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Desenrascanço: Portuguese problem-solving

Lisbon-based architect and artist Joana Astolfi takes us on a journey into the Portuguese word “desenrascanço”, meaning to find an improvised solution to a problem. She explains what it says about Portuguese culture and…

  • A country in a word
  • 3 min watch
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Film

Move closer

From a Canadian popstar’s emotional return to a beloved portraitist’s political roots, we survey the season’s cultural highlights.

  • Issue #158
  • 8 min read
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Art

Culture

Designing a successful publisher in South Korea, an artsy addition to Paris’s scene and a hot new cinema opening in New York.

  • Issue #158
  • 8 min read
Lee Young-hye sitting in her design office surrounded by books and magazines
Music

Immaculate collection

A great auteur and a fresh film talent vie with super-sized art, musical returns and literary explorations of identity to excite our intellectual curiosity.

  • Issue #156
  • 8 min read
Two people embracing intimately in water in a scene from Claire Denis's Both Sides of the Blade
Architecture

Screen time

Far from the bustling multiplexes, these small cinemas offer unique ways of watching movies and being part of a city's culture and community.

  • Issue #155
  • 6 min read
Small cinema auditorium with purple seats and a bright white screen.
Culture

Bright sparks

From Polish thrillers and Argentinian documentaries to the perfect soundtrack for entertaining this summer, we survey the most exciting new releases in culture.

  • Issue #154
  • 9 min read
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Music

Hitting peaks

From a soundtrack to sisterhood to the secret history of Brazilian dance movements, we survey the essential cultural high points of the coming month.

  • Issue #153
  • 10 min read
Two people sitting close together on a red leather couch in an intimate scene from Standing Up
Film

Culture

The second life of film sets and a preview of the Ukraine Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

  • Issue #153
  • 4 min read
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Culture

Scene stealers

Chicago's Manual Cinema solved a stylistic puzzle for the Candyman sequel, using shadow puppets to recreate flashback scenes without jarring the new film's aesthetic.

  • Issue #151
  • 15 min read
Five Manual Cinema team members standing in their industrial studio workspace with projection equipment
Art

Sight and sound

From an artist’s interrogation of identity to an auteur’s latest work of high melodrama, we survey forthcoming cultural highlights.

  • Issue #150
  • 9 min read
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