Monday, December 29, 2025

Filmbar screening of Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value (2025) at Research and Publication Centre (RPC) on Friday, January 2, 2026 at 5:00 pm

Filmbar screening of Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value (2025) at Research and Publication Centre (RPC) on Friday, January 2, 2026 at 5:00 pm. We are ringing in the New Year with a change from Saturday to Friday for all screenings from now on at the request of our participating members.

Sentimental Value revolves around sisters Nora and Agnes reuniting with their estranged father, Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. Nora turns it down, but soon discovers he's given the part to an eager young Hollywood star. The two siblings must now navigate a complicated relationship with Gustav while dealing with an American actress dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.

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

The screening of the film will be followed by an informal discussion over tea.

Rashed Rahman
Editor, Pakistan Monthly Review (PMR) (link: pakistanmonthlyreview.com)
Director, Research and Publication Centre (RPC) (on Facebook).
Email: rashed.rahman1@gmail.com
Cells: 0302 8482737 & 0333 4216335


Tuesday, December 2, 2025

The December 2025 issue of Pakistan Monthly Review (PMR) is out

The December 2025 issue of Pakistan Monthly Review (PMR) is out. Link: pakistanmonthlyreview.com

Contents:

1. Rashed Rahman: Marx and the Asiatic Mode of Production – II.
2. Samer Attar: On Bearing Witness.
3. Arnaud Bertrand: How long can China play the “rare earths card”?
4. Human Rights Watch: Afghanistan: Taliban Trample Media Freedom.
5. Vijay Prashad: Seven Theses on the Gen Z Uprisings in the Global South.
6. Susan Watkins: Israel after Fordow.
7. Saulat Nagi: “A Land of Slaves Shall Never Be Mine”.
8. Ray Nunes: From Marx to Mao – And After – IV: The ‘Four Modernisations’.
9. Navid Shahzad: Pakistan Here and Now: The Language of the Heart – V: The Significance of Hope.

Rashed Rahman

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

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