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I can’t tell you a lot. Except, watch Kahaani, a 2012 Hindi-language thriller directed by Sujoy Ghosh. My one hint…
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The Vanishing Half
“The hardest part about becoming someone else was deciding to. The rest was only logistics.” Stella, The Vanishing Half I…
Heart in a Bottle
Dear Hsieh With You readers, happy new year. What a year 2020 has been. And I think I can safely…
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The title of this post is a bit misleading. Totoro has always been somewhat electronic. Joe Hisaishi My Neighbor Totoro…
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In the time of coronavirus lockdown, chasing the romantic sublime in Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
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