Kino Lorber - Experience Cinema

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Alila

Jewish Interest · World Cinema

Amos Gitai's ALILA tells the story of over a dozen distinct characters who inhabit an apartment complex located in a rundown neighborhood of Tel Aviv, Israel.

The Boat is Full

Jewish Interest · War · Drama

Nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film (1981), The Boat is Full is a tense and heartbreaking drama that captures the plight of refugees during WWII.

Happy Times

Horror · Jewish Interest · Comedy

A seemingly friendly dinner party erupts into a night of violence and terror at a lush Hollywood estate.

The Jewish Soul: Classics of Yiddish Cinema

Horror · Jewish Interest · Religion

Too often segregated within an academic and cultural niche, Yiddish cinema is in fact a varied and vibrant genre ripe for reappraisal. Whether shot in the fields of Poland or makeshift studios in Manhattan, Yidishe Kino endure not only as precious documents of a vanishing culture, but a fascinating …

Kaddish

Documentary · World Cinema · Jewish Interest

In Steve Brand’s timeless documentary KADDISH -- as bracing as any fiction -- we witness a candid portrait of a young Jew coming to terms with his father's traumatic history. It is the story of the stormy yet loving relationship between writer and Jewish activist Yossi Klein and his father Zol…

My Father My Lord

Jewish Interest · World Cinema

"An astonishing debut feature."(Variety). The son of a respected elder in a cloistered hasidic enclave unwittingly runs afoul of his father's strict religious doctrine when childhood life prompts questions outside the confines of tradition. A family holiday at the seashore brings the ideological rif…

Rabin, The Last Day

Jewish Interest · World Cinema · Based on True Story

Lauded director Amos Gitai (Kippur) delves into the prelude and aftermath of the 1995 assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in this gripping docudrama.

Regina

Documentary · Jewish Interest

Diana Groó’s documentary tells the story of Regina Jonas (1902-1944) a strong woman, who made history by becoming the first properly ordained woman rabbi in the world.

The Jewish Soul: Classics of Yiddish Cinema - The Dybbuk

Jewish Interest · Drama

A young bride is possessed by the spirit of her dead husband’s dislocated soul. Based on the Yiddish theater’s most memorable play.

The Last

Jewish Interest · Drama

The survivors of four generations of a Jewish family are rocked to their core when the family’s beloved 92-year-old matriarch makes a stunning confession. Rebecca Schull anchors an ensemble cast in a riveting, provocative family drama about a Holocaust survivor, albeit one with a shocking twis…

Tikkun

Jewish Interest · Religion · World Cinema

A young Israeli ultra-Orthodox man experiences a crisis of faith in this formally daring black-and-white drama that employs bravura, often shocking imagery.