The screen language of homosexuality
There is this scene in Pasolini's Medea (1969): Medea watches Jason's sleeping body. The camera slowly slides down Jason's bare chest. The...
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The dark smile of the Coen brothers
The 1940s and 1950s are the time when the film noir (“dark film”) genre took flight in American cinema. There was a...
Report: Armenia’s appropriation of Azerbaijani cultural and historic heritage
War is often an amalgamation of various objectives. One of the core aims of the occupation of Azerbaijani territory by Armenia was...
Srebrenica massacre or European “peacekeeping”: the Netherlands
In 2002, the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation published a report on the circumstances and causes of the Srebrenica massacre. According to...
Masterpieces of Azerbaijani carpet weaving to be shown to Kazan residents
The Art of Carpet — Evolution of Meanings Exhibition from the collection of the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum opened in the Manege...
5 things to do in Baku, Azerbaijan
Baku is famous for its controversial building craze, oil and gas boom, and now Eurovision 2012. But could there be more to...
Israel’s cinematic repentance
From what angle Israeli cinema depicts the conflict with the Arab countries, how and at what level it builds communication with the...
Garegin Nzhdeh as a monument to racism and hatred
The feature film Garegin Nzhdeh is an exoneration of the Armenians for the Khojaly genocide, the terror of Ganja and Barda, and...
Euro Film Fest launched in Azerbaijan – watch online until 29 June
On 14 June, the Delegation of the European Union to Azerbaijan launched a Euro Film Fest, which will take place online until...
Cooking up a slow TV treat in an Azerbaijan village retreat
Azerbaijan’s Country Life Vlog is not for the squeamish. You won’t find Ina Garten tackling some of the show’s recipes and Bobby Flay would surely lose a smackdown...
Azerbaijan redefines its domestic tourism strategy by looking beyond its major cities
In 2020, Azerbaijan Tourism Board (ATB) launched the new campaign, “Macəra Yaxındadır” — translating to “Adventure is Near” — encouraging Azerbaijanis themselves...
Tair Salakhov, painter who showed the severity of Soviet life, 1928–2021
When Nikita Khrushchev eased the great oppressions of Stalinism, one name to come in from the cold was Tair Salakhov. Paintings by...
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