Reviews

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The Israel Philharmonic Celebrates 85 Years ★★★

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The Israel Philharmonic Celebrates 85 Years ★★★

In less than an hour, a promotional film about the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra sails at a rate of knots through nearly a century of cultural history. Its aim is to open the pockets of potential donors, but it's likely to open their…

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UKJFF 2021: Sin La Habana ★★★★

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UKJFF 2021: Sin La Habana ★★★★

This moving romantic drama about a struggling Cuban ballet dancer, who crosses paths with an Iranian-Canadian Jewish woman looking for love, brings the 25th UK Jewish Film Festival to a vibrant close this week. Sin La Habana screens online and in person at London's Picturehouse…

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UKJFF 2021: Apples and Oranges ★★★

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UKJFF 2021: Apples and Oranges ★★★

This absorbing new documentary explores those volunteers who flocked to Israel’s kibbutzim and their vast impact, but it also reveals the darker underside. In the swinging 60s, the countercultural generation wanted to travel, try new experiences, taste life abroad and, most importantly…

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Metzger’s Mobbile

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Metzger’s Mobbile

During the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), a VW Passat with a one-metre-square glass container attached to its roof drove around the west end of Glasgow. The car was originally manufactured by climate change activist and artist Gustav Metzger in 1970, which…