The year 2023 has already begun, and its first weekend has also arrived - so why don't we start planning the entertainment we want to do in the coming week?
Get recommendations for everything interesting in the world of culture during the week of 12/1-6/1.
Movies
Operation Fortune: A War Exercise
The British director-screenwriter Guy Ritchie releases his new film on a streak of successes (thanks to the remake of "Aladdin" and "The Gentlemen").
This time it's an action comedy that follows a spy (Jason Statham), who is asked to stop the sale of dangerous weapons by a billionaire dealer (Hugh Grant).
He is forced to team up with shady agents (one of them played by Aubrey Plaza), who recruit a Hollywood star (played by Josh Hartnett) in order to succeed in the mission.
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A look from the inside
Romanian Christian Mungiu became a household name at the Cannes Film Festival (he previously won the Palme d'Or for "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"), but when his new film was screened in its last edition - he left it empty-handed, despite the praise.
The film follows Matthias, who returns to his home village to become more involved in raising his son, take care of his father and renew his ties with his former lover.
The peace of the village is shaken when a local factory decides to recruit some foreign workers.
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America
The new film by director-screenwriter Ophir Raul Greitzer (winner of 3 Ophir Awards for his previous film, "The Baker from Berlin") tells the story of Eli, who returned to Israel following the death of his father, after living in the USA for about a decade. A meeting with his childhood friend and his fiancée leaves him in Israel for a longer time than planned and leads to a series of events that will change their lives.
The plot progresses quite slowly, but Michael Moshunov, Osherat Ingdasht (who won the award for the best actress at the last Jerusalem festival) and the excellent Oferi Bitterman, as well as Greitzer's excellent script, leave the viewers simply captivated by the screen.
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Her blue eyes
After collaborating on two films ("Blood Brothers" and "Enemies"), screenwriter-director Scott Cooper and Oscar-winning actor Christian Bale reunite in a gothic detective thriller based on the book of the same name by Louis Bayard.
Bale plays a retired police detective who is called to solve a series of murders that took place in 1830 at a US military academy. He finds himself helped by none other than the young writer Edgar Allan Poe. With Harry Melling, Gillian Anderson, Charlotte Ginsburg and veteran Robert Duvall.
Available on Netflix
series
Ginny and Georgia
Let's face it: the first season of this comedy drama was indeed a surprise hit that came out of nowhere, but that doesn't mean it was too good.
About two years after that success, the new season of the series finds Ginny having to deal with the shocking news that her mother Georgia is a murderer, who may have even caused the death of her stepfather.
The mother's dark past challenges the daughter's desire for a normal life, and this complication is expected to be just as addictive as the previous season.
Available on Netflix
They hate Suzy
After the wildly acclaimed comedy starring Billie Piper ("Doctor Who"), it returns for a new season, in which the career of Susie, a former celebrity, is on the wane.
After her daring photos were stolen from her and posted online without her permission, she participates in a reality show, through which she will try to regain the public's sympathy, and also organize a stable life for her son, Frank.
Available in yes
Welcome to Chippendales
Soman "Steve" Banerjee was an Indian immigrant who rose to prominence when in 1979 he formed the Chippendales, a group of male strippers who stripped in shows performed mainly in front of women.
The ensemble became a phenomenon, and made Banerjee the owner of a striptease empire.
He didn't let things stand in his way, but life had its own plans, and they weren't easy for him.
Banerjee is played by Kumail Nanjiani, best known for his comedic roles ("Silicon Valley"), who is playing a dramatic role for the first time.
Wednesday, Disney+
music
Iggy Pop - Every Loser
The godfather of punk will celebrate his 76th birthday this year, but his bursting energy gives the impression that he is much younger than his years.
On his 20th solo album, Pop collaborates with Guns N' Roses lead singer Duff McKagan and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, and also with Andrew Watt, one of the most versatile producers in the field, who managed to work with Eddie Vader, Miley Cyrus, Ozzy Osbourne, Justin Bieber and Elton John.
If you taste the first two singles from the album, there is no doubt that this icon does not intend to take his foot off the gas.
Available on all platforms
Yehuda Polikar - Thessaloniki-Haifa-Tel Aviv
38 years after the release of "My Eyes", the legendary singer-songwriter will hold a performance of Greek music for the first time, which he was from Memphis in Israel.
The show will include rambatiko pieces and performances in Greek of Greek classics, and hits of the best Greek artists and poets who influenced Polikar.
Haim Romano, who played with him about 20 years ago, will be a guest at the show, where a band of 16 musicians will also perform.
Thursday, Cultural Center Tel Aviv
Jordana Arzi and the Israeli Andalusian Orchestra Ashdod - a gypsy imagination
The first collaboration between the two parties brings to the stage a concert that will combine Gypsy, Balkan and Arab repertoire in the form of songs from "Gypsy Soul" and "Mizrahi Imagination", two of Arzi's most beloved albums.
Befitting the fact that the albums were clearly influenced by Gypsy, Balkan, Arabic and Russian music, the songs will be given original Andalusian arrangements, which will make the audience feel at home.
Starting from Sunday throughout the country
Strong from the wind: a tribute show to Esther Shamir
The beloved singer-songwriter, who will celebrate her 68th birthday this month, is known as the one who wrote many prominent songs from the Israeli musical DNA, including "I moved just to see", "Barefoot girl", "Stronger than the wind" and "In the lowest place in Tel Aviv ".
Among the participants in the tribute can be found Gali Atari, Dafna Dekel, Danny Robs, C. Heyman and David D'Or, and even her husband and former musical partner, Ephraim Shamir.
Shishi, Tsova, Tel Aviv
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The best year of my life
As someone who previously created for the theater ("Billy Schwartz"), the musician Ohad Hitman already knows the work - and the result is evident in his new comedy musical, a joint production for the Haifa Theater and the Hiba Theater, directed by Moshe Kaptan.
The play is about a married couple (Roni Dlomi and Lee Byrne), whose lives go awry when they become parents, and their opinionated mothers (Orena Detz and Miki Kam, whose great talent stood out above the other successful actors), who represent different layers of Israeli society, certainly don't help.
With the help of fine wit and humor, the musical captivates the hearts of the viewers and puts a mirror to the daily life and challenges of all of us.
We enjoyed every moment.
Tuesday-Thursday, Haifa Theater
Angina pectoris
This successful satire, which has been staged more than 300 times, follows the (fictitious, of course) defense minister in need of a heart transplant, who encounters a difficult problem: just a few months before you, a law was passed in Israel that he himself supported, according to which Jews cannot receive a donation Full-Jewish organs.
It is understood that the only heart found is that of a young Palestinian, and now the minister will have to decide whether to take the heart and break the law - or die (and then the running for the prime ministership went on).
Starring Dov Glickman and Zahar Strauss/Zion Ashkenazi (who also directed).
Tuesday, Tsava, Tel Aviv
From the play "Angina Factoris", photo: Yossi Tzbaker
Family
Winter Lights
If the last period was not wintry enough for you, the botanical garden in Jerusalem has been dressed in new lighting, which gives it the appearance of a European market full of lights.
Every evening that the activity will take place in the garden (until the end of January 2023), the tree lights, which are presented in different styles and colors and were created from about 2.5 million small LEDs, will be lit one after the other in a variety of colors.
The garden will also offer a special route about a kilometer long, where visitors can enjoy an illuminated experience just like abroad. If that is not enough for you, actors dressed in illuminated costumes will also appear on the spot - and of course food stalls will also be set up in the spirit of the time.
Sunday-Thursday and Saturday, the University Botanical Garden, Jerusalem
Winter Lights events in Jerusalem // Photo: Tom Amit
A piano legend
How can you not love the songs from the many animated films of the Disney studios?
So many people around the world grew up on them, and one of them is Ohad Hitman.
In this show, he embarks on a musical journey through the songs that we all became addicted to, and that many of us hum to this day (alone or with the kids).
Hitman will perform arrangements for piano and a variety of instruments of the great songs from movies such as "The Lion King", "Aladdin", "Break the Ice", "The Little Mermaid", "Moana" and many other good and beloved ones.
Shabbat, Enav Center for Culture, Tel Aviv
podcast
coming on time
Nurit Gefen and Dalia Gutman have been friends for no less than 50 years, and as those who know each other so well, they talk about everything - so why not make a podcast out of it?
The two publish a new episode of their podcast (from All•In) every week, where they laugh and cry, talk about culture, politics, relationships - and of course about the grandchildren too.
The funny chemistry that exists between them is evident at every moment, and thus they also manage to present a surprising side of the third age.
Available on all platforms
exhibition
Yossi's memories
When the late painter Yosef Yossi Mirom Mosari, who was a veteran of Holon, immigrated to Israel in 1953, he engaged in mosaic and granulite works, and in his free time he used to paint, although he did not study formally. The new retrospective presents some of his works, which also reflect the memories of the many experiences he had over the years his life
Gallery 58, Holon
From the exhibition "Yossi's Memories", photo: Ruth Mosari
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