Recently re-released on DVD with added Director’s commentary, Roger and Me, was Michael Moore’s first major Documentary.
My best friend and flatmate used to prepare this fantastic dessert whenever we were both homesick while living abroad, and it truly managed to 'pick me up'!! What you need : 6 eggs10 scarce spoon of sugar500 gr. mascarpone 10 small cups of bitter espesso coffee250 gr. savoiardi, or other sponge biscuits1 bar of dark […]
The region of Romagna in Italy, notorious as a land of sins and sinners, is also the homeland to a number of tasty and curious food delicacies, that go beyond the nowadays very popular piadina (Editor’s note:a type of flat bread popular in bars and restaurants across Italy, but originating in Romagna). Amongst the pasta […]
Although gramigna (short, curly pasta tubes) is at its best with meat-based sauces, this vegetarian variant combines the sweet flavour of the peppers with that sharp of capers and chilli peppers, and it is a perfect summery dish. What you need (for two people): half a yellow pepperhalf a red pepperdeseeded black olives an handful […]
The product of a combination between lo and hi tech approaches to film making. That's how film maker Peter Weir, opening Bologna’s Il Cinema Ritrovato festival, describes his latest film Master and Commander, an epic adaptation of one of novelist Richard O'Brian's best selling books, set at sea during the Napoleonic wars. Weir, the Australian […]
The footage that makes up “Berlusconi's Mousetrap,” an account of what happened in Genoa at the G8 meeting three years ago, was shot by as many as 200 videographers. Two weeks were spent going through 300-400 hours of video material to produce a more manageable 14 hours of footage. This was truly a group and […]
Over the past number of weeks, European football fans have watched in amazement as a team of bit-part players from Greece have won the second-most prestigious tournament in the world. The stars of the Premiership, La Liga and Serie A have emerged from the European Championships looking like over-hyped, underachieving conmen. People might rightly ask […]
Tmo Travel writer Abigail Schteinmantakes us on an intimate journey to Beijing in China. S e s s i o n 1: The Preliminaries Scene 1: Bless Thee, O Travel Muse! Warm September early evening. Abigail rambling through Chinatown. Passes by that travel agency near Shaftesbury Avenue that friend Michelle time and again has mentioned. […]
A stretch of coastline littered with rocky islands and skerries, hidden bays and coves, shimmering, clear water. No “Private” signs. Free access to your own piece of sun drenched rock and blue-green lagoon. Newly picked strawberries. Fresh shellfish. Lush forests, green meadows and carpets of wild flowers. A small town with beautiful, old whitewashed wooden […]