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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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