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‘The Difficult Bride’ Turns South Asia’s Beloved Wedding Tropes Into Feminist Folk Horror at Venice

Venice: One of the few female filmmakers to break out of Bangladesh, Rubaiyat Hossain’s fourth feature resists genre categorizations. But it makes a meal of a creepy urban myth the director heard as a seven-year-old girl involving a now-shuttered elite beauty salon in Dhaka.

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Saturday assorted links

1. Joaquin Rodrigo’s Toccata. Rodrigo by the way was blind, 2. China word of the day. 3. “People Keep Sneaking Into New York City Sewers. No One Knows Why.” (NYT) 4.

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