Films for English Speakers

Los Angeles, 1947. Former boxers Bucky and Leigh become city cops "fire" and "ice". The discovery of the body of a beautiful young woman becomes the most talked about crime of the time and sends the two on an investigation into the dark corners of the star struck city. 

When a doctor working in Shanghai discovers his wife's infidelity, they move to the country, in order to fight the cholera epidemic. On the backdrop of the disconnection from the western world, something changes and matures in their relationship.

On board a cruise, Lulu and Bob meet and fall in love. But when it turns out that Bob is married, the relationship crumbles. With elaborate camerawork and editing, this Forbidden explores volatile issues: single parenthood, social mobility, and adultery. The result is compelling and heartfelt.  

Composed of three Talking Heads concerts in Toronto, the film captures the extra-ordinary personality (and wardrobe) of David Byrne. Jonathan Demme’s intelligent directing, combined with the charismatic performance of the band’s lead singer, create a unique and sweeping extravaganza. 

An unsuccessful Black writer decides to write, under a pseudonym, an "authentic" novel that presents Black life as a life of poverty and crime and becomes a resounding success. American Fiction is a sharp and clever contemporary comedy that also possesses a "genuine heart" (Hollywood Reporter).

When a petty thief is caught and sent to jail on Christmas Eve in New York, the prosecutor takes pity. The two will spend Christmas traveling to his family in Indiana, and fall in love along the way. Barbara Stanwyck and Fred McMurray paint a portrait of a love that never finds its place.

Bob, who has just been released out of prison after having served a seven-year-term, is given a job as a driver to a high class prostitute. 

A delightful comedy about a conniving woman who tries to snare a rather simple minded millionaire. This spicy adaptation of the story of Adam, Eve and the Serpent, undercut the moral codes that were taking over 1940s Hollywood. 

A young Parisian arrives in wintry Romania obsessed with tracking down a legendary folk singer. He is befriended by an old drunk, and, lacking a common language, communicates with the locals through a peasant woman. She and the old man help the Frenchman to discover the beauty and magic of the gypsies. 

Six-year-old Cléo loves her nanny Gloria more than anything. When Gloria is forced to return to Cape Verde to care for her own children, the two must make the most of their last summer together.

As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament. Benedict Cumberbatch takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Tickets: 75 NIS / Members: 50 NIS