Filmbàr screening of Gurvinder Singh's Anhey Ghorey Da Daan (2011) at Research and Publication Centre (RPC) on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 5pm

Filmbàr screening of Gurvinder Singh's Anhey Ghorey Da Daan (2011) at Research and Publication Centre (RPC) on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 5pm.

The film is set in a village on the outskirts of Bathinda city, where the Dalit villagers work in the fields of the local landlord. It is a village where Dalit people are trying hard to make peace with their existence. Daily rituals betray their simmering anger and their helplessness. The landlord has sold his plots to an industry that has demolished the house of one of the villagers who refuses to vacate it. The elderly farmer's son is a rickshaw puller in the nearby town. The rickshaw pullers have gone on a strike that has turned violent. Both father and son are equally clueless about their futures.

The screening will be followed by a discussion over tea.

Address: Research and Publication Centre (RPC), 2nd floor, 65 Main Boulevard Gulberg, Lahore (next to Standard Chartered Bank, above Indesign showroom).

Rashed Rahman

Editor, Pakistan Monthly Review (PMR) (link: pakistanmonthlyreview.com)

Director, Research and Publication Centre (RPC) (on Facebook)

Khirki screening of Satyajit Ray's "Days and Nights in the Forest" (1970) at Research and Publication Centre (RPC) on Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 5:00 pm

Khirki screening of Satyajit Ray's "Days and Nights in the Forest" (1970) at Research and Publication Centre (RPC) on Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 5:00 pm. 

The movie is a landmark of Indian parallel cinema and one of the most celebrated psychological dramas in the history of Indian filmmaking. Set against the backdrop of the tribal Palamu district in Jharkhand, the film follows four educated, urban friends from Calcutta — Asim, Sanjoy, Hari, and Shekhar — who drive to a forest bungalow for a holiday. Their trip takes an unexpected turn when they meet two enigmatic women, Aparna and Jaya, and a local Santhal woman named Duli. As their carefully constructed urban personas begin to crack, the film explores the transformation of casual privilege into uncomfortable self-awareness, the illusions of bourgeois superiority, and the subtle dynamics of class, masculinity, and morality.

The film explores the tensions between city and countryside, the fragility of male ego, and the quiet moments of self-reckoning that arise when people are forced out of their comfort zones. A vital document of Indian parallel cinema's engagement with the inner lives of the bourgeoisie, it was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 20th Berlin International Film Festival and received a standing ovation at the New York Film Festival in 1970.

Join us for an evening of cinema, history and discussion at the Research & Publication Centre.

📍 Research & Publication Centre, 65 Main Boulevard, Gulberg, Lahore

🗓️ Saturday, 17 October

🕔 5pm

Rashed Rahman

Editor, Pakistan Monthly Review (PMR) (link: pakistanmonthlyreview.com)

Director, Research and Publication Centre (RPC) (on Facebook)

Filmbàr screening of Yorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth (2009) at Research and Publication Centre (RPC) on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 5pm

Filmbàr screening of Yorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth (2009) at Research and Publication Centre (RPC) on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 5pm.

Through a volatile mixture of indoctrination, misinformation, and fear, three grown-up siblings--a brother and two sisters--find themselves confined to an isolated family villa. However, being kept on a short leash since birth can only mean one thing: the siblings have been relying on their cold, manipulative parents to learn about the ways of the world their entire lives. Of course, no one knows why the cruel patriarch and his frigid wife deliberately keep their submissive children in the dark. After all, they say ignorance is bliss, and freedom is nothing but a word. But nothing lasts forever. And when corrosive influence in the shape of young security guard Christina enters the equation, sweet, baffling temptation threatens years of meticulous mind-programming. Is the grass greener on the other side of the fence? With this in mind, how can an ordinary dogtooth stand in the way of happiness?

The screening will be followed by a discussion over tea. Lift is operational.

Address: Research and Publication Centre (RPC), 2nd Floor, 65 Main Boulevard Gulberg, Lahore (next to Standard Chartered Bank, above Indesign showroom).

Rashed Rahman

Editor, Pakistan Monthly Review (PMR) (link: pakistanmonthlyreview.com)

Director, Research and Publication Centre (RPC) (on Facebook) 

Best wishes,

- Zarik.

Filmbàr screening of Michael Haneke's Amour (2012) at Research and Publication Centre (RPC) on Friday, October 09, 2026, at 5pm

Filmbàr screening of Michael Haneke's Amour (2012) at Research and Publication Centre (RPC) on Friday, October 09, 2026, at 5pm.

Georges and Anne are a couple of retired music teachers enjoying life in their eighties. However, Anne suddenly has a stroke at breakfast and their lives are never the same. That incident begins Anne's harrowingly steep physical and mental decline as Georges attempts to care for her at home as she wishes. Even as the fruits of their lives and career remain bright, the couple's hopes for some dignity prove a dispiriting struggle even as their daughter enters the conflict. In the end, George, with his love fighting against his own weariness and diminished future on top of Anne's, is driven to make some critical decisions for them both.

The screening will be followed by a discussion over tea. Lift is operational.

Address: Research and Publication Centre (RPC), 2nd Floor, 65 Main Boulevard Gulberg, Lahore (next to Standard Chartered Bank, above Indesign showroom).

Rashed Rahman

Editor, Pakistan Monthly Review (PMR) (link: pakistanmonthlyreview.com)

Director, Research and Publication Centre (RPC) (on Facebook)

The October 2026 issue of Pakistan Monthly Review (PMR) is out

The October 2026 issue of Pakistan Monthly Review (PMR) is out. Link: pakistanmonthlyreview.com

Contents:

 

1. Rashed Rahman: Marx’s analysis of capitalism.
2. Vijay Prashad: Social Power is Built before it is Seen.
3. Mohammad Qazilbash: From Subjects to Citizens: Pakistan’s Unfinished Independence.
4. Ben Norton: Huge scandal exposes how US uses criminals to manipulate elections in Latin America.
5. Tariq Ali: Empire as a Way of Life.
6. Human Rights Watch: Anti-terrorism bill threatens fair trials.
7. Saulat Nagi: Balochistan’s Imbroglio: A Marxist Gramscian Perspective – II.
8. Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur: The Necropolitics in Balochistan: Memories, Emotions, Identity – II.
9. Ashraf Jehangir Qazi: Preserving Pakistan.
10. Abbas Zaidi: Jahanzeb Tipu: Obituarising a Man Who Refuses to Die.

Rashed Rahman

Editor, Pakistan Monthly Review (PMR) (link: pakistanmonthlyreview.com)

Director, Research and Publication Centre (RPC) (on Facebook)