Category: Review
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The Elephant Man
The evolution of John Merrick from a mere freak, an Elephant Man to a human being with dignity, both in his and our eyes (with Dr. Treves as our moral compass).
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Faded Portraits
Satu memoir fiksi dengan setting Hindia Belanda, kita melihat cerita hidup Tante Sophie, suami dan keluarganya sehubungan dengan cerita penuturnya.A fictionalized memoir set in Dutch East Indies, Faded Portraits begins with the death of Aunt Sophie in 1940 in Batavia, then almost whimsically goes back to the stories of her life, her husband’s and their…
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Eraserhead
Perpaduan hal-hal grotesk yang berkombinasi dan timbul dalam keseharian. Shot in an atmospheric black & white film, with highly expressionistic lightings and compositions, Eraserhead brings to mind the exaggerated features of early films and theatres.
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The Language Instinct
Pinker shows us that far from being a cultural invention, language is actually an instinct. And because it is, then despite the doubts of the likes of Chomsky, it must be built gradually in the lineages one of which led to us thanks to natural selection.
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What time is it there
In Taiwan, a street vendor is trying to come to terms with the recent loss of his father when a girl, who is going on vacation to Paris, insists to buy the watch he is wearing. His grief-stricken mother turns to religion and traditional beliefs to connect with the spirit of his late husband, but…
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The Ninth
Miskin, banyak anak, Katolik, di era berkuasanya Partai Komunis Hongaria pada akhir tahun 1960an, itulah gambaran singkat keadaan keluarga Anak Kesembilan.
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Ups and Downs of Life in the Indies
Potret jujur konflik dan intrik kehidupan sosial domestik di perkebunan Hindia akhir abad ke-19.
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Indonesian Cinema
Dengan pendekatan institusional-tekstual itu, Krisna Sen berambisi untuk keluar dari berbagai teori film yang ada: mulai dari teori film Barat, teori film Dunia Ketiga hingga apa yang ia sebut “pendekatan Asianis”.
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Books to Films
Desember ini kami akan memutar film adaptasi dari buku: Oeroeg, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and Doctor Zhivago.This December we bring you a selection of films adapted from books: Oeroeg, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and Doctor Zhivago.
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Control
2007 | UK / USA | 119m | B&W | in English with English subs Biopik hitam putih mengenai Ian Curtis, vokalis utama band Joy Division.
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Music on Screen
Pemutaran film mengenai genre musik dan/atau musisi selama bulan November.A selection of music on screen, concentrating on films about any music styles and about musicians
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Nosferatu
1922 | Germany | 94m | Silent B&W with English intertitles Adaptasi dari Dracula (1897) karya Bram Stoker.