Film Review
One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin EN.
City of Photos (2004): The Temporarily Life in the Forever Image
Read articlesWhen their mothers buy them new clothes, they know what to do: take pictures at the studio! So says director Nishtha Jain, opening her story in City of Photos (2004).…
Garden Amidst the Flame (2022): Women’s Imagery in A Truly Manly Customs
Read articlesShave your eyebrows and you will be able to see spirits, they said. Perhaps Mikha was right. Her sister, Virsay, returns home to a greeting from their non-human ancestors. Instead…
Taste of Hope (2019): A Cup of Hope Brewed Tea
Read articlesTo persevere and be born again and again is the ultimate act of struggle. At least, that’s what the Fralib factory workers stood for after Unilever tried to relocate them…
An Asian Ghost Story (2023): Hong Kong, Living the In-Between Tresses
Read articlesThere’s a lot we don’t know about on this earth, and one of those mysteries is that hair holds a lot of stories. Ever thought about whose hair is used…
Fragments from Heaven (2022): What are We Searching for?
Read articlesThrough the tale of the search through the Moroccan desert for fragments of a meteorite, Fragments of Heaven (Adnane Baraka, 2022) paints a picture of human nature, our differing motivations,…
A Wander into the Ocean (2022): Take A Deep Breath and Close Your Eyes
Read articlesExploration of the relationship between humans and the universe is a powerful break to then observe reality as it should be. The waves, islands, and sea breeze in A Wander…
I WAS THERE (2023): The Old Man & A Little Boy
Read articles“My name is Dr. Shuntaro Hida. I am a physician. On August 6, 1945, I was in Hiroshima, witnessing the atomic bombing.” A deadly mushroom cloud graced the morning sky…
Feeling the Apocalypse (2022): Facing Your Climate Anxieties
Read articlesHave you ever thought about how the world is heading towards its end due to the climate crisis? Have you ever felt like you’re the only person who ever came…
Behind the Sun (2023): The Otherworld Beyond the Light
Read articlesRhetorical questions about what kind of life lies beyond the sun often linger in the back of our minds. However, as technology advances and astrophysics progresses, these questions are slowly…
RITUAL, Part IV: The Blends (2023): The Sights and Sounds that (Uneasily) Shape Samarinda
Read articlesRobby Ocktavian presents Samarinda as you’ve never seen it before in RITUAL, Part IV: The Blends (2023). The East Kalimantan city has always been rich in natural resources, which is…
The Golden Thread (2022): Spinning the Fibre, Threading the Dream
Read articlesIn the midst of the collapse of the jute industrial glory days due to the massive plastic industry, millions of laborers still rely on the noise and dust of jute…
The Secret Garden (2023): From Hopeful Bloom to Haunting Gloom
Read articlesSectioned into 8 chapters, the enigma of The Secret Garden (Nour Ouayda, 2023) deepens as it twists its beautiful narrative against the backdrop of Beirut’s history. The documentary’s mysterious aura…
L’Ombra di Rasputin (2022): Ecological Conservation through A Nonhuman Perspective
Read articlesHumans have always been an egomaniac that had the will to dominate, take no forfeit, and become masters of anything around them. Ecological conservation may be an attempt by humans…
Di Balik Rupa (2023): Putting on Make-Up of Terror
Read articlesIn 1983, Subarkah Hadisarjana was in his junior year at Institut Kesenian Jakarta (IKJ) when he received an offer to work on a film project at Pusat Produksi Film Negara…
Thiiird (2023): Rediscovering Optimism in the Midst of Gloom
Read articlesFouad Mahouly is busy repairing broken cars in his shabby car repair shop. In the midst of the dirty, crumbling, rubble shop, he continues to welcome his guests with the…