A French film distributor's newsletter promoting its releases, contests and cinema tie-ins, such as Les Éléphants dans la brume and a Nepal trip giveaway. It also offers festival news, a summer crossword and spot-the-difference games.
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Filmmaker is a magazine-style newsletter of essays on independent film, art and craft, with long-form close readings of individual films and filmmakers. Each issue offers a considered critical take on a particular work or idea, aimed at readers who want thoughtful analysis rather than news.
A daily French cinema-criticism newsletter from Emmanuel Burdeau and collaborators, mixing essays, video, and podcasts. Readers get close readings of directors such as Hong Sang-soo and excerpts from film-history books like Mark Harris's study of 1967 Hollywood.
Hongbao is a French-language weekly film newsletter focused on Asian cinema, especially Korean and Chinese films, with release schedules, festival news and opinionated reviews. Readers get cinema picks for Paris and festival coverage such as the Korean Film Festival in Paris.
Stranger Than Cinema is an Italian film criticism newsletter offering reflections on cinema, tying recent releases such as Clayface, The Dog Stars and Fatherland to broader cultural and political questions. Readers get considered essays that look past plot to the ideas, myths and historical context behind films.
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