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Remembering Frederick Wiseman: the filmmaker who changed documentary cinema forever

Frederick Wiseman has died at 96. He is known for films including Titicut Follies (1967), Hospital (1970) and Welfare (1975).

18.02.2026 10

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Thomas Moran

‘A lingering in stillness’: philosopher Byung-Chul Han on the radical power of gardening

Is gardening a form of resistance in a world demanding endless efficiency and self-optimisation?

13.02.2026 10

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Thomas Moran

Long before debates over ‘wokeness’, Epicurus built a philosophy that welcomed slaves, women and outsiders

Today, many people associate epicureanism with hedonistic pleasure-seeking – but that’s not really what he taught.

20.03.2025 10

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Thomas Moran

How Jia Zhangke’s film Caught by the Tides uses 20 years of footage to capture a changing China

From Chinese independent director Jia Zhangke, Caught by the Tides provides a unique vision of China’s rapid social transformation in the 21st...

19.03.2025 8

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Thomas Moran