Blatnaya pesnya
Blatnaya pesnya is a musical genre covering a range of Russian songs based on the themes of the urban underclass and often criminal underworld.
Lightning Over Water
Lightning Over Water is Wim Wenders' film on Nicholas Ray before his death.
Hardy Rodenstock
Hardy Rodenstock is a former publisher and manager of pop and Schlager music in Germany and is a prominent wine collector, connoisseur and trader, with a special interest in old and rare wines. He became famous for an uncanny ability to track down old and very rare wines, and for arranging extravagant wine tastings featuring these wines.
Palmenhaus Schönbrunn
The Palmenhaus Schönbrunn is a large greenhouse in Vienna, Austria featuring plants from around the world. It opened in 1882. It is among the largest botanical exhibits of its kind in the world, with around 4,500 plant species.
Panorama Mesdag
Panorama Mesdag is a panorama by Hendrik Willem Mesdag. Housed in a purpose-built museum in The Hague, the panorama is a cylindrical painting more than 14 meters high and about 40 meters in diameter. From an observation gallery in the centre of the room the cylindrical perspective creates the illusion that the viewer is on a high sand dune overlooking the sea, beaches and village of Scheveningen in the late 19th century.
Mosuo tribe
The Mosuo people are known as the Kingdom of Women. Men and women are free to have multiple partners and to initiate or break off relationships when they please. Women have the choice to invite men of interest to their private sleeping room. If the man does not reciprocate this desire, he may simply never visit the woman's household. They have no word for "father" or "husband".
Perdues Dans New York
In this film by Jean Rolin, two girls discover a magical wooden device, called a Moon Goddess, which allows them to travel through time and space. They imagine they are grown up and see New York City. Meeting again with their memories as old women, after a dreamlike journey of self-discovery, they return to their days of youth.
Platinum arowana
This mutant is virtually white with virtually no other colours present, not even on the dorsal surface. The price for one piece of platinum arowana can reach more than $400.000.
Lord Cornbury
Lord Cornbury was Governor of New York and New Jersey between 1701 and 1708, and is perhaps best known for the claims of him cross-dressing while in office.
Zoot Suit Riots
The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of riots in 1943 during World War II that erupted in Los Angeles, California between European-American sailors and Marines stationed throughout the city and Latinoyouths, who were recognizable by the zoot suits they favored.