books: Nabokov, Dostoyevskij, Pelevin etc. music: PJ Harvey, Patti Smith, Nick Cave, Noir Desir, Grimes, Massive Attack, trip-hop, psychedelic trance etc. movies: Dr. Strangelove, Paris-Texas, The Departed, The Shining, The Silence of the Lambs, Le Plus Beau Metier, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Dead Man etc.

If ever you are learning or are just interested in Russian or French language I can offer you as a minimum some conversational practice