is the way it manages to imbue even its dialogue-heavy episodes with a sense of urgency. Aside from the last five minutes and Sean's tussle with Alex on the beach, there wasn't much fighting, and yet, the episode was every bit as tense and engaging as many of the show's more action-packed installments -- if not more so. "Sanctuary" was designed to be an expository episode, positioning all of the chess pieces for what's certain to be an explosive climax come February 3 (don't you hate that we have to wait that long?). But with a cast this talented and confident in what they're doing, many scenes still packed an emotional punch.
There were a number of memorable moments this week. It was poignant to see Alex and Nikita reconnecting,...
One of my favorite things about "Nikita" is the way it manages to imbue even its dialogue-heavy episodes with a sense of urgency. Aside from the last five minutes and Sean's tussle with Alex on the beach, there wasn't much fighting, and yet, the episode was every bit as tense and engaging as many of the show's more action-packed installments -- if not more so. "Sanctuary" was designed to be an expository episode, positioning all of the chess pieces for what's certain to be an explosive climax come February 3 (don't you hate that we have to wait that long?). But with a cast this talented and confident in what they're doing, many scenes still packed an emotional punch.
There were a number of memorable moments this week. It was poignant to see Alex and Nikita reconnecting,...
- 1/14/2012
- by Laura Prudom
- Aol TV.
Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 2, Episode 12 of The CW's "Nikita," entitled, "Sanctuary."
One of my favorite things about "Nikita" is the way it manages to imbue even its dialogue-heavy episodes with a sense of urgency. Aside from the last five minutes and Sean's tussle with Alex on the beach, there wasn't much fighting, and yet, the episode was every bit as tense and engaging as many of the show's more action-packed installments -- if not more so. "Sanctuary" was designed to be an expository episode, positioning all of the chess pieces for what's certain to be an explosive climax come February 3 (don't you hate that we have to wait that long?). But with a cast this talented and confident in what they're doing, many scenes still packed an emotional punch.
There were a number of memorable moments this week. It was poignant to see Alex and Nikita reconnecting,...
One of my favorite things about "Nikita" is the way it manages to imbue even its dialogue-heavy episodes with a sense of urgency. Aside from the last five minutes and Sean's tussle with Alex on the beach, there wasn't much fighting, and yet, the episode was every bit as tense and engaging as many of the show's more action-packed installments -- if not more so. "Sanctuary" was designed to be an expository episode, positioning all of the chess pieces for what's certain to be an explosive climax come February 3 (don't you hate that we have to wait that long?). But with a cast this talented and confident in what they're doing, many scenes still packed an emotional punch.
There were a number of memorable moments this week. It was poignant to see Alex and Nikita reconnecting,...
- 1/14/2012
- by Laura Prudom
- Aol TV.
Hollywood may be obsessed with youth and speed, but just occasionally age and wisdom win out. Joe Queenan on the late bloomers who make a good case for biding one's time
Early next year, Annette Bening will garner an Oscar nomination for her tart, intense performance as Julianne Moore's control-freak lover in The Kids Are All Right. She could just as easily be nominated for her tart, intense performance as a neurotic middle-aged healthcare professional in the underrated film Mother and Child, another engaging arthouse release that surfaced a few months ago. In effect, after more than a decade of working infrequently, and even then mostly appearing in duds (Being Julia, The Women, Running with Scissors ) Annette Bening is making a serious comeback at the age of 52, 20 years after most leading ladies have arrived at the expiration date for their careers.
What makes this return to centre stage even...
Early next year, Annette Bening will garner an Oscar nomination for her tart, intense performance as Julianne Moore's control-freak lover in The Kids Are All Right. She could just as easily be nominated for her tart, intense performance as a neurotic middle-aged healthcare professional in the underrated film Mother and Child, another engaging arthouse release that surfaced a few months ago. In effect, after more than a decade of working infrequently, and even then mostly appearing in duds (Being Julia, The Women, Running with Scissors ) Annette Bening is making a serious comeback at the age of 52, 20 years after most leading ladies have arrived at the expiration date for their careers.
What makes this return to centre stage even...
- 8/26/2010
- by Joe Queenan
- The Guardian - Film News
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