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Different Countries, Same Troubled Planet: Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project, No. 4
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Different Countries, Same Troubled Planet: Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project, No. 4

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 / 5 October 2022

Although the films in Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 4 come from different countries, decades, and languages, they reveal similarities in social conscience and film experiments.

Cinema of Revelation: ‘Minute Bodies’ Peers into F. Percy Smith’s Legacy
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Cinema of Revelation: ‘Minute Bodies’ Peers into F. Percy Smith’s Legacy

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 / 21 June 2019

There's some mystery about the quietly conscientious artist and pioneer F. Percy Smith, and Minute Bodies can't penetrate it as easily as he revealed the hidden life of plants.

A Feminist Adventure Unfolds When ‘Celine and Julie Go Boating’
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A Feminist Adventure Unfolds When ‘Celine and Julie Go Boating’

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 / 9 January 2018

Jacques Rivette's film features two female characters who exhibit feminine strength and solidarity in a masculine world.

Jonas Mekas Had the Right Attitude for Looking at Movies
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Jonas Mekas Had the Right Attitude for Looking at Movies

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 / 13 October 2016
For a decade and a half, Mekas covered experimental film for the Village Voice and was read by John Waters, Peter Bogdanovich, Jim Jarmusch, and countless others.