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World Cinema · Every Cinema Worth Knowing

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National cinemas and film movements

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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

01

By Country

Guided entry points into every significant national cinema.

National Cinemas

02

New Waves

Complete treatments of the major film movements.

Film Movements

03

Undiscovered

Genuinely great films from the cinemas the world has overlooked.

Overlooked Masterpieces

04

Auteur

Definitive profiles of the great filmmakers and their complete visions.

Filmmaker Profiles

Latest from World Cinema

Auteur

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

The World Cinema Desk

One country. One movement. Every week.

A new national cinema guide, auteur profile, or undiscovered film every Friday.

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