Tag Archives: TV series

love, art and politics (TV Series: Bauhaus – A New Era – Lars Kraume, 2019)

Posted on January 14, 2022 by admin

Famous artists are not easy themes in movies and TV series, as it may seem at first glance. The great personalities in the history of art have their fans who have opinions that are hard to change and dangerously to … Continue reading →

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fighting violence with violence (TV series: The Cops / haShotrim – Rotem Shamir, Yuval Yefet, 2021)

Posted on March 9, 2021 by admin

Israeli television series have long gained an audience that watches them with interest, both in Israel and in other countries. The productions are characterized by the diversity of genres (police, political, comic, psychological) and the originality of the formulas, which … Continue reading →

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a TV series about theatre (TV Series: Chazarot – Noa Koller, 2020)

Posted on January 22, 2021 by admin

Israeli television surprises and succeeds again with ‘Rehearsals‘ (‘Chazarot‘ in Hebrew), another series that has a chance to be an international success (after the success at home) and turn into a ‘formula’ to be exported and re-located in other parts … Continue reading →

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Israeli PD Blue (TV series: Manayek – Roee Idan, 2020)

Posted on September 2, 2020 by admin

We have a lot to complain about this summer, but it was a great summer for the Israeli television. In less than three months I saw three interesting series, well written, excellently acted and directed with talent and originality. The … Continue reading →

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distorted reality (TV series: Losing Alice – Ayelet Zurer, 2020)

Posted on August 12, 2020 by admin

‘Losing Alice‘ (the Hebrew title is ‘L’abed et Alice‘) is a very ambitious Israeli television production, an eight-episode mini-series that bears no resemblance to anything ever produced for the ‘small screens’ in Israel. Apple TV bought this series, together with … Continue reading →

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a techno-thriller in the Middle East (TV series: Tehran – Niv Sultan, 2020)

Posted on July 29, 2020 by admin

‘Tehran‘ is one of the most ambitious productions of Israeli television in recent years. Israeli series have not shied away from subjects related to the conflicts in the Middle East, and ‘Fauda‘ is the best (but not the only) example … Continue reading →

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a queen too many (TV Series: Catherine the Great – Helen Mirren, 2019)

Posted on July 6, 2020 by admin

What could be more promising than a historical miniseries dealing with one of the most original and assertive women in history, Empress Catherine II (the Great) of Russia, who expanded the borders of the empire and raised it to the … Continue reading →

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alternative history (TV series: The Plot Against America – PhilipRoth, 2020)

Posted on April 23, 2020 by admin

I’ve been waiting for this movie or series for about 15 years. Philip Roth is one of my favorite writers and from the moment I read ‘The Plot Against America‘ I visualized the film in my imagination and I knew … Continue reading →

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on fragile ice (TV series: Okkupert / Occupied – Joe Nesbo, 2015-2019)

Posted on February 16, 2020 by admin

I started watching the Norwegian television series ‘Occupied‘ (original ‘Okkupert’) due to Jo Nesbø appearing on the posters as one of its creators. The Norwegian author’s detective books are exciting. I watched the first season, realized in 2015, a few … Continue reading →

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crypto-wars down under (TV series: The Code, season 2)

Posted on April 30, 2019 by admin

One of the effects of the almost universal spread of the Internet is that digital crimes and cryptographic wars have become one of the popular themes in the action and thriller genres. A new literature and movies sub-genre called ‘techno-thriller’ … Continue reading →

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