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Sublet

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Israel, United States · 2020
1h 29m
Director Eytan Fox
Starring John Benjamin Hickey, Niv Nissim, Lihi Kornowski, Miki Kam
Genre Drama

Michael, a gay travel writer for The New York Times, heads to Tel Aviv after a tragedy. There, he meets Tomer, a queer film student subletting his apartment, and they strike up a friendship that helps him through his midlife crisis in this dynamic drama spanning generations.

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The New York Times by Beatrice Loayza

Though far from the gold standard of “brief encounter” dramas like Andrew Haigh’s “Weekend,” Sublet nevertheless wins you over with its subtle charm and its mellow depiction of two men forging an unexpected connection.

63

Slant Magazine by Derek Smith

Eytan Fox’s film is a low-key observance of two men finding the beauty in each other’s mysteries and contradictions.

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Variety by Jay Weissberg

With two screenwriters (including the director) and three script editors credited, it may be a classic “too many cooks” situation, as the whole structure is as risk-free and standardized as a TV film, though newcomer Niv Nissem provides a freshness that papers over the conventionality of it all.

63

Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan

Directed and co-written by Israeli filmmaker Eytan Fox, whose films often deal with gay themes, Sublet feels like it’s setting itself up, just a little bit, as a same-sex version of How Stella Got Got Her Groove Back.

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