Tag: oscar
Buena Vista Social Club
All rockumentaries should be like this: memorable film on the great cultural discovery of the late 90s.
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.
Howards End
Some great individual performances. A boon for Forster fans but a bit of a chore for everyone else.
Buena Vista Social Club presents (2007 Tour)
My flatmate saw a documentary film about some Cuban musicians. He insisted I see it for myself. And I did, eight years later.
The Apostle
How many actors can play winsome and sinister in equal parts? Robert Duvall can. And he can direct it for you too!
Crash
This ensemble drama about racial prejudice just manages to avoid the risk of oversimplification.
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Rebel Without A Cause
Remembering the acting talent of James Dean, a legend in his own afterlife.
- Originally published: 27 Feb 2007 in Film
Kunsthistorisches Museum
An impressive art and archaeological collection and one of the world’s finest, housed in a vast, palatial building in Vienna.
- Originally published: 13 Feb 2011 in Museums & Galleries
Luxor
Into the Valley of the Kings, then on to Deir al-Bahri and the colossal necropolis of Luxor.
- Originally published: 18 Oct 2006 in Middle East
Casino Royale
Overhyped but not overboard: a solid, reliable performance from the new, edgy and unpredictable Bond.
- Originally published: 30 Dec 2006 in Film
Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels
In the presence of plenty.
- Originally published: 28 Jul 2008 in Museums & Galleries
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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.
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I collected information from thousands of sources, then I modelled and published it via a lightweight user interface.