Sunday, 18 Oct, 2026

Beyond the Hype: Decoding the Sociocultural Resonance of Jumbo

When the curtains were finally beginning to close on the theatrical run of the Indonesian animated feature Jumbo, and the official box office count had already surpassed ten million admissions, I finally decided to step into a cinema to see what all the noise was about. To be perfectly honest, I had been reluctant—even resistant. […]