Gripping Drama Shines Light on Indonesian Dark Past
Labodalih Sembiring | Jakarta Globe | November 21, 2011 Critics can dissect any movie, but only great films are worthy of deep analysis. As a film that aims to shine […]
Category Archives: Film/Photography
Menerjemahkan Takarir “The Economics of Happiness”
Bagi yang belum terbiasa dengan istilah pada judul, “takarir” adalah subtitle. Dalam Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI), kata ini ditandai sebagai serapan dari bahasa Arab. Maknanya yang terkini dalam bahasa […]
Photography in Indonesia (Part 3: What’s Going On Now)
Dalih Sembiring – Latitudes.nu, October 3, 2011 Between Techniques and Emotions In 2003, hoping to become a graphic designer, Ikbal Hidayat enrolled into Yogyakarta’s Modern School of Design (MSD), where […]
Photography in Indonesia (Part 2: Modern Times)
Dalih Sembiring – Latitudes.nu, September 10, 2011 This is the second installment of our series on photography. In this series, we look at photography in Indonesia, a phenomenon that has […]
Photography in Indonesia (Part 1: History in the Making)
Dalih Sembiring – Latitudes.nu, August 24, 2011 Photography is as capricious as life itself. From the mere concept of the pinhole camera to the invention of the Daguerreotype; from black-and-white […]
The Indonesian Cinematheque
Labodalih Sembiring – Latitudes.nu, February 16, 2012 Indonesians are more familiar with the term “Sinematek Indonesia” when referring to their cinematheque, not that it is that well-known outside certain circles […]
Life turns upside down for prostitutes
Download the Jakarta Globe layout version (PDF) here. Jakarta Globe – June 21, 2009 On Friday, at 5 a.m., Nia Dinata temporarily abandoned her role as mentor at a documentary […]
Mourning the Passage of Indonesia’s Film Bill
Jakarta Globe, September 8, 2009 Like scenes spliced together in a movie, while lawmakers were preparing on Monday afternoon to push the controversial film bill through the House of Representatives, […]
Saving Indonesian Cinema Treasures
Jakarta Globe, Aug. 2009 Posters of classic local films line the corridor leading into a cool, white room of the Indonesian Cinematheque in Kuningan, South Jakarta, where two men are […]
Through the eyes of the survivors, Aceh today
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta – Wed., 10/03/2007 – Life Daniel Rose, Contributor, Jakarta Nur, a young woman in a white shirt and green veil is quietly assembling a key chain […]
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