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The vivid memory-scapes of Hong Kong master Wong Kar Wai

Every Wong film is made with this conviction that music at once encodes and unleashes memories

By Tanjil Rashid

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The Venus de Marlene

Dietrich is a monument of Western culture

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The White Pube is inane, modish and safe

The White Pube reviewed

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A cautionary tale about how democracy can subvert itself

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