It’s a sign of the times that the few film reviews I wrote since the beginning of the year dealt with Israel and Palestine. For me, it’s consequential. In difficult times, in conflicts and war, we turn to art to find answers, to find a way forward. I have always turned to film. Most films I wrote about deal with conflict, war, trauma, loss, and death in one way or another. It is in those films that I find a reality I can’t find anywhere else. It’s in those films that I find . . .

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