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The Israeli film Lemon Tree is set on the border between Israel and the West Bank, where the widowed Salma, , whose three grown children have all moved away, earns a modest income from the grove of lemon trees ...

The Ophir Awards, the prizes of the Israeli Academy of Film and Television, will take place on Tuesday at the Mishkan Le'omanuyot Habama in Tel Aviv and will be televised on Channel 10 at 9 p.m. that evening.

THE VISITOR sounds like an alien invasion movie and in actual fact you could see it as that but not in any sci-fi sense.

DIRECTED BY: THOMAS McCARTHY STARRING: RICHARD JENKINS, HAAZ SLEIMAN, HIAM ABBASS, DANAI JEKESAI GURIRA SET in present-day New York and dealing directly with the issue of illegal immigration in the wake of the ...

Since 9/11, good films about New York have been very rare. But now, thanks to the Edinburgh Film Festival, two have come along at once THE VISITOR **** DIRECTED BY: THOMAS MCCARTHY STARRING: RICHARD JENKINS, ...

The Visitor: Movie production notes - Notes provided by Overture Films. - In a world of six billion people, it only takes one to change your life.

Posted by Stephen Whitty/The Star-Ledger May 21, 2008 9:55AM Only connect: Richard Jenkins and Hiam Abbass in `The Visitor' With the summer movie season underway, the calculators are out -- as everyone from ...

Release Date: April 11, 2008 Studio: Overture Films Director: Thomas McCarthy Screenwriter: Thomas McCarthy Starring: Richard Jenkins , Oliver Bokelberg , Hiam Abbass , Maggie Moore Genre: Comedy, Drama MPAA ... via ComingSoon.net

By DAVID GERMAIN associated press Monday, May 12, 2008 REVIEW *** out of **** 'The Visitor' Rated: PG-13 Running time: 1:46 Director: Tom McCarthy Showing: Grand MOVIEWEB.COM Richard Jenkins shines in a rare ... via Kitsapsun.com

“North Country"), CEOs ("Fun With Dick and Jane") and sundry federal agents ("The Kingdom”

And most likely, you are a fan. The Visitor Written and directed by Thomas McCarthy. via HeraldTribune.com

Walter shares a laugh with Mouna . The Visitor Directed and written by Thomas McCarthy. via Columbus Dispatch

Check out The Visitor before it disappears NORMAN WILNER THE VISITOR Written and directed by Tom McCarthy, with Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira and Hiam Abbass. via Now Toronto

“He told me that he was starting his writing and he didn't really know anything about the character that I'd be playing but that he'd really like to work with me.”

A key scene in the new film "The Visitor" features Walter Vale bonding with his new houseguest, Tarek, over drum lessons. via Advisor & Source Newspapers

“Why is it so easy to demonize and so hard to humanize? It seems so easy to plant our fears about people and so hard to make them human. ... That's what we do. We try to put a face on people.”

'The Visitor" is a message film, but not in a smack-you-upside-the-head kind of way. via Chicago Sun-Times

The Visitor: Drama. Starring Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira and Hiam Abbass. via SFGate

“The strength of America . . . America's immigrants.”

Stop me if you've heard this one before: A lonely dwarf, a wisecracking Cuban-American, and a grieving mother walk into each other's lives, laugh together, cry together, grow, change, and heal each other's ... via New Times

'Lemon Tree' concerns a Palestinian widow whose lemon trees are threatened by the Israeli defense minister. via Variety

CORRECTED 2:00 p.m. PT, March 26, 2008 NEW YORK -- IFC Films has picked up all U.S. rights to Eran Riklis' "Lemon Tree," an Israeli drama that won the Panorama section Audience Award at the Berlin International ... via Hollywood Reporter

“The 40-Year-Old Virgin": the pathetic humor of sexually inexperienced males. In "Superbad”

The movies of Israeli director Amos Gitai are always screened at Tokyo's international film festivals, but few get picked up for theatrical runs in Japan. via Asahi Shimbun

“These acclaimed actors span an international spectrum of talent, and are sterling additions to this exciting new project. We have had the pleasure of collaborating with several of them previously, and eagerly anticipate their work with Jim.”

Independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch's new film, the tentatively titled The Limits of Control , has confirmed the addition of ten actors to its cast. via ComingSoon.net