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I’ll Be Back 14 Mar 2011 | 04:35 am
Hey Cinemascopian readers. I’ve just finished the work on my first documentary as a director. It’s called “Sharon Amrani: Remember His Name” and features short scenes directed by Israel’s top director...
Yay! It’s LCD Soundystem’s new album 15 Apr 2010 | 06:13 am
If you hear one leaked album today, make it LCD Soundsystem’s upcoming “This Is Happening”. Now streamed legally. (Hey there Mr. Murphy, I’m getting my copy as soon as this one’s out). And by the pow...
The Simpsons in Israel 30 Mar 2010 | 01:33 am
What, we’re crude, noisy rude and have awful accents? Naaah. But this Borat-ish view of Israel made me laugh out-loud. Sacha Baron Cohen, flexing his Hebrew again, is the Israeli tour guide. All the I...
First images from Ari Folman’s “The Congress” 19 Mar 2010 | 02:13 am
A Spanish TV report exposes first images from Ari Folman’s “The Congress”, his half-and-half Live Action/Animation adaptation to Stanislaw Lem’s sci-fi novel. Robin Wright-Penn is playing herself, sor...
Best Song: The Crazy Frog? 2 Mar 2010 | 01:53 am
When it comes to the Best Song category at the upcoming Oscars, general consensus is that “The Weary Kind”, from “Crazy Heart” (performed by Ryan Binghan, written by Bingham and T-Bone Burnett), will ...
Did Coca Cola steal its Superbowl ad from Israel? 9 Feb 2010 | 07:51 am
After years of stealing ideas from ad agencies overseas, Israeli ad-men finally get a taste from their own soft drink: In 2004 an Israeli TV ad for a chocolate drink showed actor Michael Hanegbi sleep...
Mel Gibson (sort-of) apologizes for anti-Semitic slurs 1 Feb 2010 | 09:38 am
Mel Gibson knew what he was doing when stayed away from the media for a couple of years. Now he’s back and everyone’s just keeping on yabbing at those anti-Semitic slurs he reportedly made in 2006. Bu...
The Avatar Phrase 4 Jan 2010 | 08:28 pm
With Avatar hitting 1 billion dollars (worldwide) in 17 days, it’s not hard to assume that over 100 million people all over the world are right now humming these bars, from the score by James Horner:
The Best Cinematic Shots of 2009. #3: “Where the Wild Things Are” 25 Dec 2009 | 03:32 pm
Capturing the shots that made me gasp at the movies in 2009. #3: Spike Jonze’s “Where The Wild Things Are”. Two shots this time: First, if you check out the three shots I picked so far you’d notice ...
The Best Cinematic Shots of 2009. #2: “The Hurt Locker” 24 Dec 2009 | 08:08 pm
Capturing the shots that made me gasp at the movies in 2009. #2: Katherine Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” (click to enlarge). I’m usually not a fan of Barry Ackroyd’s gritty, over-lit, under-stylized c...