{"id":3026,"date":"2017-10-18T12:38:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T11:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/?p=3026"},"modified":"2017-10-18T12:38:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T11:38:23","slug":"2nd-movie-night-25-oct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/brussels-news-events\/2017\/10\/18\/2nd-movie-night-25-oct\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Movie Night 25 Oct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;color: black\">Dear BSIS war buffs,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;color: black\">after the resounding start of the BSIS Conflict and Security movie evenings,\u00a0our second\u00a0<strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif\">movie night<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0is only a week away. We will reconvene on\u00a0<strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif\">25 October<\/span><\/strong>, from\u00a0<strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;background: white\">7 pm to 9.30 pm\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"background: white\">in the Auditorium to watch\u00a0<strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif\">Restrepo<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(2010) together. This documentary of America&#8217;s war in Afghanistan has been labelled &#8216;apolitical&#8217;;\u00a0\u2018an exercise in visceral intimacy\u2019, and last not least\u00a0&#8216;the best war film ever made&#8217;.\u00a0If you loved Kathryn Bigelow\u2019s\u00a0<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif\">The Hurt Locker <\/span><\/em>(2008), you will be blown away by\u00a0<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif\">Restrepo.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;color: black\">Here\u2019s a Rolling Stones\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/movies\/reviews\/restrepo-20100625\" target=\"_blank\">synopsis<\/a><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>of the film. For a review in NYT, see\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/06\/25\/movies\/25restrepo.html\nCmd+Click or tap to follow the link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/06\/25\/movies\/25restrepo.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>; in\u00a0<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif\">The Independent<\/span><\/em>, see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/news\/restrepo-is-this-the-greatest-war-film-ever-2102421.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>,\u00a0and in\u00a0<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif\">The Guardian<\/span><\/em>, see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2010\/oct\/07\/restrepo-film-review\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Yet another review in the Slant magazine, available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.slantmagazine.com\/film\/review\/restrepo\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;color: black\">And for Tim Hetherington\u2019s obituary, one of the producers of\u00a0<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif\">Restrepo<\/span><\/em>\u00a0who was killed in the Libyan civil war in 2011,<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em>see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2011\/apr\/21\/tim-hetherington-obituary\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;color: black\">Hoping to see many of you there next Wednesday!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;color: black\">All best,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;color: black\">Maria\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Yvan<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear BSIS war buffs, after the resounding start of the BSIS Conflict and Security movie evenings,\u00a0our second\u00a0movie night\u00a0is only a week away. 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