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  • Bloom

    Beach House

    A record to get lost in

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  • Sweet Heart, Sweet Light

    Spiritualized

    J. Spaceman takes flight again.

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  • Mixed Emotions

    Tanlines

    Underground pop that’s friendly and futuristic.

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  • World, You Need a Change of Mind

    Kindness

    World, you need Kindness.

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  • Satantango

    László Krasznahorkai

    A fiendish masterpiece.

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  • Life Sentences

    William H. Gass

    An old master continues to enchant.

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  • The Lifespan of a Fact

    John D’Agata

    There’s the truth and there’s “the truth.”

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  • Zona: A Book About a Journey to a Room

    Geoff Dyer

    Zona proves that obsession can be a virtue.

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  • Your Sister's Sister

    Lynn Shelton

    Mumblecore matures in this insightful comedy.

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  • The Cabin in the Woods

    Drew Goddard

    A must-see horror masterpiece.

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  • Damsels in Distress

    Whit Stillman

    An odd and oddly beguiling collegiate tale.

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  • Keyhole

    Guy Maddin

    A beguiling, beautiful film about ghosts, gangsters, and love.

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  • Yan Pei-Ming: Black Paintings

    Speak softly and carry a big brush.

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  • Richard Avedon: Murals & Portraits

    Bigger is definitely better

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  • John Chamberlain: Choices

    John Chamberlain

    Culture Crash

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  • Mark Bradford

    Mark Bradford

    Canvassing the 'hood.

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