Tag: ferrer
Buena Vista Social Club
All rockumentaries should be like this: memorable film on the great cultural discovery of the late 90s.
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Monschau and Vogelsang
Enchantment and evil: a fairytale town and a Nazi training camp in Germany’s Westwall.
- Originally published: 16 Nov 2008 in Europe
Luxembourg
A too-quiet Sunday in the expensive city of banking.
- Originally published: 21 Sep 2009 in Europe
The Gospel According To Jesus Christ
Saramago shows surprisingly more respect for his subject than could be expected, but his narrative genius is as dependable as ever.
- Originally published: 7 Aug 2008 in Books
Gilda
A gorgeous Rita Hayworth totally owns this tight, noirish drama and you end up forgiving her for the silly happy ending.
- Originally published: 27 Sep 2007 in Film
Atonement
This adaptation of the novel is both period piece and manipulative melodrama.
- Originally published: 4 Feb 2008 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.
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.