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George Blaustein

  • Curtain call

    Curtain call

    An iron curtain makes a powerful canvas. Images from Sven Johne & Falk Haberkorn’s Aus Sicht des Archivs, documenting life in the former East Germany in the 1990s.

  • Schwarzeneggerology

    Schwarzeneggerology

    On Arnold, action cinema & Übermenschlichkeit. « Arnold Schwarzenegger was action cinema’s Adamic man, alternately entering and exiting normal human time. »

  • On location

    On location

    Mission: Impossible and Eurocentric stunts, from Hollywood to Hong Kong. What does an action movie want to be?

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    No one would have understood both the sentiment and the absurdity more keenly than Marx himself, whose face has adorned real currencies in more countries than anyone else’s, with the possible exception of Elizabeth II.

  • A kayak in Zierikzee

    A kayak in Zierikzee

    Was a Dutch town founded by Inuits in the 9th century? On American discoveries of Europe.

  • Infrequently Asked Questions

    Infrequently Asked Questions

    Who, what, and why? Imagine something called, say, the Zemblan Review of Books, or the Esperanto Review of Political Theory, or the Klingon Review of Horticulture, or the Utopian Review of Bicycles.