Actor Lior Ashkenazi as Michael Feldman (third from left) is stunned when he is informed that his soldier son Jonathan has been killed. Photos by Giora Bejach, courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics The ...

Oh my goodness, this film is brilliant. You won't be ready for this when it hits you, no matter how prepared you think you may be. Foxtrot is the new film from Israeli director Samuel Maoz (of Lebanon ...

Samuel Maoz's allegorical look at Israeli life faced one vocal critic at home, but that hasn't hurt its awards prospects. Samuel Maoz’s “Foxtrot” is a searing vision of Israeli life overshadowed by ...

"Did you know the foxtrot is a dance?" Sony Classics has finally unveiled an official US trailer for one of the best films of 2017, titled Foxtrot, which is Israel's main entry into the Academy Awards ...

A few years ago, Israeli director Samuel Maoz had a scare to end all scares. Maoz’s teenage daughter was prone to waking up late and relying on parental largesse to get to school. So he decided to ...

Israeli filmmaker Samuel Maoz’s strange, engaging “Foxtrot” offsets tragedy with a significant entertainment factor. The film starts with a woman (Sarah Adler) fainting after opening the door of her ...

A devastating sense of cruel futility drives Samuel Maoz’s daring film, honing in on parents' grief after their soldier son has been killed. Within the first minute, the fatal knock on the door ...

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