
Dinner of champions
No one knows the precise origin of pasta alla carbonara, but its taste is not debated.

Pakistan
Washington badly wants a strongman — but it can't say so... in so many words.

Hornets
"Like spilling a beaker of hydrochloric acid on a paper cut."

Tutto La Vita Davanti
Paolo Virzi's darkly funny look at so-called "precarious work" in Italy falls short.

Rendition
Gavid Hood's assault on kidnapping and torture is crippled by a meddling, maudlin soundtrack

The bicycle chief
Biking in Rome is booming. If you want your own, go meet Danilo Collalti.

The Travolta
Timothy Aubry: "Who, after all, would have been surprised to discover that Edward was a nerd?"

Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona
Woody Allen turns an indecent proposal into an entertaining summer flick.

Snapshots
If you like her face, maybe you should know why she's smiling.

La nube
A Sunday silver lining softens the havoc caused by European air traffic stoppages.

Existential soup
What you put into making a soup can be the best stuff of life.