Based on the post-war memoir of Cioma Schönhaus, a Jewish survivor who worked in a Berlin munitions factory during World War II, The Forger is an intriguing deep-dive into what it is to make the best of a frankly terrifying situation. When the film opens in 1942, it is soon…

Watching Orit Fouks Rotem’s uplifting Cinema Sabaya in the week in which Israel elected Benjamin Netanyahu back into power – with the help of Itamar Ben-Gvir’s extreme far-right party – was a bittersweet experience. The film takes place in the working-class city of Hadera in northern…