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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In the Bright Shadow of Gandhi’s Hope: Tragic Choices in Deepa Mehta’s Water and Gurinder Chadha’s Viceroy’s House
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Land in Outback Noir Films: Trope of Spatial Alienation of Aboriginal People in Ivan Sen’s Mystery Road (2013) and Goldstone (2016)
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Exterminate all the Brutes (Raoul Peck, 2021) & Speakers for the Dead (David Sutherland & Jennifer Holness, 2000)
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Soul Sisterhood: A Continuous Take on Pasifika Femininity, Heritage, and Community in Vai (2019)
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A Synchronous Brew of Spice, Song, and Memory: Unpacking the Transgressive Layers of Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox
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Aftersun (2022): The Blues of Ordinariness
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Caro Diaro and Other Films
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Eerie Totality in Bertrand Bonello’s Nocturama
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Friendship and Historical Materialism in Raoul Peck’s The Young Karl Marx
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Hollywood & Human Progress: Imagining a Better Future