With the Iron Swords War still ongoing, another week is coming to an end – so we have prepared for you some recommendations for everything interesting in the world of culture during the week of 7/12-1/12.
Movies
Killers of the Moon Flower
A new Martin Scorsese movie is always cause for celebration, all the more so if it stars his regular collaborators Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.
This epic Western crime saga, which Scorsese wrote alongside legendary screenwriter Eric Roth ("Forrest Gump," "Dune") based on David Grann's hit book of the same name, follows the improbable romance of Ernest Burkhart and his wife, Native American Molly Cale (Lily Gladstone, who is expected to receive an Oscar nomination for her role, like the rest of the film's stars), against the backdrop of the mysterious murder of the Osage tribe in the last century for money.
Also participating in the film, which many critics have named as one of the films of the year: new Oscar winner Brendan Frazier and Oscar nominees Jesse Plemons ("The Power of the Dog") and John Lithgow.
In cinemas
Make your voice heard
Gal, Shari, Abigail and Hadassah are four ultra-Orthodox women who dared to break the conspiracy of silence regarding the wave of sexual abuse sweeping the sector from which they came. Especially around the renowned writer Chaim Walder, who took his own life after several women claimed that he sexually assaulted them or raped them for years.
The world of each of the film's protagonists, directed by Sarit Asnafi, is shaken by events, and the fact that most of them are mothers only strengthens their desire to do something for the present – and future – generation.
SUN, HOT8
Chef
Director Philippe Berntini achieved an impressive feat in this film - shooting a film in one continuous shot of about 90 minutes, and the result is a fine film that is superbly made.
The film follows a stormy night for Andy, who discovers that the Ministry of Health is coming to perform an inspection at the luxury restaurant where he works as head chef. As viewers are exposed to the battlefield that is the challenging lives of restaurant workers, they also discover that they have a life outside of work. Stephen Graham ("Empire of Crime") received a BAFTA nomination for his role in the film, which was also nominated for Best British Film.
In cinemas
General rehearsal
Amos and Rebecca-Diane are not only best friends, but also drama teachers in a run-down camp. When a high-tech entrepreneur comes to manage and demolish the property, the two team up with faculty and students to put on stage a masterpiece that will keep their favorite camp going.
The film, which received critical acclaim upon its release in the US, stars Ben Platt ("The Politician") and Molly Gordon ("The Bear"), who directed the film and co-wrote it (alongside Platt and others). Also starring: Noah Galvin ("The Good Doctor"), Jimmy Tetreau ("American Hooligan") and Emmy nominee Ayo Adebiri ("The Bear").
Wednesday, Disney+
Series
Imprisonment/Imprisonment
A second series of the BBC anthology series, which, like its predecessor, was also highly praised. The new season is presented through the eyes of three inmates who arrive at a women's prison on the same day. Each of them is thrown into a struggle she has never experienced before, but even against the constant threat of violence within the prison walls, they discover an unexpected sense of community and shared understanding. Featuring Emmy nominees Bella Ramsay ("The Last of Us"), Jodie Whitaker ("Doctor Who") and Siobhan Finneran ("Downton Abbey").
Monday, on yes and HOT
Slow horses
The critically acclaimed thriller series returns for its third season, which will continue to follow the burned-out MI5 gang of agents, run by Jackson Lamb (played by Oscar winner Gary Oldman).
This time, Lamb and his team are dragged into an incident in Istanbul that could reveal a big MI5 secret that endangers not only the gang of incompetents he runs, but the entire organization. Also starring: Oscar nominees Kristin Scott-Thomas ("The English Wounded") and Jonathan Pryce ("The Popes," "The Crown") and Jack Lowden ("Little Axe").
Available on Apple TV+
My life with the Walter family
After the tragic deaths of her parents, 15-year-old Jackie Howard is forced to leave her home in New York to move to Colorado with the family of her mother's best friend, who owns 10 children. As she adjusts to her new life, she tries to fulfill her dream of getting into a prestigious university, while falling in love with Alex and Cole, two brothers from her new family.
Thursday, Netflix
Charles Stewart: Murder in Boston
An HBO documentary series directed by Emmy-winning Jason Hare ("The Last Dance") follows the murder of Carol Stewart, whose investigation into her 1989 death sparked decades-old racial tensions that surfaced and were accompanied by a media storm.
The three-part series presents extensive archival coverage of the affair and interviews with the people affected at the time, including community members. It points to the disturbing ease with which severe cruelty was applied to an entire community in the name of the swift search for justice.
Tuesday, on yes and Cellcom TV
Rabbit Burrow
A suspenseful spy drama starring Emmy winner Kiefer Sutherland ("24"). He plays John Weir, the owner of a prestigious espionage company that uses advanced information gathering and dissemination technology to manipulate economic, social, and political events to achieve the best outcome for its wealthy and powerful clients.
When Miles, his old friend and former business partner, hires him for a standard assignment, John and his team soon discover that the results are disastrous—and he himself becomes the most wanted person in the country. Also cast: Charles Dance ("Game of Thrones") and Enid Graham ("Secrets of Easton").
Sunday, on yes and HOT
music
New album for Peter Gabriel
On "I/O," the veteran musician's first album to feature original material since 2002's "Up," Gabriel collaborates with legendary producer Brian Eno and producer Richard Russell, who joined forces to create an album that began work back in 1995.
Since January of this year, Gabriel has released the album's 12 songs as singles at every full moon - so you can already listen to it all, but his release in the concept of an album shows that he still firmly believes in the importance of continuous listening to musical works, especially if they are as fascinating as his.
Available on all platforms
Concerts by the Jerusalem Quartet
This quartet, which has been active since its members were 15 years old when it was established as part of the Jerusalem Music Center's Excellence Program, has become a regular guest on the world's most important concert stages, performing in leading halls and festivals in North America and Europe.
In her upcoming concerts she will perform masterpieces from the Romantic period, including Mendelssohn and Brahms, as well as Paul Ben-Haim, one of Israel's greatest composers in the field of classical music.
Wednesday, Tel Aviv Cultural Center; Thursday, YMCA Hall, Jerusalem
New album for Daniel Kitchels
With no lead single or songs to promote its release, the multidisciplinary musician and songwriter is releasing his second album ("Cart Owner"), which comes out six years after his predecessor. This doesn't affect the fact that this is an album whose every listen to his nine songs, which Kitchels wrote, composed and produced, sharpens the power of it.
In a slow and almost narrative presentation, he presents songs that move between the past, present and future, some of which take on extraordinary meaning when one realizes that they were written before the outbreak of the Iron Sword War, combining into one musical picture a broken reality that many have experienced long ago.
Available on all platforms
Festive concerts by Oksana Yablonsky
On the occasion of her 85th birthday next week, the legendary super-pianist will hold two concerts, in which she will host her son Dmitry Yablonsky, a renowned and successful cellist in his own right. The two will perform works by Beethoven, Vivaldi, Schumann, Chopin and Shostakovich, bringing to the stage their tremendous talent that they have been presenting to audiences for decades.
third, Tel Aviv Cultural Center; Wednesday, Jerusalem Music Center
stage
Inspector came
The new play, directed by Moshe Naor, written by John Boynton Priestley, takes place one night in 1912, in the large home of the wealthy Birlings, who are celebrating their daughter's engagement. When a man calling himself Gul suddenly enters their home and interrogates the family about the suicide of a young working-class woman, it is revealed that all family members have secrets linking them to the tragedy. His astonishing revelations shake the foundations of their lives and challenge viewers to examine their conscience. Starring Assi Levy, Yiftach Klein, Shosha Goren and more.
Monday and Tuesday, Haifa Theater
Assi Levy and Yiftach Klein in rehearsals for the play "Inspector Ba",
Opening Stage Festival
Six staged readings will be performed during the traditional Israeli Playwriting Festival, which will take place from December 6 to 9. The festival, now in its 23rd year, will open with the graduation event of the 13th class of the Beit Lisin Theater's School of Playwriting, where excerpts from plays written by the students will be read and may become the most talked-about plays in the future.
Among this year's festival participants are Yona Elian, Joy Rieger, Sandra Sadeh, Agam Rudberg, Tom Haggai, Lirit Balaban, Daniel Gal, Nati Kluger, Hani Nahmias, Efrat Boymold, Yedidya Vital, and many more.
From Wednesday, Beit Lisin Theater, Tel Aviv
Podcast
Culture Now
Each of the more than 50 episodes of the Beit Ariella Library's Culture Podcast deals with different topics from the world of culture, whether they are conversations about different plays with their actors, conversations with authors about their books, with directors about their films (for example, in a conversation Eliran Peled had about the film project he directed to document the families of abductees), conversations about various exhibitions, and more. Broadcaster and editor Iris Lavi brings her vast experience in the world of culture to listeners, and does so in a light and fluent manner.
Available on all platforms
Exhibitions
Local Testimony 2023
About 130 photographs by 52 photographers will be included in the annual and most important event in Israel for photojournalism and documentary photography, selected from among 6,700 photographs submitted for the competition. Depending on the situation, photographs from the early days of the Iron Sword War will be displayed in the exhibition center.
The exhibition will mark its 20th anniversary with a unique video installation consisting of leading images from the past two decades. In keeping with Israel's unusual year, the three main themes of the exhibition are the current war, the struggle over legal reform, and the escalation of clashes between settlers and Palestinians. In addition, it will present central stories in the fields of religion and faith, sports, culture, urbanism, as well as nature and the environment.
Alongside the exhibition will be photographs taken by the late soldier Lavi Lifshitz, who fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip during the war.
Starting Tuesday, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
Police officers clash with demonstrators against the legal reform, in a photo that will compete with "Local Testimony", photo: Ohad Zweigenberg
Returning to the museum
On the occasion of the reopening of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, its gates will be opened free of charge to the general public this weekend, during which there will be experiential artistic activities suitable for all ages, including tours and meetings with artists and curators in exhibitions and collections, lectures, workshops for the whole family and more.
Pre-registration on the museum's website
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