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Annemarie Jacir
Annemarie Jacir

In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Annemarie Jacir discusses transforming anger into hope, the illogicality of borders, an aversion to sensationalized violence, and her next projects.

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InterviewsMarch 27, 2020Foreign Language Oscar Submissions
March: Spotlight on Brazil II
March: Spotlight on Brazil II

A collection of films from some of the most exciting voices in contemporary Brazilian cinema.

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SeriesMarch 5, 2020Spotlight on Brazil
The Newer Brazilian Cinema: Subjectivity and Social Change
The Newer Brazilian Cinema: Subjectivity and Social Change

In an exclusive essay for Filmatique, Dr. Paula Halperin examines a promising new generation of filmmakers whose work collectively probes legacies of class inequality, racism, and mourning in contemporary Brazil.

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EssaysMarch 3, 2020Spotlight on Brazil
The Plural Architectures of Chaitanya Tamhane's Court
UncategorizedFebruary 28, 2020two
Berlinale Round-Up 2020
Berlinale Round-Up 2020

Matias Mariani's Cidade Pássaro (Shine Your Eyes), Kelly Reichardt's First Cow, and Eliza Hittman's Never Rarely Sometimes Always number among Filmatique’s Top Films of the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival.

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FestivalsReid RossmanFebruary 24, 2020Filmatique
Chaitanya Tamhane
Chaitanya Tamhane

In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Chaitanya Tamhane discusses research subjects spanning from human rights activists to Dalit poets, casting ordinary people, authoritarianism in India, and his upcoming second feature, The Disciple.

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InterviewsFebruary 18, 2020Foreign Language Oscar Submissions
Sergey Dvortsevoy
Sergey Dvortsevoy

In an exclusive interview with Filmatique, Sergey Dvortsevoy discusses snakes, the heat of the steppe, documentary-style attention to natural detail, and his next project.

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InterviewsFebruary 13, 2020Foreign Language Oscar Submissions
February: Foreign Language Oscar Submissions III
February: Foreign Language Oscar Submissions III

Coinciding with the 92nd Academy Awards, Filmatique presents Foreign Language Oscar Submissions III, a collection of films from Palestine, India, Morocco, and Kazakhstan—nations that have rarely, if ever, been nominated for the award.

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SeriesFebruary 6, 2020Foreign Language Oscar Submissions
Embodied Thrills and Visceral Rollercoasters in Sebastian Schipper's Victoria
Embodied Thrills and Visceral Rollercoasters in Sebastian Schipper's Victoria

In an exclusive essay for Filmatique, Guest Curator Aldo Kempen explores the correspondence between the spectator and the camera as embodied presence in Sebastian Schipper's tour-de-force fourth feature, Victoria.

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EssaysReid RossmanJanuary 29, 2020
The Plural Architectures of Chaitanya Tamhane's Court
The Plural Architectures of Chaitanya Tamhane's Court

In an exclusive essay for Filmatique, Guest Curator Ritika Biswas explores the deceptive politics of Court, a film that undermines political binaries, the pursuit of objectivity, and passive spectatorship in a post-truth age.

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EssaysReid RossmanJanuary 28, 2020
The Non-Binary Vectors of Import/Export
The Non-Binary Vectors of Import/Export

In an exclusive essay for Filmatique, Guest Curator Ritika Biswas traces invisible vectors of inter-European migrations and linguistic markers of entitlement and power in Ulrich Seidl's Import/Export.

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EssaysReid RossmanJanuary 24, 2020
January: Teutonic Cinema
January: Teutonic Cinema

Filmatique’s Teutonic Cinema is a collection of formally daring films from contemporary directors working in Germany and Austria.

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SeriesJanuary 2, 2020Teutonic Cinema
Filmatique's Best of 2019
Filmatique's Best of 2019

In turbulent times, we believe that art can serve as a balm for the soul, a point of contact into worlds unseen. Discover Filmatique's Top Films of 2019.

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FestivalsReid RossmanDecember 20, 2019Filmatique
Hard to See, Hard to Watch: Hard to be a God
Hard to See, Hard to Watch: Hard to be a God

In an exclusive essay for Filmatique, Guest Curator Jacob Browne assesses Hard to be a God as a film that scrutinizes just how impossible it can be to see with any clarity, to maintain the neutrality of the observer, and to watch without being either transformed or petrified.

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EssaysReid RossmanDecember 18, 2019
December: Russian Auteurs
December: Russian Auteurs

Filmatique presents Russian Auteurs, a collection of master works of contemporary Russian cinema.

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SeriesDecember 3, 2019Russian Auteurs
Queer Adolescence(s) and Shifting Intersectionality in Don't Call Me Son
Queer Adolescence(s) and Shifting Intersectionality in Don't Call Me Son

In an exclusive essay for Filmatique, Guest Curator Aldo Kempen examines Anna Muylaert's Don't Call Me Son as deconstructing a historically contingent conception of adolescence, situating coming-of-age culturally and geographically, and spotlighting a queer(ing) fluidity.

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EssaysReid RossmanNovember 24, 2019
Bonds of Intimacy in Xavier Dolan's I Killed My Mother
Bonds of Intimacy in Xavier Dolan's I Killed My Mother

In an exclusive essay for Filmatique, Guest Curator Marisa Winckowski explores the undercurrents of affection and angst that govern Xavier Dolan's precocious debut film.

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EssaysReid RossmanNovember 20, 2019
Non-/Human Hinterlands in Neon Bull
Non-/Human Hinterlands in Neon Bull

In an exclusive essay for Filmatique, Guest Curator Ritika Biswas evaluates Neon Bull as a hybrid queer, political, and social performance that eschews the eco-utopian, portraying non-/human worlds as uneasy assemblages.

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EssaysReid RossmanNovember 14, 2019
November: Queer Cinema
November: Queer Cinema

Filmatique presents Queer Cinema, a collection of contemporary films that challenge norms of gender, sexuality, and desire through alternative modes of cinematic representation.

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SeriesNovember 5, 2019Queer Cinema
Luigi Campi
Luigi Campi

In an exclusive interview for Filmatique, Luigi Campi discusses Youtube inspirations, materiality, kismet on set, and his next projects.

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InterviewsNovember 4, 2019Queer Cinema
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