Tag: mexico
No Country For Old Men
The Coen Brothers are back on form with this grim, sharply written movie featuring an terrifyingly unfathomable Javier Bardem.
Lila Downs in concert
An enormously gifted Mexican singer who puts everything she has into every performance.
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Sex and Lucía
A slow burner about love and memories, this film is exceptionally good looking.
- Originally published: 9 Nov 2006 in Film
Casablanca
Play it as many times as you want, Sam. I’ll not get tired of it!
- Originally published: 22 Feb 2007 in Film
Museo Reina Sofia
Madrid’s museum of Spanish art, particularly renowned for its collection of twentieth century works and an exhibition dedicated to the Civil War.
- Originally published: 13 Oct 2010 in Museums & Galleries
Blanche de Namur
3/5. Hazy, golden white beer. Taste doesn’t quite live up to the extraordinary bouquet but still a friendly proposition.
- Originally published: 8 Jun 2010 in Beer
Service with a frown: the joy of Brussels taxis
Taking a taxi in Brussels is expensive: maybe the hacks should read some Confucian philosophy
- Originally published: 11 May 2010 in Editorial
Who you gonna call?
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.