Cinema’s thorny depictions of Israeli military action reflects the swift shift in Jewish identity around questions of oppression.
Mark Asch
Mark Asch is the author of the New York Movies volume of the Close-ups series of film books, and a contributor to Film Comment, Nylon, Reverse Shot, and elsewhere.
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Martin Scorsese’s Portrait of New York With the Ultimate New Yorker
In the docuseries Pretend It’s a City, cultural commentator Fran Lebowitz leads a talking tour of the city.
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The Complicated Personas of Mozart, Rock Hudson, and Jean Seberg
A new retrospective at Anthology Film Archives presents the work of pioneering independent director and film essayist Mark Rappaport.
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Invisible Life Reveals the Lush Inner Lives of Two Sisters Torn Apart by Tradition
Adapted from Martha Batalha’s novel, Karim Aïnouz’s latest tells the twinned stories of sisters Eurídice and Guida by exploring the pocket of time in their lives before they stopped waiting on their dreams.
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Joker Is a Thinly Veiled (and Thin) Take on ’80s NYC
The film is far too derivative, far too wedded to juvenile mythology, and far too tentative to deserve its elevated profile.