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Django Unchained

Django Unchained

There is no subtext at all to this film. It has a thin, simple and debatably silly plot.

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Tradition of the tile

Tradition of the tile

For anyone interested in the architectural heritage of the Indus Valley, this book will definitely be indispensable.

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Citizen Khan

Citizen Khan

BBC’s Citizen Khan’s narrative veers between the family home and the local mosque.

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The Reluctant Fundamentalist

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Mira Nair’s adaptation of Mohsin Hamid’s 2007 book.

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The Obama doctrine

The Obama doctrine

It is interesting to learn who authorised the initial cyber attacks on Iran.

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The Newsroom

The Newsroom

The thematic concerns are just as lofty in The Newsrooms as in Sorkin’s previous shows.

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Assault on the senses

Assault on the senses

One of the first things that strikes you as you walk around the exhibition is the sheer range of work that Damien Hirst has produced throughout his career, as well as the expense of the materials used.

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New perspectives, newer possibilities

New perspectives, newer possibilities

Chinese artist Zhou Bin executed a performance that questioned the blanket accusation of ‘terrorist’ faced by Pakistani citizens from the rest of the world.

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Saving Face

Saving Face

When Zakia, one of the focal characters in the film, tries to divorce her husband, a drug addict and alcoholic, he douses her in battery acid outside the courthouse.

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Islamic aesthetic

Islamic aesthetic

After an eight-year, 50 million dollar renovation, the old Arts of the Islamic World wing has been renamed “The New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and later South Asia.

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