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25 November 2015

Film review: Curse of the Golden Flower (2006), by Zhang Yimou, ****

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Synopsis From Zhang Yimou , the Director of Hero and House of Flying Daggers, comes a stunning epic about the folly of war and the disi...
14 November 2015

Film review: Red Obsession (2013) by David Roach and Warwick Ross, ****

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Synopsis Red Obsession is a film about power, passion and the fine wine game. Something unprecedented is happening to the fine wine mar...
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27 October 2015

Recensione: Pillole di Cina (2013), di Massimo Donda, ****

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Sinossi Lo scritto “la Cina in pillole” non vuole essere un libro, ma una serie di appunti, utili per meglio comprendere. Esso nasce da ...
04 October 2015

Sake Master Class, Londra

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Confesso che mi ero iscritto alla Master Class sul sake organizzata dall’ Associazione Italiana Sommelier a Londra  con un misto di cur...
24 September 2015

Barong and Kris Dance in Bali

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The Monster The Barong play represents an eternal fight between good and evil. Barong (a mythological animal) represents the good spir...
12 August 2015

Film Review: Alone Across the Pacific (1963) by Kon Ichikawa, *****

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Synopsis A powerful hymn to the human spirit, Alone Across the Pacific by renowned Japanese director Kon Ichikawa (An Actor's Reveng...
11 August 2015

Film review: Three times (2005) di Hou Hsiao Hsien, ***

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Taipei temple Sinossi Un film diviso in tre episodi in cui si riflette sulla impossibilita' dell'amore. 1911, Dadaocheng. i...
01 August 2015

Book review: Music, A Very Short Introduction (1998) by Nicholas Cook, ***

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Beethoven nears the end, by Batt Synopsis What is music? How is it constructed? How is it consumed? Why do you enjoy it at all? Nichol...
17 July 2015

Book review: Catching Fire - How Cooking Made Us Human (2009), by Richard Wrangham, *****

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Blogger learning to be human Synopsis Ever since Darwin and  The Descent of Man , the existence of humans has been attributed to our i...
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Film review: Accidental Tourist (1989) by Lawrence Kasdan, ****

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Synopsys William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis. An author of travel books who is coping with his son's death and his wife'...
16 July 2015

Book Review: Geography of Attraction (2015), by Ali May *****

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Review This is, in its own peculiar way, a travel book, which is why this review has a place in this blog. When I asked the author what ...
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07 May 2015

Crociera alle Maldive

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Crociera con Luca alle Maldive.
05 March 2015

Recensione: I Due Viaggiatori (2010) di Paolo Ciampi, *****

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Odoardo Beccari Sinossi C'รจ Odoardo, l'uomo che abbraccia il mondo con la sua irrequietezza, con la sua voglia di conoscere p...
12 December 2014

Film review: Salaam Bombay (1988), by Mira Nair, *****

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Synopsis Mira Nair adds her angry voice to the cinema of forgotten children in this wrenching drama of an 11-year-old boy (real-life str...
10 December 2014

Film review: Mississippi Masala (1991) by Mira Nair, ****

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Synopsis The story of an Indian family who after always having lived in Uganda, Africa, are forced to leave under the orders of dictator...