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31 May 2012

Film review: The Wedding Banquet, (1993), by Ang Lee, ****

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Synopsis Dig in! This "funny and poignant comedy of manners" (The New York Times), directed and co-written by Oscar(r) nominee* A...
30 May 2012

Film Review: M.A.S.H. (1970), by Robert Altman, *****

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Synopsis While set in the Korean War of 1950-1953, the movie clearly addresses the question of the Vietnam war, which at the time of pro...
24 May 2012

American Cemetery and Memorial in the Ardennes

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Today I visited the American Cemetery and Memorial in the Ardennes . A quiet place where several thousand Americans who died during WW II ...
16 May 2012

Film Review: Samsara (2001), by Pan Nalin, ****

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Synopsis The film was released in 2001 and remains a classic in its genre. A spiritual love-story set in the majestic landscape of Ladak...
10 May 2012

Book Review: Russia in Original Photographs (1860-1920), edited by Marvin Lyons, ***

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An interesting collections of photographs from pre-Communist Russia. Common people, ethnic minorities, military officers and the imperial fa...
08 May 2012

Book review: The Romanov Family Album (1982), edited by Robert Massie, ****

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Review A great book which will make you feel you are living in the imperial family of pre-revolutionary Russia. The photos are B&W, ...
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28 April 2012

Film Review: Lost City (2005), by Andy Garcia, ****

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Synopsis In 1958 Havana, nightclub owner Fico Fellove ( Andy Garcia , who also directed) watches as political upheaval grips Batista-ruled...
25 April 2012

Book Review: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself, by Louise Meriwether Harriet Jacobs, ****

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Synopsis Louise Meriwether Harriet Jacobs in her narrative reveals how she refused to be victimized within her own mind, but rather cho...
23 April 2012

Stazione ferroviaria di Cittadella (PD)

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Arrivo di buon mattino alla stazione di Cittadella, provincia di Padova, per prendere un treno per Treviso. La biglietteria รจ chiusa, P...
20 April 2012

Film Review: Space Tourists (2009), by Christian Frei, ***

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Synopsis Frei's film takes a humorous and laconic view of the way billionaires depart our planet earth to travel into outer space for ...
14 April 2012

Film review: The Dreamers (2003), by Bernardo Bertolucci, ****

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Synopsis Paris, spring 1968. While most students take the lead in the May 'revolution', a French poet's twin son Theo and d...
10 April 2012

Recensione film: Il Portaborse (1991) di Daniele Lucchetti, ****

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Sinossi Giovane ministro corruttore cinico, arrogante, dinamico, fintamente colto scopre in un giovane professore di liceo del Sud l...
09 April 2012

Film review: Das Boot (Director's Cut) (1981), by Wolfgang Petersen, *****

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A trip to the limits of the comprehensible Synopsis It is 1942 and the German submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the so called ...
08 April 2012

Film Review: Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993), by Woody Allen, ***

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Synopsis In his mirthful tribute to film noir, Woody Allen reteams with Diane Keaton as residents of a New York apartment who investigate...
05 April 2012

Film Review: Sleepless in Seattle (1994), by Nora Ephron, ***

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Synopsis Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan star in Nora Ephron's wonderfully romantic comedy about two people drawn together by destiny. Hanks s...