With the passing of Agnès Varda and Jean-Luc Godard within the last half-decade and last year, respectively, renewed attention has justifiably returned to the beginnings of the so-called French “Nouvelle Vague” (or “New Wave” in English; “Bossa nova” in Portuguese; […]

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One could defend the existence of The Loneliest Planet simply based on the beauty of Hani Furstenberg’s pulsating red hair contrasted against the vibrantly verdant Caucasus Mountains, though there’s much more going on here beyond swaths of color.

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