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Soaking in comics Interviews with: Rutu Modan: ‘Love and death sometimes change roles’ p. 6 Ben Katchor: ‘I've done a lot of writing in bed’ p. 8

Saving sounds and visions for the future page 4 Nigerian oil insurgency slides into the Stedelijk page 4 Oogling at Orange pages 3 and 15 FILM: Running from Geuzenveld to Casablanca p. 18 / SEX: Cinema Femme p. 19 / FOOD: Pastilla rocks the Kasbah p. 17

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

On the cover PAGE FROM THE JEW OF NEW YORK

By Ben Katchor www.katchor.com

Next week Um, yeah... the sequel.

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AROUND TOWN Save the celluloid

Images for the future?

‘You first restore damaged material and preserve it before you can think of digitisation,’ says her colleague, Monizza.

And sometimes, because of extensive damage, you watch film history ‘disappearing between your fingers.’ The job is lonely, and very detail-oriented. ‘It’s solitary work,’ she says. Her colleague, Kross, nods sympathetically.

But in the end, the project will bring people together. Many of these films have never been screened in public, and most people wouldn’t go out of their way to search through archives to get to them. ‘The Dutch like to stay at home,’ says Rechsteiner, ‘so we will have to bring the film to them.’ And it will be a lot easier this time around because the material will be located where anyone can look for it: online.

The nation is out to preserve cultural history one frame at a time.

By Christina Kral Eighty-nine years ago, young and beautiful Ivis Benson stretched out in the sun, embodying a perfect dreamy sunny afternoon. The scene from the American silent movie, The Glorious Lady, only exists today, almost a century later, in one last Dutch copy. Benson, played by Olive Thomas, an American starlet who died at age 24, is captured in a kind of eternal youth in the film. But mould and rust have eaten entire images from the film roll, and the movie can’t be screened. If nothing is done soon, beautiful Lady Benson might never be seen again.

Rare film footage like this, along with still photographs, television programs and other audio visual material, currently vulnerable and decaying in vaults scattered throughout the country, will be preserved thanks to a new national conservation project called ‘Images for the Future’. The government has allocated €154 million for the restoration and digitisation of 100 years of Dutch cultural history to make it visible and audible for future generations.

‘There are not many governments that spend that much money on a project like this,’ says Hans Westerhof, program director for ‘Images for the Future’ at Sound and Vision in Hilversum, who possess 70 per cent of the targeted audiovisual footage.

The effort was initiated back in 2005, when a consortium of six cultural institutions—the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, the Netherlands Filmmuseum, the National Archive, Centrale Discotheek Rotterdam, the Association of Public Libraries and the Netherlands Knowledgeland Foundation—joined to request government support for a largescale preservation and restoration project that would eventually make this material available to a broad public.

Over the next seven years, these institutions will share the work of converting 137,200 hours of video, 22,510 hours of film, 123,900 hours of audio and 2.9 million photos into digital material that can be accessed via the internet. They will also collaborate in coming up with ways to store and distribute the material.

Simona Monizza, project manager for film restoration at the Filmmuseum, is already busy working on The Glorious Lady. She says the movie is especially important because it was considered lost for many years. After the footage has been entirely inspected and repaired, it will be reprinted onto film and screened at an archival film festival that collaborates with the museum.

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Cracking the Shell Video installation reflects recent events in Nigeria.

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The participants still have to generate €19 million to complete its mission— since the government’s €154 million isn’t quite enough to cover all the costs. The consortium will develop business models and establish services that will help the project to sustain itself. One plan is to develop online platforms that allow downloading film and music files.

Various institutional teams will take on different tasks, like preserving and preparing material for digitisation investing services to get a wider audience involved with audio-visual history and resolving copyright issues. Westerhof is convinced that copyright holders want to share their material in exchange for recognition, access to a larger audience or potential financial gain.

Old archive models will be ‘turned inside out,’ says Harry Verwayen, senior adviser for ‘Images of the Future’ at Knowledgeland, an independent cultural, technological and economic think-tank based in Amsterdam. He envisions an ‘Alexandrian Library of the audiovisual’, a vast unified collection of research centres that can be used by everyone. Verwayen hopes the project will create online services, applications and platforms that will be as successful as YouTube—well actually, he says, ‘better than YouTube.’

Material will include early silent films dating back to 1895 up to contemporary

mainstream blockbusters. Users will be able to rent or buy a film title, along with information about the movie, such as bios, film stills, reviews and posters. It will also post recommendations and include a social network site that will connect cinephiles with one another. Ultimately, users will be able to tag their choices and establish a more flexible and effective search engine. ‘We want the audience’s participation,’ says Emjay Rechsteiner, project manager for ‘Images for the Future’ at Filmmuseum.

Annike Kross, a conservator at the Filmmuseum, recently sat behind the digital restoration station at the facility just across the Amstel River from the city centre. She was restoring J’accuse, a famous French silent movie from 1919. A single frame from the film is 12 megabytes, more data than what can be sent in a typical email. The film is about three hours long. Restoring the entire digital information will result in ten terrabytes of data, which would fill up a small flock of external hard drives. She restores films in such high quality that it can be screened again as a true cinematic experience. ‘Like it was produced yesterday,’ says Rechsteiner. To make a film that is as close in quality to the original as possible, Kross is cutting together film from several copies that have been collected throughout Europe.

On 26 May, guerrilla militants of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) attacked and destroyed a Royal Dutch Shell oil pipeline and flow station in River State, Nigeria. This is the newest in a renewed series of coordinated attacks that began last month. Shell acknowledged the attacks in a public statement and responded by shutting down part of its pumping operations.

Since 2005, MEND has engaged in a campaign of kidnapping, theft and economic sabotage. A loose national network, they are determined to rid the Niger Delta of foreign oil companies and to redistribute revenue from its vast natural resources. MEND enjoys widespread popular support, but critics label the militants as oil thieves rather than freedom fighters.

In 2007, artist/film-maker Mark Boulos traveled to River State where he filmed the MEND militants who claim responsibility for the 26 May attacks. The result is one half of a two-screen video installation entitled All That Is Solid Melts into Air which opens this Sunday at the Stedelijk Museum CS. Boulos, who is American, juxtaposes footage from his guerrilla camp experience with images he shot of the chaotic scenes of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, one of the last open-outcry trading floors in the world.

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reach the level of intensity, visual editing and bringing it into the art realm as Mark has done with this work.’

The installation explores a stark contrast: that of the Netherlands-based Shell which produces about half of Nigeria’s oil and reaps tremendous profits from its sale on international commodities markets and the people of the Niger Delta, who live in abject poverty. Boulos’ choice of the installation stems not only from his own frustrations with the situation in Nigeria. The choice of the Chicago Merc (which handles more futures trading than any other exchange in the world) reflects his artistic interest in representing the future in the present.

‘I wanted to examine the two ends of capitalism,’ says Boulos over coffee at Amsterdam’s Rijksakademie. ‘The idea was to make two separate films that are in dialogue with one another,’ he explains. ‘There are certainly implicit relationships, but these are so indirect I wanted to make two separate films.’

The buying and selling of futures, he says, represents the most metaphysical aspect of capitalism. Brokers push amongst themselves, completing trades worth millions daily for goods that have yet to materialise. Boulos does not like to be called a documentarian. He says his work doesn’t attempt to pass judgment about the situation in the Niger Delta, and it doesn’t try to report all the facts.

As seen through his camera lens, Shell’s operations in the Niger Delta represent the material reality of resource extraction and economic exploitation.

Viewing the video installation, one is first drawn to beautiful passing images of the Niger Delta. Within moments, the river shoreline—lush with green trees and bushes—gives way to towers of flame that rise from a flow station burning away the oil’s natural gas. It’s the same flow station that MEND attacked late last month.

The camera shakes a little when a half-naked man with a machete threatens

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the film-maker, who is not visible in the shot. ‘Now I’m vexed,’ shouts the man, waving the machete above his head and beating it against his chest. ‘The government takes, but we suffer and suffer. If I cut you, this knife will enter and they will remember us.’ Turning to leave, he looks back and says, ‘Don’t come here again, my papa taught me how to hunt.’

In the safety of his studio on a rainy Sunday in Amsterdam, Boulos confesses that he was frightened when that happened. But he thinks the man with the machete was too. Pollution contaminates the river that has sustained his ancestors for generations, and he can no longer rely on the river to feed his family. Most of the fish are gone. The man, says Boulos, was expressing the frustrations of a people exploited by Royal Dutch Shell and ignored by their government.

‘We are fighting for poverty alleviation,’ declares another of the guerrillas in an eloquent monologue in Boulos’ film.

‘Success will be ours. Though most people won’t live to achieve it, if we fight, my children will achieve it.’

On the screen opposite that of the young militant are the yellow-jacketed brokers of Chicago, shouting for the next sale.

The militant takes a pull of his cigarette and says with a missionary’s assurance, ‘We will get to Canaan very soon.’

According to the BBC, while on the road to Canaan, MEND’s activities have cut Nigerian oil production by a fifth.

Shell has had to close facilities, while the international price of oil has climbed higher. The pipeline that was destroyed in May was located at Awoba flow station in Degema Local Government Area, and it is also featured in All That Is Solid Melts

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A MEND militant speaks.

into Air. MEND says there is more to come: they intend to resume the use of car bombs.

Towards the end of the installation there is a cacophony as the shouts of traders and militants on separate screens reach a fever pitch. Then the quiet comes.

Aerial footage of Chicago fades to black on one screen, and a masked man stands on the other screen. Speaking calmly, he says, ‘When you go to your country you tell them: we are small but we are not afraid of the Nigerian state. We are not afraid of the Americans. We are afraid of nothing.’

All That Is Solid Melts into Air, 8 June-20 July, Stedelijk Museum CS.

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You could say that Rutu Modan is the mother of modern Israel comics. Born in 1966 in Tel Aviv, she’s an award-winning comics artist who has drawn and written strips for many major newspapers, both in Israel and abroad. She was also the coeditor of the Israeli version of MAD magazine and she currently teaches comics drawing and illustration at the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem. Modan’s also busy with a comics story that will be published weekly over 20 weeks in the New York Times Magazine from midJune. It’s called ‘The Murderer of the Terminal Patient’ and is a comic murder mystery set in an Israeli hospital.

The Dutch translation of her latest, and already universally acclaimed, work, Exit Wounds, has just been published as Vermist. The graphic novel tells a deep and subtly rendered story set in contemporary Tel Aviv, where a young taxi chauffeur, Eddie, is approached by a young woman soldier, Numi, who believes his estranged father—her boyfriend—could have been killed in a suicide bombing. As they search for the fate of the father, they discover each other. Modan talks to us about this book and her life in comics.

What got you into comics?

There were hardly any comics in Israel when I was growing up. I think Israel is the only country where Superman and Tintin were commercial failures. But my parents lived a few years in America in the early 1960s, and my mother came back with a big collection of cartoon pocket-books.

My mother was a scientist, not an artist, but she liked these books and I believe this collection was one of the reasons I became a cartoonist. As a child I read them again and again until they fell apart; there’s only a few survivors left in my library. At the time, I had no idea about comics as an art form or that it could actually be a profession. But at the same time, I’ve been inventing stories and drawing them since I was three. For me, it is the most natural way to express myself.

It was only in my twenties, at the Art Academy, that my illustration professor introduced me to contemporary comics, especially alternative comics, and I imme-

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Rutu Modan Fostering the burgeoning art of Israeli comics.

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diately decided this is what I wanted to do with my life.

And how did you make that a career?

When I started getting interested in comics, a very lucky thing happened. A friend’s ex-boyfriend was appointed editorin-chief of a new weekly magazine. And since I was looking for a student job, my friend suggested I show him a few samples.

He was new at the job and had never read comics, but he still thought having a comic strip in his magazine would be something very unique and hip. So I started publishing weekly strips and had complete freedom. Especially since nobody understood anything about comics, and mainstream comics were considered as weird as alternative ones anyway, so I just did whatever I wanted. I used very macabre and vulgar humour, and changed the format whenever I got bored.

Two years later, when I graduated, I already had a name as a comics artist, and for eight years I did strips for different newspapers. Meanwhile, I wanted to develop and make more complicated and longer comics stories, like those I read in Raw magazine. I collaborated with Etgar Keret, a well known Israeli author, and for a few years we worked together on comics based on his stories. In 1996 we published a collection [Nobody Said It Was Going To Be Fun] that was even quite successful in Israel.

In the same year I established, along with four other comics artists, an independent comics publishing house, Actus Tragicus, and together we published our comics in English and distributed them in America and Europe. Eventually, Chris Oliveros from Drawn & Quarterly saw my stories and commissioned a book: Exit Wounds is the result.

Any key influences?

This is easier to answer when you are twenty than when you are forty. There are so many artists I was and am influenced by, and in so many ways! My first comics teacher, Michel Kishka, was an immigrant from Belgium, so initially my education was more European in style: Herge, Lorenzzo Mattoti, Loustal and the ‘French school’. But since I read only English, I was only influenced by their style of drawing.

For writing (as well as visual), Raw magazine and its artists was a major influence: Linda Barry, Art Spiegelman, Charles Burns, Edward Gorey (I copied him for years), Seth, Chris, Daniel Clowes, Julie Doucet, the Crumb couple, Mark Beyer —and many more. Currently I’m into the American cartoonists of the beginning to middle of the twentieth century: Winsor Macay, Gluias Williams, McManus, Webster. And lately, I started getting interested in alternative manga, like Maruo and Taniguchi.

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Key non-comics influences?

My favourite activity is reading. And I am equally influenced by literature as by comics. The Italian author Natalia Ginzburg is one of my favourites—with her subtle, undramatic tone she reaches the highest degree of emotion. Hitchcock taught me a lot about creating suspense and drama. Film noir and Italian realism showed me how to turn everyday reality into drama and people into heroes. I am also influenced by art exhibitions, popular psychology, blogs, people, landscapes, other arts, the news and personal disasters—however stupid or sad. As I say to my students: everything is material.

It’s hard to reconcile the author of Exit Wounds as a former co-editor of MAD magazine...

In 1994 an Israeli publisher decided to publish an Israeli edition of MAD. In that period, the American MAD was past its prime and they started selling rights to foreign countries. The format was supposed to be seventy-five per cent translated American material and twentyfive per cent original local material. I did the job together with Yirmi Pinkus, my classmate and a comic artist himself. We did it for cheap but it was rather fun since we did not have to use up-to-date material, and could order lots of great material from the 1950s and 1960s from the MAD archive. And we learned a lot because we had to do everything ourselves: editing, printing, production, marketing, and even translating.

Since we liked alternative comics, we used that for the original material—from ourselves and other Israeli comics artists.

The American publisher wasn’t interested in what we were doing. We only had to send the cover to be approved. We did have one cover, with Alfred E Neuman as a punk, censored. The American publisher thought he looked too much like a skinhead and insisted it would hurt the Jewish readers’ feelings. It was impossible to explain to them that there are no Nazis in Israel.

Apart from that, we did what we wanted. The problem was, people who liked MAD hated the Israeli stories, and fans of

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alternative comics hated the American parts. So nobody bought the magazine and after fourteen issues another attempt to publish comics in Israeli had failed. But at least this episode led directly in 1996 to the founding of Actus Tragicus.

What was the inspiration behind Exit Wounds?

It came from a wonderful documentary called No.17 by director David Ofek. It was about a terror attack in a bus, where one body was so destroyed that it couldn’t be identified. Well, unfortunately, that happens a lot with bomb attacks. But what was less ordinary is the fact that no one claimed the body. It was a body of somebody nobody missed. The director tried to find the identity by publishing an ad in the newspaper. One man showed up—he had not seen his son for a long period—but in the end it turned out that it wasn’t him.

Another trigger happened years ago, when I was waiting for a telephone call from a guy I was dating. After four miserable days, I came to a conclusion that he must be dead or else he would have called me. (But then I called him and he wasn’t.)

That gave me the idea: someone is missing and there is a girl who believes he might have died, because she just can’t believe that he left her.

What other elements of autobiography are in Exit Wounds?

Everything I write is based on, or influenced by, reality. Where else can you get inspiration? Even the weekly funny strips I did were based on life. For example, while I was pregnant and terrified by the idea of motherhood, I read an article about a new birth method: giving birth in a dolphins’ pool. So I wrote a strip about giving birth among sharks, where you can choose whether you take the baby home or leave him in the pool.

In Exit Wounds, many scenes and characters are stolen from my life. But I changed them to fit the story. Fiction is different than life, because in life there is no order or meaning, while a story must have both. Art is really about giving meaning to that chaos we call reality.

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‘I read an article about a new birth method: giving birth in a dolphins’ pool. So I wrote a strip about giving birth among sharks, where you can choose whether you take the baby home or leave him in the pool.’

Although I have not myself experienced a terror attack, a few years ago it was happening a lot around me, and it did affect my everyday life and feelings. But sudden, brutal deaths are actually around all of us, anywhere, anytime—not just in Israel.

I tried to describe this idea in Exit Wounds, and not just the dramatic side of death, but also the matter-of-factness and worldly side of it. For example, the guys coming from the flea market to clear out a dead person’s house. That happened with me after my father’s death. It took them twenty minutes—so professional!

How difficult is it to stretch from the single ‘strip’ format to producing a whole ‘graphic novel’?

Writing and drawing a one-hundred-seventy page story is a completely different experience than creating a short comics story. Short stories are based more on an idea and a punch line. A novel is based more on the processes your characters go through. You find yourself involved in deep relationships with people you invented, which gets very weird sometimes.

I read somewhere that writing a story is like trying to put an octopus to bed.

When you tuck two arms under the blanket, two other arms pop out on the other side. When you write a short story and change one detail it creates a hole in the story somewhere else and you have to solve it. Writing a novel is the same but then with a giant octopus.

Exit Wounds, while obviously set in Israel and presenting a vivid picture of its society, can on many levels be set anywhere since it’s indeed

more about your characters’ processes and not the surrounding politics...

I think the main subjects in Exit Wounds is love—both father love and romantic love—and death. And these two vectors are connected in that love is supposed to be a connection and death the ultimate separation. But in reality it is more complicated than that: love and death sometimes change roles. Sometimes love drifts us apart because we feel too vulnerable, and sometimes the death of someone we know makes us feel more connected to them or to other people. It is the basic conflict between our desire to be in touch with other people and our desire or capacity to think only about ourselves.

The suicide bombing is the plot, or background to the story, and not the subject—not the centre of ‘real life’. This is sometimes difficult for people from the outside to understand.

The bombing also gives Exit Wounds some kind of naturalistic texture, but I tried to avoid sensationalism and even the cliches about Israel. I wanted to make the point that the lives of most people in Israel are more based on their small everyday details than around politics. And I believe this also to be true for politicians. And I wanted to show a bigger truth as I see it: if we were not so focussed on ourselves, perhaps the situation would get better.

I also wanted to look deep beyond labels like ‘father’, ‘son’, ‘soldier’ and ‘widower’, and seek the human being behind it. And when you go there you can no longer see things in black and white, you cannot hate anyone, and therefore you won’t want to hurt or destroy them. This

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is very different than looking from a political point of view where even a nice woman like me can turn into a monster. (I can get very unpleasant, verbally anyway, in a political argument.)

What has been the reaction in Israel?

Exit Wounds has not yet been published in Israel since it was originally commissioned in English by Drawn & Quarterly, and it took me some time to work on the Israeli version since in Hebrew you read from right to left. So I had to flip all the drawings, which usually isn’t a problem, but the main protagonist is a taxi driver and when the drawings are flipped, he ends up driving in the wrong side of the road. And since this is supposed to be a realistic story, I figured this would be irritating for the Israeli reader. Unfortunately there are one-hundred-fifty frames where he drives his damn taxi, so I had to draw many frames again.

It was boring but I did it and the book will be published in Israel in the fall.

But I also suspect there is another reason I wasn’t in a hurry for the Hebrew edition: I think I am a little frightened from the reaction there. People can be more touchy and critical when it is something about them or about things they know about...

It’s often said that Jewish artists have been a major force in the birth of the graphic novel as a movement. Do you have any explanation for that?

This is very funny that you ask this because whenever there is an article in an Israeli magazine about comics, the first question is always: ‘Why are there no comics in Israel?’ And the most common answer is that Jews are good with words but not with the visual—that the whole Jewish culture is limited when it comes to the visual. Of course, this is nonsense. But really, I don’t know why there are so many Jewish artists in the comic scene in North America and so little in Israel...

Rutu Modan will be appearing on 7 June at Haarlem Stripdagen (www.stripdagenhaarlem.nl); and giving a lecture on 8 June at the Joodse Historische Mueum, 14.30.

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Ben Katchor, the New Yorker of New York

Ever wonder what happens to those crumbs that collect at the bottom of your toaster? And then, if collected by specialists in the field, what the different sizes of these crumbs could be used for? The cartoonist Ben Katchor (1951) has. And he wrote a comic strip about it. If you’ve read his ‘Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer’ or ‘The Cardboard Valise’ series of comic strips, that appear in weeklies across North America, you’ll certainly never be able to look at New York City as a non-surreal place again. And the beautiful thing is that he wins prizes for thinking very differently—including the ‘genius grant’ of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. He even writes ‘comic book operas’, including one called The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island, that deals with the chemical emissions and addictive softdrinks of an apocalyptic tropical factory-island.

His perhaps most ambitious work, The Jew of New York, was originally published ten years ago (its Dutch translation is being released this week). It was inspired by the real-life New York politician and amateur theatre writer Mordecai Noah who, in 1825, decided that all the lost tribes of Israel should gather on an island near Buffalo to form a Jewish state.

He was not successful—unlike The Jew of New York, which is poetic, layered and deeply wacky. The book introduces us to a whole bevy of characters—an actressworshipping wild man who pays tribute to the mighty beaver before ending up

Cartoonist Ben Katchor creates deeply weird worlds: ‘I’ve done a lot of writing in bed between waking and sleep. I like stories that slip in and out of conscious logic.’

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What got you into comics?

I discovered comic books in my neighbourhood corner candy store. In these comic books, I discovered the Western tradition of representational art. I was amazed to see how space and figures could be description in a small three- or four-inch comic-strip panel.

Any key influences?

I saw that Jules Feiffer and Edward Gorey were able to use the picture-story form to tell more sophisticated stories than those I encountered in comic books. By the age of sixteen, or so, I outgrew comic books and looked elsewhere for aesthetic pleasure. The artists that most influenced me were not comic-strip artists. The visual artists were Poussin, Rembrandt and many other European painters. The literary artists were Nabokov and Saul Bellow.

How’d you make comics a career?

I drew and wrote comic strips for many fanzines as a child, but it did not become a career until I started a weekly comic-strip, ‘Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer’, in the late 1980s for a weekly newspaper in New York City.

You have an obvious passion for architectural detail and decor. You even do a strip for the architectural magazine Metropolis. City boy?

I’ve always lived in a city, with short breaks during the summer, and so most of my thoughts revolve around architec-

stuffed in a museum, a man who wants to carbonate Lake Erie, to name just two— all of whom are united by a drive to find themselves a place in the New World. Welcome to New York as the wild, wild East.

ture. Like a scientist, I want to understand urban life on a microscopic level and so these details are simply obvious premises for stories.

What were the sparks that inspired The Jew of New York?

I wanted to research the origins of the market economy in New York City, circa 1830. Also, I wanted to think about what it meant to be a Jew in NYC at that time.

Mordecai Noah was a footnote in many histories of Jews in America and I was interested in using his failed plan to establish a Jewish state in North America as the starting point for a new story.

How difficult is it to stretch from the single ‘strip’ format to producing a whole ‘graphic novel’?

Most of my books are accumulations of weekly strips. The Jew of New York is the only novel-length strip I’ve produced. I’m more interested in short form comicstrips. The graphic novel appeals to book publishers who don’t know how to sell and package short form works—short stories, poems, etc. Most of my work has its real life in magazines and newspapers.

While your illustrations exhibit mind-blowing technique, on first glance they can come across as, um, ‘messy’...

I try to cultivate the sketch aesthetic— the immediate realisation of a graphic idea through direct drawing in ink. That

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Music theatre?

The three composers who run Bang on a Can (a NYC new-music collective) were commissioned to write an opera by the director of a music festival in Turin, Italy who is a comic-strip fan. He asked for an opera based on a comic-strip.

They, in turn, asked me to write the libretto and design the scenic projection. I love operetta, or music-theatre, and a few years later I approached the pop musician Mark Mulcahy to set a new story of mine to music—that was The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island.

Working in theatre is highly collaborative and that’s a big change from working alone on comic-strips.

technique may strike you as messy, but it’s an honest result of the process I go through in inventing a drawing.

Your plots and story-telling have a dream-like quality.

I’ve done a lot of writing in bed between waking and sleep. I like stories that slip in and out of conscious logic.

On an average day, how many ideas come into your head? How many actually turn into strips and how do you know which ones to discard?

There’s no average day—some days many ideas, some days none. In some cases, it’s not clear how to make an idea into a strip and so I come back to it several years later and find a solution. No ideas are discarded, just put aside until the right approach occurs to me.

I’m also interviewing Rutu Modan (see p. 6). Your work could not be more different yet both of you are part of the Jewish Historical Museum’s Jewish comics art exhibition. But is there any link beyond the universal one: that anyone’s work is a product of their heritage and identity?

I can only identify with the history of leftist, atheist and internationalist Jewish culture, and that only as history. The only cultural identity I have is being a New Yorker.

It’s often said that Jewish artists have been a major force in the birth of the graphic novel as a movement.

Do you have any explanation for that?

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Ben Katchor will be collaborating with the public during Haarlem Stripdagen.

My favourite cartoonists are not of Jewish descent. The particular Jews who were involved in the birth of the comic book business circa 1939 wanted to buy into an American pulp fiction aesthetic.

Most Jews at that time were not involved in the comic book business and so you

can’t blame Jews for the invention of superhero comics.

What are you working on now?

I’m working on a new music-theatre production and assembling a collection of strips from ‘The Cardboard Valise’ series.

Stripdagen Haarlem Comics Festival Over 35 cultural venues in Haarlem—already home to the world’s first theatre designed by a cartoonist: Joost Swarte’s Toneelschuur— will be under the spell of comics this weekend with exhibitions, fairs, films, parties, concerts, workshops and over 100 special guests from around the world. Go to www.amsterdamweekly.nl/blog to get special tips from the likes of comic artist Merel Barends (www.porcupie.com), comic and culture magazine Zone 5300 editor Tonio van Vugt (www.zone5300.nl), ‘Spekkie Big’ creator Marc van der Holst (www.spekkiebig.nl) and rocker Roel Smit, who designed the poster for this edition of Stripdagen.

7-8 Jun, various times and locations, Haarlem, www.stripdagenhaarlem.nl.

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SHORT LIST

Winners & Losers—Football Films, Thursday, Melkweg Cinema

Rock: Dutch Air Guitar Championships

THURSDAY 5 JUNE Art: De Baarsjes Kunstmaand June is arty month in Amsterdam’s cuddliest neighbourhood. Throughout the whole month, the streets, squares and buildings of De Baarsjes will be action-packed with exhibitions, lectures, poetry readings, architecture walks, music, theatre performances and, of course, much much more. From the look of the programme, some serious fun is to be had. The most promising events include a Bollywood dance workshop, a marching band parade on Mercatorplein and the building of a mobile hangplek for the youth (in the hope that all these loitering adolescents might take off to another neighbourhood, perhaps?). And, because June is not only arty month, but also football month, several parts of the programme are devoted to the game. Kees Stoffel’s photo exhibition De ware voetbalfan documents the days when Mercatorplein was all red instead of orange: fans celebrating Turkey coming third in the World Cup in 2002, or, respectively, Morocco reaching the semi-final of the Africa Cup in 2004. And in Het Sieraad, all matches will be shown alongside presentations about the participating countries’ cultures. Hup hup! (Sarah Gehrke) Various times and locations. Until 29 June.

Film: Winners & Losers—Football Films Football. Many love it. Some loathe it. But every couple of years, when either of the major international championships come around, weird things start to happen. For one thing, the streets become brighter and more colourful, with orange flags draped from or over every spare inanimate object. And some of those ‘loathers’ may even give in to the spirit of it all—if only secretly. But it’s also a time when perfectly normal cultural institutions ‘sell out’ and cross-pollinate footie with their regular entertainments (see Events on p. 15 for Oranje kijken tips) to try to steal back audiences. At Melkweg, this equates to a short season of football films. Admittedly, the genre isn’t notorious for brilliance, and the situation ain’t helped by the lack of Escape to Victory, the wonderfully star-studded 1981 prisoner-of-war movie which all hinges on a match between the cheating Germans and the spirited international prisoners. Instead we’re served— mildly entertaining—schmaltz like In Oranje and Bend It Like Beckham. However, the run is saved by documentary portraits like Nummer 14: Johan Cruijff (1973), Zidane: Un portrait du XXième Siècle (2006) and Winners and Losers (2007), which all successfully capture the artistry and passion of the game in unique style. (Steven McCarron) Melkweg Cinema, 19.00, €6. Until 12 June.

I’ve never actively pursued a professional air guitar career but I always felt I’d be good.

Brilliant, in fact. Over the years I’ve had plenty of practice, ripping out air riffs to Pantera and Megadeth while windmilling my heavy metal hair. But now I think my time may have passed. Not only have computer games like Guitar Hero created a new generation of iAir Guitarists, these days, age has taken its toll and I’m more likely to be finger-picking my imaginary acoustic guitar to favourite folk and lo-fi indie bands—a sight that’s potentially less eye-catching to a beer-fuelled Paradiso crowd. But you needn’t be participating to enjoy this annual gathering of guitar tomfoolery. The rock tracks will be blaring, the colourful characters will be queuing up to make fools of themselves, and to prevent any lulls, there’s even performances from very real rock acts too—The Sugarettes and The Bloody Honkies. If it all feels just a tad too ‘low brow’ for your sophisticated tastes, remember: Festival Classique takes place in Den Haag next week, and is hosting the national ‘air conductor’ contest. (Steven McCarron) Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 20.30, €10 + membership.

FRIDAY 6 JUNE Rock: The Chap Picture this: you are standing in a small venue—‘Berlin style’, you would describe it to someone who’s never been there. You are wearing skinny jeans, Chuck Taylor All Stars, a multicoloured tracksuit jacket with a crazy pattern. It’s actually kind of ugly... Great! You are conscious of your tracksuit jacket. Very conscious. But it feels good. And of course, you are wearing a cap with a crazy-coloured pattern. In addition to that you wear a t-shirt, it is kind of big and has huge typography all over it.

The font is Helvetica. It defines you. You relate to that t-shirt. You have several tshirts that you relate to but this one you relate to the most. You thought that it would be a good idea to wear a t-shirt that you relate to if you are going see a band that you—as a young progressive, modern mid-20s human being—relate to. It’s the first time you see The Chap and you think they are amazing. Of course you and your friends heard the album online already and you really liked it... But the show....

Wow. ‘Pop’, you think. ‘Minimal techno... Love Boat soundtrack... Electro... Hiphop’.

You still smoke, of course, and drink a beer from the bottle. It should be Jupiler, but it is Grolsch. Jupiler is 2009. And there you are: in the right place on another night in your amazing life. You say to your friend: ‘Let’s start a band!’ (Bas Morsch) De Nieuwe Anita, 20.00, €7.

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Contemporary: Amsterdam Sinfonietta Not since Einstein on the Beach made Philip Glass a household name has a work of contemporary classical music so lofted its composer. But when La Pasión según San Marcos had its premiere in 2000, the critical kudos were so clamorous—celebrating the piece’s life-force, colour and pan-multi-culti accessibility—that Osvaldo Golijov immediately became a hotshot on the world musical stage. Tonight, the Holland Festival will present the Amsterdam Sinfonietta in a bright overview of the Argentine’s career, with three seminal pieces alongside one by an influential contemporary. From 1996, Golijov’s ‘Last Round’ pays affectionate homage to tango-meister Astor Piazzolla, while 1994’s ‘Dreams & Prayers of Isaac the Blind’ was inspired by an 800-year-old Hebrew text on the interconnectedness of, well, everything. The suite from Youth Without Youth proffers a synopsis of Golijov’s score for the 2007 Francis Ford Coppola film, while the concert is rounded out by the high-octane ‘Concerto for Strings’ by Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), another Argentine expressive melodist. Grab this one. (Steve Schneider) Muziekgebouw, 20.30, €12-€20.

SATURDAY 7JUNE Event: Dream Amsterdam Each year, Dream Amsterdam invites one internationally renowned artist to use our city for one large-scale artwork. The idea is to have Amsterdam function as source of inspiration, a workplace and an exhibition space, all at the same time. Last time around this resulted in a large number of naked people adorning the parking garage on Marnixstraat (the artist invited was, unsurprisingly, Spencer Tunick). This year, the Japanese audio-visual artist/tech freak Ryoji Ikeda will place enormous light installations at as yet secret places all over town. The opening party takes place in Paradiso on 6 June. In addition, there’ll be an open-air festival on 21 June, during which Ikeda will present a new sonic installation. And like last year, Amsterdammers are kindly asked to participate in the action. Don’t worry though—this time you won’t have to go as far as full frontal nudity. Just switch off your lights this Saturday; that’s enough. (Sarah Gehrke) All over town, various times, free. Until 21 June.

Rock: West Hell 5 Welcome to another world: the world of Spy Jazz, complete with sleazy organ, bumping sax, funky guitar, ripping drumming and a stripped-down heavy bass. In other words: good ol’ fashioned 1960s Las Vegas grind music. And indeed, West Hell 5 (formerly known as West Hell 3+2) made their name as the house band for the already legendary Tease-a-GoGo club nights. Tonight they will be celebrating the release of their debut CD, complete with a surprise burlesque show. But no worries, it’s all good clean tassle-icious fun. And with the party occurring in the always evocative back room of Maloe Melo, visitors will feel like they’re taking a trip— both in space, and in time. A shame, though, they changed their name... But that’s just a quibble. (Steve Korver) Maloe Melo, 22.30, €5.

Party: GLU Music #1 Release Party Girls Like Us, that freshest of all lezza quarterlies, is taking yet another step beyond: by introducing a shiny little sonic sidekick to their print product. GLU Music #1 contains, it is promised, ‘a fabulous poster and a lovely booklet, all for your pleasure only.’ All this on top of the actual CD, of course, which sports tracks by ‘Shoreditch scene queen’ No Bra, Chloe, French Wave stylers Mathémathiques Modernes, electro pop/performance chick Anat Ben-David, Hirsute, Telepathe and more. Obviously this has to be celebrated in style: at the launch party there’ll be a performance by said Ms No Bra (and no, she doesn’t. No shirt either), plus tunes supplied by DJs such as Coco, Elle Bandita, Sloggi Grill, Foo Woman and Wannabeastar. Don’t forget to bring some extra doekoe so you can walk away with a new CD. And a lovely booklet. And a fabulous poster. (Sarah Gehrke) Flex Bar, 23.00, €8.

TUESDAY10 JUNE Books: Paul Auster As the writer of the film Smoke, acclaimed Brooklyn novelist Paul Auster (New York Trilogy, Book of Illusions) proved that he could write a happy story. However, his novels usually dwell in darker, more mysterious places which tend to evoke a certain literary Lynchness. This evening he is in town at the beautiful De Duif church reading and talking about his most recent novel Man in the Dark, which, as usual, is infused with this remarkable writer’s remarkable obsessions: fiction vs reality, time vs dreams, fate vs coincidence, absurdity vs absurdity. But uncharacteristically, the new novel begins with a political reality, the Iraq War, before descending into something yet more potentially horrific: one man’s psyche. It can’t be a coincidence.

(Steve Korver) De Duif, 20.00, €18.50.

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Experimental: DIT This Dutch-Croatian band’s music is inspired by their contempt of modern society structures, with the two core members describing their music as ‘fun with a point’. Their second album of quiet/noisy art punk experiments is released this month, with production credits from Stuart Epps and Steve Albini. Zaal 100, 21.30, €8 Rock: Al & The Black Cats Rockabilly. Maloe Melo, 22.00, €5 Soul: Derick Launching new album Zwart Zaad. Bitterzoet, 22.00, €7.50 Electronica/Jazz: Wicked Jazz Sounds Live You should know the club night all too well, where the live guests are pretty much the icing on a fruity jazz vinyl cake. The latest part of the Wicked Jazz Sounds empire, however, is a full-on live outfit, with all the WJS fave musicians blasting off with their own fiery dance jazz grooves. Sugar Factory, 22.00, €8

Saturday 7 June Jazz: The Cotton Club All Stars Cotton Club, 16.30, free

Melt-Banana, see Wednesday

MUSIC

Friday 6 June

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Hiphop: Hiphop Essentials International hiphop party with sets from eMC featuring Masta Ace, Stricklin, Punchline and Wordsworth (US), Guilty Simpson (US), DJ Flo Fader (US), Torae & Marco Polo (US), Pan Africans and Superman Ivy (Korea). KIT Tropentheater, 19.00, €15

Thursday 5 June

Bluegrass: Southern Tenant Folk Union Rip-roarin’ banjos, fiddles and mandolin riffs from Britain. Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 20.00, €8.50 + membership

Rock: Forever Young A night for old and young rock lovers, with sets from The Boys Named Sue (Johnny Cash tribute band), ROLF de band (Amsterdam ska) and The Blue Shades (rock ’n’ roll).

Fantasio (Nationaal Pop Instituut), 19.30, €6 Pop/Rock: De Nachtbrakers Sets from Sweet Assembler (pop, rock, psychedelic), Palloc (indie, pop, rock) and Signe Tollefsen (singer-songwriter).

Bitterzoet, 20.30, €7 Flamenco: Fiësta Por Dos It’s time to ‘tapas’ your feet to some intense and swinging flamenco sounds. Headliners are Curra Suárez and Yorgos Valiris, playing originals from their new CD Algo Cencillo, with quirky support from De Règâhs (De Reigers), who sing in their native Den Haag dialect.

Westerunie, 20.30, €12.50 Contemporary: Lucas Passie A brand-new oratorio by the Greek-Dutch composer Calliope Tsoupaki. Fascinated by the Dutch Passion tradition and taking inspiration from her own Greek Orthodox background, she has written a new fulllength Passion based on St Luke’s Gospel.

Performed by the Nieuw Ensemble, with suitably ancient-sounding vocal performances. Muziekgebouw, 20.30, €30 Rock: Nederlands Luchtgitaar Kampioenschap Once again, folks are arriving from across the country—and sometimes further—to make a fool of themselves for full-on air guitar madness.

Whose fingers are fastest? Who can pull the best rock star gurn? Or will it even come down to the silliest costume? If you actually care which air guitar superstars will be performing, check out www.airguitar.nl. There is also real guitar playing from The Bloody Honkies and The Sugarettes. See Short List.

Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 20.30, €10 + membership Big band: Soul Rebels Casablanca Muziek, 20.30, free Rock: Bob Mould Band Despite the occasional side-step into indie electro trance, Bob Mould remains something of an indie rock legend for his time in Hüsker Dü and Sugar. His most recent album, District Line, is a complete return to form, recapturing the energy and spirit of those earlier bands, but it remains forward looking, too, and occasionally throws up electronic tangents amongst the driving rock strums. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 21.00, €15 + membership Jazz: The FreeSong Suite Soulful jazz singer Fay Victor is joined by Misha Mengelberg, Ernst Glerum and Wolter Wierbos to combine free improvisations with her favourite jazz tunes and her own compositions. Bimhuis, 21.00, €14 Pop/Rock: Hit Me TV Formerly super Amsterdam rockers Skip the Rush. But with a slight line-up change and a move to more synth-friendly sounds, this new outfit has a much more polished and dance-y style. Even a bit Soulwaxish. Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 23.00, €7.50 + membership

Electro rock: Subbacultcha! Featuring rising Brit experimental glitch pop outfit The Chap. Rock ’n’ roll support from The Stutters. See Short List. De Nieuwe Anita, 20.00, €7 Classical: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Renowned Korean pianist/conductor Myung-Whun Chung leads the orchestra tonight, with performances of Messiaen’s L’ascension and Bruckner’s Sixth. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €47.50 Contemporary: Amsterdam Sinfonietta Three works by the Jewish-Argentinean composer Osvaldo Golijov (1960) and the Concerto for Strings by his compatriot Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983). Muziekgebouw, 20.30, €12-€20 Heavy: Cancer Bats Canadian hardcore punk. Support from As Enemies Arise. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 20.30, €9 + membership Experimental: Dream Amsterdam After Spencer Tunick in 2007, the renowned Japanese composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda will create art projects for Dream Amsterdam. This opening event is a special live concert, with Ikeda presenting the Dutch premiere of Test Pattern. Also featuring Byetone (DE) and Keyna Nara (FR/JP). Afterwards, a cast of international DJs will be doing their thing, but don’t forget to come dressed in black and white. See Short List. Paradiso, 20.30, €15 Hiphop: Def P & The Howling Coyotes Rap meets rockabilly in this new project by the Osdorp Posse frontman. Let’s try think up a more fun genre tag before rap ’n’ roll sticks. Support from Eindhoven’s Macronizm, who play funky live hiphop. Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €6 Jazz: North Sea Jazz Next Generation In collaboration with North Sea Jazz, the Bimhuis presents two fresh jazz acts that are currently making waves. The British band, Empirical, signed to Courtney Pine’s record label, are recognised for their airtight contemporary bebop. Michael Schiefer, a German singer whose campy showmanship enthrals audiences, uses electronics to transform and distort his voice. Bimhuis, 21.00, €14

Big band: Spiegelconcert Featuring the Big Band Marinierskapel, singing soloists from restaurant Pasta e Basta and Willeke Alberti with band. corner Keizersgracht-Nieuwe Spiegelstraat, 17.00, free Pop/Rock: Sena Performers POPnl Award Another big night to celebrate the wee bands. As well as the usual guitar outfits, there’s a number of urban and dance acts. Melkweg, 19.30, €10 Pop/Rock: The Dodos Lo-fi American indie rock with a psych-folk edge. Suitably charming, new album, Visiter, has gotten the music bloggers dripping wet in recent months. Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 20.00, €8 + membership Pop/Rock: Guillemots Percussion fuelled Brit indie guitar pop. Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 20.30, €13 + membership Jazz: David Kweksilber Big Band A member of New Cool Collective and the Beau Hunks, as well as the ASKO/Schönberg Ensemble, tonight saxophonist and clarinettist Kweksilber presents his own big band, complete with Dutch jazz and contemporary classical stars. Bimhuis, 21.00, €15 Rock: PosT ‘Retro modern rock’, which may well mean chugging power chords and ’80s rock drumming. Support from speed rock ’n’ rollers, Furio.

Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €6 Jazz: West Hell 5 CD release night and Amsterdam Beat Club party for these groove jazz and cinematic R&B masters. See Short LIst. Maloe Melo, 22.30, €5

Sunday 8 June Classical: Messiaen in het Orgelpark Unsurprisingly, Messiaen organ works. Orgelpark, 14.15, €12.50 Fado: Maria Fernandes It’s that time of year when the nooks and crannies of the Jordaan throw up intimate outdoor musical surprises. Kicking off this summer series is Dutch Fado singer Fernandes. Claes Claeszhofje, 15.00, free Roots: Gary Louris Folk and country rock from the The Jayhawks’ frontman. Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 16.30, €10 + membership Americana: Caroline Herring Alt-country and folk from the southern US. Support from Cara Luft and Hugh McMilllan. Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 18.00, €10 + membership Classical: Anton Kuerti Beethoven recital by the Canadian master pianist. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €52/€65 Folk: Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan A second collaborative project between the former Belle and Sebastian songstress and the gravel-voiced American troubadour. Dark folk tales are the theme throughout.

Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 20.30, €15 + membership Jazz: David Kweksilber Big Band (See Saturday) Bimhuis, 21.00, €15 Jazz: Kim Sutherland All Stars Casablanca Muziek, 21.00, free Experimental: MKM! With 16 Bitch Pile Up (US), Justice Yeldham & The Dynamic Ribbon Device (AUS), Passenger of Shit (AUS), Odal and Franz Fjodor. OCCII, 21.00, €5

We Love STEIM—part 2 Experimental: We Love STEIM—part 2 Live performances by Byungjun Kwon(KR/NL) and The Sightings (US), plus < > TAG presents Touch #28 on location in Amsterdam with Nanko, JS Lach and Mazur/ Neuringer. Mediamatic, 21.00, free

Experimental: DNK-Amsterdam A live multiple speaker site-specific electronic performance by Achim Wollscheid, utilising the inner and outer spaces of the venue. SMART Project Space, 21.30, €5 Pop: White Williams Danceable indie pop project fronted by Cleveland-based musician Joe Williams.

Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 22.00, €8 + membership

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Monday 9 June Heavy: Annihilation Time American fury, encapsulating the spirit of sex, alcohol, drugs, loudness, filth and destruction. Plus, you can watch the football on big screens, if they don’t get smashed in a punk rage.

Bitterzoet, 20.30, €7 Punk: Bad Religion California punks who keep on rolling. Now in their 28th year, these jagged, melodic thinkers show no real signs of slowing down, with most recent album, New Maps of Hell, looping back around to celebrate their debut album How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, from 1981. Melkweg, The Max, 20.30, €22.50 + membership Big band: Konrad Koselleck Big Band Jazz pop dance fusion—big band style. Joining Koselleck tonight are the Nederlands elftal. Yes, while other venues cowered and cancelled programmes, the Sugar Factory is showing Holland versus Italy complete with a live big band soundtrack. Bravo. Sugar Factory, 21.00, €9

Tuesday 10 June Opera: Cecilia Bartoli A busy programme of operatic faves, with the star Italian mezzo-soprano backed by Kammerorchester Basel. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €114/€135 Soul: Nneka Nigerian-German singer gone global, balancing grooves somewhere between soulful hiphop and smooth soul. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 20.30, €15 + membership Reggae: Jah Cure A Jamaican reggae superstar who tends not to pop over too often—mainly because he recorded his four hit albums while in prison, only being freed last summer. Melkweg, The Max, 21.00, €40 + membership Pop/Rock: Born Ruffians Young Canadian indie rockers who’ve signed to Warp Records. But unlike many of their anthemic Canadian peers, this bunch sound like they fit in better with the Brit pop scene amongst the likes of Los Campesinos! and Maxïmo Park. Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 22.00, €8 + membership

Wednesday 11June Contemporary: Lunch Concert Featuring the Nieuw Ensemble; conducted by Lucas Vis. Concertgebouw, Kleine Zaal, 12.30, free Jazz: Finale Deloitte Jazz Award The three finalists, Esra Dalfidan, Gideon van Gelder and Michal Vanoucek, compete for the jazz plaudits and a not-sobad €20,000. All are accompanied by Trio Stefan Lievestro. Bimhuis, 20.30, €14 Experimental: Rumor 53 Festival Cor Fuhler’s Corkestra cause sonic dissonance at Theater Kikker, followed by Brit noise duo Fuck Buttons, performing at Ekko. Various locations, Utrecht, 20.30, €15 Hiphop: Rick Ross Though he can’t walk down a street without being mistaken for the frontman of Scottish pop band Deacon Blue, this Miami lyricist is a ‘gangsta’ rap heavyweight. Melkweg, The Max, 21.00, €35 + membership Rock: Melt-Banana Everyone’s favourite Japanese noise superheroes. Bam! Kapow! Thwack! Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 22.00, €10 + membership

Monsoon Refreshing electronic beats from around the globe. This edition features live percussion and detours from Marrakech to Tunisia, Egypt to Algeria and around to Lebanon and Bahrain. Studio K, 22.00-late, €10

Performance: Gerrit Rietveld & Krisztina de Châtel Art meets dance in this performance, utilising the theme ‘Het menselijk lichaam’ and taking place at the Glaspaviljoen. Gerrit Rietveld Academie, (Fri 16.00)

Matjesdisco ’80s, ’90s, crap, trash and bad taste tunes. OT301, 23.00-late, €5 Discocult Enter the far side of disco, with a diverse attack of electronic evolutions illuminating the dancefloor. Chief guest is Lars Moston, known for his funky, rockin’ electro, but you’ll also find all the other Cult regulars. Sugar Factory, 23.59-05.00, €10 Knockout Reggae and dancehall party. With a live set from Pressure, featuring Don Corleon. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 23.59-late, €20 + membership GLU Music #1, see Saturday

Saturday 7 June

Addicted Popular house night, with special guests the Sucker DJs (UK). Support from Erick E, Baggi Begovic and Groovenatics. Panama, 22.00-04.00, €15 Audioroom Presents Minimal, electro and techno night, with special guest Anton Pieete. Akhnaton, 22.00-05.00, €12 Earth Tech house, progressive, deep house and broken beats, with Martin Buttrich, Estroe, Per and other audiovisual guests. Paradiso, 23.00-04.00, €17.50 Timezone presents: The Ritz The best ’80s, ’90s and ’00s pop, burlesque and dance tunes. This is a special smoking edition. Odeon, 23.00-05.00, €12 R*E*D*N*O*S*E*A*L*L*S*T*A*R*S With Steven de Peven, Aardvarck and Kid Sublime. Club 8, 23.0006.00, €6 DJ Mixmaster Fader Intimate hiphop and funk night.

De Duivel, 23.59-04.00, free Jungstar A fresh take on the dance scene, with young talents showing what they can do. Tonight, it’s the Partyharders from Liege leading the fun, with some crunk and gabber surprises promised amongst the usual electro trash. Sugar Factory, 23.59-05.00, €10 Gemengd Zwemmen Two rooms of swimmingly diverse noise. In The Max, it’s Balkan Beatz, rather than Balkans beating Balkans; in the Oude Zaal, there’s alternative dance, pop, rock and indie hits. Melkweg, 23.59-late, €9

Sunday 8 June Wicked Jazz Sounds Jazz, hiphop, broken beats, nu-jazz, funk and Afro sounds, as classic vinyl collides with live musicians. Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €9.50 Zonde! New weekly Sunday party, with DJs Beesmunt Soundsystem and Lupe. Paradiso, 23.30-04.00, €7.50

Monday 9 June Cheeky Monday True skool jungle and drum & bass, featuring players from the local and international scenes. Winston Kingdom, 22.00-03.00, €7

Wildvreemd 2.0 Electro freaks alert! This wild special features Einzelkind, plus Carlos Valdes.

Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €10

Tuesday 10 June

WKND Pre-weekend house grooves. Studio 80, 23.00-late, €5

Default Minimal techno night. Winston Kingdom, 22.00-03.00, €6

Blue Note Trip Jazz and dance fusion. Tonight’s jazzy vibes are fronted by Maestro, plus The Soul Snatchers.

Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 23.30-late, €8 + membership

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Friday 6 June

Rasta Transport Roots reggae night. Bitterzoet, 21.00-03.00, €5

Burlesque FreakOut Your rock ’n’ roll burlesque party, where that German 1920s club atmosphere collides with a Tarantino spirit. Featuring teasing performances, rock cabaret and freaky films. Club 8, 22.00-04.00, €10

Dance: Dance Unlimited Choreographies by Taavet Jansen, Anja Müller, Aitana Cordero and Doron Hirsch. Melkweg Theater, (Thur, Fri 20.30, Sat, Sun 19.00, 20.30), €8/€12.50 combi-ticket

Major League The 25th edition of this crushing drum & bass party. Guests include: Ed Rush, Commix, Nocturnal, Pamb & Harsh and Thrasher. Melkweg, The Max, 23.00-late, €14 + membership

Thursday 5 June Vettig & Morsig gets Electrorated Electro night organised by the people from Electronation. With DJs Milosz, Milez, Spektral, Tron and Cheveuxmaison.

Winston Kingdom, 23.00-03.00, €5

Opening

D.E.A. Featuring a live set from Warp act The Black Dog, plus DJ regulars like Richard Parker, Rudy Keta, All out K and Nuno dos Santos. Studio 80, 23.00-late, €15

11 invites François K A Sunday special featuring the NY-based house legend. 11, 22.30-04.00, €12

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Struttin’ Raw funk, hiphop and soul. Bitterzoet, 23.0004.00, €7.50

Subversive Renaissance 21 An IChiOne fourth birthday party, celebrating their love of underground breakbeats and the broadening drum & bass scene. As always, along with the vibrant art and music, early visitors can enjoy some organic dining. Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina, 20.00-late, €8/€15 incl dinner

Rub-A-Dub Inna Winston Final Party Reggae and dub dance party with live bands and DJs. Winston Kingdom, 21.00-03.00, €5 Katapult Electro pop night. Studio 80, 23.00-late, €5

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GAY& LESBIAN Edited by Willem de Blaauw.

Friday 6 June Twisted Sunny Electric Tunes DJ G-Sun spins lovely electronic tunes, combining the past and the present with the likes of Human League, Ladytron and Goldfrapp. Beeps & bleeps, indeed!

PRIK, 16.00-03.00, free Party: Women’s Night Weekly women’s night in this laid-back cafe, with either DJ Suna, Ortega, Roest or Voytec. Men are welcome, if accompanied by a female friend. Cafe Sappho, 21.00-01.00, free Club: 4 Play Happy homo club night with visuals, go-go dancers and strippers. Special Guest DJ Glaucio Duarte (Reflexxx/Rapido). Exit, 23.00 05.00, €10

Saturday 7 June Club: Garbo for Women Lounge, eat and dance at this monthly lesbian party. Every month there’s a different dish, 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 Party: GLU Music #1 Lesbian Mag Girls Like Us celebrates the release of GLU Music #1. See Short List. Flex Bar, 23.00-05.00, €8 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 8 June Sex club: S.O.S. Organised by those naughty boys from GALA—who also brought us Ladz and (Z)onderbroek. Well you don’t need much clothing here either as S.O.S. isn’t about that Abba song, but all about Sex on Sundays. Nude or underwear, it doesn’t matter. Anything goes (quite literally)... The Eagle, 16.00-20.00, €8

Performance: Sven Ratzke and Band The dashingly handsome ‘enfant terrible of showbiz’, Sven Ratzke, is back to chill a hopefully hot summer evening. You should already know about his successful Duitse Nachten series. Well, now he’s packing up to go on tour. So make the most of it, as he probably won’t be back this way until mid2009. Sugar Factory, (Sat 20.00), €12.50 Music/Theatre: Wolpe! Welche Farbe hat der Vogel? Dadaist cabaret, theatre and battle songs from 1920s and 1930s Germany. As summer threatens to hit, who doesn’t need a little communist street theatre? Muziekgebouw, (Sat 20.30), €12/€20 Music/Theatre: Goudhaartje A family performance of Roald Dahl’s Goldilocks and the Three Bears, performed by Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest with direction by Monique Masselink. In Dutch. Beurs van Berlage, (Sat, Sun 15.00), €15 Theatre: Molière—The Misanthrope, Don Juan, Tartuffe, The Miser A hypnotic marathon performance in which biographical data about Molière is intercut with excerpts from his famous stage works. Performed by Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz Berlin. In German with Dutch surtitles.

Stadsschouwburg, (Sat, Sun 19.00), €12-€35 Dance: Decreation One of the last works that William Forsythe created for Ballet Frankfurt before the illustrious company was dissolved in 2004. An artificial opera of deformation, tenderness and rage emerges as Decreation unfolds.

Dialogues, characters and physical commands migrate through the dancers; a rapid, slithering switch from body to body. Westergasfabriek, (Sat, Sun 20.30), €40 Theatre: Richard III A modern Arabic version of Shakespeare’s archetypal tragedy of power, transferred to the swelteringly hot Islamic world of today’s Arabian Gulf. In Arabic with Dutch surtitles. Theater Bellevue, (Sat-Mon 20.30), €12-€20 Performance: Vers Fruit Theatrical experimentation as students from Das Arts showcase original works devised in short, intense periods. De Brakke Grond, (Mon, Tues 20.30), €5 Theatre: WeerSlechtWeer The audience looks into a pit, in which two young people are performing TS Eliot’s The Waste Land whilst it rains almost continuously. Good times. In Dutch. Theater Bellevue, (Wed 20.30), €20

Ongoing Dance: Signing Off In Signing Off, the Nederlands Dans Theater I presents some of their favourite ballets from its rich treasure trove: Wings of Wax

by Jirí Kylián, and Speak For Yourself and Signing Off by Lightfoot León. Het Muziektheater, (Thur, Fri 20.15), €16-€32 Music/Theatre: Inside Out The famous jazz singer Hedwig Hammerstein and stewardess Titia Mooileven are good for each other. They combine their careers, their relationship and their social lives. At least until an unexpected political event on 11 May 2006 about the Dutch citizenship of Ayaan Hirsi Ali becomes a fly in their perfect ointment. By Mugmetdegoudentand. In Dutch. De Brakke Grond, (Thur-Sat 20.30), €14

Happy hour: Fabulous Cocktail Night Luxury finger food, cocktails and champagne. Oh, and a fashionconscious crowd in the latest designer-wear, of course! All cocktails €5. Arc, 16.00-01.00, free

Performance: Impromptu 13 Rijen revitalise l’Impromptu de Paris by Giraudoux (1937), which in turn is an adaptation of the polemic comedy l’Impromptu de Versailles by Molière (1663). Look out for special guests and extra adventures during its three-week run. Frascati, (Thur-Sat, Tues, Wed 20.30), €12

Party: Like it or not Diva Mayday treats you to her favourite tunes at this super tiny cafe, plus some tasty free snacks. De Engel van Amsterdam, 19.00, free

Comedy: Comedy Explosion New and used stand-up comics doing their thing. In Dutch. Comedy Theater, (Fri 20.30), €12.50

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EVENTS ART Performance: Vondelpark Openluchttheater Summer season opens in Vondelpark. Whether the weather agrees is another matter. Thursday brings classical music; Friday means dance performances; Saturdays are a mixed bag of theatre, cabaret and pop; and Sundays are filled with singer-songwriter musical sets.

Vondelpark Openluchttheater, (Thur, Fri 20.30, Sat, Sun 14.00), free Festival: Torrentijd Festival Three days of music, dance, theatre and kids entertainment. See www.torentijdfestival.nl. by Metrostation Ganzenhoef, (Fri 18.00, Sat 14.00, Sun 13.00), free Art/Talk: Club Real #2 An informal evening featuring the world premiere of Doodlearth, a project by Squint/Opera. Also, writer and curator Scott Burnham talks about digital culture in the street scene; WiiJ Timski demonstrates the collision between Wii and music; and Jeremy Wood speaks about his work as a GPS artist. Platform 21, (Fri 20.00), €5 Festival: Stripdagen Haarlem 2008 Celebrating all facets of the comic world with a wild batch of varied entertainments right across Haarlem. The themes this year are ‘Wheels’ and ‘Wallonië’, filling out a programme of comic art, discussions, live music, theatre and film screenings. See articles p. 6-9 and www.stripdagenhaarlem.nl. Various locations and times, Haarlem, (Fri-Sun), various prices Festival: Opening Juni Kunst Maand June sees De Baarsjes bursting with artistic action, from street art to weekly offerings of special events. While the art is already in action, on display in galleries and even on bridges, today is the official opening celebration, with dance performances, video art, live music and summer festivities taking over the square. See www.junikunstmaand.nl. Mercatorplein, (Sat 18.00), free Event: Artis ZOOmeravond The start of summer sees Artis keeping its doors open during Saturday evenings.

Not only does this mean spying on the animals as twilight approaches, you’ll find musical performances by singer-songwriter Blaudzun, duo Lekker Belangrijk and theatre company Wilma van Tuyl. Artis, (Sat 19.00), zoo entry cost Event: Dream Amsterdam—Silent Night Ryoji Ikeda invites residents of Amsterdam and visitors to actively participate in this ‘Silent Night’. If Amsterdam switches off her lights, the darkness will maximise the contrast with the bright light of Ikeda’s light installations, spread over the city. See Short List. Various locations, (Sat), free Sport: Netherlands vs Italy Okay, so Euro 2008 officially started on Saturday, but tonight is the game Holland is holding its breath for. As such, it’s pretty difficult to avoid, even if you want to. If you aren’t staying home to shout and boo at those dirty cheating Italians, it’s easy enough to share the experience with neighbours hosting EK parties, or visit bars and cafes, or many other strange locations: Boom Chicago add their comedic touch to proceedings, Sugar Factory mix big band grooves with footie, Biergarten Die Heimat (Post CS) get all Germanic—and is open during Germany’s games, as well as the Netherlands’—plus many more screens will also be popping up around town. Various locations, (Mon 20.45), various prices Literature: Paul Auster The celebrated author reads from and talks about his new fictional work, Man in the Dark, on the occasion of its Dutch premiere. In English.

See Short List. De Duif, (Tues 20.00), €18.50

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Opening Djelem Djelem! Peter van Beek and Henri Brekveld lived in Romania to photograph the lives of the Roma people. The artists felt strongly connected to these vulnerable and proud people, and their work provides glimpses of another reality. Melkweg Galerie (WedSun 13.00-20.00), opens Friday, until 6 July Resistance in Belgium 1940-1945 Contemporary portraits of Belgian resistance fighters by French photographer Jean-Marc Gourdon. Verzetsmuseum (Tues-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 11.00-17.00), opens Friday, until 14 September Still Photos and drawings by Nanette Kraaikamp and Daphne Schappert. Retort (Fri 16.00-20.00, Sat, Sun 13.00-18.00), opens Friday, until 15 June Annemarie Vink: Domestic Horizon Extremely colourful and partially surreal paintings. KochxBos Gallery (Wed-Sat 13.00 -18.00), opens Saturday, until 5 July Atelierroute Boven ‘t IJ Amsterdam-Noord gets arty, with more than 80 artists opening their doors to show off their works. While the art route is rather industrial and water-friendly, an overview exhibition can be found at Bredero College (Meeuwenlaan 132), where you can also pick up a map. To plan ahead, see www.noorderijkunst.nl. Various locations (Sat, Sun 12.00-18.00), opens Saturday Gina Kranendonk: Do Me a Garden, Please! Gina Kranendonk took a journey alongside the Dutch railway and photographed gardeners and their allotments. The project consists of a series of portraits of people from different nationalities that cultivate their own crops on these small patches of land. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), opens Saturday, until 22 June Images of St Petersburg In the 19th century in Russia, as elsewhere, photography revolutionised the recording of everyday reality. The palaces, new buildings, inhabitants and important events were captured by many Russian and foreign photographers. This summer exhibition features almost 100 such examples from the period. Hermitage Amsterdam (Daily 10.00-17.00), opens Saturday, until 24 August

Djelem Djelem!, see Opening

FEEL Florence Paintings by Eliana Sevillano; paintings and images by Fernando Cucci. Feel Gallery (Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00), opens Sunday, until 6 July If You Smell Rotting Pig Meat Around... Drawings and silkscreens by Jer-one. De Duivel (Daily), opens Sunday, until 5 July

Paul Blanca: Mi Matties & Kristal Two new blackand-white photo series: one focussed on street children, the other a naked model submerged in chocolate and displayed like confectionery.

Witzenhausen Gallery (Thur-Sat 12.00-18.00), opens Saturday, until 16 August

Mark Boulos: All That Is Solid Melts Into Air Docking Station presents the European premiere of this Boston-based artists new video installation, which utilises two screens to handle the confrontation between two works about oil and globalisation.

Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), opens Sunday, until 20 July

Raymond Cuijpers An exhibition dominated by football, by a footballer-turned-artist. Van Zijll Langhout (Mon-Fri 11.00-17.00), opens Saturday, until 15 August

Museums

Rembrandt Laughing In October 2007, a painting of a laughing man came to light, and there was speculation that it might be a self-portrait by Rembrandt. Now regarded to be fact, the painting will be on display in his former studio. Rembrandthuis (MonSat 10.00-17.00, Sun 11.00-17.00), opens Saturday, until 29 June Dutch Glory! Diverse works by 15 young and talented artists. Walls Gallery (Wed-Sun 12.00-17.00), opens Sunday

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), closing Sunday 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), closing Sunday Geert van Kesteren: Baghdad Calling The acclaimed Magnum photo-journalist shows how Iraqi refugees are living in countries like Jordan, Syria and Turkey, as well as images of everyday Iraqi life, shot by the locals in areas where journalists would never dare to tread. Nederlands Fotomuseum (Tues-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 11.00-17.00), Rotterdam, until 15 June My [Public] Space A follow-up to the exhibition Territorial Phantom, looking more deeply into the blurring of private and public information and spaces. Multimedia works by Erich Berger/Elina Mitrunen, Hasan Elahi, Martijn Engelbregt, Kota Ezawa, Dora Garcia, Susan Härtig, Jill Magid, Eva and Franco Mattes (AKA 0100101110101101.ORG), Eduardo Navas, Guy BenNer and Marisa Olson. Montevideo/Time Based Arts (Tues-Sat 13.00-18.00), until 21 June Expanding the City Various photographers present their take on Amsterdam’s Zuidas. The show introduces a cross-section of the Zuidas Virtual Museum’s Zoom Collection, providing a unique compilation of different perspectives on a construction site in development. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 22 June

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16 World Press Photo Exhibition of winning photos from the 2007 World Press Photo competition, including the esteemed Photo of the Year: an image of an exhausted American soldier resting in Afghanistan, taken by UK photographer Tim Hetherington. Oude Kerk (Mon-Sat 10.30-17.30, Sun 13.00-17.30), until 22 June Luis Buñuel Photos, film fragments, original posters and memorabilia from the Spanish film-maker’s Mexican period. Filmmuseum (Daily 13.00-22.00), until 22 June Immovably Centred A cross-over production that integrates theatre and visual art, by writer and artist Arnoud Holleman, in collaboration with the mugmetdegoudentand theatre company. De Appel (Tues-Sun 11.00-18.00), until 22 June Zomer in de Kerk The Nieuwe Kerk lays itself bare in the early months of summer. Rather than showcasing treasures gathered from around the world, you can explore the church and its tombs in their own full glory.

Nieuwe Kerk (Fri-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur 10.00-22.00), until 29 June Gerti Bierenbroodspot: Atlantis Rising A vibrant collection of paintings, watercolours, drawings and sculptures in bronze and alabaster from the painter and sculptor. Jan van der Togt Museum (Wed-Sun 13.00-17.00), Amstelveen, until 29 June In Afghanistan Hans Stakelbeek’s photos of the rebuilding process in Afghanistan. Centrale Bibliotheek (Daily), until 30 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 Amsterdamse School Straatmeubilair Uitgelicht Celebrating the street furniture and objects created by architects and designers of the Amsterdam School.

Museum Het Schip (Wed-Sun 13.00-17.00), until 31 August Wim van der Linden Photography of Amsterdam from the ’60s. Stadsarchief Amsterdam (Tues-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun 11.00-17.00), until 31 August Hans Scholten: Urban future ‘The future of the city’ is the theme raised by Amsterdam artist Scholten (1952) in this photographic project. For a number of years he has been photographing the urban landscapes of huge cities in Asia and the Middle East. There he captures scenes of rapidly growing neighbourhoods, in which chaos and anarchy seem to arise due to a lack of organised city planning. Is this the future that awaits cities in the Western world as well? Huis Marseille (Tues-Sun 11.00-18.00), until 31 August Lectori Salutem Delving into the history of books, with original objects, beautiful manuscripts and books from Dutch collections, photographs and texts.

Allard Pierson Museum (Tues-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 13.00-17.00), until 7 September

Deep Screen—Art in Digital Culture Deep Screen—Art in Digital Culture Contemporary multidisciplinary works of art which are all in some way marked by today’s digital culture. The jury, chaired by guest curator Andreas Broeckmann, has selected 18 artists out of the 200-plus submissions. Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00 18.00), until 30 September

Green Bags: Brand New and Used Materials Showcasing bags and designers embracing the concepts of recyclable and sustainable. Museum of Bags and Purses (Daily 10.00-17.00), until 17 August

Inside Out Personal portraits in word and image show how youths deal with religion and the part it plays in their daily lives. Bijbels Museum (Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun 11.00-17.00), until 2 November

The Transitory World of Horst Janssen An exhibition of works by the German graphic artist Horst Janssen (1929-1995). In Germany he is regarded as one of the greatest post-war artists, although, strangely enough, he is far less well-known outside Germany. This is the first showing of his prints in the Netherlands.

Rembrandthuis (Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun 11.00-17.00), until 24 August

Drie Meiden in Verzet—Hannie Schaft en de Zusjes Oversteegen Exhibition about Hannie Schaft—’the girl with the red hair’—and Truus and Freddie Oversteegen, the girls she collaborated with in the resistance movement, and the difficult choices forced upon them in WWII. Verzetsmuseum (Tues-Fri 10.00 -17.00, Sat-Mon 11.00-17.00), until 7 December

11 Oosterdokskade 3-5, 625 5999 Akhnaton Nieuwezijds Kolk 25, 624 3396 Allard Pierson Museum Oude Turfmarkt 127, 525 2556 Amsterdams Historisch Museum Kalverstraat 92, 523 1822 De Appel Nieuwe Spiegelstraat 10, 625 5651 Arc Reguliersdwarsstraat 44, 689 7070 ARCAM Prins Hendrikkade 600, 620 4878 Artis Plantage Kerklaan 38-40, 523 3400 Badcuyp 1e Sweelinckstraat 10, 675 9669 De Balie Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, 553 5151 Beurs van Berlage Damrak 277, 530 4141 Bijbels Museum Herengracht 366-368, 624 2436 Bimhuis Piet Heinkade 3, 788 2150 Bitterzoet Spuistraat 2, 521 3001 De Brakke Grond Nes 45, 626 6866 Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina Veemkade 576, 419 3368 Cafe Sappho Vijzelstraat 103, 423 1509 Casablanca Muziek Zeedijk 26, 06 1220 0519 Centrale Bibliotheek Oosterdokskade 143, 523 0900 Claes Claeszhofje 1e Egelantiersdwarsstraat 1 Club 8 Admiraal de Ruyterweg 56B, 685 1703 Comedy Theater Nes 110, 422 2777 Concertgebouw Concertgebouwplein 2-6, 671 8345 Consortium Veemkade 570, 06 2611 8950 Cotton Club Nieuwmarkt 5, 626 6192 De Engel van Amsterdam Zeedijk 21, 427 6381 Desmet Studios Plantage Middenlaan 4A, 521 7100 De Duif Prinsengracht 756

Niels Helmink: Shopkeepers Photos of shopkeepers in their winkel domains. Galerie Bart (Thur, Fri 11.00-18.00, Sat 12.00-17.00), closing Saturday Carli Hermès: The Elements The commercial photographer presents a new set of expressive fantasy images. Galerie Rademakers (Tues-Sun 11.00 17.30), closing Sunday Eugène Brands Numerous gouaches, photos and ethnographic objects in a visually interesting survey of the Cobra artist. Gallery Lemaire (Wed-Sun 13.0017.00), closing Sunday 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 De Staat van de Straat Window exhibits featuring diverse street art from the collection of André Eggens. Bellamyplein (Daily till 00.00), until 15 June

Fotogram Trofee Winning entries of the Fotogram amateur photography contest. Fotogram (Mon-Thur 09.30-21.00, Fri, Sat 09.30-17.00), until 18 June

Roots Amsterdam is to a large extent inhabited and designed by individuals with a different cultural background. This exhibition is the result of research into what aspects of the cultures of nine architects, who at various points in their lives came to the Netherlands, bring to their Dutch design practice. ARCAM (Tues-Sat 13.00-17.00), until 16 August

ADDRESSES

Miles Aldridge: New Works Fashion photography?

Perhaps. But if you look a bit closer, you’ll notice a certain discomfort underlying the world of glamour Aldridge portrays, as if something terrible is just about to happen. Reflex New Art Gallery (Tues-Sat 11.00-18.00), closing Saturday

Tamar Frank A new art space launches, featuring works by Tamar Frank and the ‘Wall-artists’ the gallery recently showcased at Kunstvlaai. Petersburg Project Space (Thur-Sat 13.00 -18.00), until 15 June

Object, The Undeniable Success Of Operations The basis of this exhibition is a monographic presentation of the work of Falke Pisano. That work, in turn, is placed in dialogue with works by nine other artists, who investigate the relativity of language and the position of the artist and spectator. Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00), until 6 July Foam_Lab: Estafette Five young and headstrong Dutch photographers will take on a visual dialogue: in turns Paulien Oltheten, Elza Jo, Corriette Schoenaerts, Jaron Korvinus and Anne de Vries will respond to each others work, like in a relay race. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.0018.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 9 July

Galleries

De Duivel Reguliersdwarstr 87, 626 6184 English Reformed Church Begijnhof 48, 624 9665 Exit Reguliersdwarsstraat 42, 625 8788 Fantasio (Nationaal Pop Instituut) Prins Hendrikkade 142, 428 4288 Feel Gallery Frans Halsstraat 40 Filmmuseum Vondelpark 3, 589 1400 Flex Bar Pazzanistraat 1, 486 2123 Foam Keizersgracht 609, 551 6546 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 Gabriel Rolt Elandsgracht 34, 785 5146 Galerie Hof & Huyser Bloemgracht 135, 420 1995 Galerie Rademakers Prinsengracht 570-572, 6225496 Gallery Lemaire Reguliersgracht 80, 623 7027 Gerrit Rietveld Academie Fred Roeskestraat 96, 571 1600 Grand Chapiteau near Amsterdam ArenA (P2) Grimm Fine Art Hazenstraat 24, 422 7227 Heineken Music Hall ArenA Boulevard 590, 0900 300 1250 Hermitage Amsterdam Nieuwe Herengracht 14, 530 8751 Hotel Arena ’s-Gravesandestraat 51, 850 2400 Huis Marseille Keizersgracht 401, 531 8989 Hup Gallery Tesselschadestraat 15, 515 8589 Imagine IC Bijlmerplein 1006-1008, 489 4866 Jan van der Togt Museum Dorpsstraat 50, Amstelveen, 641 5754 Joods Historisch Museum Jonas Daniel Meijerplein 2-4, 531 0310

Location (6) Visual artist Hans Op de Beeck (1969) loves the melancholic emptiness of barren abandoned landscapes. He expresses this fascination in monumental installations that remind the observer of the big constructed 19th-century panoramas. Part of Holland Festival. Westergasfabriek (Daily 12.0022.30), until 21 June

5-11 June 2008 Het Leven Paintings by Mattijs van den Bosch, Tim Monaghan and Frans van Tartwijk. Wetering Galerie (Wed-Sat 12.30-17.30), until 28 June Daniel Bodner: New York Paintings New paintings of New York cityscapes, with Bodner’s urban scenes alternately revealing connectedness or disconnection by showing us figures in real and familiar spaces we might not otherwise notice. Galerie Hof & Huyser (Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00), until 28 June Arnout Killian: Park Solo exhibition featuring colourful and vibrant paintings inspired by Vondelpark in the summer. Van Zijll Langhout (Mon-Fri 10.00-17.00), until 30 June Hipop Urban paintings by Rah Crawford, whose dynamic bursts of colour and energy aim to expose the hip-ness in American popular culture. Studio Apart (Tues-Fri 10.00-18.00, Sat 12.00-17.00), until 30 June Jaap de Vries Sculptural installation: The only body of importance to us is the human body and the awareness of death and the darkness that comes with it. Planetart (see www.planetart.nl), until 1 July William Monk A solo exhibition of 12 new paintings by English artist Monk, including diptychs, triptychs and multi-panelled canvases, in which he opts for an aesthetic language of pure colours and forms against subtly contrasted shades of blue. Grimm Fine Art (WedSat 12.00-18.00), until 12 July Doina Kraal: Onafzienbare Vertes Utilising projections and photo sculptures, Kraal creates an environment where spectators can lose themselves in a temporary, private world. In these, recognisable elements are brought together with impossible ideas. Soledad Senlle Gallery (Mon-Sat 11.00-17.00), until 12 July Field Work—Part Two Diverse works questioning the classical understanding of ‘nature’ as a concept, and inviting the viewer to distinguish between nature and culture. SMART Project Space (Tues-Sat 12.00-17.00), until 12 July Henk Pander Nature meets industry in this series of paintings titled Amsterdam—Portland (Oregon).

Galerie de Rietlanden Exposities (Sat, Sun 13.00-17.00), until 17 July

Laurence Aëgerter Three of photo works of staged intimate portraits of a one-on-one confrontation between spectator and famous masterpieces from the collection of the Louvre in Paris. Each are presented at the actual sizes of the masterpieces.

OUTLINE (Thur-Sat 13.00-17.00), until 21 June

Checking Reality Envision the world as a computer game in which your clothes are 3D-projections and a GPS system tells you the position of an object. Imagine yourself as an avatar, flying through future cities and simulated landscapes. This exhibition poses such a virtual world in the real world. Platform 21 (Thur-Sun 12.00-18.00), until 10 August

Douglas White English artist White takes decaying objects, discarded waste and generally that which we have cast aside as useless or irrelevant and breathes new life into it. Here he’ll show a new installation made of exploded tyres. Galerie Gabriel Rolt (Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00), until 22 June

Arabic Graphics Exhibition showcasing the graphic and typographic design works of Lebanese-Dutch designer Tarek Atrissi, who has developed ideas for commercial and non-commercial projects around the world. De Levante (Wed-Sun 13.00-17.30), until 31 August

Unlikely Paintings and murals by Elizabeth Cooper, Leo de Goede, Terry Haggerty, Jasmine Justice, Bertold Mathes, Klaus Merkel, Sonia Rijnhout and Gary Stephan. W139 (Sun-Thur 11.00-20.00, Fri, Sat 11.00-22.00), until 22 June

Homo Urbanus—Homo Sapiens? An outdoor exhibition promoting young artists from Latvia. Most striking of all is ‘The Pink House’ (Until 20 June), a massive, bright pink inflatable building housing art and regular events.

Westergasfabriek (Daily 12.00-20.00), until 15 September

KIT Tropentheater Mauritskade 63, 568 8711 KochxBos Gallery 1e Anjeliersdwarsstraat 3-5, 681 4567 De Levante Hobbemastraat 28, 671 5485 Maloe Melo Lijnbaansgracht 163, 420 4592 Mediamatic Post CS, Oosterdokskade 5, 638 9901 Melkweg Galerie Marnixstraat 409, 531 8181 Melkweg Lijnbaansgracht 234a, 531 8181 Montevideo/Time Based Arts Keizersgracht 264, 623 7101 Motive Gallery Elandsgracht 10, 330 3668 Museum Het Schip Spaarndammerplantsoen 140, 418 2885 Museum of Bags and Purses Herengracht 573, 524 6452 Muziekgebouw Piet Heinkade 1, 788 2010 Het Muziektheater Amstel 3, 625 5455 Nederlands Fotomuseum Wilhelminakade 332, Rotterdam, 010 213 2011 De Nieuwe Anita Frederik Hendrikstraat 111, 06 4150 3512 Nieuwe Kerk entrance on the Dam, 638 6909 OCCII Amstelveenseweg 134, 671 7778 Odeon Singel 460, 624 9711 Orgelpark Orgelpark, 51 58111 OT301 Overtoom 301, 779 4913 Oude Kerk Oudekerksplein 23, 625 8284 OUTLINE Oetewalerstraat 73, 693 1389 Pakhuis de Zwijger Piet Heinkade 179-181, 788 4444 Panama Oostelijke Handelskade 4, 311 8680 Paradiso Weteringschans 6-8, 626 4521 Petersburg Project Space Frans de Wollantstraat 84 Planetart Weteringschans 179 Platform 21 Prinses Irenestraat 19, 344 9449

PRIK Spuistraat 109, 06 4544 2321 Reflex New Art Gallery Weteringschans 79A, 423 5423 Rembrandthuis Jodenbreestraat 4, 520 0400 Retort Aalsmeerweg 103, 669 4669 SMART Project Space Arie Biemondstraat 107-113, 427 5953 Soledad Senlle Gallery Sloterkade 171, 615 1395 Stadsarchief Amsterdam Vijzelstraat 32 Stadsschouwburg Leidseplein 26, 624 2311 Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam Rozenstraat 59, 422 0471 Stedelijk Museum CS Oosterdokskade 5, 573 2911 Strand West Stavangerweg, 682 6310 Studio 80 Rembrandtplein 70, 521 8333 Studio Apart Prinsengracht 715, 422 2748 Studio K Timorplein 62, 692 0422 Sugar Factory Lijnbaansgracht 238, 627 0008 The Eagle Warmoesstraat 90, 627 8634 Theater Bellevue Leidsekade 90, 530 5301 Tropenmuseum Linnaeusstraat 2, 568 8200 Van Zijll Langhout Brouwersgracht 161, 06 2825 9620 Verzetsmuseum Plantage Kerklaan 61, 620 2535 Vondelkerk Vondelstraat 120 Vondelpark Openluchttheater, 673 1499 W139 Warmoesstraat 139, 622 9434 Walls Gallery Prinsengracht 737 Westergasfabriek Haarlemmerweg 8-10, 586 0710 Westerunie Klönneplein 4-6 Wetering Galerie Lijnbaansgracht 288, 623 6189 Winston Kingdom Warmoesstraat 129, 623 1380 Witzenhausen Gallery Elandsstraat 145, 644 9898 Zaal 100 De Wittenstraat 100, 688 0127

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Rock el Kasbah Moroccan Lounge Restaurant el Kasbah, Van de Hoopstraat 94-96, 488 7788 Open: Tues-Sun, 18.00-24.00 Cash, Pin, major credit cards A friend of mine, the artist Armand Campi, cooks as well as he paints, and when it comes to dining out, he’s very difficult to please. So when he and his lovely wife, Tatiana, recommended El Kasbah, a Moroccan restaurant in the Stadsliederbuurt, I took their advice seriously.

I was armed with an appetite great enough to consume a camel, and I received a warm welcome at the door by Rashid, the owner and chef, who offered me the choice of eating in the Moroccan lounge section—with low tables, plush settees, plenty of comfortable cushions and soft soothing lighting—or in the more conventional restaurant area. I chose the latter, which seemed equally inviting.

While I scanned the menu, the waiter brought me some nibbles: a bread basket and black and green olives deliciously marinated with garlic and coriander. The speciality of the house, Tagine Royale, a lamb dish with prunes, olives and roasted almonds, garnished with boiled eggs (€16.00), seemed seductive. But there was also stewed lamb or grilled chicken with lemon and olives served with French fried potatoes or couscous, and a Pastilla, which is a sort of pie made of crisp layers of warka and phyllo dough, filled with slow-cooked shredded chicken and toasted, ground almonds.

Fortunately, Rashid was on hand to provide guidance. My host suggested a sampling of different appetizers—a plate of several salads

THE UNDERCOVER GLUTTON As I cut into the crisp pastry, letting the aromatic steam escape from within, my fork and knife generated puffs of sugar. and fried anchovies—as a starter. That was the ticket. In one ‘sheik’ of a halal lamb’s tail, I was presented with a plate of tasties. One was a sweet, stewed bell-pepper salad, with chopped

tomato and coriander, decorated with tiny silver confectioner’s sugar balls. (This is called Feifel salad, and it costs €5.75 for a full portion). It had a soft texture, and was

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traditionally sweet; I only needed to add a little lemon. Next to it were deep-fried, de-boned anchovies, lovingly stuffed with garlic, coriander and a secret special sauce. Even though I’m not typically a fish person, I found these to be delicious, crispy little parcels that were soft in the middle and melted on the tongue (€7.25 for a full portion). I also got Zaalouk, a roasted aubergine dish with onion, garlic, herbs and honey (full portion €5.00), and potato salad with carrots, peas and parsley. A perfect counter balance to those sweet appetizers was a warm baby squid salad lightly cooked in lemon sauce.

For a main dish, I ended up choosing the Pastilla (€16.00) because it combined my fatal attractions: sweet, savoury and pastry all in one.

The presentation reminded me of a Bedouin tent in the midst of a desert. Plate and pie were gently strewn with powdered sugar and cinnamon shaped in ripples, giving the illusion of wind-blown sand. The powder also decorated the Pastilla in the shape of a lattice. As I cut into the crisp pastry, letting the aromatic steam escape from within, my fork and knife generated puffs of sugar.

I popped the first forkful, tasting the crunchy pastry and the sweet shredded chicken within. What a flavoursome mouth medley: almonds, cinnamon, cumin, turmeric, saffron and garlic. Jingle bells in summer! It was difficult to finish the whole pie, because it was frankly a lot of food, but a glutton cannot be daunted. It was marvelous. I ended my meal with a sweet mint tea, perfumed with rosewater.

After consuming everything, I sat back and thought about all the love and labour that went into the meal. It’s no wonder El Kasbah is frequented by local personalities like my friends.

This is definitely a hidden treasure, and well worth the visit.

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5-11 June 2008 Going against the flow.

A documentary follows a group of head-scarfed women runners from Geuzenveld to Casablanca.

FORERUNNERS FROM WEST FILM Beeld voor Beeld 4-8 June, Tropentheater, www.beeldvoorbeeld.nl Vrouwen van Geuzenveld, 8 June, 13.30

By Rebecca Wilson

Picture an Amsterdam woman, travelling with a bunch of friends from her running group to participate in an international women’s race. Think of her laughing about her husband at home having to cope with the kids. Got her pictured? She probably

isn’t wearing a headscarf... Yet Fatima Bouyarden, who has travelled to Casablanca from stadsdeel Geuzenveld as one of a running group of Muslim women, is: a polka dotted one. This group is featured in Nina Pieters’ documentary Vrouwen van Geuzenveld, which will be shown this week at Beeld voor beeld, a festival for films in the realm of visual anthropology, documentary and politics. This year, it features many films on Turkey and Romania, and a retrospective of famed Belgian anthropologist and film-maker, Luc de Heusch.

Like the festival, whose mission statement is to ‘change preconceptions about other cultures’, Vrouwen van Geuzenveld is a genre-hybrid committed to change.

The film was commissioned by stadsdeel Geuzenveld-Slotermeer as a promotional documentary: it will be shown in schools or community centres to get more women up and running—not just in Geuzenveld, but also in Turkey and Morocco. ‘That’s why I didn’t explore problems or include doubtful men,’ explains Pieters. ‘That would have defeated the whole point of the film.’

It all started with a simple idea. A couple of traditional Moroccan and Turkish women decided they would quite like to go running. They pulled baseball hats over their headscarves, slipped on some running gear under their djellabas and were off. The stadsdeel leapt to support this unprecedented and emancipatory act, by offering training. The press came, well, running. And Nike, seeing a ‘just do it’ attitude if ever there was one, provided shoes.

It seems very Dutch to smother a grassroots initiative like this with overregulation, but Pieters is positive: ‘Some of the women became trainers themselves, and getting that certificate was a proud moment for them. As trainers, they could help start other groups themselves.

Now there’s a foundation for empowering women in this way: Be Interactive. Its director, Zainab Makhlouf, is one of the runners featured in my film. Before, she was a housewife, but now she’s undergone such a change.’

It was hard for Pieters to get cooperation at first. ‘These women already have to deal with many comments from their community as it is, so asking them to be filmed was a lot.’ To win their trust, Pieters ran with them—and sometimes still does—and finally found three women brave enough to be in the documentary, and others who were willing to be filmed while running.

The women participated in the 2007 Casablanca Women’s Run. While there, they were praised for their initiative by the Hassan II foundation. ‘It was important that we had a highly placed Moroccan man voicing his approval in the film,’ says Pieters. ‘Casablanca is a very modern city, and yet is completely shut down for all these women. Some Amsterdam women didn’t even bother to wear their headscarf—that’s how magical the atmosphere was.’ A far cry from the Muslim community at home, where they got branded as ‘bad women’ for travelling without husband and kids, and their husbands as ‘bad men’ for letting them go.

Seeing the small group of women in their orange shirts advance together on an enormous Moroccan beach filled with men makes it obvious: these runners are true frontrunners.

Five-Word Movie Review

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Edited by Julie Phillips.This week’s films reviewed by Massimo Benvegnù (MB),Angela Dress (AD),Laura Groeneveld (LG),Andrea Gronvall (AG),Luuk van Huët (LvH),JR Jones (JJ), Dave Kehr (DK),Marie-Claire Melzer (MM), Robert Neugarten (RN),Mike Peek (MP), 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.

GIRLS JUST WANNA GO RUN Vrouwen van Geuzenveld KIT Tropentheater

Festivals

Winners & Losers Football films. See Short List.

Melkweg Cinema

Beeld voor Beeld The annual festival of anthropological documentaries including Nina Pieters’ Vrouwen van Geuzenveld (Sunday). See above. Continues through 8 June. All films subtitled in English. KIT Tropentheater, Kleine Zaal

New this week

Doku.Arts A new festival of documentaries about

artists and the arts, originating in Berlin and hosted here by the Filmmuseum. Until 8 June. Filmmuseum Hong Kong Film Panorama This year’s batch of new Hong Kong films includes Mr Cinema, a comedy drama about a left-wing film projectionist; Whispers and Moans, Herman Yau’s exploration of the Hong Kong sex industry; and Chi-kin Kwok’s Pye Dog, a criminal drama focussed on a young boy, a janitor from his school and a teacher. In addition, there’s a retrospective of the work of Ann Hui, including his recent comedy The Postmodern Life of My Aunt, which was chosen the best Hong Kong film of 2006. This will be your only chance to see most of these in the cinema. All films subtitled in English. Through 11 June. Filmmuseum

A strong, composed debut by novelist Philippe Claudel. In French with Dutch subtitles. (BS) 115 min. Cinecenter, Het Ketelhuis, Pathé Tuschinski

Caótica Ana

Caótica Ana There is a thin line between being inspired and being obsessed. Spanish director Julio Medem, who wowed the arthouse audience with very personal and highly artistic projects like La Ardilla Roja (playing next week at Cavia) and Los Amantes del Círculo Polar, has crossed that boundary with his latest film, Caótica Ana (‘Chaotic Ana’). The title character has ‘an abyss in her subconscious’, a storage room for the memories of other women who died horrible deaths—usually at the hands of a male aggressor. In his quest for subliminal messages, Medem has forgotten to supply us with a story or any interesting characters. The film is an orgy of signs of which only the maker appreciates the significance. (BS) 120 min.

Cinecenter, Het Ketelhuis How She Move Produced by MTV Films, this stepdancing drama is mired in cliche, but with its

dingy ghetto settings and hardened, despondent young characters, it’s marginally more interesting than Stomp the Yard, the 2007 movie that inaugurated the sub-genre. Rutina Wesley stars as a determined high school student whose parents have spent her private-school tuition money trying without success to save her sister from drug addiction; desperate to escape from a hellish public school, she talks her way onto a step-dancing team that’s competing for a $50,000 prize. (JJ) 91 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt Il y a longtemps que je t’aime Kristin Scott Thomas is a talent who cannot be used often enough. Her characters are usually hard-as-nails socialites, who fanatically guard their real emotions with cynicism and acerbic wit. In Il y a longtemps que je t’aime (I loved you for so long), she has never been more brittle, or so tough. Her Juliette has just been released after 15 years in prison for a crime that seems beyond comprehension. Still, Juliette has refused to defend her actions, even to her younger sister Léa (Elsa Zylberstein), who desperately wants to understand.

La León The North Argentinean Paraná delta is more than just an intricate maze of isles and streams. It’s also a labyrinth of hidden desires, as is the case with the homosexual Alvaro (Jorge Román), whose life has been made hell by El Turu (Daniel Valenzuela), the captain of a barge that connects the various small communities with the mainland. This black-and-white feature film debut by Argentine director Santago Otheguy oozes atmosphere, but could have done with something resembling a storyline besides the beautifully evocative pictures of rustling reeds, gloomy riverbanks and long held gazes. In Spanish with Dutch subtitles. (BS) 85 min. Rialto Made of Honour Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan make an agreeable pair in this above-average comedy, another go-round for the reliable premise of longtime pals awakening to each other romantically.

He’s a rich, bed-hopping Manhattanite, she’s unsuccessful in love, and when she finally nabs an engagement from a handsome, titled Scotsman (Kevin McKidd), Dempsey gamely agrees to serve as maid of honour at their wedding in the Highlands. Paul Weiland directed. (JJ) 101 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

Still playing All the Boys Love Mandy Lane Aesthetically, this slasher flick is a cut above the rest, tapping such arty 1970s techniques as intense colour saturation.

But the persistent, nagging suggestion of a shocking and unexpected revelation that permeates the film unfortunately turns out to be just another ‘twist’ ending that produces less of a shriek and more of a groan. At least it takes the audience’s intelligence seriously throughout two-thirds of the film, but the third act lacks a sorely needed punch. Directed by Jonathan Levine, with Amber Heard as Mandy. (LvH) 90 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt Be Kind Rewind Danny Glover entrusts his rundown video shop in New Jersey to clueless assistants Jack Black and Mos Def, who accidentally erase all the videos and decide to shoot their own low-rent versions of popular hits. (JR) 98 min. Kriterion, The Movies, Pathé De Munt Cassandra’s Dream After making his best and smoothest drama (Match Point) in England, Woody Allen returns there for one of his most clueless and awkward, outfitted with a standard-issue Philip Glass score. In both cases Allen’s usual hang-ups about class and money lead to conventionally complicated murder plots. Two economically challenged cockney brothers in South London—a garage mechanic and compulsive gambler (Colin Farrell) and a more settled sort who runs the family restaurant (Ewan McGregor)—get pushed into killing a businessman who’s threatening to expose their rich uncle (Tom Wilkinson). (JR) 108 min. Pathé Tuschinski

The

Darjeeling Limited A year after their father’s funeral, Francis (Owen Wilson), Peter (Adrien Brody) and Jack (Jason Schwartzman) meet aboard a train for a journey of spiritual healing. The fact that they have not spoken to each other in a year doesn’t prevent them from getting straight into the family’s old dynamics, which involve manic tics, substance abuse and sexual escapades. But soon both the emotional and the physical baggage starts to fall away. (MB) 108 min. Kriterion Dunya & Desie A reasonably entertaining parade of ethnic and class stereotypes, based on the TV series and directed by Dana Nechushtan (Nachtrit). In Dutch. 96 min. Cinema Amstelveen, Het Ketelhuis, Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Studio K

Amsterdam Weekly The Fall Tarsem Singh follows up his visually stunning yet shallow debut The Cell with a film of epic scope, shot on location around the globe and again delivering a visual feast for the eyes. (LvH) 117 min. Studio K Funny Games (US) Ten years after his original Funny Games, Michael Haneke deemed it time for an American version, with Naomi Watts and Tim Roth as the happy couple who are being terrorised by two boys at their summer home. At first glance, this virtually shotby-shot remake seems rather superfluous. The only real differences, the casting choices, aren’t exactly improvements. Still, Haneke’s message has lost none of its urgency. It’s still an in-your-face contemplation of the relationship between film, audience and violence, one that constantly plays with and thwarts your expectations for what—on the surface—looks like just another conventional family-in-peril thriller. (BS) 111 min. The Movies, Pathé De Munt, Rialto La Graine et le mulet Sixty-year-old Slimane Beiji has just been fired from his dockworker’s job in Sète, in southern France. He has been living in a shabby hotel ever since his divorce, but does his very best to keep in touch with his children. At the same time, he is having an affair with his landlady and has grown fond of her daughter, Rym. It is Rym who helps him realise his last dream: to run a couscous restaurant. Tunisian-French director Abdel Kechiche wants to paint a complete family picture. He succeeds, but at a cost: estrangement from Beiji. It’s not until two hours in that we really begin to understand his pain and appreciate his friendship with Rym—just in time for a beautiful finale. In French with Dutch subtitles. (MP) 151 min. Cinecenter, Rialto

Happy-Go-Lucky Poppy (Sally Hawkins) teaches

kindergarten in North London, lives in a flatshare with her best friend and fellow teacher Zoe, goes clubbing on Friday nights, and is the kind of person who, in the words of Eric Idle, always looks on the bright side of life. For example, she regards the fact that her bike has been stolen as motivation to improve her skills and decides to take driving lessons instead. That’s how she ends up meeting Scott (Eddie Marsan), who’s basically her opposite. Not much happens in Mike Leigh’s latest film, but Hawkins’s Poppy is one of the great characters of the current cinematic year. (MB) Cinecenter, Kriterion, The Movies, Pathé Tuschinski I’m Not There Todd Haynes’s ambitious and daring new film is a biopic in the sense that it depicts the main events in Bob Dylan’s life and career. But they are not told in chronological order, and Haynes uses six different

actors to play the singer. The different performers (including Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Christian Bale and the black actor Marcus Carl Franklin) and the constant moving back and forth in time don’t make it easy to identify with any of the Dylans. (MM) 135 min. Studio K

Cet obscur objet du désir Luis Buñuel explores the problematic relationship between lover and beloved as an aging aristocrat (Fernando Rey) yearns after an unattainable young woman, Conchita—who, since she is played by two different actresses, is both more and less than a standard movie character. Constantly changing, she is unknowable, complicated, perverse, but she is also an eternal erotic principle. Buñuel draws his paradoxes—is it love or sex, sadism or masochism, life or death?— with a perfectly clear, perfectly impregnable style.

The old surrealist created another masterpiece in this 1977 feature, his final film. In French with Dutch subtitles. (DK) 102 min. Filmmuseum

Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie Luis

Buñuel’s 1972 comic masterpiece, about three well-to-do couples who try and fail to have a meal together, is perhaps the most perfectly achieved and executed of all his late French films. The film proceeds by diverse interruptions, digressions and interpolations; one of the things that makes it as charming as it is, despite its radicalism, is the perfect cast, many of whom bring along nearly mythic associations acquired in previous French films. Frightening, funny, profound and mysterious. With Delphine Seyrig, Stephane Audran, Bulle Ogier and Jean-Pierre Cassel, as well as Buñuel regulars Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur and Julien Bertheau. In French with Dutch subtitles.

(JR) 101 min. Filmmuseum The Devil in Miss Jones The title heroine goes to limbo for committing suicide but strikes a bargain to return to earth and indulge in all the sins of the flesh she passed up during her life. This

notoriously hyperbolic and almost encyclopedic hard-core porn item (1973) was Gerard Damiano’s follow-up to Deep Throat. Also showing: The Image, a 1975 S/M film based on a novel by Catherine Robbe-Grillet. (JR) OT301

Ikiru Akira Kurosawa’s great 1952 film tells of a

man (Takashi Shimura) who finds that he has terminal cancer and spends his remaining months building a playground in a poor neighbourhood. A rare portrait of a man experiencing a genuine insight into what his wasted years have been leading to. Showing in conjunction with the Emio Greco/PC Purgatorio programme at the Holland Festival, as another example of the theme of redemption through suffering. In Japanese with Dutch subtitles. 143 min. Rialto Het Mysterie van de Sardine Life can work in mysterious ways: that’s what this film is about. It all starts when Tim Boerhaave, a reader in philosophy, loses his legs in a bizarre accident in his own home. From that moment on, he becomes obsessed with finding out why this has happened to him. The mystery deepens when Tim and his family go to an unspecified Dutch island for the summer holidays. There, everything seems to be connected to his accident: a poodle, a tin of sardines, the death of a young boy.

Don’t expect to get any answers if you go to see this film. Do expect a fair amount of walking backwards, talking backwards and incomprehensible dialogue.

In Dutch. (LG) Kriterion Nederlandse Animatie Tour 2008 This compilation of 16 recent shorts contains some nice films, but mostly it misses the mark. A project of the Nederlands Instituut voor Animatiefilm and the Holland Animation Film Festival, it contains mostly films that are either arty and safe or arty and garish; it’s neither a contemporary selection nor a good overview of the highlights in Dutch animation in the past five years.

(LvH) Studio K Once A scruffy Dublin busker (Glen Hansard, in real life the frontman of indie rock band The Frames) finds his personal groupie in a young Czech flower seller, who becomes his songwriting partner and muse.

Ladywood

by Jennifer Lyon Bell

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Indiana Jones has aged 20 years, from the 1930s to the 1950s, and in the Spielberg/Lucas universe this means hot rod cars and Triumph bikes, bland college McCarthyism, nasty Soviet comrades, the atomic scare and, yes, UFOs. The period shift works pretty well, and gives the film-makers a new palette of elements in which to play with their old character. (MB) 123 min. The Movies, Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski

Into the Wild Moving, if somewhat overlong, account of the life of Christopher McCandless, with a bravura performance from Emile Hirsch. At the age of 22, McCandless left his wealthy, dysfunctional family, gave his college cash to Oxfam and took off into the breathtaking beauty of the American wilderness.

What starts as a run-of-the-mill road movie twists into an American Odyssey as, after two years away from it all, McCandless meets an untimely death in the wilds of Alaska. (AD) 140 min. Cinecenter, The Movies, Pathé Tuschinski Joaquin Sabina: 19 días y 500 noches A Dutch documentary, by Ramon Gieling, on the Spanish-language singer and poet. 76 min. De Uitkijk

Juno Juno (Ellen Page) is 16. Juno is full of life and sarcasm. Juno is pregnant. Oops. She gives up the thought of abortion after hearing that her baby has already developed fingernails and instead starts looking for adoptive parents. (MP) 92 min. Het Ketelhuis

Leatherheads George Clooney’s winning streak as a director screeches to a halt with this flat screwball comedy about the early days of professional football. (JJ) 114 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski Lou Reed’s Berlin For those who missed his shows at the Heineken Music Hall last June, or those who attended them and want to revisit one of rock’s most hailed, and gloomiest, chapters, Lou Reed’s Berlin, documenting the live performance of that utterly dark concept album, is given theatrical release. Director Julian Schnabel, along with his daughter Lola, provided the visuals for the live show (which featured French star Emmanuelle Seigner as Caroline, the album’s most prominent character). The film, shot in Brooklyn

Special screenings Annie Hall Woody Allen strode into his ambitious period by finally acknowledging his own attractiveness to women—by reversing the humor of sexual embarrassment that defined the early comedies and substituting the pain of romantic longing. Visually and structurally this 1977 film is a mess, but many of the situations are genuinely clever, and there are plenty of memorable gags. With Diane Keaton as the title character. (DK) 93 min. Kriterion

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Together, they form a band and decide to record a demo tape to send to the London record executives.

This tiny little film has its charms: the spontaneity of its performers, the Irish settings, and lots of great folk-rock songs that help you through its 90 minutes and its thin plot, which seems borrowed from one of those early MGM ‘Let’s-put-on-a-show’ musicals.

But if you’re looking for more substance, Once might not be enough for you. (MB) Melkweg Cinema De vierde man Paul Verhoeven’s 1983 thriller, based on Gerard Reve’s novel. Cinematography by Jan de Bont; with Renée Soutendijk, Thom Hoffman and Jeroen Krabbé. In Dutch with English subtitles.

102 min. De Nieuwe Anita

The Way I Spent the End of The World After

years of change and culture shock, Romanian filmmakers are finally starting to portray the chaos of the 1989 revolution. This utterly charming and well-acted family portrait by Catalin Mitulescu is set in the last year before Ceausescu’s fall, when fear and repression were still part of everyday life. Small dramas are paralleled with the historical changes taking place in the background: teenager Eva falls in love with Alex, son of a Communist Party member, much to the dismay of her dictator-hating grandfather and her devious little brother. In Romanian with Dutch subtitles. (MdR) 106 min. Kriterion Das Wunder von Bern More than six million Germans trekked to the cinema to allow Das Wunder von Bern to make them feel all fuzzy and nostalgic.

The titular miracle is the unexpected victory by the German football team in the 1954 World Championship. Even more miraculous is the healing effect this sport event has on a family torn apart by the Second World War. The speed with which this plot line is resolved is not only miraculous, it’s downright improbable. And that’s a shame, for some of the problems the movie touches upon (especially the fate of German soldiers sentenced to hard labour in Russian camps) are deserving of the kind of serious treatment this wannabe-Hollywood-feelgood flick can’t muster. German with Dutch subtitles (RN) 118 min. Melkweg Cinema

RUTH VAN BEEK

5-11 June 2008

SHOPPING FOR PORN Most of the porn I see in Red Light District store windows looks hideous to me. I’m a woman and it all seems so male-oriented. I have to admit I’m very curious about porn. Is there a way to find decent, sexy porn while not being subjected to something offensive or upsetting? - Porn Curious Crappy porn probably isn’t going to damage you, but I think it’s better not to clutter your mind with images that creep you out.

It’s true that most RLD porn shops are geared towards men—it’s their primary customer base. But other sex shops in Amsterdam are female-friendly. Mail & Female, Stout, and Female & Partners all stock some good choices for women.

Before you go, though, think about what you want, because they have a lot to choose from. To pick porn that makes you happy, ask yourself two questions: 1) What’s my sexual style in real life? 2) What do I fantasise about? The answers might not overlap. For example, you might be a lesbian, but you love to fantasize about gay men. (This is, strangely, quite common).

Or maybe in real life you like vanilla sex, but in your fantasies you’re cracking a whip. You can use your current sexual style—including orientation—as a starting point, but definitely don’t limit yourself.

Also ask: Do I want to see amateurs, or polished performers? Do I want to see serious up-close hardcore action, or something more discreet? Do I want something with a story, or no story? Do I want traditional fetish imagery like handcuffs and black rubber? Are moans and groans sexy, or would music be better? Armed with this information, browse some online reviews if you feel like it. Try freddyandeddy.com, pornmoviesforwomen.com, livegirlreview.com (to watch a real female porn expert discussing her picks) and shespot.nl, which is in Dutch.

When you head to the store, give yourself the leisure to poke around. Read the box covers, and chat with the female staff.

They’re happy to help you figure out what you might like. You might also check websites for high-quality female-friendly porn that isn’t available in stores. For example, ifeelmyself.com and nofauxxx.com are both female favourites.

Some last advice: always have at least two films on hand. Why? Insurance. Even the best of us guess wrong sometimes.

After all the research you’ve done, you deserve an orgasm or two. ladywood@amsterdamweekly.nl

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20 in 2006, is a pretty straightforward rock documentary, but the high-octane performance by Reed and his acolytes makes it essential viewing for serious rock fans. Look out for a guest spot by Antony (of the Johnsons fame) and for Steve Hunter’s incendiary guitar solos. (MB) 85 min. Melkweg Cinema

Over Her Dead Body A control-freak bride (Eva Longoria Parker) is crushed to death by a massive ice sculpture on her wedding day; a year later her restless spirit becomes mighty peeved when her erstwhile fiancé (Paul Rudd) falls for a psychic (Lake Bell). (AG) 95 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

El Orfanato Laura, her husband Carlos and her

Paris This Altmanesque tale, written and directed by Cédric Klapisch (Chacun cherche son chat), is centred around a male dancer (Romain Duris) who needs a heart transplant and has to come to terms with his fear of death. But he’s the least interesting of the characters who drop by in this interwoven, matter-of-fact assortment of stories—one that, among other things, attempts to elevate ordinary street market workers to sex gods capable of reeling in the supermodels. The dreaded French cliché pops up time and time again, but a fairly uninteresting main character is about all that plagues this appealing Parisian slice of life. Juliette Binoche leads an excellent ensemble cast. In French with Dutch subtitles. (LvH) 130 min. Pathé Tuschinski, De Uitkijk

adopted son Simon return to the orphanage she grew up in to turn it into a home for mentally handicapped children. When Simon starts befriending invisible children and later disappears, she is forced to confront her own trauma and maternal fears as well as the dark history of the place. Another of the highly atmospheric gothic horror films that are rapidly becoming a staple of the Spanish cinematic output, El Orfanato is a well-crafted suspense tale that is light on the blood and guts, but will still fill you with a feeling of ominous dread. In Spanish with Dutch subtitles. (LvH) Kriterion, Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

FILM TIMES Thursday 5 June until Wednesday 11 June.

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 Celluloid/Digitaal 7 Sun. Cavia Van Hallstraat 52-I, 681 1419 Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios Thur, Fri 20.30.

Cinecenter Lijnbaansgracht 236, 623 6615 Caótica Ana daily 19.00, Sun also 11.00 La Graine et le mulet daily 15.45, 21.00, Sun also 12.30 Happy-Go-Lucky daily 16.15, 19.00, 21.45, Sun also 11.00, 13.30 Il y a longtemps que je t'aime daily 16.15, 19.00, 21.45, Sun also 11.00, 13.30 Into the Wild daily 15.45, 21.45.

Cinema Amstelveen Plein 1960 2, Amstelveen, 547 5175 Drakenjagers Sat, Wed 13.30, Sun 11.30 Dunya & Desie Sat, Wed 15.30, Sun 13.30 You, the Living Tues, Wed 20.30 Zomerhitte Thur-Sat 20.30, Sun 15.45.

Filmmuseum Vondelpark 3, 589 1400 Ah Kam Wed 21.30 Asterix en de knallende ketel Wed 14.00 Le Ballon Rouge & Crin-Blanc Sun, Wed 13.45 Boat People Sat 21.30 Cet obscur objet du désir Wed 17.00 Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie Mon, Tues 17.00 Doku.Arts Thur-Sun Een zomeravond met Cary Grant Wed 19.45 Eighteen Springs Sun 21.30 Enasayo de un Crimen Thur-Sat 19.30 La fièvre monte à El Pao Mon-Wed 19.30 Hong Kong Film Panorama daily July Rhapsody Tues 21.30 Los Olvidados Sun 19.30 De muze Thur, Tues, Wed 17.30, Sun 15.15 The Postmodern Life of My Aunt Sat, Mon 21.30 Romance of Book and Sword Fri 21.30 Stellet Licht Mon, Tues 19.15 Tricks Sun, Tues 21.45, Mon 17.15 Whispers and Moans Thur 21.30 You, the Living 21.

Het Ketelhuis Westergasfabriek, Haarlemmerweg 8-10, 684 0090 48 Hour Film Project Mon-Wed 19.00, Mon, Tues also 21.30 African Bambi Sat, Sun, Wed 14.45

De Avonturen van het Molletje Sat, Sun, Wed 13.00, Sun also 11.00 Caótica Ana daily 19.00, 22.00 Dunya & Desie Thur-Sun, Wed 21.15, Sat, Sun, Wed also 14.45, Sat, Wed also 14.45 Il y a longtemps que je t'aime daily 16.45, 19.15, 21.45, Sun also 12.15 Joaquin Sabina--19 días y 500 noches Thur-Sat, Mon-Wed 17.00 Juno daily 17.00 Morrison krijgt een zusje Sat, Sun, Wed 13.30, 15.00, Sun also 11.30 Stille Nacht Sun 19.30 Tussenland Sun 17.00 Zomerhitte Thur-Sat 19.00.

KIT Tropentheater, Kleine Zaal Linnaeusstraat 2, 568 8500 Beeld voor Beeld Thur-Sun. Kriterion Roetersstraat 170, 623 1708 Annie Hall Sun 15.15, Mon 22.00 Be Kind Rewind Thur-Mon, Wed 19.45, Thur-Sun, Tues, Wed 21.45 The Darjeeling Limited daily 17.15 De Gebroeders Leeuwenhaart Sat, Sun 13.00, Wed 15.00 Happy-Go-Lucky daily 17.30, 20.00, Thur-Mon, Wed also 22.15, Sat, Sun also 15.00 Het Mysterie van de Sardine Tues 19.30 El Orfanato daily 22.00, Fri, Sat also 0.00 Pippi in Taka Tuka Land Sat, Sun 13.15, Sat, Wed 15.15 Sneak Preview Tues 22.15 De Spiderwick-Kronieken Sat-Tues 15.15, Sun also 13.00 Tropa de Elite daily 19.30, Thur-Tues also 17.00, Fri, Sat also 23.45 The Way I Spent the End of The World Wed 17.00.

Melkweg Cinema Lijnbaansgracht 234A, 624 1777 Bend it Like Beckham Wed 19.00 In Oranje Sun 15.00 Johan Cruijff: Nummer 14 Fri 19.00 Leve het Bruine Monster Sun 19.00 Lou Reed's Berlin Sun 20.15 Once Mon 19.00 Winners & Losers Thur-Wed Das Wunder von Bern Thur 19.00 Zidane: un portrait du XXième siècle Sat 19.00.

The Movies Haarlemmerdijk 159-165, 638 6016 Be Kind Rewind daily 19.15, Sun also 12.15 Funny Games (US) daily 16.30, 21.30, Sat, Sun, Wed also 14.15 Happy-Go-Lucky daily 19.00, 21.45, Sat, Sun, Wed also 14.00, Sun also 11.45 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull daily 17.00, 19.30, 22.00, Sat, Sun, Wed also 14.30, Sun also 12.00 Into the Wild daily 16.15, 21.45, Thur-Tues also 19.00 Sex and the City:The Movie Wed 19.30 De Spiderwick-Kronieken Sun, Wed 14.00 Le Voyage du ballon rouge daily 16.45, Sat also 14.00, Sun also 11.45.

De Nieuwe Anita Frederik Hendrikstraat 111, 06 4150 3512, De vierde man Mon 20.30.

OT301 Overtoom 301, 779 4913 The Devil in Miss Jones Tues 22.00 The Image Tues 20.30.

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The Ruins Friends on a Mexican holiday encounter an evil force at the site of an archaeological dig in this horror feature by Carter Smith. 92 min. Pathé ArenA

big fan of Anime, there’s a lot to love about this rollicking roller coaster of a live-action remake. (LvH) Pathé De Munt

Shine a Light Martin Scorsese brings his superb

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 open-mouthed bewilderment. (JJ) 94 min. Cinema Amstelveen, Filmmuseum

120 daily 19.10 All the Boys Love Mandy Lane daily 21.50, Thur-Tues also 19.40, Thur, Mon, Tues also 13.20, 15.20, 17.30, Sat also 23.50, Wed also 18.15 Alvin en de Chipmunks Fri-Sun, Wed 12.10, 14.20, Sat, Sun also 10.10 Dunya & Desie daily 12.10, 14.20, 16.30, Thur also 18.55, 21.15, Sat, Sun also 22.05 Fool's Gold daily 20.20, Thur, Mon also 12.05, 17.30, Tues also 17.55 Horton (NL) Fri-Sun 12.50, 15.20, Sat, Sun also 10.40, Wed 12.00, 14.30 How She Move daily 13.10, 15.30, 17.50, 20.00, Thur-Sat, MonWed also 22.10, Sat, Sun also 11.00, Sat also 0.20 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull daily 14.00, 16.45, 19.30, Thur-Tues also 12.15, 15.00, 17.45, 20.30, Thur-Sun, Wed also 21.30, Thur-Sun also 13.15, 16.00, 18.45, Sat, Sun also 10.30, 11.15, Sat also 0.10, 22.20, 23.30, Wed also 11.45, 14.30, 17.30 Iron Man Thur-Tues 12.20, 15.10, 18.00, 20.50, Sat also 23.30, Wed also 12.00, 14.40, 17.20 Leatherheads daily 11.50, 14.15, 16.40 Made of Honour daily 12.30, 14.50, 17.20, 19.45, 22.00, Sat also 0.20 Morrison krijgt een zusje Fri-Sun, Wed 12.30, 14.50, 17.20, 19.45, 22.00, Sat also 0.20 Notes on a Scandal Tues 13.30 El Orfanato Thur, Mon 14.30, Fri-Sun, Wed 17.30, Sat also 22.45, Tues 15.35 Over Her Dead Body daily 18.50, 21.10, Thur, Mon, Tues also 12.00, 14.30, 16.35, Sat also 23.15 The Ruins Thur, Fri, Sun, Mon 21.00 Sarkar Raj Fri-Tues 13.00, 15.40, 18.20, 21.00, Sat, Sun also 10.15, Sat also 23.30, Wed also 11.55, 14.35, 17.10 Sex and the City:The Movie Wed 21.00 Sneak Preview Tues 21.00 Speed Racer (Imax) daily 11.45, 14.40, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 17.40, Sat also 22.45 Street Kings daily 21.40, Sat also 0.00 Taken daily 19.00, 21.20, Thur also 12.20, 14.30, 16.50, Sat also 23.30 What Happens in Vegas Thur-Tues 11.50, 14.10, 16.20, 18.30, 20.40, Sat also 23.00, Wed 12.30, 14.45, 17.00 Winx Club en het geheim van het verloren rijk Fri-Sun, Wed 12.00, 14.30, 16.35, Sat, Sun also 10.00.

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Pathé De Munt Vijzelstraat 15, 0900 1458 All the Boys Love Mandy Lane Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 13.00, 15.15, 17.30, Thur, Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed 19.40, Sat 10.30, 12.45, 15.30, 18.00, 20.15, Sun also 10.45, Tues also 19.30 Be Kind Rewind Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 16.00, 19.00, Sat 16.20, 18.50 The Bucket List Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 20.15, Sat 22.15 Dunya & Desie Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.50, 15.20, 17.50, Sat 10.15, 12.30, 15.00, 17.30, 19.50, Sun also 10.20 Fool's Gold daily 19.10 Funny Games (US) Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 16.35, 21.45, Thur, Mon, Tues also 14.00, Sat also 16.10, 21.50 How She Move daily 14.15, 19.15, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 12.10, 16.45, 21.40, Sat also 12.00, 17.00, 21.45 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull daily 12.00, 14.45, 17.45, 20.00, 20.45, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 12.45, 13.30, 15.30, 16.30, 18.30, 21.30, Sat, Sun also 10.40, Sat also 10.15, 13.00, 13.45, 16.00, 16.45, 19.00, 22.00, 23.00 Iron Man Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.00, 15.00, 18.00, 21.00, Sat 10.45, 13.30, 16.30, 19.30, 22.45

Studio K Timorplein 62, 692 0422, Arab Film Festival Thur-Sun 20.00 Dunya & Desie Thur-Sat 18.00, Sat, Wed 15.00, Tues, Wed 17.30 The Fall Thur-Sat 22.15, Mon-Wed 22.00 Horton (NL) Sat, Sun, Wed 15.15 I'm Not There daily 21.30 Lars and the Real Girl Mon 18.00, Tues, Wed 19.45 Nederlandse Animatie Tour 2008 Mon 20.00 Shine a Light daily 19.00.

eye (and ear) to a Rolling Stones concert experience.

Closer to The Last Waltz than No Direction Home in its structure, Shine a Light intercuts live performances of the band at the Beacon Theatre in NYC with some clips of its members’ TV appearances over the course of their 40-odd-year career. A funny prologue of the band’s interaction with Scorsese adds extra cinematic flair. If you’re not embarrassed to see grandpas Jagger and Richards sweat it out for two hours—with a little young blood, including Christina Aguilera and Jack White of the White Stripes—you’ll be highly satisfied.

It’s only a rock ’n’ roll concert movie, but we like it.

(MB) 121 min. Studio K Speed Racer The original animated series started the Japanimation craze that still captures the imagination of our feeble Western minds, but even if you aren’t a

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Rialto Ceintuurbaan 338, 676 8700 Funny Games (US) daily 22.00, Sat, Sun also 15.15 La Graine et le mulet Thur-Mon, Wed 18.15, 21.15, Sat, Sun also 15.00 The Holiday Fri, Sat 23.15 Ikiru Tues 19.45 La León daily 19.10, Sat also 16.30 Paul dans sa vie daily 17.30, 19.45 Le Voyage du ballon rouge daily 21.00, Sun also 16.30.

De Uitkijk Prinsengracht 452, 623 7460 Un Baiser s'il vous plait Thur-Mon 18.45 Le Ballon Rouge & Crin-Blanc Sat, Sun, Wed 15.15 Earth Sat 16.45, Sun 13.15 Joaquin Sabina: 19 días y 500 noches Thur, Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed 16.45 Paris Thur-Mon 20.45, Tues 17.00, Wed 18.45 Sex and the City Episodes Sat 23.00 Tot ziens jongens Tues 20.00.

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