Contributors
Jay Plaat

Jay Plaat received his BA in Cultural Studies and his MA in Creative Industries from Radboud University Nijmegen. His work focuses primarily on cinematic rhythm and autonomous cinematic space. He currently works as a creative copywriter in his native town Uden (the Netherlands), the greenest city of Europe.
Articles by
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Modern Natives and Cultural Conflict and Exchange: Beans (2020) and The Business of Fancydancing (2002)
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Kristoffer Borgli: The Director Who Turns Narcissism and Absurdity into Art
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Imagined Communities, Capitalism’s Periodic Crises, and the book Money, Power, and the People (2019); and films Hell or High Water (2016) / The Big Short (2015)
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Clearcut (Canada, Ryszard Bugajski, 1991)
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Scarpedicemente: Canadian Indie Gangster Comedy With a Big Heart
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The Intermedial Passions of the “New” New Romanian Cinema
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Pistulya: An Assertion of the Deprived Groups
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Exile on Bloor St.: A Hot Docs 2025 Round-Up (April 24 to May 4, 2025 )
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On the Border of Collapse: Radu Jude’s Critique of Capitalism in Eight Postcards from Utopia
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Seeking Perspectives: From Romania to Hong Kong