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CITY SECOND BY PETER CLEUTJENS In this issue and...

As a free newspaper which has to live off its advertising revenue in the shortterm, having an issue exploring advertising ligt voor de hand. (But sorry readers: it’s only you who can supply us with editorial content for the coming weeks.) So we got some industry bigwigs around a table to talk about the state of modern advertising—and to pick their brains about how Amsterdam Weekly might fit in.

We reached out to the Hells Angels to discuss the power of branding. And we purged our karma after engaging in some morally-reprehensible ‘stealth marketing’, by profiling SIRE, a maker of idealistic advertising. The moral of the story seems to be that there’s good advertising and bad advertising—just like there’s good communication and bad communication. And we’re good.

So please help unf*ck us and buy a piece of us at www.amsterdamweekly.nl/forsale. Meanwhile tune in next week when we follow that old ad wisdom, ‘sex sells’, by introducing our new sex column, Ladywood.

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To protect your turf Hells Angels and the power of the brand.

By Jaro Renout Ok, we are really desperate. Why can’t we secure the future of this true Amsterdam original you are currently holding?

How do we protect and manage our good name and make it last?

What about branding? In short: what can we learn from the Hells Angels?

Strange as it may seem, Walt Disney and the Hells Angels have something in common. They’re both iconic brand names known throughout the world and whose trademark rights get constantly violated. Now the first party is well known for its seemingly endless supply of badass lawyers, often underestimated and always overpaid. They don’t take ‘I didn’t know’ for an answer and will hunt you down until you’ve surrendered or destroyed the last illegally manufactured fake mouse or duck. After that they might torture your wallet for a while—if you still have one.

The Amsterdam chapter of the Hells

Angels however, being a motorcycle club instead of an industry mogul, just can’t afford all that snazz. What they have is a strong ‘brand’ and ditto attitude but they lack any profits generated by let’s say action figures or videogames to pay for the usual army of trademark solicitors. If you add the fact that their recent scrimmages with the Justice Department couldn’t have been cheap, one starts to wonder how they manage. And we thought we had problems!

It’s Saturday night and the Angels are throwing a party in Angel Place, their compound on the edge of Amsterdam.

Admittance is free and everyone’s invited. A band is aptly playing garage rock in a construction shed. Merchandise in the form of T-shirts, caps and calendars is being sold at the entrance gate. The place is crawling with Hell’s Angels, friends and fans. Security-wise, it’s probably the safest party in Amsterdam. But I’m here for some trade mark advice.

Full members Tommy and Zooy— last names don’t seem important—give me the low-down. Tommy begins: ‘We have copyright on the name Hells Angels and the ‘Death Head’ insignia. They’re legally protected worldwide. In Holland there are solid laws in this field, which are also valid for the Benelux. You can’t trademark colours or numbers, like the 8118 (Hells Angels Amsterdam Holland) we use. The lettering consist of a font called “Old Western”, and that’s owned

by Rothring. You know, from those old stick up letter sheets?’

‘Once in a while some small shop, or even a large firm like Replay suddenly has our logo or name printed on their product.’

Zooy, who handles all the chapter’s copyright matters explains, ‘The problem is not proving your copyright, it’s about getting your money if they continue the sales after being legally warned.

First of all they might not have any money, and if they do, they can still slow things down. Until inflation gets the better part of the sum anyway. Small clothing shops often buy complete containers full of unidentified Chinese stuff.

The Chinese don’t care, they’ll put anything on a T-shirt. A company like Replay has legal assistance available that we can’t or won’t afford. Trademark lawyers are expensive. But we usually settle out of court. We visit their office, show them the paperwork, talk it over and then they promise not to break any laws. That’s enough for us.’

‘And even if you haven’t done the paperwork completely, there are ways of proving your “oldest rights”. Our insignia was printed on a piece of paper in 1974.

We still have that.’

How does the club feel about branding the name for commercial purposes?

The impact of the words and the logo are phenomenal—there must be money to be made. But Tommy considers that a

It’s a lot like Disney, really.

sell-out. ‘This is us, not some product we made for the market. It represents us.

We used to sell T-shirts with ‘support your local Hells Angels’, but if some dude wrecks a bar in Dokkum wearing one, we are on the receiving end of a police phone call the next day. So now our support merchandise contains the words “Big Red Machine”.’ And actually, it was Zooy that came up with this new bit of branding.

‘Our efforts in matters like branding are basically in protecting it from use by others,’ says Tommy. ‘Every single person wearing “Hells Angels” on his jacket or shirt is one. We want to make damn sure it stays that way.’

There’s something out of time about Angel Place. Looking around at the loosely scattered sheds, the hangers and the clubhouse, its hard to imagine the ever-advancing skyline of Amsterdam.

Maybe it was that soothing surrounding chaos or maybe the onset of drunkenness, but it appeared to me there’s a weird similarity between Amsterdam Weekly and all this. It’s about doing things exclusively on your own terms. If reality dictates otherwise, than screw reality. And that, my dear friends, might be impossible to maintain no matter how right we believe we are. Support your local Weekly!

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product. And they will find out. People are savvy.’ You, readers, are the savviest in the land. Apparently, we stand no chance. You’ll read us like an open free cultural newspaper.

So we might as well kill off our newly created fake, cool fans’ accounts on networking website Hyves.

Rest in peace, beautiful Russian poetess Olga and Swedish bass-playing, snowboarding giant Lars. Should we target social groups that normally don’t read the then? Surely, casually dropping the into conversation in Caribbean salsa bars and Hollandse hits cafes will bring us new readers? Well, no.

‘Yes, there’s a novelty value,’ explains Nihom, ‘but if your audience has no inherent interest in your there’ll be no n: fuproduct, ll super long term ut stieffect.’ b s u o i b ally du We haul our stack of newspapers and is mor keting r a m h lt a some stealthy friends to the Smart cinete s l w .n ho weekly Learn sterdam ma for some interaction with our core m .a w ww audience: all you wonderfully clever, internationally-oriented culture vultures out there (See how we love you and suck up to you? Now buy some of those

By Laura Groeneveld squares, dammit!). and Rebecca Wilson Nihom’s advice is to be open about our hidden agenda. ‘You can’t force word We’re at the opening party of the new of mouth, but if you do something posiSmart cinema complex, and we’re tive or funny with the , those screaming. ‘So you’re saying you find associations will stay with people for a the most FASCINATING paper long time, and they have a reason to talk in the whole WORLD?’ ‘I would say about it.’ there’s no more fascinating paper than We try handing out a to in the whole GALAXY.’ The art someone in line at the bar, to wile away student crowd pays no attention. They those long waiting minutes. He looks seem to think this is yet another art perbemused. Then we hand it to a stranger formance, be it a slightly dull one and not bumming a cigarette, for the classic ciginvolving naked people, but they’re gie & newspaper combo. Success! We see wrong. In fact, we’re cunningly influencour product passed from hand to hand ing them by using one of the most devious and discussed. marketing techniques around: stealth.

Maybe that’s because we’ve already Stealth, or undercover marketing, is a highly increased visibility. The bored fireguerrilla marketing technique. The goal is men, on watch because there’s no fire to create a buzz about a product without alarm installed yet, are happy with the consumers knowing they are being marread we provide. You think you’re the keted to, by having actors or socially only one who can accessorize, Dirk van adept people visibly using it and talking it den Broek? We demonstrate the versatiliup. On the internet, marketeers hang ty of the —you can wear it in around chatrooms posing as regular your back pocket, under your arm, on users, raving about that one cool new your head. game.

‘If you insist on stealth, do it so over ‘The most successful stealth camthe top it becomes funny,’ Nihom sugpaigns are the ones that never become gests. We surround an innocent art known,’ says Boris Nihom, strategy manaficionado while pretending to read. The ager at advertising agency, They. ‘But panic in his eyes only subsides when we remember when some years ago superexplain. market Dirk van den Broek’s red carrier All in all it seems talking to people is bags suddenly became the summer’s the only thing that generates a response. hottest accessory? Rumour has it bekende Our efforts become increasingly frenNederlander Katja Schuurman was paid zied— ’s fly through the—air to walk around with one.’ and in the end we have to resort to that This weekend our mission is to old, shouted intergalactic newspaper stealth market the . It’s debatcomparison trick. But does anybody take able whether having two people who are their horn-rimmed-bespectacled eyes off not actors, not marketeers and not even their immediate group of friends for one that socially adept sell the unwitting pubsecond? Nope. Readers, look around you lic something that’s already available for more! You’re letting life pass you by and free is an effective strategy. But hey, missing so many wonderful advertising when duty calls, we’re not questioning is page that decision. The problem is, Nihom, ks on thtechniques! c lo b 0 ught 5 Earlier in the day, a friend’s baby who is supposedo to ussi bous on stealth Gerbrief Brun r M decided to try to eat a . Now technique, does. He strongly advises that turned a few heads. So forget guerrilagainst the stealth approach. la advertising, the oldest trick in the book ‘It’s unethical,’ he says, ‘and it can is still the best. If you want to sell somebackfire. When people find out, they’ll thing, you need a baby. feel betrayed and become angry at the

in your face

Stealth marketing: morally dubious but super fun.

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Amsterdam Weekly recently hosted avertiroundtable on the state of advertising in sing: ster-ad m a f o Amsterdam. During the discussion, e state a few things become clear. The business is all about ry on th lete sto ly.nl p m o c e k rapid-fire change as consumers become citizens and clients need re-educating.

For th amwee msterd www.a Meanwhile, it’s getting harder and harder to find locally-generated creative talent.

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o what happened to all that buzz around Amsterdam as a European advertising capital?

Five or ten years ago, it was all the hype: internationally oriented ad companies were descending on Amsterdam to take advantage of both the infrastructure (read: Schiphol) and the city’s large creative pool.

Amsterdam-founded companies like StrawberryFrog and 180—equipped with the then latest marketing buzzwords, such as ‘guerrilla’, ‘viral’, and ‘consumer-oriented’—successfully tapped the city’s

multicultural talent for their often quirky campaigns for major brands. Even global giants Wieden + Kennedy followed their big client Nike to Amsterdam to ‘Just Do It!’ Meanwhile 180 got busy with wrapping Adidas products with squids and StrawberryFrog started dunking Mitsubishi mini-vans in aquariums.

Business was good and creative prizes were won. In 2004, the city’s reputation hit its peak when Netherlands-based agencies picked up 16 Lions—the Oscars of the advert world—at Cannes, thereby placing the country third after the US and the UK.

Many editorial inches in local and international media painted the city as the emerging advertising capital of the world.

But more recently, Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam have been laying off staff. Digital agency AKQA Amsterdam has just made three new hires last week after recently losing four key players. StrawberryFrog is regrouping after losing the global Heineken account in 2007—while at the same time opening a new office in Sao Paolo. And 180 was recently bought by Omnicom, the world’s largest ad agency holding company, as an ‘independent branch’.

Of course this could all be natural economic ebb and flow, it does still raise the question: what happened to the buzz?

Surely an industry based on buzz can maintain the buzz? Or are we seeing signs of a collapse?

Alex Melvin, founder and CEO of 180, laughs when asked over the phone if Amsterdam is dying as an ad capital. ‘Well, maybe partially. Fifteen years ago it was the local Dutch agencies who were winning all the important prizes. But then five or ten years ago the international agencies became the torch bearers. And now that

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too has died down somewhat. But I relate it more to the coming global recession.

Agencies are the first to feel the brunt— that’s where the budgets get cut first. Laws of the jungle and all that. But there are still new agencies and post-production houses appearing in Amsterdam.’

‘But at the same time, you do see the city and Dutch government working to promote the creative industry,’ continues Melvin, citing as example last Tuesday’s Iamsterdam-sponsored Creative Company Conference at the Muziekgebouw, which brought industry players together to talk about ‘creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship’.

Melvin comments: ‘The appearance of conferences like that is usually a sign that the industry has lost some of its own momentum.’

Communicating vs advertising To find out what was going on, the Weekly asked a few industry players to sit down and discuss. Get a dozen communications professionals around one table and you create less of a buzz and more of a racket.

In the dense hours that follow, one thing becomes clear: no one is planning to pack their bags and leave town anytime soon.

But everyone agrees the industry is undergoing big changes. Major corporations are now seriously turning their marketing dollars towards the internet.

They, like the ad agencies themselves, are also continuing to brand themselves silly.

Ab Winsemius, strategy director at 180 Amsterdam, explains: ‘Since all products are very similar these days, branding is about adding value with an idea. You still have old school examples like in the US, where people are buying lots of Fiji Water but don’t even know where Fiji is. And since it’s flown in, it’s probably the most polluting water ever. But it’s being stuffed down their throats. However, other companies who’ve been around longer think a little differently. It’s about finding ways to move away from traditional selling techniques.’

By way of example, Winsemius mentions TNT, which used to sponsor the Dutch Open golf championship. ‘But then the new CEO decided to use the five million euro budget to enable people to send second-hand stuff to poorer places. This is a good example of creating brand behaviour instead of just advertising.’

So has the consumer become the master? Fast-talking Brit Jason Hartley, strategic director of new agency Look, begins by attacking the terminology. ‘I hate the word “consumer”. It dehumanises, like we’re actually talking about aliens or something. We only need to think about how we behave as individuals.’

Hartley says that the ad industry has to rethink how it talks to people. ‘Are we advertisers or are we in communication?

We have to draw a balance between what individuals want and what the company is telling them to do. The real problem is that people have become a little too clever.

They remember stuff and if they forget they can always check the internet.’

RappCollins’ Serge van Wijngaarden, a 2-metre-tall, tattooed former doorman and soap opera writer, believes that individuals hold the ultimate power: ‘They simply don’t have to buy the product.’

Joep Beving, of MassiveMusic, agrees: ‘Brands have become political parties, and we vote for them by buying them. Con-

www.amsterdamweekly.nl/forsale sumers have become citizens.’

Therefore the industry is spending more time not convincing consumers but convincing their clients to deal with these new realities. ‘Brands have to listen and learn. And that’s difficult for them,’ says Hartley.

Winsemius sums up the situation: ‘You can’t hide anymore. You’ll be found out.

And that’s the whole point of the new media. Every company gets found out.

There’s more transparency and insightfulness going on, so all you can do is work hard and be really good at what you do.’

Change is hitting an industry described by Winsemius as ‘the most conservative and reactive industry around.’

But Murray White, creative director at Springer & Jacoby cuts to the bottom line: ‘Ultimately we do still have a master. And that’s the client.’

Is the new buzz word no buzz word?

So what exactly happened to the traditional ad agency? Or did they just all change their names to ‘a brand communications building agency’ in their own re-branding process?

‘There’s still bad buzz around the word advertising itself,’ says Dylan Berg, a copywriter at They. ‘Studies have shown advertising to be the least respected profession, after salesmen.’

‘Or is it lawyers?’ someone chimes in.

‘There’s a reason the ad film festival comes right after the porn film festival at Cannes,’ jokes Berg. ‘But there is good and bad advertising. Advertising on its own has a bad brand. When I tell people I’m in advertising, I can tell from their faces that they’re imagining “BUY NOW!” But when I mention doing work on their favourite brand of shoe or Greenpeace, their view shifts. If you give them the specifics, they don’t hate it.’

Beving observes that advertising is becoming more integrated into popular culture. ‘Just look online at MySpace, Facebook, all those social networks.

Everybody’s busy with self-marketing. It’s like they’re all in a huge training programme to learn to do what we’ve been doing—what we make our money with. It’s becoming what everybody does—and everybody will become better and better at it. Not only generating internet content, but also knowing how to sell something and touch points. They’re doing all the stuff we’ve learned from experience as well. We were just a couple of years earlier than the rest.’

It’s hard to stand out with all this background noise. According to StrawberryFrog’s Brian Elliott, ‘When we started nine years ago, you needed to set yourself apart from network agencies of the time. But at the end of the day you have an eighteen month window to prove yourself. People want to see the work, and then they either like it or they don’t.

You’re as good as your last work. Now our name in itself does nothing for us.’

‘The industry is so confused,’ says Elliott. ‘We’re so full of euphemisms and bullshit now that we’re going to have to go back to the essentials.’

Ad city Amsterdam Meanwhile Amsterdam remains an inspiring place to work for international creative types. And the actual working environment is much more relaxing and less hierarchical then other ad hotspots of the world. Winsemius notes, ‘That’s the

biggest thing I encountered when I went to the US to work for a few years. Here the clients I worked with lived around the corner and we could spend a lot of time working around the garden table.’

‘In the States you have to go up eighteen layers before you get your thirty minutes of decision-making,’ says Winsemius. That adds complexity and a lot of risk-avoidance. Every extra meeting you have, something gets taken away from that idea that was so great.’

Hartley: ‘But there’s definitely something extra about this city. There has to be a reason some of these companies gravitate here, other than tax breaks. Balance of life, maybe?’

‘The bikes, the coffeeshops, maybe?’ suggests Van Wijngaarden with a smirk.

Suzanna Koppedraayer is owner of Sukoi Amsterdam, a company that headhunts creative talent. ‘Amsterdam is a hub for creative people in general. So many people would jump on a plane tomorrow.

And they’re not coming here for the coffeeshops. It’s mostly people with young children who want to move here.’

But parents aren’t the traditional sources for an edgy local creative scene...

So what happened to the local talent?

Many round-tablers expressed the rising difficulties in finding young creatives.

They are currently looking towards Scandinavia for interactive web design; and to London and Belgium for 3D. Several believe that Amsterdam has just gotten too expensive for the next generation of creative talent to grow up in. White: ‘I think it’s getting harder and harder for those bohemian dudes to come to Amsterdam to live and develop their craft and be the Web guys we can source for projects. The subcultural scene is not what it used to be.’

Hartley points his finger south: ‘But look at Rotterdam. It’s got an amazing underground art and design scene.’

Beving agrees wholeheartedly: ‘Amsterdam has always been an extroverted city, while Rotterdam is completely the opposite. There you’ll experience real Rotterdam: warm, friendly and direct, with no pretensions. There’s been a historical difference for a long time. Amsterdam has been using the luxurious position they created ten or fifteen years ago. And in a way it’s time for a subculture to emerge. But that has been very difficult, We’re seeing a lot of people moving to Rotterdam, because it’s cheaper, and by now there’s more stuff happening there.’

Elliott: ‘People spend more time on the Tube in London than they do on the train between Rotterdam and Amsterdam. So I think both the Amsterdam city council and the Dutch government have to get beyond the idea that Amsterdam is just a brand of itself. They have to see that it represents this country’s creativity and design. And Amsterdam and Rotterdam have to get past competing with each other. There’s a huge amount of opportunity here. When we talk to clients and consultants around the world, they talk about two places in Europe—London and Amsterdam. There are murmurs about Berlin and Barcelona, but very rarely. You’ve just got to cast your net a little wider. Because it’s not about Amsterdam, it’s about Amsterdam as a hub for a lot of areas.’

Oops. Is it time to become the Rotterdam Weekly?

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ROUNDTABLE: Who are you? What do you do? What does that mean?

Dylan Berg: ‘I’m a copywriter working at a relatively new international agency called THEY. We’ve done campaigns for clients like RVS Insurance and Bronx Shoes, and now UPC. Aside from advertising we do some writing for TV shows.’

Joep Beving: ‘I’m a music producer and strategist for MassiveMusic, an international company and we do everything related with music to picture. Mostly we see what sounds and genres can work best for a campaign or brand for the long term.’

Brian Elliott: ‘I’m one of the three founders who started StrawberryFrog nine years ago. And while we challenged how names were given and things are done— media-neutral and all that—I’m personally coming around.’

Matt Harrison: ‘I’m a planner [which is same as a strategist] and I’ve been here just five weeks working at KesselsKramer.

Before that I was in London working on brands and campaign strategy with Skype and eBay.’ Jason Hartley: ‘My background is interactive and cross media. I’m strategic director for a new agency called Look-basically I chart out the strategic vision of our clients for the next two or three years. We’ll be going to market next month and then I’ll be allowed to tell you more. When I know it.’

Suzanna Koppedraayer: ‘I’m the owner of Sukoi. We hate the word ‘head hunter’ but have become that: we work with agencies all over the world. We help people get set up in Amsterdam, but we also advise Amsterdam agencies on how to become more international.’

Rene Nuijens: ‘I’m a director and photographer who has been doing a lot of advertising lately—from theatre schools to ABN/AMRO. The funny stuff. The dry, tragic, funny stuff.’

Murray White: ‘I work as creative director for Springer & Jacoby International, with offices around Europe. I come in and out of these offices and kind of tell people whether what they’re doing is crap or not.’

Ab Winsemius: ‘I’m a planning director at 180. I’m part of a slew of people they hired to transition from a traditional to a more modern cross-media agency. I’ve worked on Adidas, Amstel and BMW Motorcycle.

Testosterone-laden. That’s why I grew a beard.’

Novi van Baak: ‘I work with Suzanna at Sukoi. I recruit people for the creative industry and do PR for smaller agencies who want to go global.’

Serge van Wijngaarden: ‘I was a freelance copywriter for the last decade. In January, I became creative director at RappCollins and am just figuring it out.

Basically a creative director works hard and gets others to do the same while taking the creative work to the next level.’

While not everyone could be included in the article, Amsterdam Weekly would like to thank all for staying to discuss our ‘situation’. We got quality advice. Thanks to Corinne Genestay for having the pulling power to help bring this group of people together.

Also a special thanks to the folks at CAYENNE for spending a weekend inspiring us with their IDEAS and ENERGY. Amsterdam Weekly’s ‘For Sale’ campaign would never have been possible without them.

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the good cops of advertising Idealism and advertising don’t have to be a paradox.

BY SARAH GEHRKE

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ne may as well begin with a bad joke: An architect, a professor of chemistry, and a guy who works in advertising are walking their dogs, and they have a discussion about who’s got the best job. But they can’t come to a solution, and after a while they decide to let their dogs decide for them by letting them show off their tricks. Each dog gets a box of kibbles. The architect’s dog uses them to build a sophisticated miniature castle.

The chemistry professor’s dog pours several weird fluids over them and causes an interesting multicoloured chemical reaction which proves something that none of the other dogs are clever enough to understand. Then it’s the third dog’s turn. He empties the whole box on the floor, pulverises the kibbles, snorts them, and then has sex with the other two dogs. The advertising guy smiles, gives his dog another two boxes of kibbles as a reward, and says: ‘I guess I won.’

In short: working in advertising doesn’t really have the best image. However, according to Adri de Vries, managing director kly.nl amwee msterd of SIRE (short for Stichting .a w w w : t exists Ideele Reclame), it’s not as bad as g. Yes i ertisin v d a c it used to be. Back in the I1970s, dealisti she says, when she started, ‘you can also sell ideas. It’s communication— couldn’t work in advertising. Holland was and without communication you can’t do a very left-wing society, and in the whole anything.’ flower-power climate, it was a terrible And this is where SIRE comes in. thing to work in advertising. It was just Founded in 1967 after the example of the not done.’ So you didn’t tell anyone about American Advertising Council, SIRE is an your job? ‘Oh I told everyone. I actually independent foundation aiming at drawwent all over the country with it. The ing public attention to social issues that thing is, it was the time of the women’s are, in their opinion, underexposed. Probmovement, and there was a conference in lems dealt with in past campaigns include which I partook, with a presentation illiteracy, aggression, digital bullying, and about the image of women in advertising mourning; the current campaign, entitled and how it could be improved.

‘Give children back their play’ is about ‘See, that’s the thing about advertisoverzealous parents who pressure their ing. It’s bad and it’s good. Commercial kids when they’re doing sports, taking all advertising doesn’t only sell products, it

the lightness and fun out of it.

Subjects for new SIRE campaigns are decided by a general committee, which consists of people from the communication industries—media as well as advertising. The subject is then handed over to one of the many advertising and PR agencies that SIRE works with. All parts of the process are based on voluntary work: ‘It is an honour to be asked to be on the general committee,’ says de Vries. ‘People definitely want to be a part of it.’ The advertising agencies offer their services to SIRE for free as well. ‘We only work with medium-sized to large agen-

cies,’—among them TBWA, Saatchi & Saatchi and DDB— ’because the smaller ones can’t afford to make a campaign for free.’ And finally, diverse media offer free broadcasting and printing space to SIRE. ‘The only expenses we have are the running costs of our very small office, and my expenses,’ says de Vries. ‘Those are paid with donations from about 90 companies and organisations.’

The SIRE campaigns, which can all be viewed on the SIRE website, are sometimes very direct, and sometimes with more of a twist. They’re always very strong: good advertising, basically. ‘Every subject, of course, requires a specific style,’ says de Vries, ‘but what’s always included in our briefing for the agencies is that the campaign has to have a strong impact—it has to reach people and the message has to come across. Our campaigns are never offensive, and we never get into political or religious topics. But at the same time we can afford to breach the limits, because we’re not affiliated with the government or any other organisations. We are always the first ones to approach an issue—often they are taboo issues. Sometimes the government or other organisations take over. This happened, for example, with our campaign about the danger of fire works.’

De Vries was a member of the SIRE board of directors from 1981 to 1985 and has been manager of SIRE since 2000.

She will retire in three weeks, to be followed by Jantien Andriessen. Have you got a favourite among all the campaigns that have been made during your time at SIRE? ‘No,’ she says. ‘Each new issue we deal with is important to me. There have been 18 campaigns since I’ve been here, and they’re all very dear to me.’ Looks like advertising doesn’t have to be evil after all.

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THURSDAY 3 APRIL Jazz: Mike Reed’s Loose Assembly + The Rempis Percussion Quartet These groups represent some of the finest post-Ken Vandermark output from Chicago’s bustling free jazz scene, and their differences speak of the richness of the musical community there. Drummer Mike Reed draws heavily upon improvisation gambits in the lovely compositions he writes for his quintet Loose Assembly, but he sees the tunes as more than just triggers for his excellent soloists. Alto saxophonist Greg Ward, cellist Tomeka Reid (both impressive young members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians), vibist Jason Adasiewicz, and bassist Josh Abrams are infinitely flexible, creating changing instrumental pairings to give the pieces greater orchestral depth. Plus, they’re all inspired improvisers too. The strong rapport between saxophonist Dave Rempis and his band—-bassist Anton Hatwich and twin drummers Frank Rosaly and Tim Daisy—-is enough to shape the combo’s all improvised material into satisfying excursions built on fullbore blowing and roiling rhythmic intensity. The most epic material on the group’s recent double CD Hunters-Gatherers runs to nearly 30 minutes, and because of all of the twists, turns, and collisions, it never feels too long. (Peter Margasak) Bimhuis, 21.00, €15.

Film: CinemAsia Film Festival The third edition of this annual Asian film festival gets going this week with a full programme of 70 new films never before shown in the Netherlands, including works from several Southeast Asian countries (Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam)

and shorts from the Asian diaspora. The new John Woo production, Blood Brothers by director Alexi Tan, will be screening, as will the Rotterdam favourite Voyage du ballon rouge, a reworking of the classic French film by Taiwanese auteur Hou Hsiao Hsien starring young Dutch-Asian directors, while the first-night offering, Justin Linc’s mockumentary Finishing the Game parodies Bruce Lee films and Hollywood stereotypes. See www.cinemasia.nl for the full programme. (Steve Korver) Rialto, various times, €9/film. Until 13 April.

FRIDAY 4 APRIL Photography: Hong Kong Visions The most fascinating cities in the world are always full of contrasts, and Hong Kong is a prime example. East and West. Old and new. Neon lights and Chinese temples. The skyscrapers of the financial world and little run-down stalls with terribly scary food.

It all seems a little more exciting than having a Wok to Walk next door to a Pannekoekenhuis on Leidsestraat. Or at least so the ten Dutch-based photographers who partake in this exhibition must have thought, when they made their way to shoot portraits of the Asian metropolis. From Ed van der Elsken’s black-and-white photographs from the 1960s to the impressive architectural perspectives by José van Riele, the exhibition presents some of the many, many aspects of Hong Kong in more than 80 photos. And once you’ve soaked it all in, you can head for some pancakes. Or maybe shrimp noodles? A burger? Shawarma? Tom Kha Kai soup? Belgian waffles?

Up to you, my dear. (Sarah Gehrke) Muziekgebouw (Thur, Sun-Wed 10.00-01.00, Fri, Sat 10.00-02.00), free. Until 17 April.

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SATURDAY 5 APRIL Gospel: The Nephew Brothers Where is the love? Where is the faith? Where is the worship? Well, as unlikely as it may seem, it’s all gathering at De Nieuwe Anita on a Saturday evening. So hold off on the debauchery for another few hours and soak up some original gospel songs from this hearty bunch, who’ve recently released an album of old-time gospel and bluegrass works titled Independent Gospel Sounds. Course, this isn’t your usual bunch of holy heads and preachers. The tunes are delivered energetically with a raw lo-fi vibe, pushed onwards by droning organs or guitars or occasionally plucky banjos. Meanwhile, the vocals reach for the stars with a familiar Southern drawl and a surge of harmonies that will warm your heart and have you joining in to praise your personal Saviour before you realise what you’ve done. If, after the love-in, you’re feeling a tad embarrassed about wearing your heart on your sleeve, you can always tell your friends you were just being ironic.

(Steven McCarron) De Nieuwe Anita, 20.00, €5.

Event: Museumweekend—De kunst van de waarheid Ah well, the truth—it’s a complicated thing. Sincerity does sound like a good idea, but come on, be honest (just for once): no one gets around without a little, or even a little more, lying here and there. Museums, however, are generally regarded as the number one places of truth.

In terms of truthfulness, general opinion has museums right up there with the Dalai Lama, mirrors, lie detectors, numbers, David Attenborough, alcohol tests and eyes that smile. And so, ‘The Art of Truth’ is the motto of this year’s museum weekend, now reaching its 27th edition. Over 500 museums take part nationwide, organising special actions and opening their doors for reduced or even zero entrance fees. The goal of the museum weekend is to awaken the interest of people that normally don’t hang out in them so much, and to devote attention to special aspects of museum work. And, of course, to spread the truth. See www.amsterdamweekly.nl. (Sarah Gehrke) Various locations, times and prices. Also on 6 April.

TUESDAY 8 APRIL Music/Lecture: Yuri Landman The guitarists in Sonic Youth have made a name for themselves banging with drumsticks on their strangely detuned strings, that have screwdrivers or other utensils stuck between them. To some it might sound tuneful, while others will judge it as pure, menacing noise, but overall it just rocks. Amsterdam guitar builder Yuri Landman created several instruments based on the way Sonic Youth play. During this effort he discovered that a lot of ideas were similar to principles found in instruments such as the 19th century Luthier piano to the prehistorical lute. Tonight he will explain and demonstrate these magical sonic discoveries on his own spectacular looking noisetruments, some of which are currently played by the band Liars and by his heroes in Sonic Youth, as well. Currently Landman is working on guitar-like instruments for alternative scenesters Jad Fair, Lightning Bolt and Blonde Redhead. (Marinus de Ruiter) De Nieuwe Anita, 20.00, free.

WEDNESDAY 9 APRIL Dance: Zeitung Contrasts—some would say fundamental oppositions—are forcibly crashed together in Zeitung, the new work by the always-formidable Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. Geometry and improvisation are the polarities that will be explored on stage. Meanwhile, pianist Alain Franco performs a patchwork of scores by Bach and Webern—pillars, respectively, of tonality and atonality— along with a smattering of Schönberg. Working with the nine dancers of her company, Rosas, De Keersmaeker says that she ‘wanted to go back to the essence, to the simplicity of the body in dance: a body as two spirals revolving around a central, vertical axis… The body as materialised energy and as the manifestation of universal principles.’ The result fashions yet another grand synthesis—between the cerebral and the sensual—in an evening that should be as thought-provoking as it is moving. (Steve Schneider) Het Muziektheater, 20.15, €15-€35.

Soul: Bettye Lavette ‘Forty years I kept singing, before the money started running in,’ she sings on ‘Before the Money Came the Batt.’ And indeed, soul singer Bettye Lavette has been an insider tip for far too long. Having started in the ’60s, Lavette went through a large number of record labels who didn’t always treat her too well—her debut album was released 20 years after her first single. 2005 saw her resurface with the critically acclaimed I’ve Got my Own Hell to Raise, and in 2007 Lavette released The Scene of the Crime. This album shows Lavette to be back in great style. It was recorded together with the Drive-By Truckers and features mainly cover versions: lots of country, but also a song by Elton John. The genre doesn’t matter, she said in a recent interview, as long as she feels the songs. ‘If you hear a nice song, you go and buy the record. If I hear something nice, I’m going to sing it.’ (Sarah Gehrke) Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 20.30, €17.50 + membership.

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Sunday 6 April Classical: Fancy Fiddlers Surprise Platform These kids (age 6-18) certainly do play some fancy strings, and hopefully they also lead a delightfully sheltered life (being a ‘fancy fiddler’ in your average public urban school may not be the safest undertaking).

Bethaniënklooster, 11.00, €10 Opera: Porgy & Bess (See Thursday) Carré, 14.00, 20.00, €29-€79 World: Janicek Blending jazz, pop and blues—Czech style—this instrumental quintet, led by singer Jana Kostálová, perform original tunes in their native language. Badcuyp, Noordpool, 15.00, €5

Fancy Fiddlers Surprise Platform, see Sunday

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Thursday 3 April Opera: Porgy & Bess The classic Gershwin score performed as originally intended, with a full American cast sharing numbers like ‘I Got Plenty of Nothing’, ‘It Ain’t Necessarily So’ and of course, ‘Summertime’.

Carré, 20.00, €29-€79

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Saturday 5 April

Jazz: Jazz uit de jaren ’40 en ’50 House band with Guido Schaake (guitar) and Gerlinde Esser (vocalist).

Parsley Club, 19.00, €10

Classical: Trio Amare Soprano, clarinet and piano perform songs by Mozart, Spohr and Schubert.

Noorderkerk, 14.00, €12

Pop/Rock: Killerpilze Teen sensation from Germany.

Melkweg, The Max, 19.30, €15 + membership

Jazz: The Cotton Club All Stars House band with Dirk Balthaus on piano and Dick Verbeeck on drums. Cotton Club, 16.30, free

Rock: Pelt Dutch troupe with broad influences and references that come out in their sound, from the Kinks and Beck to Mali blues and sweaty funk.

Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 20.00, €8.50 + membership Classical: The Merry Widow Screening of the 1925 film version of the operetta, Die lustige Witwe, accompanied live by the Orchestra da Camera Oscura. Concertgebouw, Kleine Zaal, 20.15, €31

Classical: Willem Brons The 70-year-old pianist performs Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier. Concertgebouw, Kleine Zaal, 20.15, €26

Big band: Soul Rebels Casablanca Muziek, 20.30, free

Opera: Porgy & Bess (See Thursday) Carré, 20.00, €29-€79

Hardcore: Frightening Fiction With very loud bands Seein Red and Nightstick Justice (US).

OCCII, 21.00, €5

Rock: Berry Zegt—Belgie-Nederland pt. 1 Guitar songs from Ken Sent Me; emo-angst and Britpop from Kensington; and popular Belgian rock from Hollywood Porn Stars (BE). Afterwards, dance along with the Take Me Out DJs. Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €6 Latin/Jazz: V.S.O.P. Another round with Martin Verdonk’s fiery instrumental quintet. Badcuyp, Noordpool, 21.30, €8 Rock: Spooner Dutch outfit that blends pop rock with stoner rock. Expect numbers off new album, Trading Dreams. Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 21.30, €7 + membership Rock: The Dads Though it remains unconfirmed if these Dutch rockers really have kids or they’re just posing, their sounds are certainly father friendly (think The Verve, The Dandy Warhols and Doves). Patronaat, Haarlem, 21.30, free Rock: 3voor12 Radio Live Live in the studio tonight are the poppy jazz orchestral sounds of Room Eleven, sexy rock from Delavega (BE) and Grote Prijs winners Good Dog Happy Man. Desmet Studios, 22.00, free (reservations required)

Rock: Berry zegt—Nederland-Belgie pt. 3 The final day of Berry Jungle’s NL/BE fest, with The Hospital Bombers, Moss, Superlux (BE) and Airport City Express (BE). Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 20.00, €10 + membership Singer-songwriter: James Taylor Unless you’re a fan, you might not know this American is still touring (and singing) with the same youthful energy that rushed him along with the wave of singer-songwriters in the ’70s (though, his ticket prices have increased somewhat since then). Heineken Music Hall, 20.00, €43-€49

Singer-songwriter: Grap Mooie Noten With Gerrit, M-JO, Joost Dobbe, Yaso & Djoeke, Midas, Channah and Jacob Arch. Volta, 20.30, €6

Experimental: Mike Reed’s Loose Assembly Hailing from the rich tradition of Chicago’s avant-garde scene, this quintet (with drums, sax, cello, bass, vibes) produces a subtle, spooky sound that is suitably contrasted by the explosive style of fellow Chicagoans The Rempis Percussion Quartet. Guests include local improv masters Ab Baars and Michael Moore.

Bimhuis, 21.00, €15

Heavy: Down American heavy metal outfit comprised of former and current members of Pantera, Corrosion of Conformity and Crowbar. Melkweg, The Max, 19.30, €25 + membership

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Contemporary: Donaueschingen Two pianists and two percussionists tackle defining pieces of the twentieth century, including Cage’s Imaginary Landscape No. 1, R Ford’s Curves, Ligeti’s Selbstportrait mit Reich und Riley (und Chopin ist auch dabei), Berio’s Linea, Reich’s Piano Phase and Stravinsky’s Concerto for Two Pianos.

Concertgebouw, Kleine Zaal, 20.15, €29

World: Akiko Fujii Japanese singer performs Jiuta, a romantic 17th-century vocal style accompanied by shamisen (longnecked lute), koto (table zither) and shakuhachi (bamboo flute). Tropentheater, Kleine Zaal, 20.30, €18

Classical: Het Uriël Ensemble Piano quartet featuring top players from top groups (including first violist of the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest and the first clarinetist of the Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest) share classics by Mozart, Brahms and Schubert. Amstelkerk, 20.15, €18

World: Bojan Z—Tetraband This Parisian star culls a fabulous array of jazz, klezmer and folk music from his native Bosnia. His trio tonight is joined by trombonist Josh Roseman, who played with the likes of John Zorn and Dave Douglas. Bimhuis, 21.00, €15

Contemporary: Symfonisch Blaasorkest ‘De Amsterdamse Tramharmonie’ Brass orchestra perform diverse works by Eastern European composers. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €17-€20

Rock: Berry Zegt—Belgie-Nederland pt. 2 Fresh from their Australian tour, the Sunfiresouls bring back their good reggae vibes. Also with disco/ska troupe Two Star Hotel (BE) and sensual rockers Furistic. Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €6 Hiphop: Gek, Gekker, Gekst Volta, 22.00, free Rock: The Horse Company Dutch quartet that bring the sounds of American rootsy alt rock. Think Wilco, Neil Young and Ryan Adams. Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina, 22.00, €7.50 Bluegrass: The Moonshiners Players hailing from Glasgow show us that not all of Scotland is green, some of it’s a lovely shade of blue. Mulligans, 22.00, free

Tito Paris World: Tito Paris The famous singer/guitarist from the Cape Verde Islands shares his warm rhythm and lyrics. Tropentheater, Grote Zaal, 15.00, €20 Classical: Esther Steenbergen Trio New and traditional Latin guitar sounds get the classical touch.

Bethaniënklooster, 15.30, €16.50 Heavy: Kamelot Power metal band from Florida will likely speed their way through tunes off latest album Ghost Opera. Opening acts are Firewind and Forever Slave. Paradiso, 18.30, €21 + membership Pop: Kelly Clarkson The American Idol winner arrives here as part of her big Euro tour. Heineken Music Hall, 20.00, €38 Latin/Jazz: Villa Zeezicht Quartet perform Dutch-language tango and flamenco numbers. Badcuyp, Zuidpool, 20.00, €4 (free with meal purchase of €9) Latin/Jazz: Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw Savvy jazzers, with guest guitarist Eric Vaarzon Morel supplying the impetus for tonight’s flamenco theme.

After collaborations with Eric Vloeimans and Jesse van Ruller, Morel will play his own compositions with the full group. Bimhuis, 21.00, €14 World: Tempranillo Acoustic outfit that blends the unlikely combination of Celtic and flamenco styles.

Badcuyp, Noordpool, 21.00, €5

Monday 7 April

Opera: Porgy & Bess (See Thursday) Carré, 14.00, Contemporary: Muziekpakhuis 25 jaar Celebrating 19.00, €29-€79 the school’s anniversary, 25 composers from the Electronica: Portishead For the first time in ten years, Muziekpakhuis each contribute a piece of modern these sombre British triphoppers return to the Nethermusic (each no longer than three minutes and for one lands for what should be a great show, and what a to ten players) to the collective composition, 25 damned shame it’s salready sold out. Heineken Music Stukken, which will be performed in various spaces of for ale .nl/out Hall, 20.00, klysold e e w m the building. Muziekgebouw, 20.30, €15 rda .amste Cabaret: Purper—a Purrfect Performance Dutchee wwwLineup SHiphop ? s k Hiphop: Breathing Bijlmer goes c lo language musical comedy from Frans Mulder, Erik Buy b including Karima (Dignity), Jenny, Chy Kyria, Amy FasoBrey, Jon van Eerd, Rop Verheijen and Marco Braam. la, Debbie Beaujon, TK Jive, M-A-D Rico (Jetsset Carré, 20.00, €15-€39 Cartell), U Name It and Rachell cover hits from the genre. Grolsch Music Cafe, 21.00, €8 Opera: Opera per Tutti! Weekly performance by De Nieuwe Opera Academie. Vondelkerk, 20.15, €20 World: Minyeshu Kifle Ethiopian singer (living in the Netherlands) supported by a lush—and suitably ethBig band: Biggles Classic sounds of the genre, played nic—instrumental backup. Bimhuis, 21.00, €12 live every week. Casablanca Muziek, 21.00, free

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3-9 April 2008 Rock: Jessie Evans feat. Toby Dammit Singer/sax player Evans (Vanishing) shares new sounds she’s been working on with drummer Dammit (who played extensively with Iggy Pop, among others). Support from Harry Merry. OCCII, 21.00, €7

Jungstar Giving future stars their space to shine, this edition features Strip Steve, Detect (Paris) and The Walk & Rogerseventytwo. Sugar Factory, 23.0005.00, €12 Kit Cat Klub With Victor Coral, Arjuna Schiks (live), Lupe, FreddySpool and Marcello. Club Home, 23.0005.00, €12

Experimental: DNK-Amsterdam Weekly concert series for new live electronic and acoustic music, now in a new location. Raed Yassin, Anne La Berge, Steve Heather, Bas van Koolwijk and Mike Ottink heat up the new space with solo sets. SMART Project Space, 21.30, €5

Last Night On Earth World breaking rock ’n’ rave and electro ’n’ rock from Cosmo Vitelli (Paris), Minx Pilot & Typhus Hideous, David Gilmour Girls and My Little Soundsystem. Flex Bar, 23.00-05.00, €8

Jazz: Hans Dulfer and friends The saxman demonstrates the older school jazz that gave him the reputation of a podium beest. Sugar Factory, 22.00, €11

Timezone presents: The Ritz The best ’80s, ’90s and ’00s pop, burlesque and dance tunes. Hotel Arena, 23.00-05.00, €12

Tuesday 8 April

Gemengd Zwemmen Two rooms of swimmingly diverse noise. In The Max, it’s all Balkan Beatz; in the Oude Zaal, there’s alternative dance, pop, rock and indie hits. Melkweg, 23.59-late, €9

World: Carlos Denia Moreno With a little help from his friends, including a pianist, percussionist, guitarist, dancer and another vocalist, Moreno sings flamenco is page s on th with all the fire one would hope for. Concertgebouw, 0 block ought 5 b t n i Kleine Zaal, 20.15, €28.50 o Pink P

Sunday 6 April

Experimental: Beukorkest There’s no easy way to sum up this mish-mash of musicians. Just know there are a lot of them (Rik van Iersel on drums and guitar, Marc Koppen on drums, Timo van Veen on vocals and guitar, Onno Kortland on contrabass and vocals, and 12—yep 12—other guests). And they blend lots of styles (rock, spoken word, avant-garde, Americana, rap, blues, funk, noise, jazz and pop), all of it laced with improvisation.

Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 20.30, €12.50 + membership

Cheeky Monday True skool jungle and drum & bass, featuring players from the local and international scenes. Winston Kingdom, 21.00-03.00, €6 Living In Oblivion A party for dark souls and creatures of the night. Winston Kingdom, 21.00-03.00, €6 WickedJazzSounds Jazz, hiphop, broken beats, nujazz, funk and Afro sounds, as classic vinyl collides with live musicians. Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €9.50

Rock: The Rifles These Brits are so f-ing good, but since you can’t get a ticket anyway, we’re not going to bother describing what you’re missing (but they are really really good). Patronaat, Haarlem, 20.30, sold out

Tuesday 8 April Les & More: Back2Back With DJs Rikki Latu & Faz, Oz Romita & W&DY, Les Ley & Thijs Kaldenbach.

Winston Kingdom, 22.00-03.00, €6

Rock: King Louis & Black Rose Band Raw American bourbon-soaked outfit. Patronaat, Haarlem, 21.00, free Singer-songwriter: Open Mic Weekly podium for singers to share their tunes and hear their peers. Lots of international voices are heard, mostly unknowns, so you could be pleasantly surprised. Cafe Sappho, 21.00, free

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Rock: Red Bull Soundclash Battle of two bands, Moke (Brit rock) and Voicst (local alt rock) hosted by DJ Git Hyper. Paradiso, 21.00, €10 + membership Jazz: Saskia Laroo Jazz out the bell of a trumpet.

Casablanca Muziek, 21.00, free Jazz: JazzCafe With Friso van Wijck (drums), Sandor Kem (bass) and Thijs van Milligen (alto sax). Zaal 100, 22.00, €3 Soul: Erika Rose After writing songs for Alicia Keys, this Brooklyn-based singer steps out to strut her own sexy stuff.

Support from Om’mas Keith (of Sa-Ra). Bitterzoet, 22.30, €5

Wednesday 9 April Jazz: Lunchconcert Performance by the Gerard Kleijn Group. Concertgebouw, Kleine Zaal, 12.30, free Opera: Porgy & Bess (See Thursday) Carré, 20.00, €29-€79 Classical: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Paavo Järvi conducts works by Arvo Pärt and Tchaikovsky. Also, violin soloist Janine Jansen takes on Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concert in D—a piece that grumpy ol’ Jascha Heifetz declared ‘unplayable’. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €61-€72.50 Soul: Bettye LaVette Known as ‘The Great Lady of Soul’—though few knew of her till her 2005 album I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise came out—Lavette cut her first single at age 16 in 1962, and she’s been raising vocal hell ever since. Expect a fair mix of originals and covers from the likes of Willie Nelson and Ray Charles.

Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 20.30, €17.50 + membership Classical: In the Alps The Nederlands Blazers Ensemble, with Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan, perform English-Dutch composer Richard Ayres’s new piece which he proudly describes as a ‘Mountain Melodrama’. Along with some unavoidable yodeling, expect songs about goats, burning desires, inaccessible heights and young Swedish love. Muziekgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.30, €10-€22 Tango: Pablo Ziegler/Quique Sinesi/Walter Castro Pianist Ziegler played with legendary tango master Astor Piazzola for ten years. Now he leads his own trio which inflects similar classical and jazz leanings on the traditional tango style. Bimhuis, 21.00, €18 Electro rock: Zoot Woman British electronic outfit known as an integral forerunner in the ’90s electroclash scene, they’ve lately been performing their version of sexy ’80s sounds. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 21.00, €12 + membership Punk: Lady Cop US outfit, followed by Pony Pack and Storm. Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €6 Folk: Paul Martin and Mark Gilligan Musical entertainment, Irish style. Mulligans, 21.30, free

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CLUBS

Knockout Reggae and dancehall favourites. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 23.00-late, €12.50 + membership Legends Celebrating the sounds of three Motown greats: Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Rick James. DJ Manga will be spinning the hits, covers and sampled tunes. Paradiso, 23.59-05.00, €10

Thursday 3 April Poptrash Three decades’ worth of rock, electro and hiphop with The Punchout DJs and guests. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 23.00-05.00, €5 Wildvreemd 2.0 Steffi is back in town with a wild selection of Detroit/Chicago house. Support from Boris Werner, Berend Kirch and Jeroen Kok. Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €8.50

Friday 4 April Burlesque Freakout 1920s nighclub vibe meets the mind of Tarantino. Club 8, 22.00-04.00, €10 Vice Second birthday party promising diverse sounds and plenty of vices. Studio K, 22.00-late, free, tickets: www.viceland.nl Planet Delsin With Los Hermanos (Detroit, live), Peel Seamus, Tim Nieburg and Raymon Hollander. 11, 22.30-04.00, €12 90’s Now Flipping back a decade. Hotel Arena, 23.00-04.00, €13 Discocult presents: Djuma Soundsystem A marvellous mix of funk, jazz, electro, Latin, swing, ska, bossa nova, hiphop, psychedelia and glam rock, all with a disco twist. DJ Rubedo and shaman jazz master Graham B are joined tonight by Djuma Soundsystem.

Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €10 Hertz_ & Manual Music Night With Avus (Border Community) & Perc (Manual Music), Thomas Lauren (live), Jama, Marcus Gehring and Madou. Flex Bar, 23.00-05.00, €8 Playground presents: Todd Bodine House, techno, tech-house and minimal, with support from Jerome, Lush 7, Zomar, Richard Parker, Marixa (Canada) and Vincenzo de Bull. Studio 80, 23.00-06.00, €10 klinch: Electronation Featuring British house music guru Steve Lawler, Onno and Terry Toner. Melkweg, The Max, 23.00-late, €16 + membership

Saturday 5 April IChiOne / Subversive Renaissance 20 Dubstep, breakbeats and drum & bass. Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina, 20.00-04.00, €8/€15 Dance4Freedom Pumping bass, a dazzling light show and DJ talents including Bart Skils (opening), Shinedoe, Miss Monica, Kabale und Liebe, Eric de Man and many more are the main draws for this freedom party by Project Aware. Dress code is red, white and black. Westerunie, 21.00 04.00, €12.50 Sensative One year anniversary party with Brian S, The Flexican, Robert Feelgood and many more.

The Mansion, 21.00-late, €15 Addicted Two areas, with David Penn, Erick E, Baggi Begovic, Philip Young and De Man Zonder Schaduw. Panama, 22.00-04.00, €18 Ratio? invites Secret Sundaze With Giles Smith & James Priestley (Secret Sundaze, London) and Melon. 11, 22.00-04.00, €12 Rednose Allstars With Steven de Peven, Aardvarck and special guests. Club 8, 22.00-04.00, €6 BEDeclectic House and strictly urban. Two rooms with The Partysquad, Off the Wall, Yasmin Lebon, Marly Mar, Mark Junior and Leroy Styles. Hotel Arena, 23.00-04.00, €15 Earth A global audio-visual experience with diverse electronica from Deadbeat (Montreal), Sandrien, Per, Nuno Dos Santos, Patrice Bäumel, Kollektiv Turmstrasse, Kareem Raïhani and more.

Paradiso, 23.00-05.00, €17.50 Framebusters With Raymundo, Bart B More, Jipdelux and more. Escape, 23.00-05.00, €15 Hotspot A new Saturday night party for urban, Latin and Caribbean dance sounds. Club Chi, 23.00-05.00, €10

Friday 4 April 10 Years Queen’s Head For ten days this fun bar will celebrate its 10 -year anniversary. Every night there’ll be free drinks on the hour, acts, shows and DJs. Highlights should include former Queen’s Head celeb Dusty performing as Kylie and Mayday doing a Maddy impersonation. For details and full line-up, check www.queenshead.nl. Until 14 April.

Queen's Head, (Fri-Wed) Party: Bear Necessity The former FurBall-venue is now home to this new party for hairy marys and those in persuit of the hirsute. This second edition sees DJ Dreyaz, DJ Benjamin and DJ David Hernández (Cockring) spinning the decks, while the furry blokes show off their hairy pecs. More, 23.00-05.00, €12.50-€15

Saturday 5 April Club: Garbo for Women Lounge, eat and dance at this monthly lesbian party. This month’s dinner is tabouleh, either with fish, meat or tofu. After 20.00 tables get cleared for a relaxed and fun dance party to shed the calories. Reservation for dinner (€12,50) necessary on 682 6310 or info@strand-west.nl, re: Garbo Dinner. Strand West, 19.00-00.00, €5 Sex club: Club Trash The famous men-only fetish and sex party, now held in a new and more suitable location near Centraal Station. Strict dress-code: leather, uniform, rubber, army. No jeans, no sneakers. DJs David Hernández, Ruud and Eko pump up the volume while the crowd trashes it out. The Dungeons, 22.0004.00, €20-€25 Club: M.U.L.T.I.S.E.X.Y This monthly party is a bit of everything, really: part glam-ish, part punk-ish, part electro-ish, topped with a slightly underground/alternative touch. It’s gay, but very mixed, and that just adds to the overall attraction. Studio 80, 23.00-06.00, €9.50

Sunday 6 April Club: Grey Pink Dance afternoon/night for—you’ve guessed it—older gays and lesbians. Music style varies from 1930s ditties to ’70s glam disco, plus drag artists, Dutch performers and acts. Paleis van Weemoed, 16.00, free

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STAGE Opening Theatre: Rechtstreeks Sprankelend New one-man show from multi-tasker Paul Haenen, with his wellknown and well-loved alter egos Margreet Dolman, Dominee Gremdaat and Dokter Valentijn. Betty Asfalt Complex, (Thur-Sun, Wed 20.30), €16 Theatre: Stikken In the twice-a-year series ‘Almost Famous’, the spotlight shines on new and up-and-coming theatre groups and solo artists. Theatre group Sonja from Amersfoort plays Stikken, a play by award-winning Scottish writer Anthony Nelson, about a man and a woman struggling to keep their failing relationship going. In Dutch. Ostadetheater, (Fri, Sat 20.30), €9.50 Theatre/Dance: Oh Shit New show directed by Alida Dors, a former dancer who appeared in video clips supporting P.Diddy, Usher and Joe. Aimed at youngsters, this is a dance/theatre performance about being pregnant at a young age and the turmoil this can cause. With Sharon Bouman, Senna Gourdou, Jasmine van der Hell and Anouk Foidevaux. Melkweg Theater, (Fri, Sat 20.30, Sun 16.00), €9 Theatre: Naar Schotland New play by writer and director Thibaud Delpeut. Performed by Het Nationale Toneel, this piece is about a man and a woman and the gap between money and well-being. Theater Bellevue, (Fri-Sun 20.30), €15-€17 Theatre: De Toneelschrijfdagen #7 Two days of fresh scripts, works-in-progress, music and interviews from Holland’s theatre talents. In Dutch. See www.debalie.nl.

De Balie, (Sat, Sun), various prices Theatre: Naar Damascus Ingmar Bergman meets David Lynch in this play by Toneelgroep Amsterdam from the Swedish writer August Strindberg (1849-1912).

Directed by Pierre Audi, this play is about the writer’s struggle with relations, fame and religion. Stadsschouwburg, (Sat, Wed 20.15, Sun 16.00), €17.50 Theatre: Hol Toneelgroep Bloody Mary’s hilarious play about a dysfunctional family that has been transported back in time. Can they survive without the internet, mobiles, iPods and TV? Not to mention having no convenience food—and having to cook from items found in nature. In Dutch. Meervaart, (Sun 14.30), €13 Theatre: Mijn moeder, d’r moeder, d’r moeder en ik Seven young girls and their play about mothers, daughters and grannnies from different countries and generations. It’s part of the project ‘Welcome into my world’ from the Ubuntu Theatre Organisation. Studio K, (Sun 16.00), €5

Ongoing Performance: Varekai Yet another Cirque du Soleil touring monster. This one is based loosely on the Greek myth of Icarus, and as you’d expect, features acrobatics and theatrical circus trickery on a scale most wouldn’t dare.

Throw in the elaborate costumes and purposefully created live score, and it’ll be packing in audiences through May. Under the Grand Chapiteau, (Daily), €25-€74 Theatre: Spring During the John Everett Millais exhibition, Olivier Provily presents a piece about five young women moving through time. Shreds of poetry and music underscore their unfulfilled longings. The weather and the passing of the seasons are also interwoven throughout, as the public watch from behind glass. Van Gogh Museum, (Fri 20.00), museum entry cost Comedy: easylaughs Comedy improv in English. Two knee-slapping shows every Friday night. CREA Muziekzaal, (Fri 20.30, 22.30), €8, €5 (late night)

Hunger & Work in a Savage Tribe, see Opening

ART More listings at www.amsterdamweekly.nl.

Opening Hong Kong Visions Around 70 georgous and evocative shots snapped by 10 well-known Dutch photographers, capturing various scenes in Hong Kong. Muziekgebouw (Sun-Thur 10.00-01.00; Fri, Sat 10.00-02.00), opens Friday, until 17 April Hunger & Work in a Savage Tribe Poetic messages —written and otherwise—created by graffiti artist Laser 3.14 and multimedia artist Jimmy Rage from the overflow of images and texts found in the public sphere.

ABC Treehouse (Thur-Sun 13.00-18.00), opens Friday, until 27 April Michael Najjar—Augmented Realities, Works 1997–2008 The first major retrospective of the 41-yearold Berlin-based media artist, filling 800 square meters of the museum. Much of his polished images deal with the theme of human life being controlled by computers and information technology. GEM (Tues-Sun 12.0018.00), Den Haag, opens Friday, until 29 June

Ballet: On the Move Het Nationale Ballet showcases a work by Alexei Ratmansky. His ballet Russian Seasons is inspired by the seasonal changes of the Russian Orthodox calendar, but, above all, the work is an ode to the highly individual interpretation of the art of dance. Also featuring Mark Morris’ Sandpaper Ballet and Harald Lander’s Études. Het Muziektheater, (Sat 20.15, Sun 14.00), €16-€33.50 Comedy: Quiet Night in Don’t want to watch comedy TV on your own? MC Mark Poysden shows the best of British comedy on a huge TV screen. Screenings are themed-based, such as office, holidays, shops, uniforms, et cetera. New and classic clips and sketches.

Comedy Theater, (Sun 20.30), €7.50 Theatre: Frankenstein! New piece by d’Electrique. The 1818 horror classic is used as a metaphor and satire for today’s issues like make-overs, fusion, cross-overs and short-cuts. Or—as they say—the whole problem about integration caught in one body. De Brakke Grond, (Tues, Wed 20.30), €12.50

My baked people are living in water painted landscapes Veritably enormous enlargements of small colourful sketches made by Martes Bathori while walking through the streets of various cities, reminiscent of the well-known Japanese woodblock prints made by Hiroshige (1797-1858). Soledad Senlle Gallery (Mon-Sat 11.00-17.00), opens Saturday, until 3 May

Notion of gesture Notion of gesture New video art, photos, installations and drawings from Den Haag-born artist Danielle van Vree’s stay in China in 2007. Mart House (Thur-Sat 13.00-18.00), opens Saturday Perspective of Disappearance Visual art duo Hiryczuk/Van Oevelen show how nature proves its strength every time man tries to control it by building a miniature landscape, representative of the Netherlands, through which the viewer walks. Platform 21 (Thur-Sun 12.00 -18.00), opens Saturday, until 4 May State of Transition Paintings by Johannes van Vugt (1954) that, in portraying a single moment, suggest universal rites of passage, from the loss of a pet, to puberty, to a cherished automobile from one’s youth. Suzanne Biederberg Gallery (Wed-Sat 14.0018.00), opens Saturday, until 3 May

Experience and Logic Structure Experience and Logic Structure Installations that challenge the dimension of the space in which they reside, built and conceived by artist William Speakman.

2x2projects (Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00), opens Saturday, until 3 May

The Breakers / De Branding A follow-up to previous exhibition ‘The Settlement / De Afrekening’—where the museum director invited W139 to make an exhibition with the Zuiderzeemuseum’s collection—now the W139 director has invited artists Zoro Feigl and Natasha Rosling to do the same with objects found in the museum’s depots in Enkhuizen and Hoogwoud. W139 (Sun-Thur 11.00-20.00, Fri, Sat 11.00-22.00), opens Saturday, until 4 May Wim de Haan—Drawings 1954-1964 Around 50 drawings from the late period of the artist’s life (he lived from 1913-1967), embodying the artist’s intuitive and expressionistic style with a powerful immediacy.

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15 Guide to ruined Buildings in the Netherlands XIXXXI Century Lara Almarcegui’s photos often explore neglected or overlooked sites, where the planned and unplanned use of urban space becomes visible. Ellen de Bruijne Projects/Dolores (Tues-Sat 13.00-18.00), closing Saturday Henk Langeveld Drawings from the past 25 years by the artist who began his career designing posters for Melkweg and the Vondelpark Theatre. De Nieuwe Anita (Daily), closing Saturday To Burn Oneself with Oneself: The Romantic Damage Show Romanticism is back with a vengeance.

Romantic themes exert an almost universal attraction, which is why they resurface at regular intervals. But what’s really going on? De Appel (Tues-Sun 11.0018.00), closing Sunday Kris Dewitte: Still Project Blending her love of film and photography, Dewitte presents shots and portraits of the world’s biggest film stars and directors. Melkweg Galerie (Wed-Sun 13.00-20.00), closing Sunday The Little Room Downstairs An exhibition showing the work of Servet Kocyigit, Seamus Cater, Sami Kallinen and Anthea Bush. Punt WG (Thur-Sun 13.00-18.00), closing Sunday Wyman Shoots His fine art photos have been shown across the world over the past couple of years—even previously in Rotterdam. Now The Rolling Stones’ bassist brings his work here. Yoshiko Matsumoto Gallery (Wed-Sar 13.30-18.30), until 12 April Jan Adriaans, Basje Boer, Antje Peters Photography. Amsterdams Centrum voor Fotografie (Wed-Fri 13.00-17.00, Sat 11.00-17.00), until 12 April

Territorial Phantom, see Museums

Much of the determination felt in his work is said to be born of his experiences as a Japanese POW in WWII. CoBrA Museum (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00), opens Saturday, until 1 June

Anton Heyboer Diverse works in a career overview of this renowned eccentric, who died in 2005. Includes photo collages, etchings, drawings and cartoons.

Jan van der Togt Museum (Wed-Sun 13.00-17.00), Amstelveen, until 4 May

Museums

Art Nouveau The best of French and Russian art nouveau. Hermitage Amsterdam (Daily 10.00-17.00), until 5 May

Taryn Simon—An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar In her second of two shows at Foam, award-winning photographer Simon assumes the dual role of shrewd informant and collector of curiosities, compiling an inventory of what lies hidden and out of-view within the borders of the US. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00 -18.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), closing Sunday Ruth van Beek: Reconstructions Van Beek collects random snapshots, passport photos, slides and albums, as well as pictures from newspapers and old books. By folding and cutting the material she gives the images new meaning. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.0018.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), closing Wednesday De Koers van de Stad Helping to visualise the growth and future transitions planned for Amsterdam and the surrounding region. ARCAM (Tues-Sat 13.0017.00), until 12 April Bisj Poles—Sculptures From the Rainforest An exhibition of 58 bisj poles from New Guinea, brought to life in a thrilling combination of light, sound and film. Tropenmuseum (Daily 10.00-17.00), until 13 April Alexandra Bircken: Units Brit artist Bircken adopts an unorthodox approach to sculpture. She constructs wobbly armatures of bent twigs and tree branches and then stretches between them brightly coloured wools and other materials. Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), until 13 April Hidden Afghanistan A deluxe exhibition presenting a ‘not war-torn’ vision of this nation at the crossroads of civilisations in central Asia. At its core, 250 archaeological objects will be displayed.

Nieuwe Kerk (Fri-Wed 10.00 -18.00, Thur 10.00 22.00), until 20 April PANL Sony Alpha Awards Prize-winning photography from the world of advertising, editorial and fashion. Also featured is the results of the PANL Sony Masterclass. Oude Kerk (Mon-Sat 11.00-17.00, Sun 13.00-17.00), until 20 April Show Yourself Diverse excerpts of work by and about Benno Premsela. Stadsarchief Amsterdam (Tues-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun 11.00-17.00), until 27 April Benno Premsela—Voorvechter van HomoEmancipatie Books, magazines and photos highlighting the history of acclaimed designer and gay rights activist Premsela. Centrale Bibliotheek (Daily), until 27 April Allora & Calzadilla—Never Mind That Noise You Heard An opportunity to see and hear recent installations and videos that consider the continuum between noise and music as a productive measure and potentially rich tool through which cultural, social and political relationships can be gauged and challenged. Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00 18.00), until 4 May

MAGNUM Photos 60 years This collection uses photographs, books and texts to illustrate the history of MAGNUM year by year, giving visitors the opportunity to view work by 83 photographers. Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), until 12 May Lucas Lenglet: A Canary in a Coalmine Lenglet continues a series of installations in which he explores the ambiguities of ‘the architecture of security’. His work can be regarded as a visualisation of the increased state of vigilance in Western society, though at the same time he uses the aesthetic means of the sculptor to create a sort of dramaturgy of trust to accompany it. Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00), until 12 May Territorial Phantom Employing a whole mix of attitudes, viewpoints and forms, the international artists represented here respond to the concept of occupying and possessing space with a series of multidisciplinary multimedia works.

Montevideo/Time Based Arts (Tues-Sat 13.00-18.00), until 12 May John Everett Millais He was the foremost painter of the English Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and Britain’s most successful artist of the latter half of the 19th century. His jewel-like, highly detailed paintings exude a dreamy, serene atmosphere, and this exhibition comprises some 100 works, covering all aspects of Millais’ career. Van Gogh Museum (Mon-Thur, Sat, Sun 10.00-18.00, Fri 10.00-22.00), until 18 May Maria Sibylla Merian & Daughters—Women of Art and Science Containing the most important and influential natural history art from the Netherlands in the 17th century, this exhibition features more than a hundred rarely displayed masterpieces, including original drawings, watercolours, gouaches, prints and books. Rembrandthuis (Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun 11.00-17.00), until 18 May Tobias Rehberger: the chicken-and-egg-no-problem wall-painting The first major Dutch retrospective of works by German artist Tobias Rehberger, who in the mid-’90s gained an international reputation for objects and installations at the interface of fine art, design and architecture. Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), until 25 May Edwin Zwakman: Fake But Accurate A retrospective of well-known Dutch photographer Zwakman, in which his three latest series can be seen together for the first time. Huis Marseille (Tues-Sun 11.00-18.00), until 25 May Boek Zoekt Lezer A historical overview of the Dutch literature world, showcasing advertising from the 17th century to the present. UvA: Special Collections Library (Mon-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 13.00-17.00), until 28 May

Eyes Wide Open The Stedelijk Museum presents a selection of recently acquired paintings, photographs, examples of film and video art, sculptures and graphic works by artists working in the Netherlands or elsewhere. Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), until 1 June Karel Appel—Jazz 1958-1962 This collection comprises some 23 large-scale works of one of the nation’s most famous post-war artists, CoBrA Museum (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00), until 1 June Jessica Dimmock—The Ninth Floor An exhibition of socially-engaged photography by the young American photographer. This disturbing portrait series features a group of young heroin addicts living in a ninth-floor apartment in Manhattan, New York. Simultaneously sympathetic and ruthless, Dimmock takes a disconcertingly close view of her subjects. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00 -18.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 1 June Daniel & Geo Fuchs: STASI—Secret rooms This exhibition opens up the hidden rooms once used by the STASI, the infamous East German secret service, in a series of monumental photos. While much of the former DDR infrastructure has been destroyed or given an entirely new function, the clandestine spaces that Daniel and Geo Fuchs photographed are still in their original condition. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 4 June Lucian Freud The first ever Dutch retrospective of this extraordinary and unconventional German artist.

Gemeentemuseum (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00), Den Haag, until 8 June Superheroes and Schlemiels Superman, Maus, The Rabbi’s Cat and many other heroes and antiheroes from the art of comics feature in this exhibition of comics and graphic novels by Jewish artists. Joods Historisch Museum (Daily 11.00-17.00), until 8 June

Nelson Carrilho Paintings and objects. BIHP (ThurSat 12.00-18.00), until 13 April Building Lightness Architectural designs that embrace ‘lightness’. Fonds BKVB (Mon-Fri 10.0017.00), until 18 April (De)Construct Contemporary Cuban art: aquarelles

by Armando Mariño; photos by Liset Castillo; and installations by Inti Hernandez. Galerie Hof & Huyser (Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00), until 19 April It Ain’t Necessarily So A synthesis of Rogi Wieg’s poetry and Elizabeth Kleinveld’s photography, which together tell the story of the transformative effect of having to rebuild anew in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Dikker&Thijs Fenice Hotel (Mon-Sat 17.00-23.00), until 20 April Jason Eden Collages by the American artist, inspired

by Playboy. Galerie Rademakers (Tue-Sun 11.0017.30), until 20 April Mediaal Featuring paintings by Congo artist Vitshois Mwilambwe Bondo, an installation by Marlijn Franken and photography by Olivier Middendorp. Atelier 408 (Wed-Sun 12.00-17.00), until 20 April Het Oog Photography students in the third phase of their courses present selections of their best works.

Fotogram (Mon-Thur 09.30-21.00, Fri, Sat 09.3017.00), until 23 April Barbara Wijnveld A series of self portraits utilising varied painting and drawing techniques. Galerie Bart (Thur, Fri 11.00-18.00, Sat 12.00-17.00), until 26 April Lalla Essaydi In the photography series Converging Territories, Essaydi brings different worlds together.

Her memories of youth in Morocco are her most important source of inspiration; in particular the punishments she received when crossing the barriers of acceptable behaviour. Witzenhausen Gallery (Elandsstraat) (Thur-Sat 12.00-18.00), until 26 April

Kurt Lubinski: Photographer in Exile Documentary portraits by this German photographer, who gained a significant reputation as a successful photojournalist for his worldly travel reportages in the ’20s and ’30s. Joods Historisch Museum (Daily 11.00-17.00), until 8 June Amsterdam and the House of Orange An exhibition surveying the ties which have bound Amsterdam and the House of Orange over the centuries. Amsterdams Historisch Museum (Mon-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 11.00-17.00), until 31 August

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Galleries Levi van Veluw, Laetitia Gendre Featuring Landscapes, a four-piece photo series, plus video work and other photos by Van Veluw. Fast Fade to Grey Grey Grey by Gendre is a drawing installation. Ronmandos (Wed-Sat 12.30-17.30), closing Saturday

Menso Groeneveld: White Motivic Sounds Paintings exploring the boundaries between music, sound and visual expression. AYAC’S (Fri, Sat 13.00-17.30), until 26 April The Digital View Exploring the influence of digital media and techniques on contemporary art, featuring a selection of national and international artists. Arti et Amicitiae (Tues-Sun 13.00-18.00), until 27 April

16 Wubbo de Jong A selection of photos by De Jong, who spent 28 years working as a photographer for Het Parool. Blow Up Gallery (Thur, Fri 14.00-18.00, Sat 13.00-18.00), until 2 May Judith van Bilderbeek Colourful paintings by the Den Haag artist. Ververs Gallery (Thur-Sat 12.00-17.30), until 3 May Jozef van Ruyssevelt: In de Ban van het Licht Paintings by the late Flemish virtuoso artist. Galerie de Rietlanden Exposities (Sat, Sun 13.00 -17.00), until 4 May Jacek Laskus: Of Women Persuasion Digital stills by the cinematographer and photographer, expressing his admiration and possible fear for the female gender.

Gallery WM (Thurs-Sat 14.00-18.00), until 4 May Joram Roukes Drawings and paintings. Carhartt Store (Daily), until 7 May Sit: Unwired Documenting the process of an Amsterdam street artist stepping away from his computer and getting back to black-and-white basics. GO Gallery (Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00, Sun 13.00-17.00), until 11 May Field Work—Part One As a two-part exhibition and an ongoing discussion, Field Work conjectures two parallel, interconnected, and yet differently orientated trajectories that encompass art, nature and ecology. Featured are works by Allora & Calzadilla, Andrea Geyer, Marine Hugonnier, Lasse Lau and Jason Middlebrook. SMART Project Space (Tues-Sat 12.00-17.00), until 17 May Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk: Salon Printemps 2008 Monumental three-dimensional ceramic objects and oil paintings inspired by Victorian artists like Arnold Böcklin and Viktor Vasnetsov, Catholic devotion cards and works of the the Arts and Crafts movement. KochxBos Gallery (Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00), until 17 May Chris Shaw: Life as a Night Porter Shaw spent 10 years working in London hotels, all the while using his camera to both document the hotel’s unexpected human spectacles and keep himself awake through the long hours of his shifts. Hup Gallery (Tues, Thur, Fri 10.00-17.00), until 1 June Hairbusiness: Heads and Tales An interactive multimedia installation bringing to life the intimate world of the hairdresser, where guards are let down—both physically and emotionally—as you stare into the mirror. Imagine IC (Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat 11.00-17.00, Thur 11.00-21.00), until 14 June

EVENTS Symposium: Rap Song Youth Incentives organises an evening where youngsters from countries like Bangladesh, Rwanda, Malawi, Tanzania and the Netherlands talk and debate about their sexual health and sexual rights. Apart from talking, there will be music from reggae collective Tribute 2 Bob Marley, theatre by Let’s Talk About Sex and a performance by spoken word artist Zanillya Farrell. Admission is free, but you need to reserve at rapsong@youthincentives.org. Pakhuis de Zwijger, (Thur 19.00), free World: (Zw)eten met Muziek Eco/animal friendly three-course Moroccan meal served alongside the country’s music, with dance workshops and children’s programmes. Reservations at veko300@zonnet.nl or 686 0739. Zaal 100, (Sat 17.00), €6-€15

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Open Day: Museumweekend The 27th edition of the Museum Weekend again promises to be an extensive and action-packed event, with over 500 museums participating nationwide. For big kids at heart, this could mean free entry to NEMO, a guided tour of the Stedelijk Museum, or walking through the catacombs of the Olympic Stadium. Check www.museumweekend.nl for something that takes your fancy. Olympisch Stadion, (Sat-Sun), various prices

ARCAM Prins Hendrikkade 600, 620 4878

Mart House Prinsengracht 529, 627 5187

Arti et Amicitiae Rokin 112, 624 5134

Meervaart Meer en Vaart 300, 410 7777

Atelier 408 Herengracht 408

Melkweg Lijnbaansgracht 234A, 531 8181

AYAC'S Keizersgracht 166, 638 5240

Melkweg Galerie Marnixstraat 409, 531 8181

Badcuyp 1e Sweelinckstraat 10, 675 9669

Montevideo/Time Based Arts Keizersgracht 264, 623 7101

De Balie Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, 553 5151

More Rozengracht 133, 528 7459

Bethaniënklooster Barndesteeg 6, 625 0078

Mulligans Amstel 100, 622 1330

Betty Asfalt Complex Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 282, 626 4695

Muziekgebouw Piet Heinkade 1, 788 2010

Quiz: Pop Quiz What was Morrissey’s first solo hit? Who originally sang ‘Tainted Love’? If you know the answers to questions like this and are also good at recognising music intros, get three other music junkies together and register as a team for this fun, trivial pop quiz. To register, mail: popquiz@crea.uva.nl. CREA Muziekzaal, (Sun 14.00), €2.50

BIHP Keizersgracht 335, 622 4511

De Nieuwe Anita Frederik Hendrikstraat 111, 06 4150 3512

Bimhuis Piet Heinkade 3, 788 2150

Nieuwe Kerk entrance on the Dam, 638 6909

Bitterzoet Spuistraat 2, 521 3001

Noorderkerk Noordermarkt 44, 626 6436

Blow Up Gallery Hazenstraat 67, 665 3435

OCCII Amstelveenseweg 134, 671 7778

De Brakke Grond Nes 45, 626 6866

Ostadetheater Van Ostadestraat 233 D, 679 5096

Discussion: Women Inc Weekly talk show highlighting specific female issues. Tonight it’s about women and work. Guest speakers Agnes Jongerius and Wilna Wind discuss the statement that the Dutch government should do more to get women influencial jobs at high places. In Dutch. Pakhuis de Zwijger, (Mon 20.00), free Symposium: De toekomst van e-Cultuur in Nederland Organised by Cultuur 3.0, this afternoon is dedicated to e-Culture in the Netherlands.

Digital media has changed the art and culture sector. More than 20 companies and organisations are present. Apart from talks and presentations, it’s also a good opportunity to do some networking.

Reservations at cultuur3.0@virtueelplatform.nl. 11, (Tues 14.00-18.00) Book presentation: Studies in Network Cultures The second book in the series Studies in Network Cultures has just been released. It’s called Delusive Spaces by Eric Kluitenberg. It’s about the cultural dimensions of technology and (new) media, set in an historic, artistic and political context. De Balie, (Tues 17.30), free

Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina Veemkade 576, 419 3368 Cafe Sappho Vijzelstraat 103, 423 1509 Carhartt Store Hartenstraat 18

Oude Kerk Oudekerksplein 23, 625 8284 Pakhuis de Zwijger Piet Heinkade 179-181, 788 4444

Carré Amstel 115-125, 524 9452

Paleis van Weemoed Oudezijds Voorburgwal 15, 625 6964

Casablanca Muziek Zeedijk 26, 06 1220 0519

Panama Oostelijke Handelskade 4, 311 8680

Centrale Bibliotheek Oosterdokskade 143, 523 0900

Paradiso Weteringschans 6-8, 626 4521

Club 8 Admiraal de Ruyterweg 56B, 685 1703

Parool Theater Sint Pieterpoortsteeg 33

Club Chi Nieuwezijdsvoorburgwal 161

Parsley Club Ter Haarstraat 20

Club Home Wagenstraat 3-7, 620 1375

Patronaat Zijlsingel 2, Haarlem, 023 517 5858

CoBrA Museum Sandbergplein 1-3, Amstelveen, 547 5050

Platform 21 Prinses Irenestraat 19, 344 9449

Comedy Theater Nes 110

Podium Mozaïek Bos en Lommerweg 191, 580 0380

Concertgebouw Concertgebouwplein 2-6, 671 8345

PRIK Spuistraat 109, 06 4544 2321

Consortium Veemkade 570, 06 2611 8950 Cotton Club Nieuwmarkt 5, 626 6192

Punt WG Marius van Bouwdijk Bastiaansestraat 15, 618 7848

CREA Muziekzaal Turfdraagsterpad 17, 525 1400

Queen's Head Zeedijk 20, 420 2475

Cruise Inn Zuiderzeeweg 29, 692 7188

Rembrandthuis Jodenbreestraat 4, 520 0400

Desmet Studios Plantage Middenlaan 4A, 521 7100

Ronmandos Prinsengracht 282, 320 7036

Dikker&Thijs Fenice Hotel Prinsengracht 444, 778 1947

SMART Project Space Arie Biemondstraat 107-113, 427 5953

The Dungeons Prins Hendrikkade 194 Ellen de Bruijne Projects/Dolores Rozengracht 207A, 530 4994

Soledad Senlle Gallery Sloterkade 171, 615 1395 Stadsarchief Amsterdam Vijzelstraat 32

Escape Rembrandtplein 11, 622 1111

Stadsschouwburg Leidseplein 26, 624 2311

Flex Bar Pazzanistraat 1, 486 2123

Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam Rozenstraat 59, 422 0471

Talk: Het Londen van The Beatles Ever wanted to know where The Beatles went for a drink in London?

Or which shops they bought their clothes? Or in what street they had a flaming row? Piet Schreuders and Beatles expert Mark Lewison talk about Het Londen van The Beatles, a guide they wrote together with Adam Smith, about—you’ve guessed it— locations in London that are (remotely) connected with the Fab Four. Parool Theater, (Wed 21.00), €7.50

Foam Keizersgracht 609, 551 6546

Workshop: Buiten Beeld Know your (copy)rights!

Evening for photographers and photo journalists, specialising in portraits, about the minefield of copyright. What are the pitfalls? Learn the dos and don’ts from experts, making your life as an artist more hassle-free. Free entry, but you need to reserve at info@burafo.nl. Pakhuis de Zwijger, (Wed 20.15-22.30), free

Galerie Rademakers Prinsengracht 570-572, 6225496

Fonds BKVB Brouwersgracht 276, 523 1523 Fotogram Korte Prinsengracht 33, 624 9994 Frascati Nes 63, 626 6866 Galerie Bart Bloemgracht 2, 320 6208 Galerie de Rietlanden Exposities Rietlandpark 193, 419 4705 Galerie Hof & Huyser Bloemgracht 135, 420 1995 Gallery WM Elandsgracht 35, 421 1113 GEM Stadhouderslaan 43, Den Haag, 070 338 1133 Gemeentemuseum Stadhouderslaan 41, Den Haag, 070 338 1111 GO Gallery Prinsengracht 64, 422 9580 Grolsch Music Cafe ArenA Boulevard 242, 365 2035

Stedelijk Museum CS Oosterdokskade 5, 573 2911 Strand West Stavangerweg, 682 6310 Studio 80 Rembrandtplein 70, 521 8333 Studio K Timorplein 62, 692 0422 Sugar Factory Lijnbaansgracht 238, 627 0008 Suzanne Biederberg Gallery 1e Egelantiersdwarsstraat 1, 624 5455 Theater Bellevue Leidsekade 90, 530 5301 Tropenmuseum Linnaeusstraat 2, 568 8200 Tropentheater, Grote Zaal Linnaeusstraat 2, 568 8500 Tropentheater, Kleine Zaal Linnaeusstraat 2, 568 8500 Under the Grand Chapiteau Next to ArenA (P2), 621 1288 UvA: Special Collections Library Oude Turfmarkt 129, 525 2141

age blo 2 5 t h g ller bouGallery Hazenstraat 54 uVervers nian-B Volta Houtmankade 334-336, 628 6429 apla8751 K Hermitage Amsterdam Nieuwe Herengracht 14, 530 n n y L Heineken Music Hall ArenA Boulevard 590, 0900 300 1250

ADDRESSES

Het Muziektheater Amstel 3, 625 5455

Van Gogh Museum Paulus n this p 7, 570 5200 cks oPotterstraat

Hotel Arena ’s-Gravesandestraat 51, 850 2400

Vondelkerk Vondelstraat 120

11 Oosterdokskade 3-5, 625 5999

Huis Marseille Keizersgracht 401, 531 8989

W139 Warmoesstraat 139, 622 9434

2x2projects Veemkade 350, 489 7471

Hup Gallery Tesselschadestraat 15, 515 8589

Westergasterras Klönneplein 3, 475 1412

ABC Treehouse Voetboogstraat 11, 423 0967

Imagine IC Bijlmerplein 1006-1008, 489 4866

Westerunie Klönneplein 4-6

Amstelkerk Amstelveld 10, 520 0060

Jan van der Togt Museum Dorpsstraat 50, Amstelveen, 641 5754

Winston Kingdom Warmoesstraat 129, 623 1380

Amsterdams Centrum voor Fotografie Bethaniënstraat 9, 622 4899 Amsterdams Historisch Museum Kalverstraat 92, 523 1822 De Appel Nieuwe Spiegelstraat 10, 625 5651

Joods Historisch Museum Jonas Daniel Meijerplein 2-4, 531 0310

Witzenhausen Gallery (Elandsstraat) Elandsstraat 145, 644 9898

KochxBos Gallery 1e Anjeliersdwarsstraat 3-5, 681 4567

Yoshiko Matsumoto Gallery Weteringschans 37, 06 1437 0995

The Mansion Hobbemastraat 2, 616 6664

Zaal 100 De Wittenstraat 100, 688 0127

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Open ‘orecchiette’ Sapori Pugliesi Weteringschans 187D, 320 9200 Open Mon-Sat 09.00-20.00, Sun 10.30-17.00 Cash.

Would a tasty trip to sun-brushed Italy be on the cards? To enjoy some really serious homemade pasta, so wonderfully fresh that your very toes curl in pure delight?

It had been whispered into my little ears that Sapori Pugliesi, a family-run business conveniently located on the Weteringschans, was worth a lunchtime visit. It started out as a shop selling Italian products (such as orecchiette pugliesi, the small pasta that are shaped like little ears) and offering take-away of mainly Puglian regional specialities.

Then friends of the family suggested they have some tables and chairs put in the shop—and the family made it so.

‘Mamma Mia!’ screamed my inner Italian, as I walked into a nose-cudgelling experience of mushrooms being sauteed in garlic, olive oil and herbs.

The smell poured from the open kitchen where Papa Matteo, the owner, shook and rattled an enormous pan. Another gentleman, an uncle figure, prepared vegetarian lasagne by winding pasta sheets through a machine to the thinnest transparency. Meanwhile, a tomato sauce simmered on the stove. They laughed at the transfixed expression on my face, which only became more so as the sweet sound of Italian reached my pasta shelled ears.

I stared glassy-eyed into the large vitrine to draw inspiration for lunch. La Mama began watching me with interest (or should I maybe say suspicion?), as I began to moan and mumble a litany of combinations.

THE UNDERCOVER GLUTTON I had a veal escalope the size of a Milanese football field. The meat was tender, and a squeeze of lemon convinced me I had died and gone to heaven.

After a lengthy decision-making process, I decided to start with peperonata, a cold ratatouille affair with capers, for €3.50. It was simply wonderful. The rustic flavours were concentrat-

ed and very tasty. I mopped up every trace of sauce with bread and La Mama continued to monitor me closely from behind the counter.

Next, a mixed antipasto plate had a selection

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of Parma ham, salami, cheese, grilled vegetables and sun-dried tomato in olive oil, for €7.00—a sampling of the best quality products from different regions. I asked for half a portion of the half-moon shaped ravioli filled with spinach and ricotta cheese. They were served in a rich tomato sauce, the basis of Southern Italian cooking, and very tasty.

Two days later, I returned to sample something else: the meat lasagne (€4.00). It is one of their most popular items and sells out quickly.

Each layer was cooked slowly; the minced beef was finely ground, soft and smooth (I could spread it on bread) and the very thin, tensile homemade pasta sheets were lathered with the fresh tomato sauce Matteo cooks up daily, and topped with mozzarella. Who needs a papal audience to get closer to the Divine? Not the Glutton, I assure you!

And my gluttony wasn’t even over yet. I had a large bread-crumbed veal escalope the size of a Milanese football field (€5.50), topped with those fragrant mushrooms (for an extra €2.50).

The meat was tender, and a squeeze of lemon made it heavenly. Some nameless—but lovely— cheesecake with coffee topped it all off.

But what of the little ears? The orecchiette pugliesi? I bought four packets (€1.75 a unit) to cook up for a bunch of friends. I’ll do the pasta in a rich garlic-herbed tomato sauce with capers, anchovy, green peas and broccoli. And I bought some good olive oil to drizzle over it all, along with sharp pecorino cheese for sprinkling.

Would I return to try the other mouth-watering Puglia house specialities? Yes. Yes. Yes. The freshness, passion and dedication to the meals—not to forget the panini sandwich combinations—deserve my utmost respect. And the prices are very reasonable for the high quality standards of Sapori Pugliesi. Do whisper the message on. Ciao!

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The Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival opens this week with a highly personal fantasy. Hollywood won’t release it.

A DIFFICULT FILM TAKES A BEAUTIFUL FALL FILM The Fall Opens Wednesday at IFFF (Pathé Tuschinski) www.afff.nl

By Luuk van Huët

While the name Tarsem Singh probably doesn’t immediately ring a bell, you may have seen his video for R.E.M.’s ‘Losing My Religion’. Or his 2000 feature film The Cell might provoke a small Aha-Erlebnis.

While that film’s narrative—involving a serial killer, a psychologist and a virtual reality suit—was flimsy and the wisdom of casting J-Lo questionable, the art direction and cinematography made the psychological thriller a true visual treat.

Eight years have passed, during which Tarsem (his professional name) earned his bread by directing commercials for the biggest brands around the globe. But during that time he took

advantage of his globetrotting ways to realise his dream of making a personal film with a grand, operatic vision.

Unfortunately, grand personal visions are out of style in a film industry in which every decision has to be reviewed by a committee. This has been a problem in bringing The Fall to the cinema. Negative critical reaction to a screening at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival caused distribution deals to fall through. The studio suits that liked the film questioned its marketability, saying it would have a hard time connecting with the right audience.

But Dutch film lovers can now bypass whiny critics and scaredy-cat executives and make up their own mind as The Fall kicks off the 24th edition of the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival.

If you were underwhelmed by The Cell and need some convincing, I’m glad to point out that The Fall, while not exactly flawless, is an improvement on all fronts compared to Tarsem’s debut.

The film (a remake of a 1981 Bulgarian flick called Yo Ho Ho) is set in a hospital in 1920s California. A young Romanian girl named Alexandria (Catinca Untaru) is recovering from a broken arm that she got while picking oranges.

She befriends Roy (Lee Pace), a stuntman paralysed from the waist down after a stunt accident. He also suffers from a broken heart inflicted by his girlfriend, who traded him in for the cocky leading man.

Roy captures Alexandria’s imagination by telling a rousing tale of adventure, in which a bandit and his five colourful companions travel the world in order to assassinate an evil governor who has ruined all of their lives. Roy has an ulterior motive: he wants Alexandria to swipe some morphine so he can give in to his suicidal tendencies.

Okay, so it doesn’t take quantum physics to figure out where the plot is going, but the interwoven realities of the story and the ‘real’ world are handled very well, with everyday people and items taking on surprising qualities. Visually, The Fall might easily be the most beautiful film you’re likely to see: breathtaking scenery, dazzling costumes and superb camera work all conspire to imprint your corneas with poetic and remarkable imagery.

The highly personal aspect of The Fall, praiseworthy as it may be, means that following Tarsem through his flights of fancy requires a healthy dose of suspension of disbelief. Too often the film flies off the track into schmaltz-land, leaving the audience behind with a bewildered look. Ultimately, the overdose of saccharine is enough to give you toothache, but Tarsem’s visual style goes a long way in making up for it.

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Edited by Julie Phillips.This week’s films reviewed by Massimo Benvegnù (MB),Angela Dress (AD),Don Druker (DD),Sven Gerrets (SG), Pat Graham (PG),Andrea Gronvall (AG),Luuk van Huët (LvH),JR Jones (JJ),Dave Kehr (DK),MarieClaire Melzer (MM),Mike Peek (MP),Julie Phillips (JP),Bart Plantenga (BP),Gusta Reijnders (GR),Jonathan Rosenbaum (JR),Marinus de Ruiter (MdR) and Bregtje Schudel (BS).All films are screened in English with Dutch subtitles unless otherwise noted. Amsterdam Weekly recommends.

Festival CinemAsia Asian film festival. See Short List. Rialto

New this week Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead It’s hard to see the point of this hammily over-acted, confused and gratuitously violent heist-gone-wrong movie, directed

by Sidney Lumet. Brothers Ethan Hawke and Philip Seymour Hoffman bungle the robbery of their own parents’ jewellery store somewhere in the suburbs of New York, resulting in the death of their mother. An unpleasant subplot is that they are both sleeping with Marisa Tomei, Hoffman’s wife. Drugs get taken. Money gets stolen. Let’s face it: the characterisation is flat, the plot ridiculous and the dialogue silly. The end.

(AD) 123 min. The Movies The Eye Aw shucks, not another insipid remake of an Asian horror flick just so American teenagers won’t have to read subtitles? Yessirreebob, but thankfully this

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film provides Jessica Alba with an opportunity to portray a strong, intelligent female character... No wait, the camera is ogling her curves like a nubile schoolboy and the filmmakers confuse horror with loud noises. The original, about a woman whose corneal transplant is giving her disturbing visions, is available in any decent rental store and has more class, atmosphere and scary shit in its credits than this remake has in its entire running time. Accept no substitutes! (LvH) 97 min.

Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt The Hunting Party If the torture, rape, and ethnic cleansing of the Balkan War weren’t horrifying enough the first time, here they are again as a Richard Gere movie, lousy with clichéd suspense scenes. (JJ) 101 min. Pathé ArenA Import Export Austrian despair monger Ulrich Seidl cuts between two tales of young adults sinking deeper into the tar pit of poverty. The ‘import’ is a tenderhearted Ukrainian nurse (Ekateryna Rak) who arrives in Vienna looking for decently paid work but winds up cleaning a geriatric ward. The ‘export’ is an unemployed Viennese youth (Paul Hofmann) who suffers various indignities while accompanying his filthy-minded stepfather on a trip to install vending machines in

trivances win out, but the cast keeps it all watchable.

Anne Fletcher directed. (JR) 111 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski

the Ukraine. Seidl’s drab, straight-ahead long shots have a narcotic pull that keeps this absorbing throughAleksandra Russian master Aleksandr Sokurov (Father out its 135 minutes, but the final image—a bedridden and Son, The Sun) places himself in the position of an crone mindlessly chirping, ‘Death! Death! Death!’—is old woman questioning the motives of men of war. typical of the movie’s knee-jerk grimness. In English Aleksandra, played by the opera singer Galina Vishwith German, Russian, and Slovak subtitles. In nevskaya, goes to visit her grandson, who is stationed English/German/Russian/Slovak with Dutch subtitles. ins iGrozny ssue with the army. For both the soldiers and the of thiviewers (JJ) Filmmuseum she is a disarming presence at the base, with an PDF le c a d n her dry, motherly comments about the macho habits you’ll fi e n li n O and phallic-looking weapons she comes across. AlekStill playing sandra is based on a marvellous idea; its lack of story development makes it less poignant than it could have 27 Dresses Katherine Heigl stars as a compulsive been, but it’s still a moving addition to the impressive bridesmaid—she cultivates friends for the sole purSokurov oeuvre. In Russian with Dutch subtitles. (MdR) pose of joining their wedding parties. Secretly in love 92 min. Filmmuseum with her boss (Edward Burns), she has to negotiate an Alibi The name ‘Johan Nijenhuis’ (Costa!) doesn’t emotional obstacle course after he proposes to her inspire much trust in movie-loving circles. But though dependent and popular younger sister (Malin Akerhis latest film might be low on substance, it’s as sweet man). Meanwhile a wedding reporter (James and fluffy as the popcorn the girls will be eating while Marsden) has been dogging the older sister’s steps, they giggle and check out the hunky knuffelallochtoon writing a story about her compulsion. For most of this Achmed Akkabi. Georgina Verbaan still looks like the romantic comedy, fatuous contrivances run neck and offspring of ET and one of the Olsen twins, and the film neck with what seem to be authentic observations doesn’t add anything to the multicultural debate other about repressed sibling rivalry; some of the latter are than some interracial smooching. But the teenagers too painful to be funny, and eventually the con-

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Kriterion, The Movies t g a r a Dylans. But simple identification Peter (Adrien Brody) and Jack (Jason Schwartzman) Els D is probably lkering not what tje foDylan aarabout Das Leben der Anderen This Oscar winner by Florian Haynes is after. His film ismnot himself, but meet aboard a train for a journey of spiritual healing.

Henckel von Donnersmarck mostly deserves all the about the mythmaking around a pop star. I’m Not The fact that they have not spoken to each other in a praise and admiration it has received. A study in the There has its moments, but in the end it’s more an year doesn’t prevent them from getting straight into Dan ackie se Atonement Based on the novel by Ian McEwan, cca, JRoyal Grohis Tenenbaums), much characters, has rwin like n, Rebe

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dehumanising effects of state surveillance, it focuses on two men living in East Germany in 1984: a playwright (Sebastian Koch) who attracts the interest of the state and a Stasi officer (Ulrich Mühe) whose loyalty to the socialist cause is starting to erode. Predictable and slightly distant, but also disturbing and effective. In German with Dutch subtitles. (LvH) 137 min. Rialto Lust, Caution Ang Lee’s latest has been compared to Zwartboek, but it’s actually more akin to the first time you visit a new girlfriend’s parents. Everybody is on their best behaviour, the pleasantries seem to go on forever, you’re forced to watch an endless amount of vacation slides, and it’s only partly made up for by the screwing. Or, to ditch this forced metaphor: solid acting by Tony Leung and debutante Tang Wei, beautiful cinematography and incredible sex scenes can’t compensate for the clunky flashback structure, plodding narrative and absurd length. Could someone get Mr Lee a new editor, please? (LvH) 156 min. Cinema Amstelveen Margot at the Wedding Starting with his latest film’s title, Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) pays obvious homage to all those Eric Rohmer tales about family, relationships and summer vacations.

Add some Chekhovian gloom, a ’70s soundtrack, and enough hysterical East Coast intellectuals for a half dozen Woody Allen films, and you have a pretty good idea what Margot at the Wedding is all about.

Margot (Nicole Kidman), a divorced short story writer with an adolescent son in tow, travels to the family summer house where her sister Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is planning to get married to ne’er-dowell Malcolm (Jack Black). Ancient wounds reopen, and the conversation switches to parental abuse, scrotum size and Literature imitating Life. And we get to see Nicole Kidman climbing a tree. The end result is more unsettling than entertaining. (MB) 93 min. Cinecenter, Het Ketelhuis

Mio fratello è figlio unico Accio Benassi (Elio

Germano) feels like the least valued member of his family. Perhaps correctly: Accio isn’t his real name, but a nickname meaning ‘pain in the ass’. So Accio does everything possible to live up to his name, including leaving the seminary and joining the Fascist party. Luckily the viewer realises—even if Accio himself does not—that his actions are driven not by idealism but provocation. He is no more a serious fascist than his socialist brother Manrico (Riccardo Scamarcio) is a saint. A lighter, less portentous version of La Meglio gioventù—also focusing on two brothers in turbulent Italy. Daniele Luchetti directed.

In Italian with Dutch subtitles. (BS) 118 min. Filmhuis Griffioen, Rialto The Mist Forget the two Stephen King adaptations that gave Frank Darabont his Oscar nominations: the humanitarian touch displayed in The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile has become a sucker punch in the gut in the gloriously misanthropic The Mist. When a supermarket in a small rural town becomes enveloped by a mysterious fog, the bargain hunters soon fall prey to mysterious tentacled critters and other assorted nasty pieces of otherworldly fauna. Even more trouble brews when the local Christian fundamentalist starts preaching the Apocalypse. The ending is a bit glib, but the rest is full of nail-biting suspense.

(LvH) 127 min. Pathé ArenA

Naissance des pieuvres Céline Sciamma’s ravishing and unnerving debut feature takes us through the teenage agonies of its three female protagonists, the 15-year-olds Anne, Marie and Floriane, as each experiences her own particular sexual awakening one summer in the suburbs of Paris. The focal point is the local swimming pool, where Floriane is the leader of a synchronised swim team. The film tells its story predominantly through close-ups of the girls’ faces as they act out their emotional and physical dramas: Anne and Floriane stand on the threshold of a heterosexual adult world, whereas Marie is in love with Floriane. In French with Dutch subtitles. (AD) 85 min. Cinecenter

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No Country for Old Men The Coen Brothers’ latest brings Cormac McCarthy’s novel to the big screen, and it’s a shock to the system, simultaneously elegiac and terrifyingly violent. A subversion of the classic lawmenchase-outlaw genre, the film is shot like a cross between a Western and a horror flick. A Texan named Llewellyn Moss (Josh Brolin) takes off with millions in cash he’s found at the site of a drug deal gone wrong.

Tommy Lee Jones is the laconic Sheriff Bell, trying to bring Moss in; Javier Bardem is Chigurh, the Terminator hitman dispatched by the cartel. The Coens give us none of the usual male-bonding, hunter-and-hunted nonsense: Chigurh, Bell and Moss are entirely alone, each in his own way, particularly Moss as the slaughter inevitably catches up with him. A stunning piece of cinema. (AD) 122 min. The Movies, Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski The Other Boleyn Girl Love, sex, ambition, rivalry and intrigue are the keywords of this bodice-ripper set in 16th-century England. Anne Boleyn (Natalie Portman) and her sister Mary (Scarlett Johansson) are seen only as commodities by their scheming father and uncle.

Both girls compete for the love of King Henry VIII, and both end up in his bed, but only the manipulative Anne will marry him and become queen. The sumptuous props and costumes and the vibrant colour schemes are sure to please period-movie fans. But the film focuses on the relationship between Anne and Mary at the expense of the historical context: the divorce of Henry VIII from Katherine of Aragon and the subsequent rift between England and the Catholic Church are mentioned only in passing. The result feels romanticised and oversimplified. Directed by Justin Chadwick. (GR) 115 min. Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski, De Uitkijk

Persepolis A satisfying adaptation of the autobiographical graphic novel about a girl coming of age in Iran during the Islamic revolution in the 1970s, struggling with everything from tight headscarves to bomb threats. In a cute and comical hand-drawn style, the book’s writer and illustrator, Marjane Satrapi, and her co-director, Vincent Paronnaud, draw parallels between a girl’s passage from innocence to puberty and the violent transition of a civilised country into a fundamentalist state. Even a denunciation from the Iranian government couldn’t stop the screening of this irresistible and intelligent charm offensive. The English, as opposed to the French, version is showing; voices include Catherine Deneuve, Sean Penn and Iggy Pop. Subtitled in Dutch. (MdR) 95 min. Rialto Professione: Reporter Known in English as The Passenger, this 1975 film is a masterpiece, one of Michelangelo Antonioni’s finest works. Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider star as a journalist who trades one identity for another and the woman who becomes his accomplice and, ultimately, the moral center of his adopted world. Less a thriller (though the mood of mystery is pervasive) than a meditation on the problems of knowledge, action for its own sake, and the relationship of the artist to the work he brings into being. Next to this film, Blow-Up seems a facile, though necessary, preliminary. By all means go. In English. (DD) 116 min. Filmmuseum Rendition They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, but sometimes good intentions pave the red carpet to your tasteful local cinema.

This is the case with Rendition, an overzealous attempt at heavy-handed Hollywood screenwriting designed to impart to American audiences that torture = bad. While it’s a noble thing to make a film that counterbalances the interrogation porn of 24, and it’s nice to jazz it up with great actors (Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep), anybody who has been following the news should know all this already.

And as always, the truth in this matter is far more insidious and noxious than fiction. Directed by Gavin Hood, apparently as a transitional project between his art-house hit Tsotsi and the upcoming X-Men: Wolverine. (LvH) 120 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

Reservation Road Reservation Road A powerful Christian parable, painful but illuminating, about crime and redemption, adapted

by John Burnham Schwartz from his own novel with the help of director Terry George (Hotel Rwanda). A Connecticut lawyer (Mark Ruffalo) kills the son of a local professor (Joaquin Phoenix) in a hit-and-run accident and struggles to work up the courage to turn himself in, while the grief-stricken father, frustrated by the police’s inability to find the culprit and bent on revenge, hires the lawyer to pursue the possibility of a civil suit. The setup is more than a little far-fetched, but the real meat of this film is moral paradox: how the lawyer, eaten up

www.amsterdamweekly.nl/forsale by guilt, becomes a better father to his own son while the professor ultimately neglects his daughter and wife (Jennifer Connelly) in his obsessive pursuit. (JR) 102 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt The Spiderwick Chronicles The rebellious Jared and his twin brother (both played by Freddie Highmore) move into a dilapidated mansion along with their sister and newly divorced mom. In the attic, Jared finds Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You and discovers the existence of brownies, (hob)goblins and sprites, not to mention the ogre Mulgarath (Nick Nolte), who wants the Field Guide to rule the world. The children’s battle against Mulgarath’s army is of course a metaphor for a dysfunctional family pulling together. But except for some enchanting moments, much of the film gets lost in chaos and chase scenes. Directed by Mark Waters; based on the books by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi. (GR) 97 min.

Kriterion, Pathé De Munt, Studio K Stellet Licht The films of Mexican director Carlos Reygadas are an acquired taste. Not everyone will warm up to his distinctive visual style, his use of an amateur cast and his uncompromising depiction of human nature.

But if you’re looking for something out of the ordinary, Reygadas certainly delivers. His third feature, Stellet Licht (‘Silent Light’), starts at dawn and ends at dusk; it’s a meditative and languid tale about a married farmer, in a small Mennonite enclave in northern Mexico, who falls for another woman and thinks it might be a sign from God. In Plautdietsch with Dutch subtitles.

(BS) 127 min. Filmmuseum, Rialto TBS A convicted murderer escapes from a psychiatric ward and kidnaps a 13-year-old girl in this thriller by Pieter Kuijpers (Van God Los, Dennis P). A great performance by Theo Maassen isn’t quite enough to save the film, but it might still make it worth watching. In Dutch.

88 min. Het Ketelhuis

There Will Be Blood An epic film of intimate propor-

tions about a ruthlessly ambitious oil baron who comes into conflict with a charismatic young preacher in the

California desert in the early 20th century. A powerhouse performance by Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview netted him a rightly deserved Academy Award, but Paul Dano’s performance as the weaselly Eli Sunday is also impressive to say the least. Don’t let the sprawling length or the emotional investment the film asks of its viewers deter you: There Will Be Blood is a true masterpiece that any serious film lover simply cannot afford to miss. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (Magnolia). (LvH) 159 min. Cinecenter, The Movies, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski Tiramisu Bookkeeper Jacob (Jacob Derwig) has a new client, the talented but loud stage actress Anne (Anneke Blok). Her paperwork is a mess. Her life isn’t much better: her ex (Gijs Scholten van Aschat) has found a younger girlfriend and Anne is so heavily in debt that she needs to sell her houseboat. It sounds like the setup to a romantic comedy. Instead, this feature by Paula van der Oest (Zus en Zo) turns out to be a meandering melodrama, complete with uninteresting developments and an unsatisfactory climax, despite the presence of the formidable Anneke Blok (Alles is liefde). Definitely a missed opportunity. In Dutch. (BS) 90 min. Het Ketelhuis, De Uitkijk U2 3D Filmed in South America during the band’s 2005/06 Vertigo Tour, this IMAX film attempts to reproduce or even intensify U2’s stadium-filling energy. 85 min. Pathé ArenA Untraceable FBI cyber-crime specialist Diane Lane tracks a diabolical serial killer who offers streaming video of his kidnapped victims on his website. Each of them is hooked up to some Rube Goldberg torture device, and every new hit on the site incrementally raises the pain level. By now the hypocrisy of simultaneously condemning and exploiting the audience’s sadism has become so commonplace in American movies it hardly seems noteworthy. Sure enough, when I typed the name of the site—KillWithMe.com—into my browser, Sony Pictures Entertainment had created a facsimile of it to promote

3-9 April 2008 the movie. Pardon me while I vomit. ):>O%%%% Gregory Hoblit (Fracture) directed. (JJ) 100 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

You, the Living A brutally deadpan comedy by Swedish director Roy Andersson, who seems to have translated the entire range of human misery into a loosely connected series of slapstick gags. His black humor is impressively layered, each layer darker than the last: when a joker at a family banquet insists on performing that old parlour trick of yanking the tablecloth out from under the dishes, he not only shatters a huge collection of crystal and china but also reveals—look sharp or you’ll miss it—a vintage dining table inlaid with swastikas. Andersson’s building block is a static long shot so solidly composed it suggests a panel in a comic strip; the central figure is often encased in his own suffering, and sometimes additional laughs come from a background figure surveying his despair in openmouthed bewilderment. (JJ) 94 min. Filmmuseum, Kriterion

Zomerhitte Zomerhitte Thirty-five years after starring in the film of Jan Wolkers’ Turks Fruit, Monique van de Ven directs Zomerhitte, based on the final entry in Wolkers’ literary oeuvre. While the photography is lush and the male (Waldemar Torenstra) and female (Sophie Hilbrand) leads suitably luscious and unclothed, the wooden dialogue and clunky crime subplot that plagued the source material also hamper the on-screen version. This might be one of the rare cases in which the film is better than the book, but since the original novella is one of the least convincing Wolkerian writings, that’s not really saying much. In Dutch. (LvH) 96 min. Het Ketelhuis, Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski

Special screenings Amsterdam voor Amsterdammers A one-day programme of films about Amsterdam, including classic short documentaries by Ed van der Elsken and John Appel, plus brand new student films about the city.

Paula van der Oest’s Tiramisu is showing for just €5.

The evening winds down with ‘I Hate Amsterdam’, an organised gripe session for all those who don’t appreciate their home city. De Uitkijk Black Orpheus The myth of Orpheus, retold with black characters and set against the background of the Rio Carnival (1959). Marcel Camus directed. In Portuguese with English subtitles. 107 min.

De Nieuwe Anita Blue Velvet David Lynch’s 1986 fever-dream fantasy, about a young college student (Kyle MacLachlan) who returns to his small-town roots and all manner of strangeness. He becomes involved with two women, one light and innocent (Laura Dern), the other dark and sadomasochistic (Isabella Rossellini), as well as with a murderous psychopath (a brilliantly demented Dennis Hopper). (PG) 120 min. Cafe de Spuyt Bobby Old-fashioned in both its liberal humanism and its commitment to classic Hollywood storytelling, Emilio Estevez’s fictional account of the 1968 shooting of Robert Kennedy is also a fine example of old-fashioned studio craft. Deftly juggling over a dozen characters, ranging from hotel personnel and guests to Democratic Party volunteers, Estevez offers a sharp cross section of the issues and attitudes surrounding Kennedy’s presidential campaign. Without privileging any member of the talented cast, he gives many of them chances to shine, especially Sharon Stone, Freddy Rodriguez (from Six Feet Under), Laurence Fishburne and Martin Sheen. The film’s premise that RFK was America’s last chance to save itself is a bit hard to buy, but the passion and thoughtfulness with which Estevez builds on it are stirring nonetheless. (JR) 119 min. Pathé Tuschinski Cidade de Deus This 2002 drama is set in the 1960s and ’70s in a lawless slum of Rio de Janeiro, where feral youths eagerly matriculate into bloodthirsty street gangs. Directors Katia Lund and Fernando Meirelles note the seductiveness of violence (one new recruit insists that no innocents be killed but almost immediately violates his own edict) and the cyclical nature of poverty (once all the major combatants have been murdered, a new gang of kids stands poised to take over), but I have a hard time believing that the film’s criticial popularity reflects anything but its nonstop action and astonishing body count. In Portuguese with Dutch subtitles. (JJ) 130 min. Cavia

Dark Days With no prior training in film, 21-yearold Londoner Marc Singer set out to make this 16-millimeter black-and-white documentary (2000) about the homeless people living in the tunnels under New York’s Penn Station. Singer’s six-year quest—including a brief stint of being homeless himself—deserves notice, and in a way I’m disappointed that the film doesn’t go into greater detail about it. But most remarkable and fascinating here are the squatters, who do a pretty good job of explaining themselves without any outside narrator. (JR) 84 min. OT301

Ronda Nocturna This 2005 film by Edgardo Cozarinsky follows the hustler Victor (Gonzalo Heredia) on his nightly rounds through Buenos Aires.

Showing in Pathé’s Gay Classics series. In Spanish with English subtitles. 82 min. Pathé De Munt

Die Ehe der Maria Braun In Fassbinder’s 1978 drama, one of his most accessible, the sublime Hanna Schygulla stars as a plucky wife perennially separated from her husband, first by war, then by prison and finally by pervasive capitalist malaise. In German with Dutch subtitles. (DK) 120 min. Rialto

The Science of Sleep Michael Gondry’s latest

Festen Thomas Vinterberg’s Dogme 95 film is

conventional in inspiration (unlike his pal Lars Von Trier’s work), but is genuinely explosive because it’s so powerfully executed. Shot with the smallest and lightest digital video camera available, Festen (1998) chronicles the acrimonious and violent family battles that ensue at a country manor where the 60th birthday of the family patriarch is being observed, not long after the eldest son’s twin sister has committed suicide. In Danish/English with Dutch subtitles. (JR) 105 min. Kriterion Films by J.X.Williams Obscure work by the (apparently) non-existent director of 1960s exploitation films. Cavia Neil Young series This week, De Melkweg is screening several Neil Young films, including the concert movies Rust Never Sleeps (1979) and Year of the Horse (Jim Jarmusch, 1997), plus Jarmusch’s Western Dead Man, to which Young contributed the soundtrack. This is a run-up to next week’s Dutch premiere of the latest Young documentary, Jonathan Demme’s Heart of Gold. Melkweg Cinema Pursuit of Happyness Failure is one of the most potent American subjects, largely because of the drama implicit in Americans’ denial of it. This inspirational movie tells the true story of an unsuccessful salesman in San Francisco (Will Smith) who assumes custody of his young son and contrives to switch professions. Smith is resourceful in the role, though the story stretches one’s credulity about his character’s resourcefulness. Gabrielle Muccino directed; with Thandie Newton and Jaden Smith (the star’s son). (JR) 117 min. Pathé ArenA

Rosas dance films Rosas, the Belgian dance ensemble led by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a programme at the Muziektheater and a series of films at Rialto.

Several short Rosas films will be screened, as well as a programme of De Keersmaeker’s own favourites. Rialto flick is a bit more lightweight than his previous efforts, but that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. The Science of Sleep is a rumination on love and longing, in this case the love felt by the dopey Stéphane for his lanky neighbour Stéphanie, which he expresses by presenting her with all kinds of inventive doodads. While Stéphane is cocksure and confident in his cardboard-riddled dreams, he turns into a clunky kid in real life. Gondry’s inventive low-fi aesthetic is always appealing, as are the two leads, Gael García Bernal and Charlotte Gainsbourg. In Spanish/English/French with Dutch subtitles. (LvH) 105 min. Kriterion

Tales of Ugetsu The mood of Kenji Mizoguchi’s

1953 masterpiece is evoked by the English translation most often given to its title, ‘Tales of the Pale and Silvery Moon After the Rain’. Based on two 16thcentury ghost stories, the film is less a study of the supernatural than a sublime embodiment of Mizoguchi’s eternal theme, the generosity of women and the selfishness of men. Densely plotted but as emotionally subtle as its name, Ugetsu is one of the great experiences of cinema. In Japanese with English subtitles. (DK) 94 min. De Roode Bioscoop The Yes Men A documentary about a group of men who pose as representatives of the World Trade Organization. They use their fake identities to raise questions about how the WTO works.

Through their fake website, they receive invitations to seminars, and so they travel the world giving nonsense lectures and bizarre speeches.

But even when they step on stage in golden costumes with a large inflatable penis, seeking to raise hell, they are met with applause— symptomatic of the comatose state of many of those running large businesses and organisations. Although the film is sometimes a bit slow, it’s funny and fascinating. (SG) 80 min.

Filmhuis Griffioen

3-9 April 2008

FILM TIMES Thursday 3 April until Wednesday 9 April.

Times are provided by cinemas and are subject to last-minute changes. Film times also at www.amsterdamweekly.nl De Balie Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, 553 5151 Der Freie Wille Fri, Sat 20.30.fe Blue Velvet Sun 20.00.

Cavia Van Hallstraat 52-I, 681 1419 Cidade de Deus Thur, Fri 20.30 Films by J.X.Williams Tues 20.30.

Cinecenter Lijnbaansgracht 236, 623 6615 Atonement daily 16.15, 19.15, 21.45, Sun also 11.00, 13.30 Empties daily 19.15, Sun also 11.00, 13.45 Juno daily 16.30, 19.30, 21.45, Sun also 11.15, 13.45 Margot at the Wedding daily 16.15, 21.45 Naissance des pieuvres daily 19.15, Sun also 11.00, 13.30 There Will Be Blood daily 15.45, 21.00.

Cinema Amstelveen Plein 1960 2, Amstelveen, 547 5175 Alvin en de Chipmunks Sat, Wed 13.30, Sun 11.30 Asterix en de Olympische Spelen Sat 15.30, Sun 13.30 In the Valley of Elah Tues, Wed 20.30 Lust, Caution Thur-Sat 20.30, Sun 16.00 De Spiderwick-Kronieken Wed 15.30.

Concertgebouw Concertgebouwplein 2-6, 671 8345 The Merry Widow Fri 20.15.

Filmhuis Griffioen Uilenstede 106, Amstelveen, 444 5100 Mio fratello è figlio unico Fri, Tues 19.30 The Yes Men Thur 19.30.

Filmmuseum Vondelpark 3, 589 1400 Aleksandra Thur, Mon-Wed 17.15 Eliso Sun 16.00 Heimatklänge Fri 17.15 Import Export daily 19.15, 21.45 Kuifje en de Zonnetempel Sat, Sun, Wed 14.00 Museum Weekend Sat, Sun Professione: Reporter Thur-Sat, Mon, Wed 17.00 Stellet Licht daily 19.30 You, the Living daily 22.00 Het Zakmes Sat, Sun, Wed 13.45.

Het Ketelhuis Haarlemmerweg 8-10, 684 0090 De Avonturen van het Molletje Sat, Sun, Wed 13.30 De Bloedbruiloft Thur-Sun, Tues, Wed 19.15, Sat, Sun, Wed also 14.45 Desmond en het Moerasmonster Sat, Sun, Wed 13.45 Margot at the Wedding daily 19.30 Skin Thur-Sun, Tues, Wed 21.15 TBS daily 17.00 Tiramisu daily 17.30, 21.30, Sat, Sun, Wed also 15.00 Trigger Sat, Sun, Wed 13.15 Zomerhitte daily 17.15, 19.45, 21.45, Sat, Sun also 15.15.

Kriterion Roetersstraat 170, 623 1708 Buster Keaton programme Sun 11.00, Wed 15.00 The Darjeeling Limited Thur-Tues 17.15, Thur-Mon, Wed 21.45, Sat also 0.15 Festen Mon 22.00 I'm Not There daily 18.30, Thur-Mon, Wed also 21.15, Tues also 21.45, Sat, Sun, Wed also 15.30, Sat also 23.45 Juno daily 17.45, Sat also 14.45 Lars and the Real Girl daily 19.45, Thur-Sun, Tues, Wed also 22.00 Pippi in Taka Tuka Land Sun 13.15 The Science of Sleep Wed 17.00 Sneak Preview Tues 22.15 The Spiderwick Chronicles Sat, Sun 15.15, Sun also 13.00 De Wonderwinkel van Mr Magorium Sun, Wed 14.45 You, the Living daily 19.30.

Melkweg Cinema Lijnbaansgracht 234A, 624 1777 Neil Young series Thur-Wed 19.00.

The Movies Haarlemmerdijk 159-165, 638 6016 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead daily 16.45, 21.45, Sun also 12.30 I'm Not There daily 16.30, 19.00, 21.30, Sun also 12.00 The Kite Runner daily 16.15, Sat, Sun, Wed also 13.45 Lars and the Real Girl daily 19.30, Sat, Sun, Wed also 14.45 No Country for Old Men daily 17.00, 19.30, 22.00, Sat, Sun, Wed also 14.30, Sun 12.15 De Spiderwick-Kronieken Sat, Sun, Wed 14.45, Sun also 11.45 There Will Be Blood daily 18.45, 21.45.

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OT301 Overtoom 301, 779 4913 Dark Days Tues 20.30 Endgame Sun 20.30.

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Pathé De Munt Vijzelstraat 15, 0900 1458 10,000 BC Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 13.45, 16.30, 18.15, 21.00, Thur, Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed also 21.50, Thur, Mon, Tues also 12.45, 15.30, Sat also 11.45, 14.15, 16.45, 18.00, 20.30, 21.45, 23.10 27 Dresses Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 18.00, 20.45, Thur, Fri, MonWed also 12.30, Thur, Mon, Tues also 15.15, Sun also 15.30, Sat 16.00, 18.45, 21.30 Alibi Thur, Fri, Mon-Wed 12.20, Sat 14.10, Sun 12.40 Alvin en de Chipmunks Fri, Sun, Wed 13.10, 15.40, Sun also 10.50, Sat 10.15, 12.30, 14.45, 17.00 Asterix en de Olympische Spelen Fri, Wed 15.15, Sat 10.40, 13.20, Sun 10.15, 12.50 The Bucket List Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.00, 14.15, 16.45, 19.15, 21.45, Sat 10.30, 12.45, 15.15, 17.45, 20.15, 22.45 Definitely, Maybe Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 16.10, 21.20, Sat 12.15, 17.30, 22.40 The Eye Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.10, 14.30, 17.00, 22.00, Thur, Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed also 19.30, Tues also 19.20, Sat 10.45, 13.15, 15.45, 18.15, 20.45, 23.15 Horton (NL) Fri, Sun, Wed 12.00, 14.00, 16.10, Sat 10.50, 13.10, 15.30 Horton Hears a Who Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 13.00, 17.45, 20.00, Thur, Fri, Mon-Wed also 15.00, Sun also 15.20, Sat 11.30, 14.00, 16.30, 19.00, 21.15 The Hunting Party Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 13.30, 16.00, 18.45, 21.30, Sun also 11.00, Sat 12.00, 14.30, 17.15, 19.45, 22.30 Jumper Thur, Sun-Wed 22.10 Juno Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 19.20, Sat 19.15 No Country for Old Men Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 21.35, Sat 21.50 The Other Boleyn Girl Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 17.30, Sat 18.40 Rendition Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 18.20, 21.10, Thur, Mon, Tues also 12.40, 15.20, Sat 19.20, 22.15 Reservation Road daily 19.10, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 16.40, Thur, Mon, Tues also 13.50, Sat also 16.15 Samson en Gert: Hotel op Stelten Fri, Wed 14.50, 16.40, Sat 11.00, 13.00, 15.00, Sun 10.20, 12.10, 14.10 Sneak Preview Tues 21.45 The Spiderwick Chronicles Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 14.45, Sun also 10.20, Sat 11.40, 16.20 De Spiderwick-Kronieken Fri, Sun, Wed 14.20, Fri, Wed also 12.10, Sun also 11.50, Sat 11.10, 13.30, 15.50 Step Up 2 Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 13.40, 18.50, Sun also 11.15, Sat 14.50, 20.00 There Will Be Blood Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 20.30, Sat 21.20 Untraceable Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 18.30, 21.15, Thur, Mon, Tues also 13.15, 15.45, Fri, Wed also 12.20, Sun also 16.10, Sat 17.00, 19.30, 22.00 Vantage Point Fri 22.10, Sat 23.30 The Water Horse Fri, Sun, Wed 13.50, Sun also 11.10, Sat 11.20, 13.45 Zomerhitte Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 19.00, 21.40, Thur, Mon, Tues also 14.00, 16.15, Fri, Sun, Wed also 16.40, Sat 18.30, 21.00, 23.30.

Pathé Tuschinski Reguliersbreestraat 34, 0900 1458 AFFF:The Fall Wed 20.00 Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival Wed Atelier PRC Mon 20.00 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Thur-Tues 15.30, 21.30, Fri-Tues also 18.45, Wed 16.15, 21.45 Bobby Thur, Tues 13.30 La Bohème Sat 19.30 The Bucket List Thur-Tues 12.15, 14.30, 22.00, Thur-Sun, Tues also 17.00, Thur, Fri, Sun-Tues also 19.30, Wed 13.30, 16.00, 21.00 Earth Thur-Mon 12.30 Giorni e nuvole Thur-Tues 12.45, Thur-Sun, Tues also 19.00 Horton (NL) Sat, Sun, Wed 12.00, Sat, Sun also 14.15, Wed also 14.10 The Kite Runner Thur-Sun, Tues 21.15, Thur, Fri, Sun, Tues also 16.00, Sat also 15.30, Wed 19.00 Lou Reed's Berlin Thur 19.00 No Country for Old Men Thur-Tues 16.15, Thur, Fri, Sun, Tues also 21.45 The Other Boleyn Girl Thur, Fri, Sun, Tues 18.45, Fri, Sun also 13.30, Sat 13.00, 18.15 There Will Be Blood Thur-Sun, Tues 16.30, Thur-Sun also 20.00, Thur, Fri, Tues also 13.00, Mon 12.15 Zomerhitte Thur-Mon 15.45, 21.00, Thur-Sun also 13.15, Thur, Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed 18.30, Tues, Wed also 12.15, 14.45, Tues also 17.30, 21.30.

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