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Spotlight: Films from and about Palestine

This week we offer a series of movies from and about Palestine by directors who range from long-established master Elia Suleiman to newcomer Farah Nabulsi, whose short film The Present was recently nominated for an Academy Award.

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Spotlight: Korean Thrillers (Beyond Bong)

Bong Joon-ho’s 2019 film Parasite achieved huge critical and popular success and brought renewed attention to the director’s earlier work. This week’s Spotlight highlights masterful genre-bending thrillers from South Korean directors who are not Bong, including his contemporaries, rivals, and influences.

Korean Thrillers (Beyond Bong)
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Spotlight: Films in Portuguese

From Brazil and Angola to Mozambique and Portugal, Portuguese is spoken by over 265 million people, and is the most widely spoken language in the southern hemisphere. In honor of World Portuguese Language Day, this spotlight celebrates Lusophone films from around the world.

Films in Portuguese
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Spotlight: Pioneers and Stalwarts of Indian Cinema

In honor of Satyajit Ray's hundredth birthday, this spotlight features the legendary director’s greatest works in conversation with the films of directors whom he promoted. Together these pioneering auteurs have made India one of the cinema capitals of the world.

Pioneers and Stalwarts of Indian Cinema
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Spotlight: Oscar Omissions, Outsiders, and Outcasts

Some great films win Academy Awards, and many, many don’t. As we look forward to the 2021 ceremony, let’s take a moment to honor some of the films that received the love of critics and audiences but — perhaps surprisingly — not of Oscar himself.

Oscar Omissions, Outsiders, and Outcasts
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Spotlight: Beauty and Horror

We are drawn to beauty -- but at what cost? Often in film, beauty either provokes violence or conceals a sinister intent. These films explore how an attraction to aesthetic beauty can wound either its possessor or beholder, in ways that range from the subtly psychic to spectacularly physical.

Beauty and Horror
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Spotlight: Directors: Akira Kurosawa and the Japanese New Wave

In the history of postwar cinema, few countries figure as prominently as Japan, which rose to international attention through the film-art of Akira Kurosawa. This spotlight features the films that made him famous alongside the films of the Japanese New Wave, for which he paved the way.

Directors: Akira Kurosawa and the Japanese New Wave
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Spotlight: Actors: Superstar Rajinikanth

From ticket-taker to megastar, Rajinikanth is one of the most popular figures in Indian cinema, with a legion of dedicated fans. A screen presence with a swagger like no other, Rajinikanth is best known for his working class heroes, a wide range of whom are featured in these films.

Actors: Superstar Rajinikanth
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Spotlight: Academy Award for Best International Feature Submissions, Part 2

We’re back this week with more submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature. The final five nominees are chosen from a pool of nearly 100 submissions from countries around the world — many of which are already available for streaming.

Academy Award for Best International Feature Submissions, Part 2
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