About SINEKDOKS
The word SINEKDOKS /si-nɛk-dɑks/ is coined from three Indonesian words — sinema (cinema), sinekdoke (synecdoche), and paradoks (paradox). Cinema as a paradoxical vault: a part that contains the whole, a whole that reduces to a part. Over and over, again and again.
About Paskalis Damar
Paskalis is a film critic based in Bali. He started writing about films in 2013 — initially as a writing exercise, eventually as the thing that stuck when everything else moved on.
In 2016, he won Kritik Film Terpilih at Piala Maya for his write-up on Joko Anwar’s A Copy of My Mind, and received a nomination for the same category in 2017. His reviews have appeared in promotional materials for Indonesian and international theatrical releases, and on the Blu-ray cover of The Golden Cane Warriors for its international home release.
He has contributed to CineCrib, one of Indonesia’s leading film review platforms, and is a member of both the Indonesian Film Critics (IDFC) community and the Large Association of Movie Blogs (LAMB).
He holds a degree in English Education with a background in translation and linguistics.
SINEKDOKS is entirely his.
Follow him on X (formerly Twitter): @sinekdoks and Instagram: @bysinekdoks
Selected Reviews
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