Lezginka! I don’t think you even need to like this movie in order to feel goosebumps crawling up your arms as you watch this one. If you can’t read the Russian subtitles and don’t understand Chechen, the kid expresses admiration for the knife, and the man gives it to him. After the dance, the kid’sContinue reading “Mikhalkov’s “12”: One of the most glorious moments in modern Russian cinema”
Category Archives: Kultur
Congratulations to Russia AND Ukraine
Thank you for a fun Eurovision. It’s not cool to care about these contests, but whatever. Screw you, stiff-upper-lippy types, and screw everyone nattering on about “we need to have a contest just for Western countries! Why I was livid that these creatures, who ought to be hoovering my living room or performing a differentContinue reading “Congratulations to Russia AND Ukraine”
Fun Online Reading For You!
OK, so we’ve been busy improving the features on the Arab-themed magazine (improvements to the general-themed international magazine will soon follow), particularly as it relates to the browsing experience. So, for example, now you can read up on topics featuring Muslim women with all of the related articles grouped together nicely for your enjoyment. AnotherContinue reading “Fun Online Reading For You!”
Zombie Purism: My Creepy Creature Can Beat Up Your Creepy Creature!
Continuing with the theme of terrifying creatures – how about them zombies? Particularly, how about the representations of zombies in film? Even more particularly – should zombies walk, or should they run? Now, the debates about walking vs. running are at the surface of zombie purism, yet at the heart of it also lies theContinue reading “Zombie Purism: My Creepy Creature Can Beat Up Your Creepy Creature!”
D.C. Madam commits suicide, pigs sprout wings, and the aliens bring back Elvis
Forgive me for being just a tad suspicious in the wake of this death. Deborah Palfrey, the famous D.C. madam, probably knew a lot of secrets. Her continued existence was inconvenient and irritating to many people. She could have easily written the sort of bestselling memoir that could make publishers weep at her feet (thoughContinue reading “D.C. Madam commits suicide, pigs sprout wings, and the aliens bring back Elvis”
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