https://mrqe.com Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:50:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://mrqe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MRQE-favicon-1.png https://mrqe.com 32 32 https://mrqe.com/movie/last-things-m100145893/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/last-things-m100145893/ Evolution and extinction from the point of view of rocks. A humid take on minerals, where sci-fi meets sci-fact. The geo-biosphere is a place of evolutionary possibility, where humans disappear but life endures.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/the-illinois-parables-m100118859/ Fri, 12 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/the-illinois-parables-m100118859/ From dreamy aerial opening shots, we are sent on an expedition through the storied land of our fifth most populous state, Illinois, often called a miniature version of America. Deborah Stratmans experimental documentary explores how physical landscapes and human politics can each re-interpret historical events. Eleven parables relay histories of settlement, removal, technological breakthrough, violence, messianism, and resistance. Who gets to write historyphysical monuments, official news accounts, or personal spoken-word memories?

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/kings-of-the-sky-m100082875/ Fri, 12 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/kings-of-the-sky-m100082875/ Adil Hoxur, descended from a line of Dawaz tightrope artists, performs nightly with his troupe in Chinas Taklamakan desert, among the Uyghurs, a Turkic Muslim people seeking religious and political autonomy. Shot over four months, this experimental documentary takes shape as a travelogue, ethnographic visual poem, and advocacy video for the preservation of a traditional art form. – MoMA

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