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02/06/2026

🚗🎬 Join us at for the fifth stop of our Art/Film Book Tour!

We’ve partnered with Rich Mix to screen ’s Mogul Mowgli on Tuesday, 9 June at 18:30! More details👇🏼 and buy tickets via the 🔗 in bio. Film East followers get £9.50 tickets if you use code FE950 at checkout!

On the brink of his first international tour, Zed (), a British Pakistani rapper, decides to fly home to the UK to visit the family he has not seen in two years. In the midst of trying to reconnect with his parents, he is suddenly struck down by an autoimmune disease. As his condition worsens and his big breakthrough moment is in danger of vanishing into thin air, Zed descends into a physical and emotional crisis, amplified by vivid hallucinations.

The film will be introduced by , Art/Film‘s editor and Film East‘s founder, who will give a brief presentation on Riz Ahmed‘s multi-media project, The Long Goodbye, and how it connects to Mogul Mowgli‘s narrative, as explored in Art/Film’s “The Moving Exhibit.”

The screening will take place at Rich Mix in East London. The cinema is located at 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd., London, E1 6LA.

Copies of Art/Film will be available to purchase at the event.

31/05/2026

Philly! You were great! 🦅

Thank you so much for a fabulous screening of Broken Embraces! We had a full house, and lots of passionate Almodóvar fans in the audience!

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30/05/2026

🇬🇧🚗🎬 The UK leg of the Art/Film International Tour kicks off 8 May!

On Monday, 8 June from 18:30-20:00, join us at the for a panel discussion on the film criticism industry and the relationship between art and cinema. More details 👇🏼 and buy tickets via the 🔗 in bio.

The BFI Reuben Library will host Art/Film’s editor, , along with four female and non-binary critics, to discuss topics related to the book and the current state of the criticism industry.

The conversation will ask questions such as how different art mediums appear on screen and the role they play in visual storytelling, how each panellist combines writing and artmaking, how accessible the industry is for women and non-binary individuals and more. Panellists include (Art/Filmessayist, Editor-in-Chief of Obscurae), .moonz (Art/Film essayist, Intimacy Coordinator), (filmmaker and Creative Nonfiction Film Weekend curator) and (film and cultural critic).

The panel will take place at the BFI Southbank Reuben Library, located at Belvedere Road, South Bank, London, SE1 8XT.

Copies of Art/Film will be available to purchase from the BFI Shop. Get tickets via the link in our bio.

19/05/2026

Stop three of the Art/Film International Tour is coming up!

We are headed to Philadelphia for our next event, partnering with the for a special screening of Pedro Almodóvar’s Broken Embraces on Saturday, May 30, at 6:30pm. More details 👇🏼 and get tickets via 🔗 in bio.

Broken Embraces will be introduced by , Art/Film’s editor and Film East’s founder, who will give a brief presentation on how references to surrealist artists appear throughout Almodóvar’s filmography, as detailed in ’ Art/Film essay.

The screening will take place in the Film Society Center’s Greenfield screening room, starting at 6:30pm. The film society is located at 1412 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19102.

Copies of Art/Film will be available to purchase at the event. Get your tickets via the link in our bio!

17/05/2026

🚗📚 Stop two of the Art/Film International Tour is coming up!

We are headed to Delaware for our next event, partnering with the for a special visual reading and book signing!

On Saturday, April 23, from 4:00-5:30pm, Art/Film’s Editor, , and featured essayist, Patrick J. Regal, will read their chapters from the book, accompanied by clips from their case studies to provide context.

Regal will discuss the work of Spike Lee, focusing on how the director’s live theatre recordings — such as David Byrne’s American Utopia (2020) and Rodney King (2017) — add to his filmic oeuvre. Cooke will present her article on the musical group , exploring how the band’s most recent concert film, At Their Very Best (2022), and YouTube miniseries, A Theatrical Performance of an Intimate Moment (2023), comment on fan culture and celebrity performativity.

The event will conclude with a casual Q&A and the opportunity to get your copy of Art/Film signed. Books will be available to purchase at the cinema.

Link for tickets is in bio!

02/05/2026

📚🚗 Not long now until the Art/Film book tour begins!

The first stop of the tour is the , where attendees will get an exclusive early preview of Art/Film before its official release with a special FREE panel event hosted at the Brooklyn Public Library: DeKalb branch.

On Friday, May 8, from 4:30-6:00pm, Art/Film’s editor, , along with four of the anthology’s contributors — Duane Ebesu, , and — will explore the critical questions emerging from the anthology: When do movies become art? What is the role of the critic?

The FREE panel will take place at the DeKalb branch of BPL, located at 790 Bushwick Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11221.

Copies of Art/Film will be available to purchase at the event. Register for free via the link in our bio.

30/04/2026

Concluding our new book, Art/Film, is “The Moving Exhibit,” a collection of sixteen films that depict artists and their creations.

Carefully curated by and , this grouping provides readers with recommendations that expand further on the themes raised in the articles. The collection includes feature-length movies, short films and music videos from North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Despite their differing genres, styles and languages, these works come together to showcase the universal experience of making and sharing art. Each selection is accompanied by short curation notes from either Ishnoor or Shelby, explaining why they chose a particular work and what they found most intriguing about its artistic representation.

Alongside the collection, artist has produced an original illustration of the Film East Museum, a conceptual gallery space where a piece of art from each curated title is on display.

Enjoy 22 original essays and “The Moving Exhibit” curated collection when you buy a copy of Art/Film from the link in our bio.

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