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Film
European Cultural Studies in Favour of the Glorious Palestinian People, or "It Must Be Heaven"
Elia Suleiman made a film whose hero changes almost nothing — which is exactly what leaves you alone with your own conclusions.
Play
Two on a Swing: Where Am I in This, and Am I Wanted
Not a recommendation but an attempt to think it through — written straight after the run at the Lensoviet Theatre.
Play
Looking for Inspiration, or How to Live Among Robots and Keep Your Head
How "Robot Kostya" came about — Russia's first robotic theatre production, where it turned out Chekhovian passions were within a robot's range after all.
Album
Vera Polozkova — "High Resolution"
Poems that find more breath in the music each time round, and end up better listening than most songs.
Series
How to Keep Your Head in This World — The Queen's Gambit, by the Rules and Otherwise
"The Queen's Gambit" made chess reachable even for people who've held a queen maybe twice in their lives.
Space
In the Eye of the Beholder, or Dom Radio — Irrational and Grand
Since Teodor Currentzis arrived, Dom Radio has become the city's fixed point. On a building you walk into in order to come out different.