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
Director: Robert Duvall United States, 1997 It’s amazing The Apostle isn’t better known, despite an Oscar nomination for Duvall’s intense, virtuoso acting performance. Duvall also wrote and directed his labour of love, and financed it himself, having been unable to find a backer throughout the 80s. Perhaps the material scared them away. A denizen of …
Crash
This ensemble drama about racial prejudice just manages to avoid the risk of oversimplification.
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Omara Portuondo
When the singer isn't feeling it, a gig can become an ordeal. …
- Originally published: 28 Oct 2008 in Concerts
Warche and Warenne
A quiet corner of the Belgian Ardennes, the Warche-Warenne valley is just east of Malmedy. Highlights on this walk included the beautifully restored Château Reinhardstein (originally dates from 1354), long riverside sections …
- Originally published: 23 Aug 2009 in Walking
El Torcal
El Torcal is a nature reserve west of the Poniente and above the town of Antequera. It is one of Europe’s most outstanding examples of Karst topography. There are three trails from …
- Originally published: 12 Apr 2008 in Europe
The Gospel According To Jesus Christ
José Saramago Harvill (first published 1999) You can imagine the sort of outraged comments this book will have provoked from many zealous Christians. If online bookseller Amazon certainly intended customer reviews to …
- Originally published: 7 Aug 2008 in Books
Marche of the Beez
A walk in Wallonie with two places of interest differently affected by the French Revolution. …
- Originally published: 11 Apr 2010 in Walking
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Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not the Princeton curator, the US senatorial candidate, the Kentuckian pastor or the journalist from Arizona. In fact, I work as a consultant 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 Brussels, Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Ellezelloise Hercule.