Ritika
@suninthebelly.bsky.social
Film historian and video essayist.
Assistant Professor at University of Warwick.
Previously at Goethe University and University of Chicago.
https://www.ritikakaushik.com/
Assistant Professor at University of Warwick.
Previously at Goethe University and University of Chicago.
https://www.ritikakaushik.com/
LA folks, don't miss this Thursday's screening of short experimental films from India: 'Nation and its Fragments' co-curated by Sean Batton and me at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
October 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
LA folks, don't miss this Thursday's screening of short experimental films from India: 'Nation and its Fragments' co-curated by Sean Batton and me at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
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The final episode of the podcast Animal-Vegetable-Mineral: A Podcast About All Things Documentary is now out -- our conversation with the Moroccan film director Asmae El Moudir about her fascinating film "The Mother of All Lies." Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/43rH...
July 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The final episode of the podcast Animal-Vegetable-Mineral: A Podcast About All Things Documentary is now out -- our conversation with the Moroccan film director Asmae El Moudir about her fascinating film "The Mother of All Lies." Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/43rH...
📣Here's the third episode of our podcast series "Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: A Podcast About All Things Documentary".
Of the interviews for our series, this one is, in some sense, the closest to this podcast’s concerns about the relationship between documentary film and the world.
Happy Listening!
Of the interviews for our series, this one is, in some sense, the closest to this podcast’s concerns about the relationship between documentary film and the world.
Happy Listening!
The 3rd episode of "Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: A Podcast About All Things Documentary" features a fascinating interview with the Italian eco-filmmaker Michelangelo Frammartino. Check it out! @suninthebelly.bsky.social @alisalebow.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0E4K...
open.spotify.com/episode/0E4K...
An interview with Italian eco-filmmaker Michelangelo Frammartino
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: The Podcast About All Things Documentary · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
📣Here's the third episode of our podcast series "Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: A Podcast About All Things Documentary".
Of the interviews for our series, this one is, in some sense, the closest to this podcast’s concerns about the relationship between documentary film and the world.
Happy Listening!
Of the interviews for our series, this one is, in some sense, the closest to this podcast’s concerns about the relationship between documentary film and the world.
Happy Listening!
Reposted by Ritika
The 3rd episode of "Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: A Podcast About All Things Documentary" features a fascinating interview with the Italian eco-filmmaker Michelangelo Frammartino. Check it out! @suninthebelly.bsky.social @alisalebow.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0E4K...
open.spotify.com/episode/0E4K...
An interview with Italian eco-filmmaker Michelangelo Frammartino
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: The Podcast About All Things Documentary · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The 3rd episode of "Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: A Podcast About All Things Documentary" features a fascinating interview with the Italian eco-filmmaker Michelangelo Frammartino. Check it out! @suninthebelly.bsky.social @alisalebow.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0E4K...
open.spotify.com/episode/0E4K...
📣Friends, we are so excited to share episode two of our podcast "Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: A Podcast About All Things Documentary." Go give it a listen and do share your feedback!
The 2nd episode of "Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: A Podcast About All Things Documentary": open.spotify.com/episode/4JY8...
featuring Alisa's interview with Deirdre Boyle on her new book about Rithy Panh, Cambodia's most important filmmaker.
@alisalebow.bsky.social, @suninthebelly.bsky.social
featuring Alisa's interview with Deirdre Boyle on her new book about Rithy Panh, Cambodia's most important filmmaker.
@alisalebow.bsky.social, @suninthebelly.bsky.social
Deirdre Boyle on her new book about Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: The Podcast About All Things Documentary · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
📣Friends, we are so excited to share episode two of our podcast "Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: A Podcast About All Things Documentary." Go give it a listen and do share your feedback!
Reposted by Ritika
The 2nd episode of "Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: A Podcast About All Things Documentary": open.spotify.com/episode/4JY8...
featuring Alisa's interview with Deirdre Boyle on her new book about Rithy Panh, Cambodia's most important filmmaker.
@alisalebow.bsky.social, @suninthebelly.bsky.social
featuring Alisa's interview with Deirdre Boyle on her new book about Rithy Panh, Cambodia's most important filmmaker.
@alisalebow.bsky.social, @suninthebelly.bsky.social
Deirdre Boyle on her new book about Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: The Podcast About All Things Documentary · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The 2nd episode of "Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: A Podcast About All Things Documentary": open.spotify.com/episode/4JY8...
featuring Alisa's interview with Deirdre Boyle on her new book about Rithy Panh, Cambodia's most important filmmaker.
@alisalebow.bsky.social, @suninthebelly.bsky.social
featuring Alisa's interview with Deirdre Boyle on her new book about Rithy Panh, Cambodia's most important filmmaker.
@alisalebow.bsky.social, @suninthebelly.bsky.social
Friends heading to SCMS Chicago, please come to our Friday morning panel "Videographic Approaches to Indian Cinema" organized by Neepa Majumdar, and with Anupama Prabhala, and Pavitra Sundar.
Here's a little sneak peek on what I am presenting
Here's a little sneak peek on what I am presenting
April 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Friends heading to SCMS Chicago, please come to our Friday morning panel "Videographic Approaches to Indian Cinema" organized by Neepa Majumdar, and with Anupama Prabhala, and Pavitra Sundar.
Here's a little sneak peek on what I am presenting
Here's a little sneak peek on what I am presenting
Introducing 📣
Animal Vegetable Mineral: A Podcast About All Things Documentary
A series of four audio episodes that delve into some of the current themes and debates in the field of documentary studies.
Co-produced by: @alisalebow.bsky.social @topiaryland.bsky.social, and me.
Animal Vegetable Mineral: A Podcast About All Things Documentary
A series of four audio episodes that delve into some of the current themes and debates in the field of documentary studies.
Co-produced by: @alisalebow.bsky.social @topiaryland.bsky.social, and me.
March 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Introducing 📣
Animal Vegetable Mineral: A Podcast About All Things Documentary
A series of four audio episodes that delve into some of the current themes and debates in the field of documentary studies.
Co-produced by: @alisalebow.bsky.social @topiaryland.bsky.social, and me.
Animal Vegetable Mineral: A Podcast About All Things Documentary
A series of four audio episodes that delve into some of the current themes and debates in the field of documentary studies.
Co-produced by: @alisalebow.bsky.social @topiaryland.bsky.social, and me.
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Congratulations to FTV’s Tiago de Luca and Chris O’Rourke, who are both shortlisted for the ‘Best Article or Chapter’ award for BAFTSS 2025.
March 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Congratulations to FTV’s Tiago de Luca and Chris O’Rourke, who are both shortlisted for the ‘Best Article or Chapter’ award for BAFTSS 2025.
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Just announced: Block Cinema hosts an offsite screening of THE WAITING ROOM, Karen Sperling's dreamlike narrative feature shot inside a mental institution by a 53-woman crew in 1973 and never released. Filmmaker in attendance! Screening 4/3 at Abbott Hall in downtown Chicago. RSVP bit.ly/NUSperl
March 10, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Just announced: Block Cinema hosts an offsite screening of THE WAITING ROOM, Karen Sperling's dreamlike narrative feature shot inside a mental institution by a 53-woman crew in 1973 and never released. Filmmaker in attendance! Screening 4/3 at Abbott Hall in downtown Chicago. RSVP bit.ly/NUSperl
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Out now… and in open access!
It can be read and download here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
It can be read and download here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
December 2, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Out now… and in open access!
It can be read and download here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
It can be read and download here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
This Wednesday at University College London
Friends in London, I will be giving a talk titled " State-Sponsored Documentary Asks the Woman’s Question"
at UCL on the 29th. Hope to see some familiar faces there.
www.ucl.ac.uk/european-lan...
at UCL on the 29th. Hope to see some familiar faces there.
www.ucl.ac.uk/european-lan...
UCL Film Studies Speaker Series: Ritika Kaushik (University of Warwick)
State-Sponsored Documentary Asks the Woman’s Question: Developmental Montage and Configurations of Indian Women.
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This Wednesday at University College London
Friends in London, I will be giving a talk titled " State-Sponsored Documentary Asks the Woman’s Question"
at UCL on the 29th. Hope to see some familiar faces there.
www.ucl.ac.uk/european-lan...
at UCL on the 29th. Hope to see some familiar faces there.
www.ucl.ac.uk/european-lan...
UCL Film Studies Speaker Series: Ritika Kaushik (University of Warwick)
State-Sponsored Documentary Asks the Woman’s Question: Developmental Montage and Configurations of Indian Women.
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Friends in London, I will be giving a talk titled " State-Sponsored Documentary Asks the Woman’s Question"
at UCL on the 29th. Hope to see some familiar faces there.
www.ucl.ac.uk/european-lan...
at UCL on the 29th. Hope to see some familiar faces there.
www.ucl.ac.uk/european-lan...
Teaching a film history and methods module for non-major students this term. It is a peculiar challenge to get them interested in film history but also get them excited about historical methods. Welcoming suggestions on what readings people use. I will be sharing weekly what we are doing in class
January 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Teaching a film history and methods module for non-major students this term. It is a peculiar challenge to get them interested in film history but also get them excited about historical methods. Welcoming suggestions on what readings people use. I will be sharing weekly what we are doing in class
Was missing some books and thought I would reread them, only to realize that we gave them away in the frenzy of scaling down during moving. It is that feeling of missing a friend whom you can no longer reach
a cartoon character is sitting at a desk with her eyes closed and a pearl necklace .
ALT: a cartoon character is sitting at a desk with her eyes closed and a pearl necklace .
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Was missing some books and thought I would reread them, only to realize that we gave them away in the frenzy of scaling down during moving. It is that feeling of missing a friend whom you can no longer reach
If you are attending the Visible Evidence XXX conference, do come for our panel "De-centering Histories and Geographies: New Practices and Aesthetics in Indian Non-fiction".
I am presenting online and now need to calculate how much caffeine I need to be alert at 5:00 am BST
I am presenting online and now need to calculate how much caffeine I need to be alert at 5:00 am BST
December 17, 2024 at 11:25 PM
If you are attending the Visible Evidence XXX conference, do come for our panel "De-centering Histories and Geographies: New Practices and Aesthetics in Indian Non-fiction".
I am presenting online and now need to calculate how much caffeine I need to be alert at 5:00 am BST
I am presenting online and now need to calculate how much caffeine I need to be alert at 5:00 am BST
tomorrow on my South Asian Cinema module
November 26, 2024 at 7:09 PM
tomorrow on my South Asian Cinema module
Topiary Landberg, @jmalitsky.bsky.social, and I just had our last meeting as elected members of the Visible Evidence Governing Council. Cheers to the incoming members Ilona Hongisto, Kim Munro, and Narmeen Ijaz and the exciting road ahead!
www.visibleevidence.org/visible-evid...
www.visibleevidence.org/visible-evid...
November 15, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Topiary Landberg, @jmalitsky.bsky.social, and I just had our last meeting as elected members of the Visible Evidence Governing Council. Cheers to the incoming members Ilona Hongisto, Kim Munro, and Narmeen Ijaz and the exciting road ahead!
www.visibleevidence.org/visible-evid...
www.visibleevidence.org/visible-evid...
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Hooray! The new issue of Media + Environment is out! It's coedited by Priya Jaikumar and Lee Grieveson and is dedicated to media and extraction:
mediaenviron.org/issue/11072
mediaenviron.org/issue/11072
Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2024 | Published by Media+Environment
Film and Extraction
mediaenviron.org
November 12, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Hooray! The new issue of Media + Environment is out! It's coedited by Priya Jaikumar and Lee Grieveson and is dedicated to media and extraction:
mediaenviron.org/issue/11072
mediaenviron.org/issue/11072
tell me you are an academic without telling me you are an academic
November 12, 2024 at 4:06 PM
tell me you are an academic without telling me you are an academic
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
November 12, 2024 at 12:18 AM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
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2023-24 brought most of the leading specialists on Satyajit Ray to Frankfurt. While in Frankfurt the speakers also participated in a research seminar entitled "Inida as method", which will soon come out as a book from meson.press/series-page/... satyajit-ray.de
Lecture & Film - Ein Auge für die Welt: Die Filme von Satyajit Ray - Ein Auge für die Welt: Die Filme von Satyajit Ray
Lecture & Film im Kino des Deutschen Filminstitut und Filmmuseum. Das Kino von Satyajit Ray“ im Zeitalter nach der Globalisierung.
satyajit-ray.de
November 10, 2024 at 11:07 PM
2023-24 brought most of the leading specialists on Satyajit Ray to Frankfurt. While in Frankfurt the speakers also participated in a research seminar entitled "Inida as method", which will soon come out as a book from meson.press/series-page/... satyajit-ray.de
Leaving this here for good vibes
SRK in one word
Made for @arielavissar.bsky.social and Vicente Rodríguez Ortega's Screen Stars Dictionary, Tecmerin, 2023.
vimeo.com/875575478
SRK in one word
Made for @arielavissar.bsky.social and Vicente Rodríguez Ortega's Screen Stars Dictionary, Tecmerin, 2023.
vimeo.com/875575478
Shah Rukh Khan. Screen Stars Dictionary. By Ritika Kaushik (Goethe University, Frankfurt)
Screen Stars Dictionary entry about Shah Rukh Khan. By Ritika Kaushik
vimeo.com
November 11, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Leaving this here for good vibes
SRK in one word
Made for @arielavissar.bsky.social and Vicente Rodríguez Ortega's Screen Stars Dictionary, Tecmerin, 2023.
vimeo.com/875575478
SRK in one word
Made for @arielavissar.bsky.social and Vicente Rodríguez Ortega's Screen Stars Dictionary, Tecmerin, 2023.
vimeo.com/875575478
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One of my all time favourite video essays is on YouTube: Maryam Tafakory's 2020 work IRANI BAG.
"Collating scenes of mediated intimacy in Iranian cinema, Maryam Tafakory's 'Irani Bag' is a quietly moving instruction on 'how to touch without touching'" [Essay Film Festival]
youtu.be/jz7nOzBv7eE?...
"Collating scenes of mediated intimacy in Iranian cinema, Maryam Tafakory's 'Irani Bag' is a quietly moving instruction on 'how to touch without touching'" [Essay Film Festival]
youtu.be/jz7nOzBv7eE?...
Irani Bag / کیف ایرانی by Maryam Tafakory
YouTube video by maryam tafakory
youtu.be
November 11, 2024 at 1:56 PM
One of my all time favourite video essays is on YouTube: Maryam Tafakory's 2020 work IRANI BAG.
"Collating scenes of mediated intimacy in Iranian cinema, Maryam Tafakory's 'Irani Bag' is a quietly moving instruction on 'how to touch without touching'" [Essay Film Festival]
youtu.be/jz7nOzBv7eE?...
"Collating scenes of mediated intimacy in Iranian cinema, Maryam Tafakory's 'Irani Bag' is a quietly moving instruction on 'how to touch without touching'" [Essay Film Festival]
youtu.be/jz7nOzBv7eE?...