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Let’s Think of Cinema’s Screen as a Language
Let’s Think of Cinema’s Screen as a Language
What critics, what many of us ignore.
Peter Markham
Jun 1, 2024
Is Art the Result of Being Human, or Does Art Itself Confirm Our Humanity?
Is Art the Result of Being Human, or Does Art Itself Confirm Our Humanity?
I don’t know about you, but my art has to come from humans. Period.
Don Giannatti
Jan 31
Cinema: Montage or Long Take?
Cinema: Montage or Long Take?
Which is the true language of film?
Peter Markham
Nov 2, 2024
Cinema: Filmed Screenplay or Film?
Cinema: Filmed Screenplay or Film?
Is there a difference?
Peter Markham
Feb 14
Palestinian Bookshops: Last Vestige of Sanity
Palestinian Bookshops: Last Vestige of Sanity
Bookstores as a cultural frontline of Palestinians.
Mirko Božić
Feb 11
On The Ground But Far From Ground Zero
On The Ground But Far From Ground Zero
New Reasons To Embrace The Weird: the collective mood might be dour but there are great reasons to fight for what makes you human.
Christian Svanes Kolding
Feb 7
English Can Cause Miscommunication
English Can Cause Miscommunication
It is an international language, it’s great but …
Chingmay Anaïs Jo
Feb 7
Bedouins of the Wind — Finding the Tone for Dubai’s Underground Film
Bedouins of the Wind — Finding the Tone for Dubai’s Underground Film
As a first-time film-maker, I didn’t quite start with a plan, but a delusional vision of what I wished I could make.
Danish Farhan
Feb 5
Learning a New Language Is Giving Me an Identity Crisis
Learning a New Language Is Giving Me an Identity Crisis
Language forms a big part of my identity, and yet I’m uncertain about my second language
Calvin Stevens
Feb 2
Exploring Cape Breton’s Canadian-Celtic Dialect
Exploring Cape Breton’s Canadian-Celtic Dialect
The little eastern island with a whole lot of character
Ashely L. Crouch
Jan 29
It’s Hard To Tell a Joke if You’re a Strongman
It’s Hard To Tell a Joke if You’re a Strongman
You can still be funny, though
Lisa Schamess
Jan 27
A Different Way of Looking at the Past and Future
A Different Way of Looking at the Past and Future
How learning Chinese showed me I’d been looking at it wrong this whole time
Calvin Stevens
Jan 23
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