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Tag Archives: Switzerland
NYFF 2014: Clouds of Sils Maria (2014); directed by Olivier Assayas
The buzz for Olivier Assayas’ latest film was deafening; it made it difficult to avoid not only spoilers, but a glut of opinions that may somehow color my own. (The same thing just happened with the Inherent Vice premiere that … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged drama, France, Germany, Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, reviews, Switzerland
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Libraries of the World: Heart-achey Beauty
This is for my father, and for all library-lovers everywhere. Theology Room at St. Deiniol’s library, North Wales Herzog August Bibliothek, Germany Austrian National Library (the Prunksaal) Strahov Monastery – the 1st library, Prague, Czechoslovakia Another one of Strahov Monastery … Continue reading
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Tagged Austria, bookshelves, Czechoslovakia, England, Germany, Ireland, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Wales
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