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2 months ago | 
screenslate.com | Beatrice Loayza |Öykü Sofuoğlu |Cici Peng
Our dispatch of the 2025 International Film Festival Rotterdam comes courtesy of Beatrice Loayza, Öykü Sofuoğlu, and Cici Peng, who explored the festival’s Tiger Competition and focus programs. Beatrice Loayza, Tiger CompetitionThis year marks my fifth covering the International Film Festival Rotterdam—a not insignificant run, though I wouldn’t call myself a veteran, either.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
swissinfo.ch | Cici Peng
“La Belle est la Bête / Beauty is the Beast” (A Bela é a Fera), de Bady Minck, 2005. © Bady Minck, Photo: John McKenzie A exposição “The Traumatic Surreal” (O surreal traumático), aberta no Reino Unido, traz um novo olhar sobre o surrealismo por ocasião de seu centenário. Com um enfoque exclusivo sobre as obras de mulheres artistas da Suíça, Alemanha e Áustria no pós-guerra, a mostra destaca uma vertente feminista – e negligenciada – da evolução do movimento.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
swissinfo.ch | Cici Peng
Bady Minck's "La Belle est la Bête / Beauty is the Beast", 2005. © Bady Minck, Photo: John McKenzie Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector English (US) English (British) Generated with artificial intelligence. Share The Traumatic Surreal, an exhibition in the United Kingdom, is bringing a fresh look at Surrealism as the art movement celebrates its centenary.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
mrandmrssmith.com | Cici Peng
Experiencing all of Thailand’s bustling capital in just 48 hours might seem ambitious, but with a fleet of bubblegum-pink taxis, the Skytrain, a task force of tuk-tuks at your service and our city guide, you’ll get around with ease. Begin your adventure in the modern heart of Bangkok’s urban sprawl, then head back in time to explore its grand temples and historic monuments — you’ll uncover iconic landmarks and the hidden corners that give this city its vibrant charm.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
ft.com | Cici Peng
Some films are a form of wish fulfilment.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
dazeddigital.com | Cici Peng
The director speaks to Dazed about Anora, his Palme d’Or-winning film which follows a Brooklynite sex worker who falls for one of her wealthy clients11 Images
Sean Baker’s films have consistently explored the lives of those on the margins, particularly sex workers, as in Tangerine (2015), Red Rocket (2021) and Starlet (2012). In that sense, they are films about labour; the labour of performance, calling to the various power dynamics at the heart of these interactions.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Cici Peng
Gotham Awards: Pamela Anderson Gets First Ever Nomination for Anything in "The Last Showgirl" - Showbiz411Pamela Anderson will get the award this year for Most Changed and Improved Celebrity. She’s just been nominated by the Gotham Awards for Best Lead …
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
filmcomment.com | Cici Peng
This article appeared in the October 11, 2024 edition of The Film Comment Letter, our free weekly newsletter featuring original film criticism and writing. Sign up for the Letter here.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
bfi.org.uk | Cici Peng |Jessica Kiang |Nick James |Cici PengFestivals
Reviewed from the 2024 New York Film Festival When was the last time you looked up at the sky in search of stars? This is the question docu-fiction film Little, Big, and Far asks – not as a clichéd romantic ideal, but as an interrogative, political examination. Its protagonist, a 70-year-old Austrian astronomer named Karl, tells us: “People don’t care about the stars because they don’t see them.” Jem Cohen’s films are always concerned with ‘ways of seeing’.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
swissinfo.ch | Cici Peng
劇場公開から半世紀近く経った今も若い観客の共感を得るタネール監督の映画「ジョナスは2000年に25才になる」 Credit: United Archives Gmbh / Alamy Stock Photo スイス映画界を代表するアラン・タネール監督（1929〜2022）の作品が再び脚光を浴びている。タネール作品が現代にも通じるのはなぜか。半世紀前の代表作「ジョナスは2000年に25才になる」を題材に、ロンドン在住の映画批評家シシ・ペン氏が考察した。 このコンテンツが公開されたのは、 2024/09/11 08:30 10 分 先月7～17日に開催された第77回ロカルノ国際映画祭ではアラン・タネール監督作「ジョナスは2000年に25才になる」（1976年）の上映があり、満場の観客を呼んだ。会場ではメキシコ人映画監督アルフォンソ・キュアロン氏が登壇し、大学で映画を学んでいた頃タネール作品から受けた多大な影響について弁舌を振るった。とりわけインパクトの大きかったこの「ジョナス」は、大げさなジェスチャーではなく小さな日常的行動による政治的抵抗の可能性について深く考察されていると語った。...
