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    Fathom > Articles by: Yair Raveh

    Yair Raveh

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    Yair Raveh is chief film critic of Pnai Plus, Israel’s largest entertainment magazine. He also runs Israel’s most popular film blog, cinemascope.co.il

    Yair Raveh's articles

    East meets West in film

    By Yair Raveh
    It is not only in politics and the street that Israel’s ethnic tensions surface. Our film reviewer Yair... Read more > Spring 2014

    Film Review: Bethlehem vs. Omar

    By Yair Raveh
    The media pitted one against the other. It was indeed a catchy story: two films from two sides... Read more > Winter 2014

    Letting the right one in: the rise of the Israeli horror film

    By Yair Raveh
    This has got to be the most surprising, and thrilling, of all trends to have ever emerged in... Read more > Autumn 2013

    Israeli cinema: gay but not queer

    By Yair Raveh
    Israeli cinema has been more mainstream and gay than subversive and queer. But that may be about to... Read more > Summer 2013

    Israel reinvents the documentary

    By Yair Raveh
    The Gatekeepers is a masterpiece in a landmark year for Israeli documentaries. The last fifteen years have seen... Read more > Spring 2013

    Films of faith

    By Yair Raveh
    2012 will be remembered as the year in which Israeli movies finally found God. It's not often a... Read more > Winter 2013

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