The Jerusalem Cinematheque has a great program of movies in English this month. Here are just some of our favorites.
A celebration of some of Orson Welles’ best-loved movies. The American director, actor, writer, and producer is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre. He is considered to be among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.
The 12th Anthropological Film Festival
Movies use cinematic techniques in order to demonstrate the complexity and difficulties of the lives of individuals and communities around the world, the relationship between the human and non-human, and the social political and financial aspects of these relationships. The screenings are accompanied by lectures and talks.
Discover the magic of Austrian cinema at the 9th edition of the Austrian Film Week in Israel, brought to you by the Austrian Cultural Forum. This year’s selection explores timeless themes of love, friendship, and solidarity, but also the haunting specters of destructive power, repression, and mortality while joining remarkable characters as they tell their stories.
National Theater Live on Screen: Dear England
Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale) plays Gareth Southgate in James Graham’s (Sherwood) gripping examination of nation and game. The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game? With the worst track record for penalties in the world, Gareth Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt, to take team and country back to the promised land. Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Rupert Goold (Judy) directs this spectacular new play.
An evening is dedicated to the memory of David Harman, who championed the Cinematheque from its very first day, and served as an active member of its board for many years. He would have loved “Radical” because he knew that a good and creative teacher has the power to change students’ lives. May his memory be a blessing to us all.
The Met: Live in HD: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking opera, which premiered in 1986, arrives at the Met at long last. Robert O’Hara, who was nominated for a Tony Award in 2020 for his direction of Slave Play, oversees a new staging that imagines Malcolm as an everyman whose story transcends time and space. A cast of breakout artists take part in the operatic retelling of Malcom X’s life.
Clark Gable is a journalist who meets heiress Colbert while she is running away from her father. It Happened One Night is considered the pioneer of romantic comedies, and certainly set the standard for the entire genre: witty dialogues, an elliptical narrative structure, a relationship that gains momentum and some fun anarchic element. Here, with an acting pair who would become superstars, on the knees of the humor that Lubitsch brought from Europe, Frank Capra created the all-American romantic comedy. The result is a classic that is an entertaining today as it was 90 year ago.
One of the most outstanding movies from 2023, Adam is a London screenwriter experiencing writer’s block. To find inspiration, Adam travels to the neighborhood where he grew up and meets his parents. They are happy to meet him but seem frozen in time since they were killed in a car accident when Adam was just a teenager. A dramatic encounter that translates into a series of painful, poignant, and tender moments.
Matinees
Selected early screenings for a special price: Sundays-Thursdays
New Movies
Showcasing some of the newest talent on the movie sceen.
