The fact that first-time co-directors Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani used a mostly nonprofessional cast and shot "Ajami" on location, sometimes without a script, gives their film a raw, realistic power ...

Film Critic — The last thing you see in “Ajami” should be the first thing on your mind about this compelling new film from Israel. That would be the closing credits, written in both Hebrew and Arabic, ...

THE Israeli movie industry, once a sorry mix of ethnic melodrama and soldier slapstick, has come distinctly into its own in the past decade with a crop of admired writers, directors and actors. For ...

The main drawback to this noble effort, just nominated for the foreign-language Oscar, is that the two-hour film is unrelievedly grim and tense. Cinematic treatments of Middle East tensions usually ...

A film about crime and violence near Tel Aviv has been named Israel’s official selection for next year’s Academy Awards. “Ajami,” a drama set among cops and criminals in the mixed Arab and Jewish city ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The fact that first-time co-directors Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani used a mostly nonprofessional cast and shot "Ajami" on location, sometimes without a script, ...