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Forrest Cardamenis

Forrest Cardamenis is a critic and film programmer living in Queens, New York. He received an M.A. in Film Studies from New York University, and has written for MUBI Notebook, The Brooklyn Rail, and The Village Voice, among others. Find him on Twitter.

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A No Wave Filmmaker Brings Feminism to the Fore

by Forrest Cardamenis February 7, 2020August 9, 2022

A program of shorts and features organized by Beth B for the International Film Festival Rotterdam examines issues of conformity among women, challenges gender stereotypes, and advocates for female agency.

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Rotterdam’s International Film Festival Highlights Communism, Unionism, and Environmentalism

by Forrest Cardamenis February 5, 2020February 5, 2020

The documentaries at this year’s edition tell stories of World War II spies, activists fighting deforestation, Czech political corruption, and more.

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Shining the Spotlight on a Broader Swath of Korean Cinema

by Forrest Cardamenis November 22, 2019November 22, 2019

“Korean Cinema” often refers primarily to celebrated auteurs like Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho. A new series at Film at Lincoln Center offers a 21-film corrective, illuminating the wide range of contemporaneous production in South Korea.

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Healing a Father-Daughter Bond Against the Backdrop of the Troubles

by Forrest Cardamenis October 4, 2019November 4, 2019

In Trouble, after learning that parts of a BBC documentary about her father were faked, Mariah Garnett sets out not to correct the record, but to play with it.

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How One Family’s Story Shapes Our Understanding of 20th-Century Germany

by Forrest Cardamenis October 3, 2019November 4, 2019

With Heimat Is a Space in Time, Thomas Heise explores how personal experience shapes the “objective” past.

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When Stranger Fictions Reveal More Prescient Truths

by Forrest Cardamenis September 27, 2019March 18, 2022

In eschewing claims to an unmediated reality, Synonyms reveals truths about French society often masked by reality itself, while Young Ahmed obscures crucial systemic injustices in Belgium under the guise of realism.

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The Horrors of Coming of Age

by Forrest Cardamenis September 26, 2019September 26, 2019

In his latest film, Zombi Child, Bertrand Bonello complements his usual emphasis on aesthetics with an insightful critique of colonialism and the contradictions of liberalism.

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A Sly Noir Film Offers a Critique of Chinese Capitalism

by Forrest Cardamenis September 26, 2019September 26, 2019

The Wild Goose Lake is the latest Chinese crime film to smuggle a critique of the country’s inequality, surveillance, and the police state under the guise of genre.

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What the “Can You Pet the Dog?” Test Reveals About Modern Video Games

by Forrest Cardamenis June 27, 2019August 3, 2021

Across social media, various players love to test game realism. What do the limits of this realism say about the future of the medium?

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Julia Reichert’s 50 Years of Challenging the Status Quo

by Forrest Cardamenis May 29, 2019November 4, 2019

A retrospective series at the Museum of Modern Art is putting a spotlight on the veteran documentarian.

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