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‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and the Lasting Appeal of Larry David

  • February 17, 2020
  • By author-avatar Andrew Lapin
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Suddenly there he was, shuffling to the podium: that familiar bald dome, those telltale glasses, the grumpy slouch we’d come to know and love, now stuffed inside a baggy suit that seemed to somehow fit perfectly, and now yelling about American politics instead of golf and wood stains.

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Israeli Documentary ‘Afterward’ Is a Guiding Light in a World of Trauma

  • January 20, 2020
  • By author-avatar Andrew Lapin
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The remarkable new documentary Afterward is a dissection of nothing less than the last century’s collective trauma of the Jewish people, and a sincere attempt to find its echo in the trauma of Israel’s sworn enemies.

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Three Seasons In, Is ‘Mrs. Maisel’ Still Marvelous?

  • January 6, 2020
  • By author-avatar Andrew Lapin
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Is The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel a very good Jewish show, or just a very Jewish show?

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The Best Jewish Movies of 2019, Part Two

  • April 28, 2022
  • By author-avatar Andrew Lapin
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Some more great cinematic tales of Jews making sense of their relationship to the world—and the world, in turn, making sense of its relationship to Jews.

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Tiffany Haddish Gives Jewish Humor a ‘Black Mitzvah’

  • December 19, 2019
  • By author-avatar Andrew Lapin
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The sheer, jubilant force of Haddish’s personality allows her to plant her feet in two distinct cultures at once, without ever feeling out of place in either.

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Leonard Cohen’s Final Testament: ‘Thanks for the Dance’

  • December 12, 2019
  • By author-avatar Andrew Lapin
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Leonard Cohen blended the sacred and the profane in his own search for a deeper meaning—finding truth in the Torah, yes, but also in sex, travel and the simple thrill of artistic creation.

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The Lost Jews of Disney+

  • March 30, 2022
  • By author-avatar Andrew Lapin
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Jewishness is both unrelated to the Disney archive and, thanks to Walt Disney’s long-rumored yet long-denied anti-Semitism, inseparable from it.

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Does ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Have Anything New to Say About Fascism?

  • August 21, 2020
  • By author-avatar Andrew Lapin
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Jojo Rabbit, which is shaping up to be easily the most divisive film of the awards season, shows us the Third Reich through the eyes of a child.

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The Kabbalah of Noah Baumbach

  • August 21, 2020
  • By author-avatar Andrew Lapin
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For a long time I’ve been trying to figure out why I love Noah Baumbach’s movies so much. And as a Jewish creative who often prefers the company of books and films to people, I see a little bit too much of myself in them, which is more worrisome than it is meaningful.

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In ‘The Kingmaker,’ Lauren Greenfield Explores Rewritten Histories

  • August 21, 2020
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“I’ve often had access to ‘inside worlds,’ whether it’s media or wealth or celebrity, where I’ve then taken a critical perspective.”

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In ‘Call Me by Your Name’ Sequel, a Chance at Second Love

  • June 26, 2020
  • By author-avatar Andrew Lapin
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If Call Me by Your Name, the bestselling 2007 romance novel by André Aciman, was an ode to the passions and discoveries of a first love, then Aciman’s new sequel, Find Me, asks us to believe in something much more perilous: second love.

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Directors and Dictators: Jewish Films at the Chicago International Film Festival

  • August 21, 2020
  • By author-avatar Andrew Lapin
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A preview of some of the films from this year’s Chicago International Film Festival.

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