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Spotlight: Virtual Voyages

If you are sick of staring at your living room walls, we feel your pain. Live vicariously through these films and travel down the Ligurian coast, through the Atacama desert, across the Pacific Ocean, or up the highest mountains in the world.

Virtual Voyages
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Spotlight: The Great Escape

If the constant barrage of bad news has you down, maybe a little escapism can help lighten your mood… Check out these feel-good films from around the world for an uplifting distraction from our current reality.

The Great Escape
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Spotlight: Series for Bingeing

As we all unexpectedly find ourselves with a lot more time on our hands, we wanted to recommend some of our favorite international series. From the Spanish crime drama Money Heist to Hibana, about two Manzai artists navigating Japan’s competitive comedy scene, there’s something for everyone.

Series for Bingeing
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Spotlight: Escape into the Past

If you’re feeling the need to escape our present reality, let one of these period films transport you into the past. Whether it’s 19th century India or 1950’s Italy, time travel can make for effective distraction.

Escape into the Past
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Spotlight: Contagion

The threat of a global pandemic has inspired filmmakers for decades. Now that the threat has become our current reality, we look at the representation of the virus outbreak across genres including realist drama, science fiction, historical fantasy, thriller, and horror.

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Spotlight: Sisterhood

With the release of Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Little Women, here are films from around the world that tell the stories of sisters. Whether biological or chosen, sisterhood becomes an essential part of a woman’s identity and understanding of the world.

Sisterhood
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Spotlight: Recent César Winners

The Césars, the national film awards of France (and the French equivalent of the Academy Awards), will be announced this week. In homage to the highest film honor in France, we review the winners of this prestigious award from the past decade.

Recent César Winners
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Spotlight: Berlinale Silver and Golden Bear Winners

This week marks the start of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, which boasts the largest public attendance of any film festival worldwide. On this occasion, we look back at the recent winners of the festival’s main awards, the Golden Bear and the Silver Bear.

Berlinale Silver and Golden Bear Winners
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Spotlight: Oscar Nominees for Foreign Language Film

After a groundbreaking year for international films at the Oscars, we look back at past nominees for Best Foreign Language Film. In the words of Bong Joon-ho, “Once you get over the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.”

Oscar Nominees for Foreign Language Film
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