Tag: paris
Ronin
Director: John Frankenheimer
United States, 1998
Ronin is the sort of movie whose mere suggestion would provoke a Pavlov’s Dog reaction amongst most serious moviegoers. Beautifully shot on location in Paris and France Sud and featuring a multinational cast, it was a juicy prospect on its release. But while John Frankenheimer’s direction captures that certain je ne …
Casablanca
Director: Michael Curtiz
United States, 1942
Casablanca needs no introduction, except maybe the first few bars of As Time Goes By. It’s a masterfully told, elliptical yarn about a difficult period and after so many decades, it’s too easy to overlook the fact that it was contemporary to those times.
Bogart’s world weary ex-pat Rick Blaine runs an …
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London
I’ve held back saying anything here about the recent events in London. Already the media machine is calling it 7/7, to go along with 9/11. As usual, the Internet leads the way …
- Originally published: 13 Jul 2005 in Personalia
Introducing the Fashtonometer
Ashton's speech today in Strasbourg - on the External Action Service - was just too much and I'm not talking about her proposals. …
- Originally published: 10 Mar 2010 in Humour
Hot Fuzz
Director: Edgar Wright United Kingdom, 2007 As far as genre parodies go, any British attempt to do a buddy cop movie would have to make do with American material. That’s what makes Hot Fuzz …
- Originally published: 25 Feb 2007 in Film
Miami South Beach
J and I returned last week from our winter holiday in the United States. Here’s the first instalment of photos, all of which were taken during the first few days of our trip …
- Originally published: 9 Jan 2008 in North America
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 …
- Originally published: 23 Oct 2008 in Concerts
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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.