Béla Tarr and the Weight of Time
Béla Tarr passed away on January 6, 2026, at the age of 70. His death marks the end of a
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Editorial
Off Script: Marcel Thee on Growing Up with Cinema
For this edition of Jakarta Cinema Club’s conversation series, we sat down with Marcel Thee—musician, creative entrepreneur, and a longtime
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Favorite Films of 2025: A Year of Feeling, Friction, and Returning to the Cinema
Lists are often treated as conclusions, but for us, they function more like invitations. This Top 10 compilation, gathered from
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Held Hostage by Christmas: Revisiting Ted Demme’s The Ref
A reflection on The Ref (1994), Ted Demme’s dark Christmas comedy about family conflict, antiheroes, and why the film remains one of the most honest holiday films ever made.
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Growing Up in the Silence of Waiting: Reflections on Nobody Knows
A reflective look at Hirokazu Koreeda’s Nobody Knows (2004), a film about abandoned children in 1980s Tokyo that examines time, neglect, and survival through quiet observation rather than melodrama.
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Jules et Jim and the Romance We Still Struggle to Name
François Truffaut’s Jules et Jim (1962) feels uncannily modern. Long before dating apps, open relationships, or the language of emotional boundaries, the
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Kareem Soenharjo on Chaos, Honesty, and the Films That Shaped Him
For this edition of Jakarta Cinema Club’s conversation series, we sat down with Kareem Soenharjo (the musician and artist behind
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Time, Fear, and the New Wave Gaze: Rethinking Agnès Varda’s Cléo from 5 to 7
Agnès Varda’s Cléo from 5 to 7 stands as a defining work of the French New Wave, capturing two fragile hours in
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A Beginner’s Guide to Agnès Varda: Five Films to Start With
Agnès Varda never made films that sit quietly. Her work moves, questions, jokes, observes, and sometimes pokes back. For newcomers,
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Josep (2020): Drawing Memory from the Camps
Josep, directed by Aurel, approaches the Spanish Civil War from its aftermath rather than its battles. Through animation, the film
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