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Torah and Tabu: La Petite Jérusalem

Somewhere around the middle of Karin Albou’s La Petite Jérusalem, one of the film’s two sisters asks the other, “Why does Hashem [God] send us desires he disapproves of?” and her sibling answers, “To test us.”



The Nerves in Patterns on a Screen: Zoe Beloff's Charming Augustine

From my childhood in India, I have vivid memories of my parents taking me regularly to both magic shows and the movies. The two are, in my mind, inseparably tied together. Movies, you could say, are a sort of magic—a conjuring trick of images performed with light and shadow in a darkened room. They traffic in illusion and performance.



Eyes Wide Shut: United 93, Hard Candy

What are you willing to look at when you go to the theater to see a movie?





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