African Cinema in the 20th Century: The Films That Redefined a Continent
For decades, African cinema existed in a strange paradox. It was one of the world’s richest cinematic traditions, yet one
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Editorial
The Thousand Faces of Cannes: Notes from the 2026 Cannes Film Festival
Cannes: the red carpet, the stars, the flashes of photographers. The Croisette, with its golden Mediterranean Sea, its palaces, and
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From Claude Chabrol to Adrian Lyne: Why the Marriage Crisis of La Femme infidèle Still Endures
There is nothing new under the sun. We keep telling the same stories, each generation refracting them through its own
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The Long Absence (1961): Memory, Love, and the Wounds Left by History
Some films are built around what happens. Others are built around what remains. Henri Colpi’s The Long Absence (Une aussi longue absence,
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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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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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