Tag: wilder

Double Indemnity

A crackling script but surprisingly short on dramatic tension.

Originally published: 7 Oct 2007 in Film

Some Like It Hot

Of course it broke the mould in 1959, but today it just seems mouldy.

Originally published: 15 Feb 2007 in Film

The Apartment

Daring subject matter for a comedy with an unexpectedly dark side.

Originally published: 15 Jan 2007 in Film

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Don’t Look Now

Has much in common with European cinema. Beautiful images and heavy symbolism but rather cold at its core.

  • Originally published: 19 Apr 2007 in Film

Hagia Sophia

One of the oldest churches in the world, the Hagia Sophia has survived invasions, conversions and earthquakes since it was finished in 537AD.

Together (Tillsammans)

One of Moodysson’s lighter efforts: a warmhearted film for a cold winter’s night.

  • Originally published: 14 Feb 2007 in Film

Borat

It’s sexy time: Sacha Baron Cohen’s bumbling reporter bursts onto the big screen.

  • Originally published: 25 Mar 2007 in Film

Paris

On a cold, rainy February morning, I returned to the French capital for the first time since I was twelve years old.

  • Originally published: 23 Feb 2011 in Europe

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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.

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I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert.

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Dopeology.org

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.

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