Öykü Sofuoğlu
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Öykü Sofuoğlu
@feridemercury.com
· Apr 5
Was planning to share this a bit later, as I didn’t want to take up too much space while 299 students—as well as journalists, politicians, and architects—are being unlawfully imprisoned in my country by a corrupt and inhumane government.
the wait is over. my annual film criticism wrapped stats are here
December 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
the wait is over. my annual film criticism wrapped stats are here
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For Ultra Dogme, I wrote about the cinema of João César Monteiro, touching on a number of his films including God's Comedy, Recollections of the Yellow House and What Shall I Do With This Sword? through the perspective of Revolution. ultradogme.com/2025/12/26/j...
Blasphemy and Freedom: João César Monteiro's Post-Revolutionary Cinema - Ultra Dogme
Justine Smith dives into the defiant, bacchanalian and melancholy cinema of João César Monteiro.
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December 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
For Ultra Dogme, I wrote about the cinema of João César Monteiro, touching on a number of his films including God's Comedy, Recollections of the Yellow House and What Shall I Do With This Sword? through the perspective of Revolution. ultradogme.com/2025/12/26/j...
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Et @feridemercury.com, @untrenoculto.bsky.social, et @aguilarcandanedo.bsky.social y vont de leurs choix aussi. Le cinéma avec tous ses grands écarts de goûts, de formes, et de géographies. Lisez et écoutez @outskirtsmag.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Et @feridemercury.com, @untrenoculto.bsky.social, et @aguilarcandanedo.bsky.social y vont de leurs choix aussi. Le cinéma avec tous ses grands écarts de goûts, de formes, et de géographies. Lisez et écoutez @outskirtsmag.bsky.social
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@outskirtsmag.bsky.social: le podcast. Notre année 2025. J'y parle du JLG qui nous reste, de Meilleurat qui refait Mouchette pour le 21ème siècle, d'un monument de Fukasaku sans yakuza, et d'une bombe documentaire d'une 20aine de minutes sur le fascisme états-uniens
open.spotify.com/episode/2UiC...
open.spotify.com/episode/2UiC...
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December 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
@outskirtsmag.bsky.social: le podcast. Notre année 2025. J'y parle du JLG qui nous reste, de Meilleurat qui refait Mouchette pour le 21ème siècle, d'un monument de Fukasaku sans yakuza, et d'une bombe documentaire d'une 20aine de minutes sur le fascisme états-uniens
open.spotify.com/episode/2UiC...
open.spotify.com/episode/2UiC...
it's really hard to make peace with autoimmune and hereditary diseases. unfortunately i have a bunch of them and there's not a single day when i don't regret being who i am.
December 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
it's really hard to make peace with autoimmune and hereditary diseases. unfortunately i have a bunch of them and there's not a single day when i don't regret being who i am.
ophthalmologist today: did you know that you have a congenital retinal disease?
me: (after spending my entire life half-blind) no shit?
me: (after spending my entire life half-blind) no shit?
December 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
ophthalmologist today: did you know that you have a congenital retinal disease?
me: (after spending my entire life half-blind) no shit?
me: (after spending my entire life half-blind) no shit?
Had the chance to write about Hlynur Pálmason’s delightful and invigorating The Love That Remains, whose unrestrained and malleable approach to narrative and visual economy I deeply adored.
www.filmexplorer.ch/detail/the-l...
www.filmexplorer.ch/detail/the-l...
The Love that Remains
www.filmexplorer.ch
December 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Had the chance to write about Hlynur Pálmason’s delightful and invigorating The Love That Remains, whose unrestrained and malleable approach to narrative and visual economy I deeply adored.
www.filmexplorer.ch/detail/the-l...
www.filmexplorer.ch/detail/the-l...
pierre clementi - visa de censure n° X
December 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
pierre clementi - visa de censure n° X
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Ca y est, @outskirtsmag.bsky.social a son podcast. J'y serai régulièrement mais pas à chaque fois, mais ça vaudra la peine d'être écouté à chaque fois. La première sur Borowczyck, et pour le prochain, nous parlerons de nos expériences cinéma en 2025 - nouveautés et redécouvertes.
We're delighted to announce the launch of the Outskirts Film Podcast, a bi-monthly podcast about cult movies, experimental film, popular cinema, and everything in between and at the peripheries.
Rate, subscribe & follow us wherever you get your podcasts.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Rate, subscribe & follow us wherever you get your podcasts.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
December 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Ca y est, @outskirtsmag.bsky.social a son podcast. J'y serai régulièrement mais pas à chaque fois, mais ça vaudra la peine d'être écouté à chaque fois. La première sur Borowczyck, et pour le prochain, nous parlerons de nos expériences cinéma en 2025 - nouveautés et redécouvertes.
Reposted by Öykü Sofuoğlu
cherche une place pour la projection de caravaggio ce soir à mk2 bibliothèque
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
cherche une place pour la projection de caravaggio ce soir à mk2 bibliothèque
cherche une place pour la projection de caravaggio ce soir à mk2 bibliothèque
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
cherche une place pour la projection de caravaggio ce soir à mk2 bibliothèque
Reposted by Öykü Sofuoğlu
We're delighted to announce the launch of the Outskirts Film Podcast, a bi-monthly podcast about cult movies, experimental film, popular cinema, and everything in between and at the peripheries.
Rate, subscribe & follow us wherever you get your podcasts.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Rate, subscribe & follow us wherever you get your podcasts.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
December 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We're delighted to announce the launch of the Outskirts Film Podcast, a bi-monthly podcast about cult movies, experimental film, popular cinema, and everything in between and at the peripheries.
Rate, subscribe & follow us wherever you get your podcasts.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Rate, subscribe & follow us wherever you get your podcasts.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Reposted by Öykü Sofuoğlu
Episodes hosted by Alonso Aguilar, Christopher Small, and Öykü Sofuoğlu (@feridemercury.com) and will feature regular appearances by the whole Outskirts team - Diego Cepeda (@untrenoculto.bsky.social), Raymond Shik, and Nathan Letoré (@nlltr.bsky.social) - as well as other guests.
December 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Episodes hosted by Alonso Aguilar, Christopher Small, and Öykü Sofuoğlu (@feridemercury.com) and will feature regular appearances by the whole Outskirts team - Diego Cepeda (@untrenoculto.bsky.social), Raymond Shik, and Nathan Letoré (@nlltr.bsky.social) - as well as other guests.
I started writing a short story in French and I have no idea whether it's good or bad. I feel excited yet insecure about it.
December 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I started writing a short story in French and I have no idea whether it's good or bad. I feel excited yet insecure about it.
Quelle chance de pouvoir écrire en profondeur sur L'Agent secret, l'un de mes gros coups de cœur de l'année. Kleber Mendonça Filho délivre un film où le cinéma opère comme source, filtre et réceptacle de la mémoire collective. À lire dans Filmexplorer :
www.filmexplorer.ch/detail/o-age...
www.filmexplorer.ch/detail/o-age...
O agente secreto
[…] Le cinéma, chez Mendonça Filho, semble inséparable de l’imaginaire et de la mémoire collective ; non seulement par les images projetées, mais aussi à travers les lieux qu’il intègre dans la vie ur...
www.filmexplorer.ch
December 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Quelle chance de pouvoir écrire en profondeur sur L'Agent secret, l'un de mes gros coups de cœur de l'année. Kleber Mendonça Filho délivre un film où le cinéma opère comme source, filtre et réceptacle de la mémoire collective. À lire dans Filmexplorer :
www.filmexplorer.ch/detail/o-age...
www.filmexplorer.ch/detail/o-age...
Some humble musings on Kevin B. Lee's Afterlives. feridemercury.com/2025/11/18/e...
External Death Drive: Afterlives (2025)
In the context of cinematic representation, the frame gives a sense of grounding. It contains and stabilizes the image; it directs the gaze. Even in the most puzzling configurations, the frame main…
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November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Some humble musings on Kevin B. Lee's Afterlives. feridemercury.com/2025/11/18/e...
Altyazı'nın 21. Yüzyılın En İyi Filmleri çalışması için yolladığım kişisel liste:
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Altyazı'nın 21. Yüzyılın En İyi Filmleri çalışması için yolladığım kişisel liste:
Mon entretien avec Rita Azevedo Gomes autour de son nouveau film Fuck the Polis est désormais en ligne. Je suis très heureuse d’avoir pu discuter longuement avec elle et d’explorer sa vision du cinéma en profondeur.
debordements.fr/rita-azevedo...
debordements.fr/rita-azevedo...
Rita Azevedo Gomes – Débordements
debordements.fr
October 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Mon entretien avec Rita Azevedo Gomes autour de son nouveau film Fuck the Polis est désormais en ligne. Je suis très heureuse d’avoir pu discuter longuement avec elle et d’explorer sa vision du cinéma en profondeur.
debordements.fr/rita-azevedo...
debordements.fr/rita-azevedo...
Luca Guadagnino (photo by yours truly)
October 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Luca Guadagnino (photo by yours truly)
outfit idea for my upcoming luca guadagnino interview
October 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
outfit idea for my upcoming luca guadagnino interview
I don’t want to complain about it too much but after five years, I still feel like an outsider among French critics and when I go back to Turkey, I feel the same because Turkish critics always tend to ignore me and never acknowledge the work I’ve been doing. It’s exhausting.
October 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I don’t want to complain about it too much but after five years, I still feel like an outsider among French critics and when I go back to Turkey, I feel the same because Turkish critics always tend to ignore me and never acknowledge the work I’ve been doing. It’s exhausting.
my humble contributions to this year's viennale catalogue:
October 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
my humble contributions to this year's viennale catalogue:
Geçtiğimiz hafta takip etme şansı bulduğum Adana Altın Koza'dan izlenimlerim yayında. Bu ülkede fikirlerimizi, eylemlerimizi, mücadelemizi, hattâ neredeyse tüm varoluşumuzu “rağmen” edatının kırılgan zemini üzerine inşa ettiğimizi hatırlatan filmlere dair...
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32. Altın Koza İzlenimleri: Ev, Uçan Köfteci, Gündüz Apollon Gece Athena, O da Bir Şey mi, Buradayım, İyiyim - Altyazı Sinema Dergisi
27 Eylül Cumartesi günü ödülleri sahiplerini bulan 32. Uluslararası Adana Altın Koza Film Festivali'nin Ulusal Uzun Metraj Film Yarışması'nda öne çıkan filmlere dair kısa kısa…
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October 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Geçtiğimiz hafta takip etme şansı bulduğum Adana Altın Koza'dan izlenimlerim yayında. Bu ülkede fikirlerimizi, eylemlerimizi, mücadelemizi, hattâ neredeyse tüm varoluşumuzu “rağmen” edatının kırılgan zemini üzerine inşa ettiğimizi hatırlatan filmlere dair...
altyazi.net/yazilar/seyi...
altyazi.net/yazilar/seyi...
lee kang-sheng's carbon footprint > taylor swift's carbon footprint
September 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
lee kang-sheng's carbon footprint > taylor swift's carbon footprint
Had a busy few weeks after Locarno and Venice, so I’m only sharing this now: my interview with the remarkable editor Dominique Auvray, to whom we owe films by Duras, Pedro Costa, Wang Bing and many others, is in @outskirtsmag.bsky.social's 3rd issue. Many thanks to Dominique and Christopher!
September 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Had a busy few weeks after Locarno and Venice, so I’m only sharing this now: my interview with the remarkable editor Dominique Auvray, to whom we owe films by Duras, Pedro Costa, Wang Bing and many others, is in @outskirtsmag.bsky.social's 3rd issue. Many thanks to Dominique and Christopher!