Tag: drama
The last night of Hobson’s Choice
Treading the boards is John Savident as the cobbler who must tread carefully.
The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)
The walls have ears: a painful look at the methods of the former East German regime shines a light on the darkness.
Crash
This ensemble drama about racial prejudice just manages to avoid the risk of oversimplification.
Ma Mère
Director: Christophe Honoré France, 2004 Pierre has too much time on his hands. He’s a sullen, truculent, overweaned, morbid youth who spends his inordinate amount of spare time writing miserable prose and pulling faces at his elders. Ma Mère is all about Pierre and it’s as indolent, ignorant and insolent as he is. Based on …
JSA (Joint Security Area)
A buddy film for those who like their nostalgia – and the sunshine policy – spread on thick.
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Romeyer and Die
A few thoughts on our first night at Romeyer in the Diois, in the shadow of the Vercors plateau.
- Originally published: 8 Jul 2010 in Europe
Madrid
No single landmark symbolises Madrid, just a huge collection of colourful scenes.
- Originally published: 13 Oct 2010 in Europe
Culture and Columbus in the Canaries
From here the world’s horizons were pushed further away. Today Las Palmas is capital of the Canaries and host to a WOMAD festival.
- Originally published: 3 Dec 2007 in Europe
Farewell, Jamila!
Dining out at lunchtime during the working week is a rare treat. This time we say goodbye to a colleague.
- Originally published: 6 Oct 2011 in Personalia
Casino Royale
Overhyped but not overboard: a solid, reliable performance from the new, edgy and unpredictable Bond.
- Originally published: 30 Dec 2006 in Film
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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.
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I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert.
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