Tag: arthur h
Arthur H: L’Abondanse
H, the son and nephew respectively of eccentric singers Jacques Higelin and Brigitte Fontaine, is something of a musical lacuna himself. Throughout the course of thirteen albums, the Frenchman has pinballed between jazz, rock, pop and disco and on L’Homme du Monde his latest effort he’s done all of them.
Looking like a cross between Joe …
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JSA (Joint Security Area)
Director: Park Chan Wook Korea, 2000 For those who argued that the North/South tensions depicted in Shiri(1999) took second place to a daft Bond-esque tech-fluff plot, JSA (Joint Security Area) succeeds in approaching the …
- Originally published: 29 Aug 2006 in Film
The belated Botanical Gardens video
Source: Wikimedia Commons Here’s some (weird) footage from the Power Plant event at the University of Oxford Botanical Gardens back on 3rd September 2005. The soundtrack is original. …
- Originally published: 31 Oct 2005 in UK
Vallée du Samson
Despite a blithe forecast of sunshine, the rain fell in fits and starts throughout a rather grey day in the Vallée du Samson. Even so, the beauty of the area is obvious enough …
- Originally published: 11 Oct 2009 in Walking
Gilda
Director: Charles Vidor United States, 1946 Despite being one of noir’s unlikelier icons, Rita Hayworth seems to have cornered the market in breezy gals with something to hide and in Gilda she does a …
- Originally published: 27 Sep 2007 in Film
The King of Comedy
Director: Martin Scorsese United States, 1983 Along with After Hours, The King of Comedy is one of Scorsese’s ‘forgotten movies’ and it’s his lowest grosser. That status alone adds a certain piquancy to what …
- Originally published: 13 Feb 2007 in Film
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Hello you. I'm Mike Padgett and I work in the technology sector as an Information Designer.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm based in Brussels, Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is St Feuillien Brune.