Out on July 1, 'Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song' looks into the star's life and his creative process - which sometimes clashed with a profit-driven music industry

Despite its theme, the film doesn't have a particularly Jewish bent - which works to its advantage as it deals with the aspects of the coming-of-age ritual everyone can relate to

39th iteration of the festival to kick off July 21; Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund won Cannes Palme d'Or for movie about social hierarchies

Now in select theaters, 'Benediction' deals with its subject's antiwar stance and homosexuality in WWI Britain, but skirts his complex relationship with his wealthy family's roots

Screenings run until June 8, and include documentaries, 'Image of Victory' by blockbuster director Avi Nesher and new episodes of the hit comedy series 'Shababnikim'

Alison Otto's documentary 'The Thief Collector' posthumously examines the lives of Jerry and Rita Alter, who were found to have a priceless missing painting. But it gets stranger

Opening in the US on April 22, 'Charlotte' portrays the first graphic novelist and her feverish 18-month labor of love to chronicle her life before her murder at Auschwitz

Out Friday, the movie tells how Britain used the body of a dead vagrant to trick Hitler into dropping Nazi defenses in Sicily, enabling its capture and turning the tide of the war

Persoff was adept at portraying gangsters and other assorted no-goodniks in classics such as 'Some Like It Hot' and 'The Wrong Man,' as well as countless television appearances

The world's only such festival returns in person this year through April 7 at the Upper East Side's Moise Safra Center, and features live events with food, drinks, music and celebs