June 2015
In this issue
Contents
2 or 3 Things I Know About Jean-Luc Godard and Luis Bunuel
In 1967 two of the most significant figures in the history of cinema, both of whom were working at the height of their powers, released films on dramatically and coincidentally similar themes: Jean-Luc Godard’s 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her and Luis Bunuel’s Belle de Jour. Michael Paul Hogan studies both movies.
From ‘Calcutta’ to ‘Kolkata’
Amitava Nag explores the journey of Bengali Cinema over the years
Birbhum: Days and Nights
Afternoon The Bathroom In the bathroom, The plastic bucket stares red, The white walls walk bare, This naked bar of soap, Wants to forever live…
Ode to the Tree of Life
After moringa, also known as drumstick tree or horseradish tree For my auntie, my father’s younger sister, with her liver disease “Let thy food by…
Turkish Memoire
I Wind blew in the dry reeds beside Lake Van while granules of sand stung my face and hands, the hourglass of time fallen on…
A Woman Arrested in Turkey
While a woman’s dragged flailing from the street tonight (a protester, I see her teeth and jeans), my mother takes the dog around the block…