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21 May 2020

Film review: Naked Island (1960), by Kaneto Shindo, ****

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Synopsis Filmed on the virtually deserted Setonaikai archipelago in south-east Japan, Naked Island was made in the words of its director...
13 May 2020

Film review: A Separation (2011) by Asghar Farhadi *****

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Synopsis The stand out film of the 2011 Berlin Film Festival and winner of the Golden Bear, A Separation is a suspenseful and intelligent ...
02 May 2020

Book review: Cixi (2013) by Jung Chang, ***

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Synopsys In this groundbreaking biography , Jung Chang  vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi - the most important woman in Chinese...
10 April 2020

Film review: Résistence naturelle (2014), By Jonathan Nossiter, **

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Synopsys Ten years after the landmark wine documentary Mondovino, filmmaker Jonathan Nossiter returns to the subject, documenting the dr...
03 April 2020

Film review: L'Esprit du vin (2011) by Olympe and Yvon Minvielle **

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Synopsys A film sponsored by Château Lagarette , a biodynamic producer in Bordeaux. A dozen or so biodynamic wine-growers express thei...
19 March 2020

Film review: Children of Heaven (1997) by Majid Majidi, ****

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Synopsys The accidental loss of a pair of shoes causes problems for a young Iranian boy in this award-winning family drama from directo...
14 March 2020

Guest post: Giordania alla scoperta dei luoghi biblici, di Carlotta Garilesi

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Monte Nebo Da inizierò a pubblicare post in collaborazione con Rolling Pandas . Spero siano di gradimento dei miei lettori. ----------...
05 March 2020

Film review: The Story of the Weeping Camel (2003) by L. Falorni and B. Davaa, ***

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Synopsys Documentary intercut with tender narrative drama set in the Gobi desert in Mongolia. When a camel gives birth to a rare white c...

Films about wine

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Films are listed in alphabetical order by title. This is a "living list", continuously updated when I manage to see new films. An ...
01 March 2020

Film review: Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) by Scott Hicks ****

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Synopsys Scott Hicks' screen adaptation of David Guterson's best-selling novel. On San Pietro Island, shortly after the end of ...
10 January 2020

Art Museum Prague

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31 December 2019

Film review: The Farewell (2019) by Lulu Wang, *****

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Synopsis In this funny, uplifting tale based on an actual lie, Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi (Awkwafina) reluctantly returns to Changchun...
29 December 2019

Visita a Madeira

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Alcuni membri del Brussels Wine Club sono stati in visita a Madeira, e naturalmente ne hanno approfittato per andare a trovare alcuni p...
13 December 2019

Cantina Pereira d'Oliveiras, Funchal, Madeira, Portogallo

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Accogliente Luis Pereira d’Oliveiras nella cantina che la famiglia gestisce dal 1850.  Il padre Anibal, figura storica dell’isola, li ha las...
04 December 2019

Lakeland Car Museum, England

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Today visit the Lakeland Motor Museum . Lots of vintage oldies, I was struck by the Amphicar the most. Amphicar