Sabzian
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Sabzian is an international film journal, hailing from Belgium.
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André Bazin as television critic, Frans van de Staak, Nurşen Bakır, Amsterdam Film Meeting 2025, Edmond Bernhard, Robina Rose, ... all included in our Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/tFBjy.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
André Bazin as television critic, Frans van de Staak, Nurşen Bakır, Amsterdam Film Meeting 2025, Edmond Bernhard, Robina Rose, ... all included in our Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/tFBjy.
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New Issue on Sabzian: ‘André Bazin, Television Critic’
Compiled and introduced by Tillo Huyghelen, this trilingual issue contains 7 articles by Bazin on the notion of television, as well as an interview with Jean Renoir and Roberto Rossellini.
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Compiled and introduced by Tillo Huyghelen, this trilingual issue contains 7 articles by Bazin on the notion of television, as well as an interview with Jean Renoir and Roberto Rossellini.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
New Issue on Sabzian: ‘André Bazin, Television Critic’
Compiled and introduced by Tillo Huyghelen, this trilingual issue contains 7 articles by Bazin on the notion of television, as well as an interview with Jean Renoir and Roberto Rossellini.
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Compiled and introduced by Tillo Huyghelen, this trilingual issue contains 7 articles by Bazin on the notion of television, as well as an interview with Jean Renoir and Roberto Rossellini.
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State of Cinema 2025, Isabelle Huppert, Karl Kels, Arindam Sen, Jean-Luc Godard: Unmade and Abandoned, First Forum for Film Education, ... all included in our Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/KGotb.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
State of Cinema 2025, Isabelle Huppert, Karl Kels, Arindam Sen, Jean-Luc Godard: Unmade and Abandoned, First Forum for Film Education, ... all included in our Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/KGotb.
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Annette Apon, Frans van de Staak, Prisma #58, La pianiste, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Vers la mer, The Annihilation of Fish, ... all included in our Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/ML4ZN.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Annette Apon, Frans van de Staak, Prisma #58, La pianiste, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Vers la mer, The Annihilation of Fish, ... all included in our Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/ML4ZN.
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The State of Cinema 2025 with Isabelle Huppert at Bozar tonight is sold out. See you there!
November 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The State of Cinema 2025 with Isabelle Huppert at Bozar tonight is sold out. See you there!
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🐈 Elle (Paul Verhoeven, 2016)
November 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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🐈 Elle (Paul Verhoeven, 2016)
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🐈 Elle (Paul Verhoeven, 2016)
Julian, Cato Kusters, Tillo Huygelen, Frans van de Staak, State of Cinema 2025 / Isabelle Huppert, Peter Watkins (1935-2025), ... all included in our Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/7gp2t.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Julian, Cato Kusters, Tillo Huygelen, Frans van de Staak, State of Cinema 2025 / Isabelle Huppert, Peter Watkins (1935-2025), ... all included in our Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/7gp2t.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Jeunes mères, Bram Van Beek, Sabzian x Avila: Encounters with Belgian Filmmakers, La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV, Annik Leroy at CINEMATEK,... all included in our Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/nneZZ.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Jeunes mères, Bram Van Beek, Sabzian x Avila: Encounters with Belgian Filmmakers, La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV, Annik Leroy at CINEMATEK,... all included in our Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/nneZZ.
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A Conversation between Frans van de Staak and Jacq Firmin Vogelaar, André Bazin, Isabelle Huppert, Vidéographie, Support Sabzian, ... all included in our Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/R6ovG.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A Conversation between Frans van de Staak and Jacq Firmin Vogelaar, André Bazin, Isabelle Huppert, Vidéographie, Support Sabzian, ... all included in our Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/R6ovG.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Afternoons of Solitude, Albert Serra, Gerard-Jan Claes, Frans van de Staak, Nicholas Philibert, Ken Jacobs (1933-2025), Cécilia Mangini, ... all included in our Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/iit9m.
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October 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Afternoons of Solitude, Albert Serra, Gerard-Jan Claes, Frans van de Staak, Nicholas Philibert, Ken Jacobs (1933-2025), Cécilia Mangini, ... all included in our Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/iit9m.
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American experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs (1933-2025) passed away this weekend.
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
American experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs (1933-2025) passed away this weekend.
False Improvisation and “Memory Lapses” on TV, André Bazin, Film Fest Gent 2025, Shiguéhiko Hasumi, @AdrianMartin25, Valeska Grisebach, ... all included in our Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/3IVOo.
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October 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
False Improvisation and “Memory Lapses” on TV, André Bazin, Film Fest Gent 2025, Shiguéhiko Hasumi, @AdrianMartin25, Valeska Grisebach, ... all included in our Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/3IVOo.
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Sabzian and Bozar present:
State of Cinema 2025 / Isabelle Huppert
9 November 2025
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State of Cinema 2025 / Isabelle Huppert
9 November 2025
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October 2, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Sabzian and Bozar present:
State of Cinema 2025 / Isabelle Huppert
9 November 2025
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State of Cinema 2025 / Isabelle Huppert
9 November 2025
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“But let this interlocutor stumble ..., and the falseness of this illusory situation is brutally revealed, because we can do nothing for him and he, many kilometers away from us, finds himself alone, if not disabled, in front of soulless recording machines.”
October 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
“But let this interlocutor stumble ..., and the falseness of this illusory situation is brutally revealed, because we can do nothing for him and he, many kilometers away from us, finds himself alone, if not disabled, in front of soulless recording machines.”
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September 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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🍂📚 Just published: the autumn edition of our seasonal roundup of recently released and upcoming film publications!
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September 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🍂📚 Just published: the autumn edition of our seasonal roundup of recently released and upcoming film publications!
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Anna Magnani, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Cristina Fernandes, State of Cinema 2025 / Isabelle Huppert, New Book Releases, ... all included in our latest Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/0Uvhc.
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September 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Anna Magnani, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Cristina Fernandes, State of Cinema 2025 / Isabelle Huppert, New Book Releases, ... all included in our latest Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/0Uvhc.
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In its section Passage, Sabzian invites film critics, authors, filmmakers and spectators to send a text or fragment on cinema that left a lasting impression.
September 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
In its section Passage, Sabzian invites film critics, authors, filmmakers and spectators to send a text or fragment on cinema that left a lasting impression.
Johan van der Keuken in conversation with Frans van de Staak, Frank Vande Veire on Teorema, Film Fest Gent, Nicolas Roeg, Shhh, ... all included in our latest Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/2RaUx.
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September 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Johan van der Keuken in conversation with Frans van de Staak, Frank Vande Veire on Teorema, Film Fest Gent, Nicolas Roeg, Shhh, ... all included in our latest Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/2RaUx.
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Next week at Cinema RITCS, we launch a new publication: the Dutch translation of ‘WHO IS ME,’ Pasolini’s paradoxical “bio-bibliographic poem,” written “in the August sun of a deserted Manhattan” during his visit to the New York Film Festival.
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September 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Next week at Cinema RITCS, we launch a new publication: the Dutch translation of ‘WHO IS ME,’ Pasolini’s paradoxical “bio-bibliographic poem,” written “in the August sun of a deserted Manhattan” during his visit to the New York Film Festival.
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New in our Screening Room: Adrian Martin's recorded introduction to Raúl Ruiz’s City of Pirates (1983), initially presented in the context of our Serge Daney programme at ICA London.
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September 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
New in our Screening Room: Adrian Martin's recorded introduction to Raúl Ruiz’s City of Pirates (1983), initially presented in the context of our Serge Daney programme at ICA London.
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Observations on the Long Take, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Teorema, Nicolas Philibert, André Bazin, Frans van de Staak Retrospective, .... all included in our latest Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/eShOB.
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September 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Observations on the Long Take, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Teorema, Nicolas Philibert, André Bazin, Frans van de Staak Retrospective, .... all included in our latest Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/eShOB.
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Showgirls, Nicolas Philibert, State of Cinema 2025 / Isabelle Huppert, Frans van de Staak, Rien que les heures, Nicole Brenez,... all included in our latest Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/Ffley
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September 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Showgirls, Nicolas Philibert, State of Cinema 2025 / Isabelle Huppert, Frans van de Staak, Rien que les heures, Nicole Brenez,... all included in our latest Weekly Review newsletter: shorturl.at/Ffley
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