Rainer Sarnet’s Estonian mind-bender November is a pagan film poem about longing, where animism and dark magic are part of everyday life and peasants are sly enough to outwit the devil. Before the mid-19th century, Estonians called themselves “maarahvas,” or “people of the soil.” Through Sarnet’s lens, the Baltic Sea country’s tenebrous landscape hides the […]
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2018 Aston Martin DB11 V8 First Drive | Longing for 4 more cylinders
Undeterred by implications of penance or irony, the Germans have emerged as stewards of the high-end British automotive industry. At the end of the 20th century, venerable brands such as Rolls-Royce and Bentley were producing stately, outmoded and haphazardly assembled vehicles in quantities more befitting a Paraguayan shipyard than a car company. Since their acquisition […]
Gorgeous Illustrations of Queer Women About Longing and Love
Paris-based illustrator Sarah Maxwell has a background in fashion illustration, but her comic-style artworks featuring wistful women and romantic visual/textual fragments feel the most intimate and have been gaining popularity on Instagram. Each piece conveys a powerful sense of longing and desire. Femininity is at the heart of Maxwell’s illustrations, particularly queer identity, highlighted recently […]