Another week is coming to an end, and so that you can start planning your plans for the rest of the week right now - we have prepared for you some recommendations for everything that is interesting in the world of culture in the first week of February.
Movies
"Mean Girls"
The iconic high school comedy from 2004 returns in a refreshing new version based on the hit musical based on the original film which itself was based on a book (yes, we could breathe while writing that).
Once again, the character of the innocent Cady arrives at her new home in the suburbs, where she connects with a pair of outsiders, who introduce her to the complex social life of American youth.
When she joins the "Plastics", the most exclusive group of girls in high school, she finds herself falling in love with the ex of the leader - and then the nails are pulled out.
The amazing Tina Fey also wrote the updated screenplay, which brings the original film into Generation Z and the age of social media, with the message, surprisingly, remaining pretty much the same even after 20 years.
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"The Boy and the Heron"
Oscar-winning Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki ("The Incredible Journey", "Princess Mononoke") returned from a 10-year retirement for this wonderful film, which won the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Film - a category in which he will also try to win at the upcoming Oscar ceremony.
This story follows 11-year-old Mahito, who is forced to leave Tokyo with his father and move to live in a small village, next to his father's new and pregnant partner.
He meets an unusual gray heron in a large estate nearby, who will guide him and help him in the unique and exciting coming of age journey on which he embarks, in a world full of magic, colors and, as befits Miyazaki - particularly strange creatures.
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"The House on Finn Street"
Director Amir Manor's new film ("Hayota Vebarel") investigates the country's "backyard" with an uncompromising look through an office complex in south Tel Aviv that served as a hotbed for prostitution and drug trafficking.
When Dina leaves her mother's house to move in with Avinaam, she does not expect that her dream will turn into a nightmare where she will become a prostitute.
A few years later, Avinaam re-examines his decisions and actions, and realizes that he must choose between his feelings emanating from him and between a violent and dangerous system that demands its victims.
With the participation of Raymond Amsalem (who won a role in the Ophir Award and the Outstanding Actress Award at the 2021 Haifa Festival), Imrie Beaton, Nika Beck, Maurice Cohen and Rami Hoiberger.
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"Argyle"
Matthew Vaughn's new film ("Kingsman: The Secret Service", "Kick-Ass", "X-Men: Origins") follows another spy who goes on an adventure around the world in search of a mysterious treasure, whose past may endanger him - or at least Written by bestselling author Ellie Conway.
As reality begins to mix with her book at a dangerous rate, assassins make her a wanted target due to events described in her book.
A host of stars participate in this film, including Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L.
Jackson, Bryan Cranston, John Cena, Catherine O'Hara and more.
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"Orion and the Darkness"
An intriguing animated film written by none other than Oscar winner Charlie Kaufman ("Eternal Sunshine with a Clear Head"), which follows a shy and anxious boy who is afraid of almost everything - but especially the dark.
When the tangible form of his greatest fear comes to visit, they embark on a journey where Orion will discover that there is nothing to be afraid of the dark, and that he may finally stop letting his fear paralyze him.
Friday, on Netflix
series
"cool it"
24 years after it debuted, the hit comedy starring the genius Larry David (which he also created) returns for its 12th and final season (contrary to his previous statements, this time he really means it).
This time, too, Larry will have to navigate between his professional and personal life and his "problematic" and blunt nature, which, as always - also in the new season, continues to get him into countless funny troubles.
Devoted viewers find it hard not to wonder: Will the stars of "Seinfeld" (which David created with Jerry Seinfeld) reunite during the farewell season?
We will have to wait and see for ourselves.
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TV
"Mr. and Mrs. Smith"
A new television adaptation of the successful action film from 2005, which is now remembered as the film that united Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.
The new series leads two spies to impersonate spouses as part of a mission for which they were recruited.
This is the first series in which Donald Glover stars since the end of the excellent "Atlanta", one of the best series of the last decade, which he created and starred in (for which he won two Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards).
Friday, on Amazon Prime Video
"The boozegloss"
Eighth season of the successful reality show, filmed before the events of October 7.
With a host of scandals and upheavals that accompanied them during the past months, the family members will continue to try to reinvent themselves - and all this in a relationship that exists only in such families.
Starting from Tuesday, at
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"The Golden Girls"
The successful and beloved sitcom, which ran for 7 seasons in the years 1985-1992, is returning to television - and the great pleasure of the laugh-out-loud stories of Dorothy, Blanche, Rose and Sophia will be available to anyone who wants to enjoy them anew or discover them from scratch.
The hit series, which twice won the Emmy Award for Best Comedy Series (and also won all its stars Emmys for their performances in it), follows three elderly women who share a house in Miami, when the mother of one of them joins them after the retirement home where she lived burns down - while laughing at their antics The maddened (and exciting at times).
Wednesday, on Disney+
music
Amir Lev in a special show for "Once in a Lifetime"
In two one-off shows, the acclaimed singer-songwriter will host the more than 20 musicians of the Ashdod Israeli Andalusian Orchestra who will join him and his band in performing the songs from his third album which will receive new, orchestrated, exciting and unusual arrangements.
This is not just Lev's most successful album, but also one that, after almost 26 years since its release, has managed to become a significant milestone in Israeli soundtracks.
Monday and Tuesday, Barbie, Jaffa Port
The season opening concert of the Jerusalem and Mizrah and West orchestra
In the show with which the veteran orchestra will open its new season, it will host none other than Tamir Greenberg.
The show promises to bring to the stage the captivating presence and unique delivery of the esteemed singer-songwriter, whose connection with the orchestra will give the audience arrangements full of new and surprising tones that will be filled with his iridescent and colorful charisma.
Wednesday, Opera House, Tel Aviv
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"Mother, Sun and Motherland"
Several years after moving to New York, the renowned Israeli cardiologist Yitzhak Kronzon comes to visit Israel.
His journey floods him with memories of his childhood in Haifa in the 1950s;
The colorful tenants who lived in his neighborhood, his best friend and his first love.
For the first time, he will also reexamine his complex relationship with his parents and the state, while confronting feelings he repressed and longing for the days that will never return.
Tuesday-Thursday, at the Beer Sheva Theater
From the play "Mother, Sun and Homeland", photo: Maayan Kaufman
"My wife's husband"
When my father finds out that his wife Michal has another husband named Itzik, he is angry, hurt and heartbroken.
Instead of confronting his wife, he chooses to meet with his wife's husband to try and find a solution to their common unusual problem.
Will they manage to solve the problem or will the competition between them lead to the dissolution of the family?
Dov Navon, Guy Lowell and Lyrit Belvan star in this disturbed comedy, directed and edited by Moriah Zarchia.
Rishon, Petah Tikva Culture Hall
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Third, the Karmiel Cultural Hall
The play "My Wife's Husband" // Photo: Public Relations
Hebrew language conference "First Language"
Against the backdrop of the war and when Israeli flags are hoisted in every house, the conference will mark the 17th year of its founding, and will stand under the sign "Speak Hebrew".
The multitude of conference sessions and original productions will focus on the importance of language in times of war and its influence in difficult times, for example through the show "Put Thrash on Dune", a musical tribute evening to Israeli comedy starring names such as Tovia Tzafir, Zvika Hadar, Rotem Abuhav, Shimon Buskila and others;
A salute show by the Asner brothers to songs that raise a smile and expand hearts even not in wartime;
An intriguing meeting between the writer Eshkol Nebo and the musician Oren Barzilai;
A tribute session to the late Meir Shalev and more.
Monday and Tuesday, at the cultural hall in Rishon LeZion
Tovia Tzafir, photo: Maya Baumel Birger
"When the night awakes"
A rock opera from the creator of the Alley Theater, which describes through the personal story of Iko (played by Shahar Nahari, the lead singer of the Spice Band) the deep connections between people and the price that the heart takes in their most difficult times.
Goren Goldstein Community Country, Tel Aviv
"When the night awakes" // Photo: Samdar Liani
Family
"Red south"
As it symbolizes re-blooming and hope in the background of the Black Sabbath event and the war taking place in Gaza, the beloved event returns once more - while marking its 19th year.
This year the event will consist of several highlights, including the traditional anemone parade (which will be dedicated to the memory of the late Ofir Liebstein, head of the Shaar HaNegev Regional Council and the founder of the festival who was murdered on October 7 in an exchange of fire with terrorists), the anemone race marking the Shabbat hijackers, guided tours by KKK In the forests and the blooming sites, the traditional market of the festival and more.
Before arriving in the area, it is recommended to update yourself on the "Dorom Adom" website.
Starting from Thursday throughout the northern Negev
"Drom Adom" 2024, photo: Public Relations
"these two"
As part of a reserve preparation project, Yotam, a gifted and socially isolated student, was sent to teach Daria, who has ADHD, in preparation for a citizenship test.
If he fails the task, he will not be accepted into the reserve and Daria will not receive a certificate.
The meeting between the two opposites creates conflicts that undermine both of them and establishes a change in them through which they will learn to accept themselves - and each other.
The play by the Orna Forat Theater, recommended for 14-18 year olds, won the show of the year for youth at the 2022 Children and Youth Stage Award ceremony.
Saturday, at the Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
"The Marzipan Fairy"
The classic play that began its journey about 30 years ago and appeared in more than 1,000 performances, returns to the stage in a reworking with a pair of new actresses.
At the heart of the show is Tino the dwarf who is looking for the candy garden of the "fairy witch" who wants to find a girlfriend, but doesn't know how.
The journey of making friends with fear is brought up with the participation of the children in a soft and funny way with songs and light music.
Saturday, at the Caron Theater, Jerusalem
From the play "The Marzipan Fairy", photo: Dor Kdami
Exhibitions
"Equality voucher"
More than 120 contemporary projects from Israel and the world, from well-known off-the-shelf products and medical technological developments to critical and political design works alongside interactive installations will be presented in an exhibition that examines the role of design in creating gender consciousness, while seeking to raise awareness of the elusive ways in which design changes our consciousness as consumers.
In light of the events of October 7 and the war, the exhibition was accompanied by design and art works that relate to gender issues in the context of this period, which touches all of us with great pain.
Design Museum Holon
A piece by the Philscher Foundation that will be shown at the exhibition, photo: Elad Sharig
"Dust and Tears"
Daniel Chechik's exhibition was born out of a long dialogue between him and the curator Sophie Barzon Mackay (from Barry Gallery) and a joint study of his more than 10-year-old archive, which took shape over more than a year.
Chechik interprets in his works a deep and primordial space of crisis situations in chaos, and illuminates the inherent potential in them for inner growth and change.
Now, after the events of October 7, she puts a physical place that feels cut off from time or place, for a process known to humanity since time immemorial.
The Land of Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
Photograph by Daniel Chechik, which will be presented at the exhibition, photo: Daniel Chechik
"furrow-shack-point"
Using images of works and original works by artists from the area surrounding Gaza, who painted their surroundings and responded to landscapes, symbols and events in the distant, recent and present past, the exhibition will present forms, symbols and images that shaped Israeliness and that became iconic images even before the outbreak of the war.
The exhibition will also feature a diary of paintings under the influence of October 7 by Yochanan Drucker from Kibbutz Bari, as well as a ceramic work that the artist Michal Marom rescued from a house in Kibbutz Ra'im.
Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, Jerusalem
Illustration by Yohanan Drucker, photo: Public Relations
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