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Camera Obscura Society Spiegeloog 407: Motivation

Camera Obscura: The Social Dilemma

The two-time award-winning documentary The Social Dilemma investigates the dangerous impact of social networks – such as Twitter, Youtube or Facebook – on society, civilization…

Elise van GravenSeptember 28, 2020

Camera Obscura Culture Spiegeloog 406: The Unknown

Camera Obscura: Tenet

If you enjoy the subject of time travel, chances are you have had some long, confusing thoughts about how traveling back in time would affect…

Julius DullaertSeptember 14, 2020

Camera Obscura Culture Spiegeloog 405: Together

Camera Obscura – Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak

Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak, is a Netflix docuseries composed of six episodes under an hour-long, released on January 22nd 2020. Somewhat coincidentally, its…

Elizabeth Helen RouhaJune 1, 2020

Camera Obscura Culture Spiegeloog 404: Experience

Camera Obscura: El Hoyo

Imagine this – one day, you wake up to find yourself in a place where your status in society is determined arbitrarily, and that status…

Ofelya AliyevaMay 8, 2020

Camera Obscura Culture Spiegeloog 403: Global

Camera Obscura: A Million Little Pieces

Imagine a house party: A living room full of people, loud dance music and flashing lights. In the centre of it all, you see one…

Julius DullaertApril 1, 2020

Camera Obscura Culture Spiegeloog 402: Appearances

Camera Obscura: Hope Gap

Divorce dramas don’t need an innovative story-line to succeed. The sheer emotional violence that leaves the former lovers heartbroken is often enough to immerse the…

Valentin WeberMarch 4, 2020

Camera Obscura Culture Spiegeloog 401: Dreams

Camera Obscura: And Then We Danced

Does dancing give you the opportunity to break free from the rules? In the Georgian movie And Then We Danced, we follow Merab (Levan Gelbakhiani),…

Annabel SimjouwFebruary 3, 2020

Camera Obscura Culture Spiegeloog 400: Psychology & Writing

Camera Obscura: The Mind, Explained

The Mind, Explained – first released on 12th September 2019, on Netflix – does a decent job at bridging the gap between scientific and laymen…

Lydia TianJanuary 20, 2020

Camera Obscura Culture Spiegeloog 399: Attention

Camera Obscura: Hors Normes

The drama Hors Normes starts in the heart of Paris. Here, the audience is immediately introduced to a child diagnosed with a severe form of…

Elise van GravenDecember 9, 2019

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Camera Obscura: Three Identical Strangers

The documentary Three identical strangers, directed by Tim Wardle, starts like a feel-good movie where three long lost brothers find each other and immediately hit…

Lisanne van der VeldenJuly 10, 2019

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Camera Obscura: Le grand bain

‘Asquare will never fit into a circle’. The opening line of Le grand bain, a movie by French director Gilles Lellouche, seems like a plea…

Annabel SimjouwJune 20, 2019

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Camera Obscura: On the Basis of Sex

On the Basis of Sex is een dramafilm van regisseur Mimi Leder, gebaseerd op het leven van Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Ruth Bader Ginsburg is een…

Lisa CappendijkApril 29, 2019

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Camera Obscura: Bird Box (part II)

We originally started off with only Lisanne's Bird Box review for Spiegeloog, but the heated discussions between Julia and Lisanne about the original review during…

Julia ZegelingApril 8, 2019

Camera Obscura Culture

Camera Obscura: Bird Box (part I)

We originally started off with only Lisanne's Bird Box review for Spiegeloog, but the heated discussions between Julia and Lisanne about the original review during…

Lisanne van der VeldenApril 3, 2019