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Films by Haneke, Von Trier, Tarantino, and Mendoza win coveted Cannes awards.

We were anxious as we made our way through the early morning crowds on the railway station. It was only nine o’clock and yet already the sun was making the air sticky and oppressive. The commuters sweated and jostled each other. Each Mumbai train was packed to its overflowing open doors. We rounded the end […]

Russians don’t use closets. They keep their clothes in wardrobes. Most Russians don’t have an excess of possessions so the storage space is unnecessary. Closets are an invention of the west, where people hide the things they don’t want seen. A Russian girl from Vladivostok in Siberia, Olga had longed to leave Russia for the […]