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Béla Tarr and the Weight of Time

January 9, 2026 3 min read

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

January 4, 2026 36 min read

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

December 31, 2025 15 min read

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

December 28, 2025 3 min read

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

December 26, 2025 4 min read

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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Secret Movie Saturday: Christmas Time

December 23, 2025 4 min read

Secret Movie Saturday: Christmas Time celebrates the enduring legacy of Christmas films by bringing audiences together for a shared cinematic

The Academy and YouTube Announce a New Global Home for the Oscars

December 18, 2025 2 min read

Beginning in 2029, the Oscars will enter a new chapter. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has signed

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Jules et Jim and the Romance We Still Struggle to Name

December 18, 2025 5 min read

François Truffaut’s Jules et Jim (1962) feels uncannily modern. Long before dating apps, open relationships, or the language of emotional boundaries, the