Tag: Almodóvar
La Flor de mi Secreto (the Flower of my Secret)
Almodóvar’s nod to the future offers ample evidence of the director’s growing maturity.
Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown
A smash-and-grab of awards for a film that feels rather rushed.
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Heartbreaker Cruz gets a bit of singing help from Estrella Morente to deliver an emotional performance.
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Y Tu Mamá También
Your mother wouldn’t like it: the awkward charm of a Mexican coming-of-age drama.
- Originally published: 4 Feb 2008 in Film
Linz
The old city of Linz has seen a lot over the centuries. Today it balances long tradition with new civic developments.
- Originally published: 13 Feb 2011 in Europe
Finishing FarCry
Finishing FarCry last night brought to an end my long struggle with mutant monkeys, mad professors and obsolete computers. It had been almost a year before I could even play the game after my own mid-spec machine gave up the ghost on all but the lowest display settings available in Ubisoft‘s inaugural next-gen gem. Whilst …
- Originally published: 27 Sep 2005 in Personalia
Toledo
Half an hour or so by train from Madrid’s Atocha station, Toledo is readily accessible to visitors yet remains happily aloof from overdevelopment.
The plains of Brabant
A hot early summer day in Flemish and Walloon Brabant, walking on cobbled roads that stretch to the horizon and beyond.
- Originally published: 24 May 2010 in Walking
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Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name. In fact, I am a consultant working in user experience and information design.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert.
Shameless self-promotion
Over a year in the making, Dopeology.org is my latest personal project: a topology of doping in thirty years of European pro road cycling.
I collected information from thousands of sources, then I modelled and published it via a lightweight user interface.