Category Archives: TV

when reality exceeds the imagination of script writers (TV series: Manayek, season 3, 2023)

In less tragic times, the third season of the Israeli series ‘Manayek‘ would have been one of the important topics of the day. Israelis are fond of detective series inspired by the world of the police, and several of the … Continue reading

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too smart to be true (TV series: HPI Haut Potentiel Intellectuel, 2021 – )

The French series “HPI – Haut Potentiel Intellectuel” (“High Intellectual Potential“) debuted in 2021 – the year that most of us spent at home with very limited entertainment opportunities. This was actually a chance for shows and series of television … Continue reading

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strong real crime drama (TV series: Appropriate Adult – Julian Jarrold, 2011)

Those who ask about the point of traditional TV and its chances in the increasingly fierce competition to create content on various mediums can be answered with references like ‘Appropriate Adult‘. The two-episode miniseries produced by ITV, which premiered in … Continue reading

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black and white (film: The Sunset Limited – Tommy Lee Jones, 2011)

How many times have we witnessed or even participated in heated discussions, in which the two sides started from diametrically opposed positions, representing systems whose reconciliation is impossible or very difficult? Discussions between them usually have topics related to religion … Continue reading

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this is not ’24’ (TV series: ‘Rabbit Hole’ – Glenn Ficcara, John Requa, 2023)

Comparisons between ‘Rabbit Hole‘ (2023) and ’24’ (2001-2010) are inevitable and I have the impression that the producers of the series created by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa and produced by the Paramount+ studios did not avoid them. Kiefer Sutherland … Continue reading

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a police detective travels in time (TV series: Life on Mars, 2006-2007)

One of my pleasures as a cinephile or fan of TV series is to find in them stories about time leaps or time travel. When the production is dated 17 years ago, as happens with the series ‘Life on Mars‘ … Continue reading

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a clash of two worlds (TV movie: Honecker und der Pastor – Jan Josef Liefers, 2022)

The fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany opened the door to the making of films that look back at the years of the communist dictatorship and the complex process of change that this country went through. … Continue reading

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real estate in East Jerusalem (TV series: East Side – Yossi Madmoni & Yael Rubinstein, 2023)

The fate of the Israeli public television continues to be uncertain, in a very volatile political situation. The best response of TV programs creators in these situations is to continue to do what some of them know how to do … Continue reading

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a mystery in Jerusalem (TV Series: Aviram Katz – Dana Modan, Eitan Zur, 2023)

Public television is in Israel, as in other parts of the world, at the center of a debate over its very existence as an institution funded (at least in part) by taxpayers’ money. At almost every change of government, its … Continue reading

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a camp in Africa (TV series: Carthago – Levi brothers, 2022)

The future of public television is under constant debate in Israel. The debate grows in intensity when, as in recent months, there is a change of government accompanied by changes in directions and priorities in terms of information and cultural … Continue reading

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