What If Cinema

Livestreams (on Twitch), Video Essays (on YouTube), Live reports from film festivals (on Instagram).
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[What If Cinema @CinemaIf]

We're cooking up big things here at What If Cinema. That's why we're collecting the latest news and exclusive content in a handy newsletter! Sign up now to stay in the loop for some big events we've got in the works for the coming weeks:

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To our friends in London! Don't miss this rare screening of a restored modern classic, courtesy of @SecondRunDVD. Only at the Cine Lumiere!

[Atlas_of_Belonging @Belonging_atlas]

The season is kicking off tomorrow @ifru_london with Maria Saakyan’s visionary debut MAYAK, which really deserves to be seen on the big screen for the first time in its new 2K restoration 📽💫🎞

w/ @SecondRunDVD @NFTS_Curating

👇Tix https://t.co/cS41PxzIrk

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Also included w/our review, a conversation with Michel Franco and actor @iazuaLarios on their work and the surprises they encountered when making SUNDOWN

https://t.co/GKkzOjW65Q

#MexicanCinema #IazuaLarios #Interviews #Sundown #Acapulco #WhatIfCinema

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Now playing in select US cities, read our review of Michel Franco's SUNDOWN, starring Tim Roth and Charlotte Gainsbourg

https://t.co/GV96T4901v

@bleeckerstfilms @la_Biennale #MichelFranco #TimRoth #CharlotteGainsbourg #filmfestival #reviews

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The recipient of a 14-minute standing ovation at last year's @Festival_Cannes, @kouhi_nick takes a look at #BELLE, the visually rapturous new anime from @StudioChizu

https://t.co/x39VL5JUWc

@GKIDSfilms #TOHO #anime #Reviews #WhatIfCinema #MamoruHosoda #BeautyAndTheBeast

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To hear curator @emely_wright talk more about the season, check out our exclusive interview with her below!

https://t.co/jj8cpS5eXb

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London friends, this is TONIGHT! Don't miss out on a rare theatrical screening of one of the very best films of the year.

[THE EDGE of BELIEF @edge_ofbelief]

The Edge of Belief kicks off tonight with This is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection and Spirits and Rocks: An Azorian Myth... and it's SOLD OUT 📽️❣️✨

Want to see more beautifully evocative, quietly revolutionary films? Tickets here: https://t.co/OkjkNPoaTU 🎟️

[What If Cinema @CinemaIf]

Join us on our FB, Twitch and YouTube channels tomorrow at 3PM GMT/4PM CET for a #livestream chat with legendary editor Juliane Lorenz. She will be talking with @kouhi_nick and @IlPassarotto about her work with the incomparable R.W. #Fassbinder.

#MonthofFassbinder #germancinema

[Sight and Sound magazine @SightSoundmag]

Sight and Sound’s 50 best films of 2021, as selected by 111 film critics

How many have you seen? https://t.co/w9ZbwbRMje

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To our friends in London, don't miss out on a rare screening of this poetic classic of political cinema tonight at @closeupcentre

[Human Resources @hrfilmseason]

Human Resources begins TONIGHT!

Kicking things off: Margot Benacerraf’s ARAYA, winner of the 1959 International Critic’s Prize at Cannes, spark of the New Latin Cinema Movement, a film nearly lost to time…

Tickets still left @closeupcentre: https://t.co/PBA5Qe8Y0Y

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To preorder your tickets for Emily's season @edge_ofbelief, head over to @closeupcentre's website below:

https://t.co/kxZ9XFpCah

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A thousand thanks to @emely_wright for talking to us about her curatorial work and process. We had a wonderful time and can't wait to have her back on the show again soon!

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For our London fans, an unmissable treat screening in a few short weeks! Be sure to tune in tomorrow night at 7PM GMT, here and on our other social media channels to see us chat with Emily in more detail about her stellar season. We can hardly wait!

[THE EDGE of BELIEF @edge_ofbelief]

And we are live!🌱 THE EDGE of BELIEF – a programme of films exploring premonition, belief and disaster.
In association with @NFTS_Curating

Four programmes of experimental, international and nonfiction films screening at @closeupcentre

Dec. 10-16, 2021. Tickets on sale now🎟️📽️

[What If Cinema @CinemaIf]

And here's our exclusive interview with Radu Jude where he talks with Nick about the making of the film, as well as the precarious relationship between truth and storytelling.

https://t.co/nY2FNalLEz

@MagnoliaPics #Interviews #BadLuckBanging

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Now playing in select US theaters, @kouhi_nick shares his thoughts on @BadLuckBanging, the Golden Bear-winning provocation from Romanian New Wave auteur #RaduJude

https://t.co/DCgCoOapXJ

@berlinale #newreleases #reviews

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Just in time for the US release of @TheSouvenir's second part, don't miss this gorgeous early work from one of modern British Cinema's true originals.

[The Film Stage 📽 @TheFilmStage]

Joanna Hogg's rare film-school thesis 'Caprice,' starring a young Tilda Swinton, is streaming for free on @lecinemaclub: https://t.co/cFQBr8ov9m

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We have more reviews on the site! Read our thoughts on the doc #ParadiseStrong from local Minnesotan filmmaker Jonathan Vinson and the #Amazon sci-fi drama #Encounter starring #RizAhmed

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Our first batch of reviews from the @TCFilmFest is now on our site! Head over to check out @kouhi_nick's thoughts on #TheFrenchDispatch and #TheElectricalLifeofLouisWain
https://t.co/gJQeATU7fj

#filmfestival #reviews #wesanderson #BenedictCumberbatch #WhatIfCinema

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For our friends in the UK, a wonderful new cinema we can't wait to check out and hope you will too!

[Charlie Little @ALittleOutlook]

I’m delighted to share that I’ve founded a new pop-up cinema. Caption This Cinema has access at its core, championing diverse stories and disabled audiences

Inaugural Screening:
Vision Portraits (2019)
Dir. Rodney Evans

17.11.21 - 19.11.21

More information coming soon 💛

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Live and exclusively on our YouTube Channel! Don't miss our chat with @Leigh_Singer https://t.co/r6eJ0gdEVi

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Stay tuned for daily coverage of the fest from our man on the ground @kouhi_nick on some of the most exciting filmmaking talent coming out of the Twin Cities. Plus some of the most highly anticipated new features of the fall!

#FilmFestival #Report #TCFilmFest

[Twin Cities Film Fest @TCFilmFest]

TODAY is Twin Cities Film Fest's OPENING NIGHT of the FESTIVAL! We are so excited to see you there! Get your tickets now! 🎟

Twin Cities Film Fest October 21-30th
Link in bio OR visit us at https://t.co/IEPfRVm6ZF

#openingnight #filmfestival #streaming #movies #twincities