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 ...

The 74th Venice Film Festival wrapped up this weekend on the Lido, and the awards were handed out. The top prize at Venice is a Golden Lion (in honor of the iconic lion that is the symbol of the city) ...

Samuel Maoz’s “Foxtrot” swept the Ophir Awards — Israel’s version of the Academy Awards — on Tuesday night, taking home eight statues including best picture of the year. The film will now represent ...

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 ...

The characters in the films of Samuel Maoz are all trapped in one way or another. His 2009 drama, Lebanon, was a blistering critique of Israel's 1982 invasion of its northern neighbor and an ...

Samuel Maoz's second feature is beautiful deadpan satire with many surprises in store. “Foxtrot” spends its first half hour as a bleak drama about distraught parents mourning their dead son, and then ...

UPDATE: Sony Pictures Classics has firmed its deal for North American and other rights to Foxtrot, confirming a Deadline scoop that broke just as the film won eight Ophir Awards in Israel, including ...

No matter what you’re expecting, “Foxtrot” is not the film you expect it to be. It’s better. Certainly anticipation for this Israeli feature couldn’t be higher. It won the Silver Lion at Venice, took ...

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 ...

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 ...