I had expected that “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” was going to be a wacky comedy about the experiences of an embedded reporter during the war in the Afghanistan. The movie turned out to be something ...

The film was designed as a triptych. The first section focuses on the grief of a well-to-do Tel Aviv couple, Michael and Daphna (Lior Ashkenazi and Sarah Adler, pictured below), after military ...

“Foxtrot,” a searing Israeli drama, opens with the knock on the door that all parents of military service people dread. A son has been killed in action. The mother faints. The father is distraught and ...

I’m not a big fan of comedies. Regular readers might have noticed that it’s very rare for me to go see a movie billed as a comedy, or if I do, they generally don’t fare well in my review. But then I ...