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Landmarks review – Lucrecia Martel’s beautiful account of an Indigenous murder case

Martel’s documentary about the shooting of Javier Chocobar is a mannered and dignified work, laden with post-colonial tension and the weight of institutionsThe great doyenne of Argentine cinema, writer-director Lucrecia Martel (La Ciénaga, The Holy Girl, The Headless Woman), ventures into documentary to cover a murder trial, the issues of which spill out into very Martelian areas of concern: land and terrain as an active force in people’s lives, the tension between Indigenous people and the...

‘Argentina needs to end its fantasy of being a European country’: Lucrecia Martel on the story of a killing

Argentinian filmmaker Lucrecia Martel discusses the themes of racism, paternalism, and infantilisation towards Indigenous people in her new documentary, *Landmarks*. The film includes a scene where a tour guide depicts Indigenous people as invaders in a Catholic church, which is then contrasted with the Indigenous community's reaction to this narrative. Martel uses this to explore the deep-seated prejudice within her homeland.

‘Argentina needs to end its fantasy of being a European country’: Lucrecia Martel on the story of a killing

The film-maker talks about her homeland’s ‘racism, paternalism and infantilisation’ towards Indigenous people and her award-winning documentary about a community leader’s murderIn one scene from Landmarks, the new documentary by the Argentinian film-maker Lucrecia Martel, a tour guide shows children a painting on the ceiling of a Catholic church depicting how “Indigenous attempted to break into the city”. “See how these angels fought to keep the Indigenous out, and they sent these beams to...

Landmarks review – Lucrecia Martel’s beautiful account of an Indigenous murder case

Argentina’s ‘European’ self-image under renewed scrutiny after racist incidents in Brazil

Argentina’s ‘European’ self-image under renewed scrutiny after racist incidents in Brazil

Efficient and accurate neural-field reconstruction using resistive memory

Abstract Applications such as medical imaging, augmented and virtual reality, and embodied artificial intelligence (AI) depend on the ability to reconstruct complex signals from sparse observations. These applications are characterized by incomplete measurements and limited computational resources. Traditional approaches to digital hardware face the following challenges: explicit signal representations require heavy sampling and storage, data movement across the von Neumann bottleneck...

Mango founder death inquiry: judge looks for possible accomplices of the suspected son

The judge is probing whether Jonathan Andic’s associates were involved in the events around the Mango founder’s death. The defence condemns a 'premature social verdict' and insists the fall was an accident. The judicial investigation into the death of Isak Andic, founder of fashion giant Mango, has taken a new turn.