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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."
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.
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.
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.