Exotic and irrational entertainment

...books, opera, Bollywood, and other indefensible obsessions

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Monday, May 30, 2011

Men against women: 7 Khoon Maaf, No One Killed Jessica, and Pardes

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7 Khoon Maaf (Seven Forgiven Murders, 2011) is Vishal Bhardwaj's attempt at a modern film noir . According to a typology proposed by Jo...
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Friday, May 27, 2011

Vikram Chandra's Sacred Games

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A vast range of classic and contemporary Bollywood films are alluded to over the course of Vikram Chandra's 950-page novel Sacred Games ...
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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Lark Rise to Candleford

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We've become addicted to BBC literary adaptations, and are currently halfway through the excellent first season of Lark Rise to Candlefo...
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Sunday, May 8, 2011

Ian Bostridge with Les Violons du Roy

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Ian Bostridge has been touring with a program devoted to music written for three 18th-century tenors: Francesco Borosini, who originated the...
Wednesday, May 4, 2011

The Borrowers: Road, Movie and Action Replayy

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Dev Benegal's Road, Movie (2009) holds out the promise of being a cross between Y Tu Mama Tambien and Cinema Paradiso . Like the forme...
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