World Cinema — Republic of Cinema

All By Country New Waves Undiscovered Auteur

About This Section

Hollywood is not cinema. It is one cinema among hundreds. This section opens every door, one country at a time.

— The World Cinema Desk

The Four Forms

One section, four ways in

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By Country

Guided entry points into every significant national cinema.

National Cinemas

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New Waves

Complete treatments of the major film movements.

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Undiscovered

Genuinely great films from the cinemas the world has overlooked.

Overlooked Masterpieces

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Auteur

Definitive profiles of the great filmmakers and their complete visions.

Filmmaker Profiles

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Auteur · Jun 19, 2026

Abbas Kiarostami: Cinema as Philosophical Inquiry

Abbas Kiarostami's career is a sustained philosophical inquiry into the relationship between life and representation. A profile of one of cinema's greatest artists.

By Republic of Cinema Editorial Team·Jun 19, 2026