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Documentary expertly follows the only woman to have climbed the mountain 10 times through spectacular scenery and a traumatic personal lifeThis portrait of title subject Lhakpa Sherpa, the only woman to have summited Mount Everest 10 times, is so dense…
続きを読むAn American contestant on Race to Survive has apologised for eating a weka, a large, brown flightless bird known for its curiosityThings got a little too real on the reality TV show Race to Survive when one of the contestants killed and ate a protected…
続きを読むWith music now a crime in Afghanistan, Braga has become one of the few places where the practice is being preservedA stone’s throw from Portugal’s oldest cathedral and buzzing bakeries serving up pastéis de nata, the complex notes of a sitar fill the g…
続きを読むInspired by her own family, Singaporean artist Niceaunties puts aunties at the heart of the world she conjures upThere are high-rise living quarters built from stacks of Tupperware, spas where you can immerse yourself in a giant bowl of ramen and an al…
続きを読むGoze – women who earned a living as musicians despite sight impairments – are all but forgotten in Japan but Rieko Hirosawa has learned their songsRieko Hirosawa sits on a stone bench outside her home, tunes her instrument and takes a deep breath. She …
続きを読むTwo assessors ask questions but it’s the detail and nuance that is so compelling in this gently absorbing documentaryIn Bhutan, they measure progress not just by GDP, but also Gross National Happiness. This quiet, gently absorbing documentary follows t…
続きを読むThis tasty piece of action cinema provides crunches, squelches and and spatter effects as the good guys and bad guys delightfully smash each other to piecesThe first shot fired in Indian Hindi-language action thriller Kill isn’t unleashed with deadly i…
続きを読むIn India being a female fan of Shah Rukh Khan is not just about a love of film – it’s a form of resistance against restrictive gender norms Shah Rukh Khan may be an Indian cinematic legend and star of record-breaking Bollywood blockbusters but he is no…
続きを読むThemes of displacement and diaspora explored in collaborative textile project as part of The Spirits of Maritime Crossing exhibition in Venice and BangkokThe Koung Jor refugee camp on the Thai-Myanmar border is just three and half hours from Jakkai Sir…
続きを読むAmitabh Bachchan plays a mythological warrior in a withered dystopian city where desert car chases, CGI magic and a semi-divine dictator ruleThis fizzy Telugu-language mashup of Indian mythology, martial arts and Bollywood-style dance-romance-and-melod…
続きを読むOver 200 signatories urge government to reverse decision enabling action against writer under anti-terrorism lawMore than 200 Indian academics, activists and journalists have published an open letter urging the Indian government to withdraw last week’s…
続きを読むOfficial from ruling BJP party allows action against Booker winner under controversial anti-terrorism lawIndian authorities have granted permission for the prosecution of the Booker prize-winning Indian novelist Arundhati Roy over comments she made abo…
続きを読むBritish Museum will host treasures from Samarkand in a bid to dispel cliches of camels, spices and bazaarsA monumental six-metre-long wall painting created in the 7th century, and 8th-century ivory figures carved for one of the world’s oldest surviving…
続きを読むIndian high commission made claim bronze depicting Tirumankai Alvar which it believes may have been lootedOxford University has announced it is to hand back a 500-year-old sculpture of a Hindu saint to India.The almost 60cm-tall bronze statue, which de…
続きを読むFears for the future of democracy and tolerance recede after authoritarian PM left reliant on coalition partnersIn the leafy surrounds of Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), a pocket of students sat beneath a banyan tree engaged in impassio…
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