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“Three Bad Wolves” (2013), directed by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, is a drama-horror-thriller starring Tzahi Grad as Gidi, Lior Ashkenazi as Micki, Rotem Keinan as Dror, Doval’e Glickman as Yoram, and more. The film follows the story of a police officer and a grieving father trying to force a confession out of a pedophile and a murderer suspected of killing a teenage girl.

Three Bad Wolves (2013) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis: What Happens to the Little Girl?

The film opens with a group of teenagers entering an abandoned house to play hide and seek. Everything seems fine until one of the girls suddenly goes missing. Suspicion falls on a local schoolteacher, Dror. He is picked up by the police for questioning, but no matter how much they press him, he insists he has no idea what happened to the girl or where she went. The cops don’t believe him and resort to torture,...

This is a good movie, objectively. The shots are creative, the actors talented, the story heavy. What do I mean by that? That at one point the carpet becomes a film reel, that June Zero weaves together three different perspectives, that they all revolve around the trial and cremation of the infamous Nazi Eichmann. It is set in the 1960s, in the aftermath of WW2. The first story: A young boy, child to Libyan immigrants, comes into his own as he begins a job at the factory. His name is David (Adam Gabay). He builds an interesting relationship with his boss Zebco (Tzahi Grad). The first order is precisely the crematorium that will be used to burn Eichmann's remains. Upon seeing the plans, an employee...

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In 1961, a key architect of the Holocaust, Adolf Eichmann, was tried in Israel and sentenced to death. An odd thing happened. Officials didn’t want to bury him and risk creating a shrine, so they decided on cremation. That is strictly against the Jewish religion and there were no crematoria in the country.

So Shlomi Zebco (played by Tzahi Grad), a former Israeli paramilitary soldier who owns a commercial oven factory, was asked by the government to make one big enough to incinerate Hitler’s former top lieutenant, handing him a manual with instructions – in German. Zebco’s assistant realized with horror the model was used in Nazi death camps.

The story is told from three points of view: of a 13-year-old Jewish Libyan boy who is kicked out of school, finds a job at the factory and helps build the oven; Eichmann’s guard, a Moroccan Jew tasked with...

The capture, trial, and execution of Adolf Eichmann is a profound moment for the processing of historical trauma. One of the architects of the Holocaust, the Nazi leader was so driven by hate and a murderous desire to exterminate the Jewish people that a fellow Nazi testified at the Nuremberg Trials that Eichmann once said if he should die he would “leap laughing into the grave because the feeling that he had five million people on his conscience would be for him a source of extraordinary satisfaction.”

Jake Paltrow’s new Israeli drama “June Zero” shows how infinitely more complex the feelings in Israel were around the time of the conviction and execution in 1962. The nation’s intelligence forces had located him in Argentina and captured him two years earlier without the authorization of the Argentine government, which had looked the other way to Nazis settling there following the end of World War II.

In the 1963 book that largely came to define her career, Eichmann in Jerusalem, historian and philosopher Hannah Arendt surmised that “the trouble with [Adolf] Eichmann was precisely that so many were like him, and that the many were neither perverted nor sadistic, that they were, and still are, terribly and terrifyingly normal.” The year was 1961, and the state of Israel was very publicly trying Eichmann for his architectural hand in the Holocaust.

Arendt had begun covering the controversial spectacle for The New Yorker before it ballooned into a larger project. With Eichmann in Jerusalem, she, among other things, coined the term “the banality of evil,” as well as suggested that the court case against Eichmann was an exercise in theatrics. A frequent critic of early Zionism, Arendt wondered for whom the trial was for, and questioned its necessity. With June Zero, director and co-writer Jake Paltrow, offers his own possible retort:...

"Some truths... have to wait patiently to be discovered." Cohen Media Group has unveiled an official trailer for a film titled June Zero, which has been awaiting a release for a few years. June Zero is co-written and directed by filmmaker Jake Paltrow, of the films The Good Night and Young Ones before. It premiered in 2022 at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival but hasn't been given a US release until now. This captivating film examines Adolf Eichmann's trial in 1962 in Israel, showing the empathy & humanism amidst the atrocities during the Holocaust. Told from three different perspectives of regular people involved in his imprisonment and execution. Entirely shot on 16mm film, this "vividly textured work brings to life the varied experiences of these characters, emphasizing that the same historical events are often perceived differently by people... As the film delves into the complexities of the human experience during this pivotal trial,...

Exclusive: June Zero, the latest from writer-director Jake Paltrow and producers Oren Moverman, Miranda Bailey and David Silber, is set for theatrical release in New York on June 28, Los Angeles July 5 and nationwide July 12 by Cohen Media Group.

The film had its U.S. premiere at Film at Lincoln Center’s New York Jewish Film Festival and was an official selection at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (see Deadline review) a well as the Deauville American Film Festival, Jerusalem Film Festival, Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, Miami Jewish Film Festival, JxJ Washington Jewish Film Festival and others.

It’s set around the trial, verdict and 1962 execution of Adolf Eichmann, a principal architect of the Holocaust, revisited by Paltrow in a new and surprising way. Based on true accounts,...

Exclusive: Cohen Media Group has acquired North American distribution rights to June Zero, writer-director Jake Paltrow’s historical drama about the last days of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann.

The distribution deal was negotiated by Robert Aaronson, Cohen Media Group Senior Vice President, and CAA Media Finance. Films Boutique is representing International rights for the film at the American Film Market.

June Zero, shot in Israel and Ukraine, is set in 1962 Israel, where, after an emotional public trial, Adolf Eichmann – one of the key architects of the Holocaust – has been tried and sentenced to death for crimes against humanity and crimes against the Jewish people. The film explores the experiences of three characters involved in the nation-defining event: David, a precocious 13-year-old Libyan factory worker; Haim, Eichmann’s main prison guard, tasked with protecting this dead man walking; and Micha, a police investigator for the prosecution, on his first trip...

"RoboCop, Roboshmop... here comes a Robokid!" High Octane Pictures has debuted an official trailer for a super wacky, indie sci-fi film from Israel called Robot Awakening. Sometimes low budget, funky sci-fi comedies turn out good, sometimes they don't. This is the latter. The film was once known as Omg, I'm a Robot! and it first premiered at film festivals way back in 2016. The comedy is about a guy who randomly discovers he's actually a robot - then embarks on a quest to find his missing girlfriend. Yeah, not much going on here. Starring Yotam Ishay as Danny, with Hili Yalon, Tzahi Grad, Dror Keren, Inna Bakelman, Nelly Tagar, David Kigler, Ori Yaniv, and Rob Schneider. As bad as this looks, I can't help share the trailer as there's just something quirky and appealing about the way it looks that you must see. Check it out. Here's the new official trailer...

Let’s get one thing clear: The imagery brought to mind throughout “Our Boys” is horrific; however, the imagery actually seen onscreen is anything but. It’s a crucial distinction to make, as HBO subscribers weigh whether or not to embark on a 10-hour journey into multiple child murders, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and, ultimately, the 2014 war in Gaza. Handling the dense storytelling is one thing; understanding the age-old conflicts between secular Israelis and ultra-Orthodox Jews is another.

But the core story itself, told primarily through the investigation into Mohammed Abu Khdeir’s death, is a far cry from the bloody, gut-wrenching imagery used in other true crime tales. “Our Boys” is carefully constructed to be accessible. Creators Hagai Levi, Joseph Cedar, and Tawfik Abu-Wael want this story to be heard worldwide, and the early episodes depict the death and ensuing violence in a visually palatable (yet emotionally shattering) fashion, hooking...

Stars: Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Keinan, Tzahi Grad, Doval’e Glickman, Menashe Noy, Dvir Benedek, Nati Kluger, Ami Weinberg, Guy Adler | Written and Directed by Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado

Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado made quite a splash at FrightFest a few years back with Rabies, the first Isreali horror film which made a little bit of history by being so popular that a third screening was arranged for it. I was in the audience for the film myself that year but on a day where I was possibly the most drunk I have ever been in my life, I unfortunately did myself a disservice and can’t recall all that much about it. Having some karma to re-balance, I took to Big Bad Wolves in the most positive frame of mind I could, buoyed by the fact that Quentin Tarantino had praised it as the best film of 2013 and that...

It's often said in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that Jews and Arabs are both descended from Abraham, giving them shared genetic roots. That belief supplies the title of The Cousin, Israeli actor-writer-director Tzahi Grad's message-driven seriocomedy about good intentions that get severely tested when a crime is committed and fingers point automatically to a Palestinian laborer. The humor milked from that explosive scenario is hit-or-miss and the modest production fairly televisual in style, but the quirky treatment of a sensitive issue should ensure continuing festival play after Venice.

Grad stars as Naftali, a local media presence in an Israeli...

ZamaThe programme for the 2017 edition of the Venice Film Festival has been unveiled, and includes new films from Darren Aronofsky, Lucrecia Martel, Frederick Wiseman, Alexander Payne, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Abdellatif Kechiche, Takeshi Kitano and many more.COMPETITIONmother! (Darren Aronofsky)First Reformed (Paul Schrader)Sweet Country (Warwick Thornton)The Leisure Seeker (Paolo Virzi)Una Famiglia (Sebastiano Riso)Ex Libris - The New York Public Library (Frederick Wiseman)Angels Wear White (Vivian Qu)The Whale (Andrea Pallaoro)Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Martin McDonagh)Foxtrot (Samuel Maoz)Ammore e malavita (Manetti Brothers)Jusqu'a la garde (Xavier Legrand)The Third Murder (Hirokazu Kore-eda)Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno (Abdellatif Kechiche)Lean on Pete (Andrew Haigh)L'insulte (Ziad Doueiri)La Villa (Robert Guediguian)The Shape of Water (Guillermo del Toro)Suburbicon (George Clooney)Human Flow (Ai Weiwei)Downsizing (Alexander Payne)Out Of COMPETITIONFeaturesOur Souls at Night (Ritesh Batra)Il Signor Rotpeter (Antonietta de Lillo)Victoria...

On the heels of the Toronto International Film Festival announcement earlier this week, Venice Film Festival have now delivered their full lineup and while there’s no Terrence Malick as rumored, there’s a plethora of highly-anticipated titles. Along with the previously-announced opener Downsizing and the expected Suburbicon, mother!, The Shape of Water, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, there’s Lucrecia Martel’s Zama, Andrew Haigh’s Lean on Pete, Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue is the Warmest Color follow-up Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno, and Brawl In Cell Block 99, the latest film from Bone Tomahawk director S. Craig Zahler.

Also in the lineup is Errol Morris’s Netflix crime drama Wormwood, Paul Schrader’s First Reformed, Frederick Wiseman’s Ex Libris – New York Public Library, Hirokazu Koreeda’s The Third Murder, Takeshi Kitano’s closing night film Outrage Coda, Michaël R. Roskam’s Racer and The Jailbird, the Kirsten Dunst-led Woodshock,...

Will 2017 be the year that Venice gets its king-making mojo back? After a steady run of debuting recent best picture winners — from “Spotlight” to “Birdman” — the festival missed out on last year’s big winner, “Moonlight,” which bowed at Telluride. This year’s lineup is a promising one, and while it’s still very early in the process, it’s difficult not to pick through today’s announcement of the festival’s slate and not search for the big contenders.

As was previously announced, the festival will open with Alexander Payne’s social satire “Downsizing,” starring Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig. The festival will also play home to the premiere of the Netflix original “Our Souls at Night,” as part of their planned tribute to stars Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. Annette Bening will lead the competition jury, ending an 11-year succession of male jury chiefs.

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Exclusive: Dudu Tassa, Sason Gabai, Gaya Traob among cast.

Dudu Tassa, Sasson Gabai and Gaya Traub are attached to star alongside Nony Geffen in the actor-writer-director’s upcoming drama Why Elephant.

The Hebrew-language drama, aiming for a November 2014 shoot, will see Geffen play a man who reinvents himself as 80s rock star Yossi Elephant after he is left traumatised by the Third Lebanon War.

Supporting cast is due to include Julia Levy Boeken, Kabi Farag, Yossi Marshak, Sandra Sade and Tzahi Grad.

The production reunites Geffen with Laila Films producer Itai Tamir who also produced Geffen’s 2012 debut Not in Tel Aviv, which won the Special Jury Prize at Locarno.

European co-producers on the project will include Frédéric Niedermayer of Moby Dick films (France), Philipp Homberg and Hans Eddy Schreiber of KaribuFilm (Germany) and Keren Cogan Galjé (Holland).

$100,000 of the $600,000 budget has been secured from the Israel Film Fund.

Producer Tamir told Screen: “This film is more...

Click here to read our french "Big Bad Wolves" movie review, directed by Aharon Keshales Navot Papushado with Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Keinan, Tzahi Grad.A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings - a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder....

Here's 3 international clips and a featurette for the isralian movie directed by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, "Big Bad Wolves". Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Keinan, Tzahi Grad, Doval'e Glickman, Menashe Noy, Dvir Benedek and Kais Nashif are starring.A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings - a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder....

Tammy & the Bachelor: Yedaya’s Bid for Controversy Grimly Punishes Audience

Keren Yedaya is back to punish us like never before with her latest film, That Lovely Girl, an exploration of a violently incestuous father-daughter bond. An adolescent female in a highly dysfunctional relationship with a single parent centers the feature, as with her 2004 debut, Or My Treasure, which focused on a daughter struggling with keeping her mother from engaging in prostitution. But here, Yedaya shares a more vile existence exploring perverse love and dangerous addictions that are frustratingly conveyed. Based on the novel Away From His Absence by Shez, its exploration of a cracked worldview results in something you’ll desperately wish to forget but won’t be able to.

Tammy (Maayan Turjeman) and Moshe (Tzahi Grad) seem to be a rather chummy father and daughter duo, enjoying a nice breakfast at a restaurant one morning. As Moshe leers at the waitress,...

In Israeli writer-director Keren Yedaya’s third feature, That Lovely Girl (Loin de Mon Pere), an adaptation of a novel by Shez, the female protagonist Tami (newcomer Maayan Turjeman) has got a raw deal. Not only does she have bulimia, but this socially isolated woman is also a self-harmer, whose emotional issues are ruthlessly manipulated by her physically, sexually and psychologically abusive lover Moshe (Tzahi Grad) to his advantage. To top it all, Moshe is also her father. And then, just to add insult to injury, while trying to escape his tyranny, she ends up being gang raped. Photos:

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Everyone knows that the best fairy tales are the really dark ones you never heard as a child. What’s better: Cinderella’s ugly stepsisters pouting in the background, or getting their eyes pecked out by vengeful doves? The Evil Queen in Snow White falling off a cliff, or dancing in red-hot iron shoes until she drops dead? I’ll consider that point proven.

Big Bad Wolves, an Israeli film from writer-directors Navot Papushado and Aharon Kashales, wants to be a modern fairy tale for adults, one which bets on being as twisted and disturbing as possible. Though Quentin Tarantino (probably knowingly) damned Big Bad Wolves by naming it the best film of 2013, which it certainly is not (despite it playing almost like a feature-length version of the torture scene from Tarantino’s own Reservoir Dogs), there’s still an undeniable fascination to be found in watching a tale of...

Directed by Navot Papushado and Aharon Keshales and starring Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Keinan, Tzahi Grad, Dov Glickman, Menashe Noy and Dvir Bendek, Big Bad Wolves was praised by Quentin Tarantino as "the best film of the year." A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: the father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings - a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder. Blu-ray/DVD Basics Street Date: April 22, 2014 Running Time: 110 min. MPAA Rating: Not Rated Language: English Dub Track, Hebrew Subtitles: English Sdh, English, Spanish and French Bonus Features Making of Big Bad Wolves Axs TV: A Look at Big Bad Wolves...

Following its limited theatrical release earlier this year, Big Bad Wolves is headed to Blu-ray and DVD in April. Magnolia Home Entertainment / Magnet Releasing will bring the movie to Blu-ray and DVD on April 22nd. Bonus features are said to include: “Making of Big Bad Wolves” featurette, Axs TV: A Look at Big Bad Wolves, and the Theatrical Trailer.

“A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings – a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder.”

Big Bad Wolves was written and directed by Aharon Keshales & Navot Papsuahdo, and stars Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Kienan, Tzahi Grad, and Dov Glickman.

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Israeli crime thriller 'Big Bad Wolves' is currently running on various VOD platforms but if you're eager to get your hands on a good old fashioned physical copy of the much lauded foreign feature then you'll be happy to know its coming to Blu-ray and DVD. Magnolia Home Entertainment will be unleashing the movie into Us stores from 22 April which will comes complete with a making of featurette, a look at 'Big Bad Wolves' feature plus the theatrical trailer. 'Big Bad Wolves' stars Guy Adler, Lior Ashkenazi, Dvir Benedek, Gur Bentwich, Tzahi Grad, Rotem Keinan and Nati Kluger. You can check out the DVD artwork below....

Stars: Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Keinan, Tzahi Grad, Doval’e Glickman, Menashe Noy, Dvir Benedek, Nati Kluger, Ami Weinberg, Guy Adler | Written and Directed by Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado

Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado made quite a splash at FrightFest a few years back with Rabies, the first Isreali horror film which made a little bit of history by being so popular that a third screening was arranged for it. I was in the audience for the film myself that year but on a day where I was possibly the most drunk I have ever been in my life, I unfortunately did myself a disservice and can’t recall all that much about it. Having some karma to re-balance, I took to Big Bad Wolves in the most positive frame of mind I could, buoyed by the fact that Quentin Tarantino had praised it as the best film of 2013 and that...

Four delightful new and alternative posters celebrating the VOD release of writer/director duo Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado's excellent 'Big Bad Woves' have arrived our way. Magnet Releasing dropped the Israeli crime thriller On Demand earlier this month which you can check out right now. And at least only half of the new assets feature Quentin Tarantino's positive quotation. A film of this quality should be able to stand up on its own. 'Big Bad Wolves' stars Guy Adler, Lior Ashkenazi, Dvir Benedek, Gur Bentwich, Tzahi Grad, Rotem Keinan and Nati Kluger. Check out the new selection of one-sheets below....

Big Bad Wolves kicked off its limited theatrical release early last week and it will continue to open in additional cities over the next couple of months. Here’s a look at the release dates and locations, along with two clips:

“A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings – a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder.”

Big Bad Wolves was written and directed by Aharon Keshales & Navot Papsuahdo, and stars Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Kienan, Tzahi Grad, and Dov Glickman. Big Bad Wolves has been getting quite a bit of buzz from its festival screenings and our own Becki Hawkes loved it when she caught it at FrightFest. Check out her review at:

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Gidi (Tzahi Grad), an Israeli man sitting in a rocking chair, rolling a cigarette, hears a rustling in the trees just off his deck. He looks and an Arab villager on horseback comes trotting from behind the trees at a leisurely pace and asks if Gidi would mind rolling him a cigarette as well. The man is a stranger to Gidi, but he insists he take his, lights it for him and two puffs later the villager hands it back. "That's allc" Gidi asks. "Just one drag, my wife doesn't let me," he says before going on his way. Meanwhile, in the basement beneath Gidi's otherwise secluded cabin in the woods sits Dror (Rotem Keinan), a religious studies teacher who finds himself gagged and bound to a chair. His hand is broken and his toenails have been ripped off by the kindly gentleman who just shared his cigarette. Gidi believes...

"Not only is this the best film [at the Busan International Film Festival], this is the best film of the year," Quentin Tarantino declared last fall, and just like that, the profile of Israeli thriller "Big Bad Wolves" got raised immediately. The best part, is that the film deserves the praise. Our own Drew Taylor called the movie "bold, beautifully told, and surprisingly funny" in his review from the Tribeca Film Festival, and now we've got a lengthy clip from the movie so you get a sense of what impressed both Tarantino and our own staff. Directed by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, the revenge thriller follows detective Miki (Lior Ashkenazi) who stops at nothing in chasing down Dror (Rotem Keinan), a suspected child killer. But there's one other person in the mix, the mysterious Gidi (Tzahi Grad), who also wants to get his hands on the killer. And in this exclusive clip, we watch Gidi...

Big Bad Wolves

Written by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado

Directed by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado

Israel, 2013

Conviction is both an extraordinarily beneficial and destructive quality a person can espouse. One can find an unshakeable energy in conviction to drive them through a sea of challenges and persecution in order to fight for what they believe is right. On the other end of the spectrum a person’s staunch conviction can encourage them to employ extreme methods to prove a point in the face of defiance. The writing and directing duo of Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado return for their second effort after 2010′s Rabies with Big Bad Wolves, a film in which various characters’ convictions regarding a murder suspect’s culpability is severely tested.

Meak, innocent looking school teacher Dror (Rotem Keinan) is, in the eyes of his students, their parents and the police a pedophile and murderer.

“Big Bad Wolves” pulls no punches. It rips off toenails instead. This incredibly dark thriller, courtesy of the twisted folks who made the indie horror hit “Rabies,” built notable buzz at its Tribeca Film Festival and Chicago International Film Festival screenings but really took off when Quentin Tarantino named it his favorite film of 2013.

It’s easy to see what Qt loved here with the tonal balance between stunning violence, pitch black humor, and whodunit plotting. It’s the first excellent film of 2014 (even if Qt may be going a bit overboard) with a gut punch of an ending.

Rating: 4.0/5.0

Imagine an indie horror version of the thriller “Prisoners,” and you’ll have some of the foundation of the narrative of “Big Bad Wolves.” A cop on the edge named Micki (Lior Ashkenazi) is convinced that he has finally figured out the identity of the man who has been kidnapping and beheading local girls.

Title: Big Bad Wolves (Mi mefahed mezeev hara) Magnet Reviewed for Shockya by Harvey Karten. Data-based on Rotten Tomatoes Grade: B+ Director: Navot Papushado, Aharon Keshales Screenplay: Navot Papushado, Aharon Keshales Cast: Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Keinan, Tzahi Grad, Doval’e Glickman, Menashe Noy Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 1/9/14 Opens: January 17, 2014 Anyone who thinks that Israelis cannot mount an exciting thriller has not seen the American copy of “Hostages,” which ended its run in January. The Americans who picked up the program may have invented their own version, but it’s pretty close to the one shown in Israel starring Ayelet Zurir and picked up whole by the BBC. Then [ Read More ]

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When Quentin Tarantino crowns a film his “Favorite Movie Of The Year,” it’s impossible not to become hypnotized by expectations just a teensy bit. As a critic, it’s extremely important to go into any film with an open mind, no matter what the hype might suggest, but when someone of Tarantino’s status puts such an emphatic recommendation on a film, how can you not get a little excited? Big Bad Wolves, an Israeli revenge flick with some sick twists, is the movie that mesmerized Tarantino and provoked his comments, but could writers/directors Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado win over larger audiences along with their not-so secret admirer?

There’s nothing more heartbreaking than a child abduction gone horribly wrong, as no father should have to bury his daughter or son – especially in a headless state. In the latest case of demented perversion, a killer may have...

Big Bad Wolves Trailers, Clip. Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado‘s Big Bad Wolves (2013) Us, UK movie trailers, movie clip star Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Keinan, Tzahi Grad, Dov Glickman, and Guy Adler. Big Bad Wolves‘ plot synopsis: “In Big Bad Wolves a series of brutal murders puts the lives [...]

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A bloody-good new Us trailer for the Israeli crime thriller "Big Bad Wolves," which director Quentin Tarantino calls the best film of 2013, has landed. The film took five technical prizes at the 2013 Israeli Film Academy including best cinematography and judging from the trailer, this disturbing dark comedy looks to be visually stunning. Here's the synopsis: A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings -- a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder. Directed by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado (2010's "Kalevet"), "Big Bad Wolves," which played midnight sidebars at Tribeca and AFI Fest, stars Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Keinan, Tzahi Grad and Dov Glickman. Time Out London calls it a "bleakly funny mash-up comedy about child murder,...

Magnet Releasing will bring Big Bad Wolves to theaters on January 17th and we have a look at the brand new Us trailer:

“A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings – a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder.”

Big Bad Wolves was written and directed by Aharon Keshales & Navot Papsuahdo, and stars Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Kienan, Tzahi Grad, and Dov Glickman. Big Bad Wolves has been getting quite a bit of buzz from its festival screenings and our own Becki Hawkes loved it when she caught it at FrightFest. Check out her review at:

http://dailydead.com/review-big-bad-wolves/

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Israeli crime thriller 'Big Bad Wolves' has been the subject of plenty of praise recently including a quite defining quotation from one of the best filmmakers of all time. 'Djanjo Unchained's Quentin Tarantino has gone on record to state this is in fact the 'best film of the year' and the project, from writer/director duo Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, will get all sorts of attention upon its stateside release. Magnolia Pictures will unleash the movie into Us theatres and On Demand on 17 January 2014 and here's a brand new one-sheet from the feature which manages to utilise the Tarantino quote quite effectively. 'Big Bad Wolves' stars Guy Adler, Lior Ashkenazi, Dvir Benedek, Gur Bentwich, Tzahi Grad, Rotem Keinan and Nati Kluger. Check out the poster below....

With Big Bad Wolves set to open in theaters on January 17, Magnet Releasing has issues a brand new poster:

“A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings – a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder.”

Big Bad Wolves was written and directed by Aharon Keshales & Navot Papsuahdo, and stars Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Kienan, Tzahi Grad, and Dov Glickman. Big Bad Wolves has been getting quite a bit of buzz from its festival screenings and our own Becki Hawkes loved it when she caught it at FrightFest. Check out her review at:

http://dailydead.com/review-big-bad-wolves/

*Poster thanks to The Playlist!

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(Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, 2013, Us) Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel. 108 mins

Disney's classy, sparkly assault on the Christmas holidays, with wintry vistas, musical numbers and a sister-powered fairytale.

We recently gave you a look at the new UK quad for Big Bad Wolves and we’re back with a clip from the movie.

“A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings – a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder.”

Big Bad Wolves was written and directed by Aharon Keshales & Navot Papsuahdo, and stars Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Kienan, Tzahi Grad, and Dov Glickman. The movie will be released to UK cinemas on December 6th. We don’t have Us release details at the moment, but will report on it as soon as we hear anything. Big Bad Wolves has been getting quite a bit of buzz from its festival screenings and...

Big Bad Wolves has been getting quite a bit of buzz from its festival screenings and our own Becki Hawkes loved it. With the movie heading to UK cinemas next month, we now have a brand new poster for Daily Dead readers to check out. We don’t have Us release details at the moment, but will report on it as soon as we hear anything.

“A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings – a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder.”

Big Bad Wolves was written and directed by Aharon Keshales & Navot Papsuahdo, and stars Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Kienan, Tzahi Grad, and Dov Glickman. The poster below is thanks to Empire!

Willow Creek

Written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait

USA, 2013

While trying to document and find evidence of the mythical Bigfoot, believer Jim (Bryce Johnson) and his skeptical girlfriend Kelly (Alexie Gilmore) arrive at Willow Creek, near where the famous Patterson-Gimlin film was originally shot. Despite the many warnings from locals to stay away, the couple venture into the woods to find Bigfoot, which doesn’t go too well, to say the least.

Although a good chunk of the film early on is dedicated more to setting up the history and mythos behind Bigfoot than actual exposition (which, given its found-footage/faux-documentary style, is understandable if tedious), the film manages to preserve a human element thanks to the tangible chemistry and humour shared between the two leads.

While comparisons to The Blair Witch Project is inevitable, Willow Creek manages to stand out with its expert use of sound and pregnant moments of silence to build tension,...

Monday

The fifth and final day of Frightfest mercifully began a little later than the preceding days, a boon to many now slightly flagging and delirious film fans. Unfortunately, the first film on the main screen was the single worst feature I caught at the festival. Dark Touch (Marina De Van) features a French crew and an Irish cast and one wonders if something drastic was lost in translation. It’s the story of an eleven year old girl called Niamh (Marie Missy Keating) whose parents and baby brother are killed when household objects seemingly begin to attack them of their own accord. She goes to live with family friends but the mysterious occurrences start to happen again.

It’s apparently a film about child abuse but it misjudges its take on this very difficult subject so badly, it’s borderline offensive. It’s also just stupid. If I were...

After gaining international acclaim for their 2011 hit Rabies, Israeli directing duo Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado return with a new feature that’s part police procedural, part gritty revenge drama, and part laugh-out-loud comedy.

With its blend of murder, torture and dark humor, Big Bad Wolves takes a number of risks, and in lesser hands the story could easily have come across as glib or insensitive. Luckily for audiences, Keshales and Papushado haven’t set a foot wrong. The pair’s second collaborative project is a rare beast: a film that manages to be shockingly brutal, heartbreakingly poignant and hysterically funny all at once.

After a young girl is kidnapped and murdered, her body is returned without a head. The main suspect, meek school teacher Dror (Rotem Keinan), is released without charges after Miki allows an informal interrogation session to escalate into violence. Disgraced, with his job on the line,...

Banshee Chapter

Written by Blair Erickson

Directed by Blair Erickson, Daniel J. Healy (story)

Germany/USA, 2013

“We didn’t want things jumping out at you. We wanted you to feel immersed, as if you were inside the scene.” Director Blair Erickson can only be referring to 3D; unlike many lazily post-converted blockbusters, his Banshee Chapter was filmed entirely in stereoscopic 3D, a conscious choice from the outset of the film’s production and a risky experiment for something so low-budget.

The risk hasn’t completely paid off. In Banshee Chapter, journalist Anna Roland’s (Katia Winter) search through the CIA’s Mk-Ultra history calls too much attention to itself precisely because of the unnecessary visual enhancement. A mixture of documentary, found footage, and archive reels, Banshee Chapter sources a variety of different methods but consistently undersells itself due to its third dimension. The appeal to immersion has achieved precisely the opposite effect; on an ordinary,...

★★★☆☆ Directing duo Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado returned to Film4 FrightFest this year with Big Bad Wolves (2013), their follow-up to the darkly comic Rabies (2011). Once again blurring the lines between horror and political satire, this genre-savvy thriller examines the tenuous dichotomy between good and evil in a case of vengeance. Following a haunting exposition with all the ominous overtones of a Brothers Grimm fairytale, we find ourselves plunged into a melting pot of fear and suspicion along with a vigilante policeman, a religious studies teacher and the father of a child who has been brutally slaughtered.

A spate of horrific murders - involving abused and decapitated young girls - have resulted in furtive teacher Dror (Rotem Keinan) being singled out as the alleged perpetrator. Despite being suspended from the force due to a leaked YouTube video of his interrogation of the teacher, police officer Miki (Lior Ashkenazi) spends his sabbatical watching Dror's every move.

Big Bad Wolves

Written by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado

Directed by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado

Israel, 2013

Conviction is both an extraordinarily beneficial and destructive quality a person can espouse. One can find an unshakeable energy in conviction to drive them through a sea of challenges and persecution in order to fight for what they believe is right. On the other end of the spectrum a person’s staunch conviction can encourage them to employ extreme methods to prove a point in the face of defiance. The writing and directing duo of Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado return for their second effort after 2010′s Rabies with Big Bad Wolves, a film in which various characters’ convictions regarding a murder suspect’s culpability is severely tested.

Meak, innocent looking school teacher Dror (Rotem Keinan) is, in the eyes of his students, their parents and the police a pedophile and murderer.

A Field in England’s Ben Wheatley and The Raid’s Gareth Evans set to attend.

A total of 34 directors are confirmed to attend Film4 FrightFest 2013, which runs August 22-26 in London.

The guest list of directors includes Don Mancini (Curse Of Chucky), Suri Krishnamma (Dark Tourist), Bobcat Goldthwait (Willow Creek) and Adam Green (Holliston).

Also attending is Gareth Evans, who recently completed principal photography of The Raid 2 and Jason Eisener, both for V/H/S/2.

Cheap Thrills director Evan L. Katz will be at FrightFest as well as Steven R. Monroe for the world premiere of I Spit On Your Grave 2.

Blair Erickson will launch Banshee Chapter and other directors include Anthony Diblasi (Missionary), Jeremy Lovering (In Fear), Kit Ryan (Dementemania) and Christopher McBride for The Conspiracy.

The Ford Brothers will attend for their opening night film The Dead 2: India, as will co-directors Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado for closing night film Big Bad Wolves...

Magnet Releasing has picked up North American distribution rights for Big Bad Wolves, starring Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Keinan, Tzahi Grad and Dov Glickman. The film from Xyz Films is a darkly funny, ingeniously crafted Israeli thriller written and directed by Aharon Keshales. Here, a series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings - a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder.

Magnolia Pictures, announced today that they’ve acquired all North American rights for the film Big Bad Wolves from Xyz Films.

The film was written and directed by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado and stars Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Keinan, Tzahi Grad and Dov Glickman.

The film originally had its World Premiere at this past TriBeCa Film Festival and will next screen at the upcoming Marché du Film via 6 Sales, who will be handling international rights. The film will screen Wednesday, May 15th at 4:00pm at Olympia 6 and Saturday, May 18th at 8:00pm at Riviera 4.

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