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23 May 2018

I love Isle of Dogs

People have raised concerns about Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs. It's cultural appropriation. It's racist, or at the very least xenophobic. For the first, I couldn't give a fig. When an artist creates something they inevitably appropriate; creation requires that. The second, I honestly don't feel st...

24 Feb 2018

The Sweet Smell of Success

Inigo Thomas' recent diary in the LRB, focused on Michael Wolff and Fire and Fury, was a treat in and of itself.

Resentment broke out, as if Wolff, who has written mostly about the media in the past, had stolen a subject from the seasoned political reporters. Or was it because, by getting i...

19 Jan 2018

Three billboards

The (Italian) poster for Three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri describes it as a black comedy. I'm not sure I would call it a comedy of any kind, even though it has lots of very funny moments. But then, I'm not sure what category I would put it in, if forced. "Quirky, damn funny, thought-provo...

03 Jun 2013

Broadchurch is not The Killing

The big difference between Broadchurch, ITV’s knockoff of The Killing, and its model is that in the end, The Killing made sense whereas Broadchurch did not.

They were similar enough as they rolled along. Everyone damaged to a greater or lesser extent, many hiding secrets nothing to do with th...

19 Feb 2013

Beasts blew me away

I'm not sure how long I've been waiting to see Beasts of the Southern Wild. There was a great article some time last year that made me write down the title and scour my usual haunts from time to time, each time coming up empty. So when a friend casually mentioned that she'd seen it here in Rome, a...

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3 days ago@clinklucy magnificent supper to end a miserable day
5 days agoThey don’t look like much, but they tasted great, ricotta with rosemary butter, because the sage has vanished.
5 days agoJust the thing after a full day in front of a screen.
6 days agoGrano arso is effectively smoked flour, although I don’t know whether they smoke the flour or scorch the grain, as history suggests
1 wk agoCultural quickie this morning to the lovely church of Sant’Onofrio on the Gianicolo.
2 wks agoThe internet couldn’t make its mind up

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