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October 28th, 2009
Published in Attualità, Culture, Opinioni
by Katy Fentress
Overwhelmed by the putrid smell emanating from his cash-filled sack, Kamiti, our unlucky hero, convinces himself that he must put it as far away as possible if he is to avoid falling ill. The only solution, he decides, is to bury the money. He can now go to sleep, secure in the thought that the foul stench can no longer affect him. The next morning, when the policemen who are still searching for [...]
October 27th, 2009
Published in Attualità, Culture, Opinioni
by Giovanni Biglino
Jordan Scott, daughter of Ridley (Blade runner, Thelma & Louise, Gladiator), has presented her confident debut movie Cracks during the course of the 53rd London Film Festival, accompanied by her father and her cast, including the stunning Eva Green. The story is set in 1930s England in an isolated all-girls boarding school. In the austere institution (the church hymns, the dark uniforms, the [...]
October 26th, 2009
Published in Attualità, Politics
by Margherita Stancati
After this demonstration, the Shah felt better. He seemed to be getting back on his feet. Until then he had been playing cards marked with blood. Now he made up his mind to play with a clean deck. To gain popular sympathy, he dismissed a few of the officers who had been in charge of the units that opened fire on the inhabitants of Tabriz. (R. Kapuscinski, Shah of Shahs) “My strongest memory of those [...]
October 25th, 2009
Published in Culture, Segnalazioni
by Giovanni Biglino
A white Mexican beach at dusk, a pink, milky sky reflecting in the calm sea. A bonfire to be started. The Norwegian duet sitting on a low wall, one facing us and playing his guitar in a swimsuit, the other turned toward the sky. A palm tree discretely keeps them company. Despite the sense of peaceful creativity and relaxed atmosphere conveyed by the cover of their third album, the Kings of [...]
October 25th, 2009
Published in Attualità, Politics
by Leili Irani
In the occasion of the tenth presidential election in the Islamic Republic of Iran, four candidates have been qualified by the Guardian Council to compete.. People’s participation in the elections of the Islamic Republic is a great deal since the political system is based on the cooperation of different nationalities. As a result, the government decided to heat up the elections by organizing [...]
October 23rd, 2009
Published in Attualità, Society
by Christina Kolyva
As the time for my annual eye check-up and renewal of my prescription eyeglasses approaches, and consequently my optician prepares to flee the country rather than watch me in dismay while I methodically take his shop apart trying on every single frame in store, I find myself musing on how much we take spectacles for granted. Imagine for a second, how progress over the past centuries [...]
October 21st, 2009
Published in Blog, Opinioni
by Hackney bird
Beginning of week three in the new flat in the lost land of East London’s Hackney Downs. It’s a bit of a retail desert out here, with little of the trendy haunts I had so gotten used to down in the southern reaches of the hood. There is, however an interesting gastro-pub just across the road, which has so far made it’s way onto my list of local eateries. The Pembury Tavern seems not to [...]
October 20th, 2009
Published in Attualità, Culture, Opinioni
by Giovanni Biglino
In 2004 Tom Ford, fashion guru and recognised as one of the most influential designers of the past two decades, said goodbye to Gucci. A few years later, after launching a luxury men’s clothing brand and, en passant, a range of fragrances and an eyewear collection, he made a stylish entrance into the world of film-making. His first feature movie, A single man, has recently been acclaimed by the [...]