Tag: mexico

Y Tu Mamá También

Your mother wouldn’t like it: the awkward charm of a Mexican coming-of-age drama.

Originally published: 4 Feb 2008 in Film

No Country For Old Men

The Coen Brothers are back on form with this grim, sharply written movie featuring an terrifyingly unfathomable Javier Bardem.

Originally published: 27 Jan 2008 in Film

Frida

Big-canvas biopic: a film full of colours that’s let down by a watery script.

Originally published: 15 Aug 2007 in Film

Lila Downs in concert

An enormously gifted Mexican singer who puts everything she has into every performance.

Originally published: 25 Jul 2007 in Concerts

Babel

Exciting director’s brave attempt to take on the theme of globalisation.

Originally published: 29 Jan 2007 in Film

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.

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

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