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Movies & Television

Dawn of time: Why the Planet of the Apes story has endured

A summer blockbuster with a smart screenplay and thrilling visual design, 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' offers a grim view of life today.

By Uri Klein | Jul 17, 2014 | 11:06 AM

Hitchcock's secret horror film of the Holocaust

Concentration camp footage that had been hidden for decades — and the story of why — are the basis of two films screened at Jerusalem's film festival

By Gili Izikovich | Jul 17, 2014 | 04:55 AM

Spike Jonze. 'It doesn’t matter what you’re making as long as it excites you.'

Spike Jonze in Israel: 'I don’t know anything really'

Director of 'Her' and 'Where the Wild Things Are,' in Israel for the Jerusalem Film Festival, tells Haaretz about his creative experience.

By Nirit Anderman | Jul 16, 2014 | 03:12 AM

Best Director and Best Film winner Spike Jonze.

Spike Jonze, in Israel for festival, cancels lecture due to Gaza conflict

Director of 'Her' and 'Where the Wild Things Are' travels to Jerusalem but says it feels 'like the wrong time for me to be talking about movies.'

By Nirit Anderman | Jul 16, 2014 | 03:00 AM

Penalties and sudden death: What the rockets did to this TV critic

Even in these tense days there are two exceptions to his self-imposed 'no TV' rule.

By Michael Handelzalts | Jul 15, 2014 | 05:00 PM

Two U.S. TV shows halt Israel production amid Gaza escalation

FX's 'Tyrant' and USA's 'Dig' have both put filming in Israel on hold as Operation Protective Edge enters its eighth day.

By Haaretz | Jul 15, 2014 | 12:07 PM

Exposing Greece’s sequestered past

From opposition to the military junta to imprisonment on a desert island and smuggling his films to France. Pantelis Voulgaris, one of Greece’s greatest directors, tells of his life’s work: chronicling his country’s cultural, political and social issues.

By Uri Klein | Jul 15, 2014 | 02:21 AM

Taking to the waves, and web || Terminating pregnancies in international waters

Women On Waves performs abortions on the high seas for women from countries where it is illegal. 'Vessel,' to be screened at the Jerusalem Film Festival, explores the tribulations of the multinational campaign.

By Netta Ahituv | Jul 14, 2014 | 04:53 AM

'Tyrant' star Justin Kirk develops a taste for Tel Aviv (but not tehina)

The 'Weeds' star has been filming 'Tyrant' in Kfar Sava and getting familiar with Israel. In fact, you might find him cycling around Tel Aviv.

By Shany Littman | Jul 13, 2014 | 03:03 AM

British artist Damien Hirst's piece entitled 'Gone but Not Forgotten.'

Exposing the art world’s moneyed secrets

In an interview Marianne Lamour, whose 'The Art Rush’ will be screened at the Jerusalem Film Festival on Friday, discusses her stealth attacks probing the nexus of art and commerce.

By Shany Littman | Jul 10, 2014 | 08:12 PM

Adrien Brody and Moran Atias in 'Third Person.'

In 'Third Person,' Paul Haggis returns to the pretentions of 'Crash'

The Writer-director has lofty aspirations for his latest collection of interweaving stories, but all he produces is morose encounters of the 'Third' kind.

By Uri Klein | Jul 10, 2014 | 01:28 PM

Nature & Environment

Israel's public spaces are turning into somebody's private living room

By Zafrir Rinat | 12:39 PM

Mediterranean fish stocks in steady decline, report says

By Zafrir Rinat | 04:38 AM

Loess plains most degraded ecosystem in Israel

By Zafrir Rinat | 07:29 PM

Health & Fitness

In war, make time for sex, says Dr. Ruth

By Alona Ferber | 03:17 PM | 2

More U.S. teens are hitting the hookah, new study says

By Haaretz | 04:07 PM

Meditation with a Jewish twist offers Israelis a respite from reality

By Danna Harman | 04:17 PM

Music & Theater

America performing at John J. Burns park in 2012.

Israel-Hamas fighting prompts folk band America to cancel Israel concert

By Haaretz | 03:05 PM

Iran’s queen of pop is a gay icon

By Eyal Sagui Bizawe | 01:33 PM

Gaza op forces organizers to cancel Neil Young's Tel Aviv gig

By Haaretz | 10:31 AM

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