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Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam presents Everyday Blues, a retrospective dedicated to American filmmaker Charles Burnett, a key figure in the 1970s and 1980s L.A. Rebellion movement, running from 26 November to 23 December.

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In the weekend of 20–22 November, LUCA School of Arts presents a series of films at Sphinx Cinema in Ghent by filmmakers whose limited but influential bodies of work left a mark on film history.

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From 22 October to 13 December, the ICA in London presents a major retrospective of Shōhei Imamura, one of post-war Japan’s most distinctive filmmakers. More than 25 years after the UK’s last major Imamura retrospective, the programme brings together new restorations, rarely seen works, contextual screenings and guest introductions, alongside a new monograph on his work.

Two new collections of writings have been published, one by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum and another by artist Babette Mangolte.

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Between 8 and 10 November, Argentine filmmaker Lisandro Alonso will be in Brussels for a retrospective of his work (November 8-14) and a carte blanche of films he has selected (November 1-16).

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DocLisboa vertoont vier filmprogramma’s die volledig samengesteld zijn uit films van recent afgestudeerden van KASK film.

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From 19 October to 27 January, the Serralves Museum in Porto, Portugal hosts a special exhibition dedicated to the work of Pedro Costa. Pedro Costa: Companhia is based on the premise that each film is a letter with an uncertain recipient: a postcard, according to Costa, which passes around from hand to hand and gathers in itself all layers of time.

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VRT has made available three films by the Belgian documentary filmmaker Jef Cornelis, who recently passed away.

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Last month, Editions P.O.L. published the second volume of the French translation of Alexander Kluge’s literary magnum opus Chronique des Sentiments: L'inquiétance du temps.

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« La critique idéale d’un film ne pourrait être qu’une synthèse des questions qui fondent ce film : donc une œuvre parallèle, sa réfraction dans le milieu verbal. [...] la seule critique véritable d’un film ne peut être qu’un autre film. »

 

Belgian documentary filmmaker Jef Cornelis has passed away.

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