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Israel Expands Rafah Offensive Amid International Pressure Over Gaza War
While the government has been hit with a string of diplomatic and legal defeats, the Israeli public’s support for the Gaza war remains strong.
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In a City of Ancient Jewish Mysticism, Israelis Arm for a Fight
In Safed, a center of kabbalah, ordinary citizens shocked by the Oct. 7 attacks are carrying military-grade weapons.
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Advancing Russian Troops Threaten to Reverse Some of Ukraine’s Hard-Won Gains
Such losses could hurt Ukrainian morale as Russia makes advances all along the front line.
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At MoMA, LaToya Ruby Frazier Asks What Our Monuments Should Be
The documentary photographer honors those who turn their energies to a social good. And our critic says this artist does the same.
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In Brutal Ordeals, a Performance Artist Embodies the Oppressed
It’s hard to look away from Carlos Martiel’s feats of endurance and self-harm. Does his sacrifice help us understand a legacy of racist violence?
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Cannes 2024: Grand Tour, Motel Destino, Beating Hearts
Most simply described, Miguel Gomes’s “Grand Tour” tells the story of Edward (Gonçalo Waddington), a British official in Myanmar, who in January 1918 goes on the run from his fiancée, Molly (Crista Alfaiate). The journey takes him to Singapore, Bangkok, Saigon, Osaka, and Shanghai, among other places. She follows him the whole way, sending him telegrams—which…
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Life, the Videogame: Run Lola Run
The success of “Pulp Fiction” inspired a flood of films and a fair number of TV shows; I recently wrote about one of them for this site, 1999’s “Go.” But one of the many things that’s fascinating about the “Pulp Fiction” derivatives is that they all zero in on a different aspect of Quentin Tarantino’s hit crime thriller and…
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Cannes 2024 Diary 2: International Genre Picks
Beyond the competition, there are dozens of other films to be captivated by here at Cannes, many solidly fitting under the “genre” umbrella. For decades, these films have never received the respect of auteur-driven institutions like Cannes. But given the state of the global marketplace and how these elements of action, horror, etc. have proved…
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I Will Be Happy if I Can Say I’ve Done My Best: Eye Surgeon Dr. Ming Wang on Sight
“Sight” tells the extraordinary story of Dr. Ming Wang, from the oppressions of China’s decade-long Cultural Revolution to his move to America (where he earned an MD from Harvard and a Ph.D from MIT). It then moves to his pioneering work developing eye surgery that has restored sight to millions of children. In an interview with…
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Hit Man
People like to speak about a golden era of movies—the precise dimensions of which often shift based on the generation of the speaker—when Hollywood made products that were sexier, smarter, and just generally better. Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man” is for them. Like its protagonist’s ability to basically change identities depending on the situation, it’s a film…