With works about student protests in India, colonialism in South Korea, the history of trains in cinema, and more, this edition of Wavelengths is the festival’s best in years.
Jordan Cronk
Jordan Cronk is a critic, programmer, and founder of the Acropolis Cinema screening series in Los Angeles. His writing has appeared in Artforum, Cinema Scope, Film Comment, frieze, the Los Angeles Review of Books, MUBI Notebook, Reverse Shot, Sight & Sound, and more. He is a member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
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