It's a little late, but the National Yiddish Theatre-Folksbiene is presenting a raucous Purimshpiel with their revival of The Megile of Itzik Manger. To read my New York Post review, click here.

And Now a World From Our Sponsor is a new screen comedy starring Bruce Greenwood and Parker Posey that just received its world premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Hamesima X is a loopy sci-fi thriller from Israel about a Mossad agent interrogating a Kabbalah-spouting alien. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck