The new film ‘Sublet’ explores the US-Israel identity divide from a queer lens June 9, 2021 10:55 am Israeli actor Niv Nissim, left, and American John Benjamin Hickey star in the new film "Sublet," a drama from director Eytan Fox about an American travel writer who tours Tel Aviv alongside a local. (Daniel Miller/Greenwich Entertainment) Advertisement (JTA) — Eytan Fox’s new film “Sublet” opens with a slow fade-up on travel photographs of Israel: red rocks in the desert, a young woman smiling with the mud of the Dead Sea on her face, two paddleboarders on clear turquoise water. As the image comes into focus, it becomes clear that we’re actually looking at tourism ads in an airport. The film’s protagonist, Michael (John Benjamin Hickey), glides past with a vague look in his eyes. He does not look at the images.