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Is sensory deprivation an escape from or toward the fatigue and distractions of the digital life?

The Childhood of Jesus explores the fictitious dimensions of a just and compassionate world.

Jason Oder’s Let the Fire Burn; Martha Shane and Lana Wilson’s After Tiller; Peter Morgan and Ron Howard’s Rush; anniversary wishes to Stuart Klawans from Rabbi Simcha Feffeferman

How a jazz artist’s relationship to black identity gave his music its stormy weather.

An Iranian director’s ongoing meditations on the nature of illusion and reality, truth and consequences.