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Glorious Misadventures: Nikolai Rezanov and the Dream of a Russian America

Owen Matthews

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The Russian Empire once extended deep into America: in 1818 Russia's furthest outposts were in...

The New Mediterranean Cookbook

Sameh Wadi

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Sameh Wadi, chef and co-owner of the popular Minneapolis restaurant Saffron and Iron Chef...

What's Cooking in Belgium: Recipes and Stories from a Food-Loving Nation

Neil Evans, Anna Jenkinson and Diane Hendrikx

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Having talked to chefs and farmers, historians and curators up and down Belgium, Anna Jenkinson and...

LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Little Ashes (2009) in Movies

Nov 20, 2020 (Updated Nov 20, 2020)

A deeply weird and genuinely erotic little curio where a pre-𝘛𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 Robert Pattinson plays... er- *checks notes* Salvador Dali (donning all kinds of ridiculous wardrobe choices) who has a lot of gay sex and angrily paints all while spouting nonsensical metaphorical dialogue in a humorously cartoonish Spanish accent. Needed to be a little more controlled, leaner - I zoned out during at least one third of the talking bits, but it looks pretty! Not too shabby, I'll happily take this artsy oddball over most of the recycled biopic dumps up for awards contention today. Pattinson's full commitment to throwing himself at the wall for roles was evident even this early in his career.

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Awix (3310 KP) rated Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother) (1999) in Movies

Sep 4, 2019

Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother) (1999)

1999 | Comedy, Drama, International

8.0

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Vibrant Spanish melodrama does a remarkable job of walking a tightrope, managing to be both outrageous and provocative, and restrained and moving, often at the same time. Written down in precis, the plot - or at least the cast of characters - sounds utterly bizarre, and the fact the film doesn't really have an unambiguously male main character probably signifies this will not be to all tastes.

However, the story is engrossing, genuinely moving, and slickly made with strong performances - to the extent that you overlook the plot's tendency towards implausible coincidences and improbable and arbitrary developments. At the very end things do become a bit unravelled, but not enough to spoil what is an impressive and satisfying film.