NEW FEATURES

Sunday, July 9 3:20PM | MFC 3

Saturday, July 15 3:40PM | MFC 2

USA 2022 - DCP - 84 minutes, in English

Directors: Eric Axelman, Sam Eilertsen

Producers: Daniel J. Chalfen, Eric Axelman

With: Simone Zimmerman, Cornel West, Noam Chomsky, Abe Foxman, Noura Erakat, Jeremy Ben-Ami

Print Courtesy: Eric Axelman

The role of Israel in American Jewish identity is challenged when Simone Zimmerman and Eitan join an awakening within the community after they witness Israel’s brutal treatment of the Palestinian people first-hand. Heartbroken and enraged at the older generation of American Jews who raised them to defend the State of Israel at all costs, they join a struggle not just for Palestinian rights but also within the Jewish community, pitted against those engaged with a mass mobilization who ensure that young American Jews remain pro-Israel. Their journey reflects a sweeping grassroots change within the community that will have major implications on how an ancient religion is evolving, and on America’s deep yet controversial relationship with Israel. Featuring Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Peter Beinart, Noura Erakat, Abe Foxman, and Lara Friedman. —NB, TL, JP, BW

Sponsored by Karen Kusiak

Friday, July 14 6:40PM | MFC 2

Sunday, July 16 3PM | MFC 1

USA 2023 - DCP - 90 minutes, in English

Director: Marc Turtletaub

Screenplay: Gavin Steckler

Producers: Michael B. Clark, Andy Daly, Deborah Liebling, Alex Turtletaub, Marc Turtletaub

Cast: Ben Kingsley, Harriet Sansom Harris, Jane Curtin, Zoe Winters, Anna George, Donald Paul

Print Courtesy: Bleecker Street Films

Milton (Ben Kingsley) is an aging retiree living alone in a small American town. His life is pretty small, and his memory seems to be getting even smaller. So when he reluctantly tells neighbors Joyce (Jane Curtin) and Sandy (Harriet Sansom Harris) that a spaceship has landed in his backyard and he’s feeding its alien pilot, they don’t believe it…’til they see it. Marc Turtletaub’s (Gods Behaving Badly) new film is an offbeat, lowkey pleasure, and a great vehicle for Kingsley, who underplays so well we forget he was once Gandhi and now are sure he’s just…Milton. —KE

Sponsored by Ross Metzman

Israel 2022 - DCP - 100 minutes, in Hebrew with English subtitles

Director, Screenplay: Moshe Rosenthal

Producer: Efrat Cohen

Cast: Sasson Gabay, Lior Ashkenazi, Rita Shukrun, Alma Dishy, Timor Cohen, Kobi Farag, Arie Tcherner

Print Courtesy: Greenwich Entertainment

Karaoke! What could be wilder?! Well, a lot, but not for Tova and Meir, a staid Israeli couple with 46 years of marriage and two grown daughters. They live a comfortable life, with Meir currently on sabbatical from his academic professorship, and Tova running a boutique shop. Yet their lives get an unexpected jolt of excitement from their upstairs neighbor, Itzik, who invites them to his penthouse for karaoke nights. Tova and Meir fall hard for Itzik’s energetic lifestyle, entering into a competition amongst their other neighbors and soon themselves, trying to win Itzik’s attention. But do they really know the words to this song?! —KE