Tag: higelin
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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Sex and Lucía
Director: Julio Medem Spain, 2001 Paz Vega’s Lucía is a wilful, independent woman whose romantic Achilles heel is the troubled writer Lorenzo. She could have breezed on through life as easily as crossing a …
- Originally published: 9 Nov 2006 in Film
No Country For Old Men
Director: Joel Coen; Ethan Coen United States, 2007 It’s probably fair to say that the Coen brothers had been off their game for a few years. Since 2000’s O Brother Where Art Thou, we’ve …
- Originally published: 27 Jan 2008 in Film
Da Vinci Bored
Hands up who thought The Da Vinci Code was utter guff? Well, I’ll drop my hand now as I need to continue typing this. It’s not that I don’t find the arguments interesting, …
- Originally published: 19 May 2006 in Editorial
Malèna
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore Italy, 2000 It’s tempting to think of Malèna as a shrink-wrapped, ultra-compact, bitesize companion piece to Tornatore’s meandering, elegiac ode to movies Cinema Paradiso. But while both pictures feature protagonists still …
- Originally published: 29 May 2007 in Film
The Killers
Director: Robert Siodmak United States, 1946 Insurance investigator Jim Reardon uncovers dark dealings when assigned to the death of Ole ‘Swede’ Andersen. Told in flashback – with more than a pinch of nihilism – …
- Originally published: 30 Sep 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.