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