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Beck recommended Jazz Raga by Gabor Szabo in Music (curated)

 
Jazz Raga by Gabor Szabo
Jazz Raga by Gabor Szabo
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"The juxtaposition of the African folk art with the superkitsch mods with scooters and sitars creates some beautiful friction. It actually captures what the record sounds like. Out-of-tune sitars blanging senselessly over mid-60s mellow jazz."

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Tilda Swinton recommended Light Years in Books (curated)

 
Light Years
Light Years
James Salter | 2007 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
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"An urbane American marriage seen from above — a kind of exquisite horror story of the deathly chic of people having all their bases covered and somehow missing the point all the same. Very, very beautiful. Very, very sad."

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Stephen Cone recommended Shoah (1985) in Movies (curated)

 
Shoah (1985)
Shoah (1985)
1985 | Documentary

"Quite possibly the key visual-historical document of the twentieth century, and a monumentally great movie to boot. Inexhaustible, simultaneously ephemeral and eternal, investigative and meditative, but always with two sturdy feet on this horrific and beautiful earth."

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Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
1971 | Classics, Drama
7.5 (2 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"I’ve always loved the mood of this film. This disc is worth buying just for the extras. The James Taylor screen test and interview and the acoustic version of “Riding on a Railroad” are so honest and beautiful."

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Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
2018 | Animation, Fantasy
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8.0 (2 Ratings)
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Maquia is a Japanese animation about a girl that doesn't age quickly, and a boy that she raises. It's about family, connection, love and what it means to be a mother. It's a beautiful movie that's also heartbreaking.
  
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Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story - official US trailer

Startlet. Screen Siren. The Most Beautiful Woman in the World. All phrases used to describe 1940’s Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr. Alexandra Dean’s illuminating documentary adds Inventor to the list.

  
Captivated by You (Crossfire, #4)
Captivated by You (Crossfire, #4)
Sylvia Day | 2014 | Erotica, Fiction & Poetry
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7.6 (14 Ratings)
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There was a lot of filler in this book. The story could have been told without the repetitive descriptions of how hot Gideon Cross is or how beautiful Eva is and how they are each so lucky to have the other. With this being the fourth book in the series, I think we've heard this all enough before. We get it, they are two beautiful, messed up people, envied by all around them, desired by all, and they fill the crazy, messed up holes in each others' lives.