Arts & Culture Interest

Devour these stellar titles that celebrate the arts, from music, literature, and filmmaking to fashion and theater.

Bernstein's Wall (Centerpiece Documentary)

Leonard Bernstein’s life journey defined his role as one of America’s most important musical figures, while fighting to create social change and inspire political activism.

Entrance of Pink Elephants

Josef, an artist of the Jewish Cabaret Terezin, performs an absurd dance with his dog Kasper for an audience in Germany.

Grossman

Through a series of intimate interviews, David Grossman, one of Israel’s most acclaimed authors and the recipient of the 2017 Man Booker International Prize, reflects on how his family has inspired his writing.

Haute Couture

When Esther (Nathalie Baye), a Parisian seamstress on the verge of retirement, offers a troubled young woman an internship at Dior, their disparate lives become as entangled as the threads in their needlework.

Ibach

A historic piano that survived the Holocaust is restored in Philadelphia four generations later. A heartrending story of generational trauma and reconciliation.

On This Happy Note

Internationally renowned feminist Israeli playwright and TV writer Anat Gov meditates on how to best prepare for the end of her life. There is such a thing as a happy ending.

Remember This

The brilliant David Strathairn gives a mesmerizing one-man performance as Jan Karski, a WWII Polish resistance fighter, whose testimony was emotionally given in Claude Lanzmann’s "Shoah."

Shoot From The Heart

A portrait of the legendary Haskell Wexler during the last ten years of his life––a man whose life as a cinematographer and activist were inextricably connected. Featuring Jane Fonda and renowned filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, through the lens of Joan Churchill.

Take the A Train

In the wake of a difficult break-up, talented jazz pianist Yishai returns home to the smoky dive bars and sunlit side streets of Tel Aviv to reconnect with his past and decipher his future.

The Victorias

Seven museum “costumed interpreters” reflect on the personal and institutional impact of performing as Victoria, a 14-year Sephardic immigrant, in 1916.

The Faithful: The King, The Pope, The Princess

What does it mean to worship an image? This witty essay film takes us from Graceland to the Vatican to Kensington Palace over the course of 20 years to investigate three of the most photographed people of all time

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