Amsterdam Weekly, Vol 5 Issue 24, 19-25 June 2008

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19 - 25 JUNE 2008 Way into the country

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Daytrippin’: towards the fields, towards the cows page 6 Adriaan Jaeggi (1963-2008) page 4 Yet another ‘interesting’ festival page 5 PHOTOGRAPHY: The 1960s: from swinging to slum p. 11 / FILM: Norwegian noir p. 17 / SEX: Duck billing p. 19

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

If you’re craving a getaway beyond just a cycling daytrip out of town towards the fields of green or the sea of blue, then it’s time to head to Noordwijk’s new ‘space agency’ and sign up for a ride into the big black void. The company, called Your Galaxy Space Tourism, was founded by the Amsterdammer Ronald Heister, and it’s the sole representative in Benelux for the world’s first commercial space venture, Virgin Galactic, part of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group. ‘Our accredited spaced agents are carefully selected and fulfill the most stringent of norms,’ reassures a representative of Virgin Galactic upon its opening. For a mere 137,000 euros you can buy a three-day package that includes a flight to the US, training, a quick circle of the globe and a few moments of weightlessness on the SpaceShipTwo. They say: ‘Safety is at the heart of the design.’ From 2009, there will be weekly flights for six passengers and two pilots. Who knows, maybe soon after, there’ll be room to bring your bike.

On the cover FRESH AIR EVERYWHERE Illustration by Marieke van Ditshuizen www.honderdhelden.com

Next week Can film be taught?

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Adriaan Jaeggi: serious and funny.

Adriaan Jaeggi (1963-2008)

Life is short and so are deadlines.

If there ever was an alive guy, it was the novelist/poet/columnist/trombonist Adriaan Jaeggi. Now he’s dead of cancer at age 45 leaving a wife and two young daughters. He knew that life could suck but used it as a basis to be both highly optimistic and highly productive. And very funny. He was great. In tribute, we’ve reprinted a column he wrote for Amsterdam Weekly that deals with what he considered the romantic time of his life— a subject he returned to in his last column for Het Parool on 5 June when he was cursing the fact he had missed a couple of deadlines due to his illness. Adriaan had a passion for deadlines.

Propria Cures: More than 100 years of deadlines.

By Adriaan Jaeggi The most romantic thing I ever did was run my own weekly magazine.

At the age of seven I almost drowned trying to get on board a sailboat as it carried away my wife-to-be (also seven at the time) and at the age of 16 I lost most of my virginity to a 25-year old Italian student named Martha in the night train from Munich to Venice. But neither could compare to slaving away at the computer in the dead of night, drinking machine-made coffee that tasted like beef, rolling new cigarettes from old butts, trying to beat that deadline.

And we always did.

I became an editor of Propria Cures in the autumn of 1990. I had done my best to

avoid graduating from university for as long as I could, but I knew I couldn’t hold out much longer. A steady job, some healthy income and 2.4 kids were staring me in the face like so many characters in a Bosch painting. Then somebody gave me a copy of Propria Cures.

It’s not much to look at. It has eight flimsy pages, printed on paper of only slightly better quality than the cheap toilet variety, and apart from a few cartoons and poorly printed illustrations, there’s nothing in it but words.

But oh, those words.

Propria Cures (which is something like ‘mind your own business’ in Latin) is famous for being around since 1890 (longer than any other Dutch literary magazine) and for how it has always ridiculed and angered the political, religious and literary powers-that-be—not only dear old Harry Mulisch but also multitudes of other Bekende Nederlanders, some of whom deserved it and others who didn’t but got it anyway.

The moment I read my first PC (the incrowd say ‘Pay-Say’, never ‘Propria’), I knew what I wanted. Their infectious mixture of humour, sarcasm, wit, coupled with

an insatiable hunger for provocation, inspired an ambition in me to become its editor as soon as possible. I had no good explanation for this urge at the time, but years later, when I read something James Thurber had said, I knew he’d felt the same way once: ‘There’s nothing wrong with a little crotch-kicking. If there’s something I can’t stand it’s people who are only slightly miffed by the unforgivable.’ And even more importantly: even at that tender age I understood that literature, which was becoming my passion at the time, does not thrive from harmony, serenity and compromise, but by conflict, injustice and anger.

Becoming an editor of PC is not an easy thing. The magazine has a cooptation system which has magically worked for more than a hundred years: they recruit new editors from their pool of readers.

Anybody can contribute an article, or at least try. Most of these attempts are brutally slaughtered in PC’s infamous ‘Correspondentierubriek’. You will find your pseudonym there, maybe a line chopped from your feeble prose, and the ruthless commentary from the editors.

‘Kindly fuck off,’ is PC’s way of breaking it to you gently.

Still, every now and then someone has the tenacity to keep trying, and eventually, magically, your work will start getting better. Mine did. I’ll never forget the day I saw my initials in the ‘Correspondentierubriek’, not with a request to please go out and burn all my work and myself in the process, but with the words ‘Komt u eens langs.’ Everybody who’s ever read PC knows what that means: there’s a new editor on the way, one in the impressive line of former editors, which boast quite a few now famous Dutch literati and, ironically, quite a few Bekende Nederlanders as well (Henk Spaan, Beau van Erven Dorens and Erik van Muiswinkel).

It took me three more months to graduate from ‘PC-meeloper’ (which is roughly the equivalent of a slave) to full editor. I was required to produce an article every week, and read it out loud every Thursday evening at the weekly editorial meeting.

The most one could hope for at these meetings were some meagre laughter at your best jokes, but most of the time, it was scowls, yawns and incessant criticism.

I’m still convinced that’s what made me want to be a writer. Writing often goes sour when you have no one to share it with; but with three or more people taking a hard and serious stare at your work every week, you know you want to get better quickly.

And now I could go on and tell you about all those romantic nights trying to beat the deadline or even about the time the whole country was furious at us and we lost the court case because we had taken one of our jokes too far—but instead you’d better go out and get the magazine yourself at Athenaeum. If you’re still young, and aspiring to be a writer, think about it.

Chances are, you’ll be disappointed by the level of writing, and the levity of it all, but then that’s because you’re a middle-aged, biased, sexually repressed asshole without any talent.

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But isn’t danger interesting?

Quicksand without salt is less dangerous

Show and tell A new festival shows how almost anything can be interesting.

By Sulakshana Gupta A few days ago, Bajah Freeman chanced upon a mangled umbrella on the street. It was bright pink with white polka dots and had obviously seen better days. Still, she saw potential in the cast away and so it’s been reborn as a poncho for her daughter.

Recycling is Freeman’s passion. She can sew a dishtowel into a bib and a flea market t-shirt into a stuffed toy. Giving fabrics a second chance at life is interesting. But so is quicksand, raw chocolate, debated Rembrandts and cyberpunk.

Or at least they’re interesting to the organisers of the first ever ‘Interesting Amsterdam’ festival held at De Balie last Saturday, 14 June. Innovative and quirky

presentations, such as Freeman’s, ‘What to do with a Broken Umbrella’, proved that one person’s interesting is another person’s blah and vice versa. The idea was simple: to get up and talk about anything at all, with just one qualifying criteria—interestingness.

Organisers Jeffre Jackson and Andre Bouwman who both work in marketing and communication, wanted to import a formula that has been hugely successful in both London and Sydney.

‘The starting point for me was that a lot of marketing communication is boring and we wanted to see how it could be fun and interesting,’ says Jackson, partner at Open Intelligence Agency, a global communication firm. He’s also one of the organisers of the London Interesting, which debuted in 2007 with topics ranging from ‘How to Split a Log with an Axe’ to ‘Ibsen and the Muppets’. Jackson defines interesting as something that’s worth thinking about. ‘More than that, I am searching for patterns that make sense of the world,’ he says.

As the audience members flopped into cushy Fatboys and sipped smoothies in the Grote Zaal, the day’s best alternate definition came from speaker Chidi Onwuka, a creative consultant who

Hmmmm... interesting

labelled ‘interesting’ as a survival tool.

His example: a child trying to steal chocolates is caught by his mother. His only chance of escaping punishment is being able to come up with a really good excuse. ‘I’m just making sure the chocolates haven’t gone bad,’ he says.

Exaggerated truths are useful for fleeing sticky situations.

Similarly, Onwuka has a theory about why lions eat humans. ‘The first man who ever met a lion was unable to say anything interesting to the animal. If he had, today lions might be vegetarians,’ he says.

Brand consultant Anne Charbonneau, on the other hand, stressed the power of images. Her theme was, ‘Don’t tell me, show me,’ and as an example, she presented a slide of an artist’s representation of Piccadilly Circus turning into Shanghai, which vocalised the British paranoia about immigration. She also talked about Han Rosling, a professor in Sweden who has devoted his career to creating captivating visuals out of dry UN data.

The popular opinion at the conference was that one of the most interesting talks—pardon the overuse of the word— came from Daniel Bonn of the Universiteit van Amsterdam who laid bare the physics of quicksand. He had returned from a

vacation in Iran with a jar of quicksand to test what made the stuff tick. The mixture of sand, clay and saltwater is famously sensitive to pressure. The more one struggles, the more it liquefies. His research also found that quicksand without salt seems to be less dangerous. Though someone might get trapped in this quicksand, a person couldn’t drown in it.

Some talks revealed how a great idea can fall prey to poor execution. Hannie Kos and Kitty Oonk’s guide to the Feldenkreis method was one such disappointment. It was supposed to be the perfect pickup after a slothful lunch.

Feldenkreis is a therapeutic technique of self-awareness by unlearning and relearning physical movements. Crossing our arms right over left comes naturally, but try doing it the other way and it feels unusual, even ‘wrong’. Kos said that we rarely use the possibilities available to us.

‘When you know how to do something in at least three different ways, it empowers you because you have the right to choose.’

Unfortunately, the duo’s sedate presentation had more of a lulling effect.

Another downside was that, a few times, the event became a promotional platform. Salsa school Extremos for instance, tried to mask it as a presentation on the ‘Seven deadly sins of the Dance Floor’ complete with a couple of sultry routines. But the message was clear: join us to move your booty like this.

Despite the hiccups, Interesting Amsterdam was a step towards getting creatives from different fields to interact.

However, looking around the sparsely populated auditorium it was curious that in an artistically vibrant city the event didn’t attract a bigger crowd. The lesson for the organisers is that the reason for Interesting London’s success is a strong pre-existing network.

In the hopes of building this, the next step is to extend Interesting to coffee mornings, gallery visits and the blog. ‘It wasn’t quite what I had expected but it came close to matching my idea of interesting,’ says Jackson. www.interestingamsterdam.com

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Escaping the city on a bike for me means heading north towards happy cows, woolly sheep and flat expanses of green. And crossing under the A10 ring to get there is about as dramatic a separation of urban and rural landscapes that one could ask for.

There are various different ways to go. My first time, I had no map and no sense of direction (still don’t have the latter). I simply travelled vaguely north until I hit the polders, which are quite large—bigger than the city of Amsterdam, in fact. It’s nearly impossible to miss them.

The most direct route, after hopping one of the two middle fer-

ries behind CS, is to follow the Noordhollands Kanaal all they way up. Though, shortly after passing the charming Cafe Ot en Sien (Buiksloterweg 27), I prefer to cross the canal at the first opportunity and head up to Nieuwendammerdijk (number 297 is Cafe ‘t Sluisje—great quaff and vittles). This dike, one of the oldest structures in Noord, will run into Schellingwouderdijk, which then turns into Durgerdammerdijk, at which point—tada!—you instantly exit the built-up areas and burst upon the magical combination of open polders on the left and Buiten-IJ seawater on your right. This moment—where the sounds of cars and city life is replaced by mooing cows and ocean wind—is why I usually don’t buy a beer at the cafes passed on the way. The landscape alone is intoxicating enough.

But if you are thirsty for more than the water you’re carrying,

don’t fret. You can stop soon at Cafe De Oude Taveerne at Durgerdam, gaze at the town’s many sailboats, dike houses and their charming lighthouse.

Other enticing towns ahead include Holysloot and Uitdam. (I rarely go to Marken, not because it’s too far, but because the town— always covered in a glossy coat of new, tourist-attracting paint—has never been to my liking. Though, riding along the causeway to the island it resides on is undeniably appealing.)

To really get a feel for the landscape around, I always like to stop in Ransdorp. They’ve got a 32metre high tower which, for a mere 50 cents, you can climb up and see not only the vastness of the polders, but also in the distance, Amsterdam’s growing skyline. And, if you lost your map, it’s not a bad place to find your bearings, and figure out how to get home.

hardly come across any cars while enjoying the classic Dutch polder landscape. At the end of the cycle track you’ll have to negotiate your way through an industrial park. Tough luck. Keep as left as possible until you reach the bridge over the river Spaarne, which is overlooked by the former Droste chocolate factory.

Until recently, you could smell the cocoa scent from miles away.

After about a 45-minute cycle ride you might want to spend an hour or so recovering in one of Haarlem’s excellent museums such as the Frans Hals Museum (17th-century masters) or Teylers Museum, the oldest museum in the Netherlands. If not, follow Oudeweg, Prinsen Bolwerk (along the train station) and Ver-

spronckweg, which are all continuations of each other. At the roundabout, go left into Korte Verspronckweg, followed by Julianalaan, Militairenweg and Zeeweg. This is the way to Zandvoort. After half a kilometer or so on Zeeweg, you gotta make up your mind: do you continue on or, turn right at the Koevlak entrance of the Kennemer Duinen to go swim in ‘t Wed, a lake in the dunes? The plus-point of ‘t Wed is that it isn’t as overcrowded as the Zandvoort beach. The fresh water makes for a great swim and you can stretch out for a tan in the dunes. Although I have heard reports about the water being somewhat soiled, I have never left ‘t Wed with a rash.

If salty water, waves, congest-

ed beaches and beach bars are more you, ignore ‘t Wed and race to Zandvoort. This second leg of the trip takes about half an hour.

After a day of idling, tanning and swimming, head back to Haarlem for an apres-swim at one of the terrasjes on Grote Markt in the historical city centre, in the shadow of the mighty Grote Kerk, whose beginnings date back as far as 1245. Down a few, then a few more and grab a meal in one of the many restaurants in town.

After a bit of digesting, mount your metal steed and pedal up to Amsterdam. If it’s already dark in the Lange Bretten, rabbits will shoot out from under your front wheel. This time it will probably take a bit longer than 45 minutes to reach Sloterdijk...

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A lake in a dune

By Floris Dogterom Over 24 degrees Celsius and a cloudless sky? Then seriously consider an all-in bike trip to either ‘t Wed near Overveen, or Zandvoort. Sounds far? ’Tis not.

First go to Sloterdijk train station and take the cycle track that runs west, along the railway and through a nature reserve, the Lange Bretten, which runs all the way to Haarlem. Halfway, at Halfweg, note how the former sugar silos are being transformed into silver offices with diamondshaped windows. The good thing about this route is that you will

Day trippin’ Looking for adventure? Then head upon the bikeway... In search of bird sanctuaries, dune lakes, flat landscapes with a tall tower, an inland former whaling station and urban wastelands.

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A whale of IJP a time

By Terri J Kester

Amsterdam the same day, you need to be serious about your cycling. We’re talking at least 60 kilometres roundtrip. Start by taking the Buikslotermeer ferry behind Central Station, which takes you to the bike path hugging the Noordhollands Kanaal. If you’re not going for the long haul, nature park Het Twiske is a good place for a first stop, though you’ll have to bring your own provisions.

Persistence, strong calf muscles and a good idea which way is north will get you to the amusingly named Spijkerboor a few hours later. Almost all the land around here used to be water. Holland doesn’t get much flatter than this, so you’ll easily spot the grassy bump that is Spijkerboor’s claim to fame: the fort. This is the northernmost of the 42 fortifications

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A whaling station 20 kilometres inland? Sounds like the subject for a sketch taking absurd humour to a new level. Yet De Rijp, a NorthHolland village roughly halfway between the North Sea and the IJsselmeer, is just that. Okay, the ships carrying carcasses of the world’s largest mammal no longer call here, because we’re talking 400 years ago. But what makes De Rijp and its twin village Graft worth visiting today is the architectural fallout from their golden era, which started around 1600 with a herring fleet.

To get to De Rijp and return to

making up the Stelling van Amsterdam, a Unesco-recognised heritage site. During WW I hundreds of soldiers were quartered here, and later the fort was used as a prison for draft dodgers.

Push the pedals for another three kilometres and you arrive in De Rijp, with its ornate Renaissance town hall. The ground floor, where the weigh house used to be, is now occupied by the local VVV. The building has impressive gables on three sides. Its architect was Leeghwater, a multitalented engineer who also led the large-scale reclamation of the Schermer and Beemster polders. From behind the cafe across the road, you can enjoy great views across the Eilandspolder with its intricate network of waterways. On the other side of the town hall is the

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Urban Jungle Cycling Tour

By Marlous Veldt A few months ago I was in need of adventure. Not having the energy to think up anything extremely creative, I decided to simply get on my bike and go east. To my surprise, I found a wonderful ride through Amsterdam’s urban jungle.

For an authentic experience, grab an old stadswrak and hang a plastic bag with some beers on your steering handle.

Start in the Oosterpark. Keep your beers stashed away, or be prepared to be picked up by our friends in blue. Head to the Javastraat for a last glimpse of inner city grittiness, and circle around the mean streets of the Indische Buurt until you find your way to Flevopark.

Cycle through the park via the pedestrian path to the final stop of trams 7 and 14, and turn right towards the IJ. Admire the Ams-

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massive Dutch Reformed Church from 1655, which has beautiful stained glass windows.

Another town hall in Dutch Renaissance style awaits you in Graft, a kilometre or two down the road. Again, this building has three gables, two of them elaborately decorated with golden-locked heads in bold relief. Old engravings show the building being dwarfed by the church next door, but this was ill advisedly demolished in the 1950s. All that remains is its floor, which consists of 152 historic tombstones.

On the way back it’s worth stopping by the roadside to buy some fruit and vegetables, left there by trusting local farmers.

You’ll probably be too tired anyway to go shopping once back in Amsterdam.

terdamse Brug and its graffitied pillars, regularly covered in new pieces. Follow the bicycle path to the right along a great feat of Dutch industrialisation: the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal. Drink your first beer on the small, fortified peninsula that was presumably used to moor boats before they entered the Amsterdam harbour.

Further along the canal you come into a first encounter with the A10 ring, which stretches (almost) beautifully across the water. More impressive, however, is crossing the Nescio bike bridge, which won the ‘Bike Holiday Award’ in 2007. Take a deep breath if you’re afraid of heights. After the bridge, head left past the boarded up mansion Zomerlust to the ultimate jungle: Steigereiland, a ‘free’ space for architecture with interesting experiments in shape and colour. Adventurers might consider a walk-about through the unfinished buildings.

At the north end of the island, go left onto the IJburglaan, across the Ennaeus Heerma bridge, and take a right just before the Shell

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Two Wheels Two Wings Two Hours

By Mark Wedin You mean to take off for the day, but then Life starts whittling away.

Three hours stuck in a meeting.

An hour about town for errands. A phone that won’t stop ringing.

Suddenly your Big Day Out has to be crammed into an hour or two before work or after dinner.

De Oeverlanden is just the place to squeeze in a few hours out, if not the whole day. The natural park is surprisingly close to both Amsterdam Zuid and Sloterdijk—just a few minutes’ bike

ride. Tucked between the Nieuwe Meer and the A10, the area has beaches (both groomed and natural), the restaurant Aquarius Paviljoen (open 11.00-23.00), a skate park, an eco-training centre, a large community of garden huts and a guard dog school.

There’s also a ferry that runs every 15 minutes to Amsterdamse Bos (12.00-18.00, Mon-Sat; 11.0021.00 Sun).

But the best part of De Oeverlanden is its large bird sanctuary.

Here you can slow down and completely escape your urban life.

A good pair of binoculars and a bird identification book will help, of course, but a slow walk through the trails without gear can be just as transforming. The key is to listen to Nature and take the time to

notice the details you miss on a run or cycle through the area.

There’s a secret that bird watchers know: the viewing’s best before and after the mayhem of everyday life, so it’s possible to enjoy a birding trip even with an already bursting agenda. There’s little competition for that 6am time slot or the sliver of time just before sunset when birds are most active.

In De Oeverlanden, depending on the season, you can spot great crested grebes and tufted ducks diving for dinner, turquoise kingfishers zipping by and the occasional harrier waiting to carry away a cyclist or two. You can also find the usual suspects such as magpies, blue tits, great tits, ringed parakeets (screaming in from the Vondelpark), starlings,

European robins, grey herons, common coots, moorhens and blackbirds. A few years ago, a green heron wandered into the area from North America and caused quite a stir in the birding world.

Not all the residents of De Oeverlanden take to the air. Giant Scottish Highlander cows roam the area, completely indifferent to human visitors. The trails host scores of rabbits, not to mention the constant supply of gay men quietly waiting on benches for their own kind of wildlife. Like the furry cattle, they probably won’t bother you. But the birds are the main attraction. The two hours you spend with them will easily satisfy your need for that Big Day Out.

gas station. Ignore the dead-end street sign to arrive in desolate water authority wasteland, including the modernist mouths of the Zeeburgertunnel, climbable water reservoirs and make-out spots for couples in cars. An excellent place for a second beer.

Head west for the Schellingwouder bridge, plough through the sand, and turn onto the bridge going north. From here, follow the signs that take you past the Bijlmer-like flats of Amsterdam Noord to Purmerend. If the signs are bent towards an undetermined direction, ask a friendly local which way to go. Pass underneath the A10 ring, ignore the cows, grass and windmills and focus on your final goal: the Reuring festival, which from 24 to 29 June brings some culture to the town with more Amsterdammers than Amsterdam. Finish your beers, have some fries at the FEBO and it will be as if you’ve never left home.

Reuring Festival, 24-29 June, www.reuring.com

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Gewoon Anders, CoBrA Museum

Contemporary: In Memoriam Stockhausen

THURSDAY19 JUNE Festival: ITs The 19th edition of the festival of theatre, dance and what they call Kleinkunst [Little art]. Although this does sound rather patronising, people who practise ‘little art’ are not afraid of the term. ‘So what do you do?’ ‘I’m a little artist.’ Okay, admittedly, this conversation is not often overheard. But hey, it would be nice. Anyway, let’s get back on track.

The ITs festival brings graduates of the performing arts together with established directors, and the resulting mixture of experience with beginners’ enthusiasm is always worthwile. Taking place in seven threatres, the festival will be pretty much taking over the whole town. And of course, alongside the actual performances there will be an extensive side programme with lectures, shows and afterparties. In short: an excellent chance to delve into all art, little and big, which is not to be missed. (Sarah Gehrke) Various locations and times, €12. Until 28 June.

Lecture: Khandro Rinpoche on Buddha nature Life seems to get more hectic all the time, so it’s a good idea to sit down once in a while and do nothing. Buddhist practitioners have known this for centuries and researchers now acknowledge they might be on to something. A staunch advocate of this practice is Her Eminence Khandro Rinpoche, in Amsterdam this week to speak on Buddha nature, something she’s said might simply be called common sense. This thoroughly modern woman is a rarity in the mostly male-dominated world of Buddhist masters, but that’s not the point. Her credentials are impeccable: at two years old she was recognised as an incarnation of one of Tibet’s most venerable female teachers and has studied with great masters, including the Dalai Lama. She currently runs meditation centres in both India and the US. No airy-fairy mystic, she’s renowned for her quick wit and no-nonsense demeanour. Sitting down for a while and listening to her just might be worth making time for. She’s also holding a weekend seminar at the Posthoornkerk. See www.shambhala.nl for more information. (Iris Maher) Oude Lutherse Kerk, 20.00, €15.

Was Karlheinz Stockhausen Germany’s greatest 20th-century composer, or just a perpetual provocateur and pain-in-the-kont? Tonight’s Holland Festival tribute will argue for both, with works from the full length of his recklessly groundbreaking career. The highpoint will be the world premier of ‘Glanz’, which the Holland Fest and the Asko Ensemble commissioned for what would have been the composer’s 80th birthday, this August. A septet for acoustic wind instruments, the piece is part of Stockhausen’s Klang cycle, dedicated to illuminating the 24 hours of the day. Also up are an offering from the very beginning of the composer’s output, ‘Punkte’, a much-revised hyper-serialist work first essayed in 1952 when Stockhausen was studying with Messiaen; and ‘Litanei 97’, an opus for chorus that calls for howling, humming, hissing, whistling, stamping and even a little singing. Three works, three worlds: in short, pure Stockhausen. With the Asko Ensemble, the Radio Filharmonisch Orchestra and The Nederlands Chamber Choir.

(Steve Schneider) Muziekgebouw, 20.30, €12/€25.

Roots: Kathleen Edwards & Jim Bryson You can never get enough of them: straight and honest tunes that are nostalgia-free and ripped straight from the heart. And tonight there will be plenty. Headliner Kathleen Edwards has been feted in recent years as the new Lucinda Williams (one of the great tunesmiths of the 20th century) and Edwards’ first album in three years, Asking for Flowers, reflects that this is no mere empty hype. Her bandmate and fellow Canadian Jim Bryson will act as opener. His albums The North Side Benches and the more recent and subdued Where the Bungalows Roam, have made him a household name (though, only in the households of fellow roots-based musicians). In short, this is the perfect night of true Americana. But then from Canada. (Steve Korver) Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 21.00, €13 + membership.

Art: Gewoon Anders Rachid Ben Ali, Paul Blanca, Marc Brandenburg, Gilbert & George, Nan Goldin, David Hockney, Hans van Manen, Robert Mapplethorpe, Bas Meerman, Erwin Olaf and Wolfgang Tillmans are just a few of the long list of artists whose work is displayed at Gewoon Anders, a playful and fun exhibition about sexual diversity, including homosexuality, gender-bend-

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ing and transexuality. In over 100 artworks by 47 national and international artists, the exhibition gives an impression of the sheer wealth of images yielded by the exploration of (sexual) identity. The nine-metre high monumental statue of David by Hans-Peter Feldmann, which is installed on the square outside the museum, gives you an inkling about what to expect inside. Feldmann has given David bright red lips, yellow hair and yellow pubes.

And in the entrance hall, your eyes will have a hard time diverting themselves from Erwin Olaf’s remarkable football video Rouge, which links nicely with the recent Euro 2008 finals.

For those who want background info, every Sunday at 14.00 there’ll be a guided tour. Also, to tune in with the concept, there’ll be a Company Pride Conference at the museum during the upcoming gay pride. See: www.cobra-gewoonanders.nl. (Willem de Blaauw) CoBrA Museum, Tue-Sun 11.00-17.00, €9.50. Until 21 September.

FRIDAY 20 JUNE Event: Open Tuinen Dagen People and their gardens: from up on my balcony, I can behold all the glory. Last week, my downstairs neighbour spent three hours steam-cleaning the washed-out concrete tiles that comprise his own little private patch of nature. Meanwhile, the ever-barbecueing chavs across the yard were lighting up their artificial torches. Then, a few days ago, a huge Oranje celebration took place down there: they had the big screen, they had the orange parasol and they had the cheers. Back in the days, though, things were different.

Amsterdam’s patricians living in the stately houses by the canals didn’t actually spend time in their gardens. They’d just look down at them from their bel étages, careful to keep their aristocratic pallor, once in a while suppressing a yawn. To make things more interesting for them, exotic flowers were planted, and artworks were erected. Now, once every year, these gardens are open to all plebeians. This year’s motto is ‘Kunst in de Tuin’, and modern art will be featured alongside the classicist statues. And for the price of a three-day passepartout, you can see it all, hang out in the city’s most beautiful gardens and pretend to be rich—as long as you don’t bring your barbecue set. (Sarah Gehrke) Various locations and times, €12. Until 22 June.

Festival: IJazz No longer are Amsterdam’s jazz offerings limited to what’s put on in clubs and pubs. This weekend, the north bank of the IJ will erupt with music, from traditional jazz to avantgarde and crossover sounds. The first edition of IJazz, a free annual festival, presents established names like grand old lady Rita Reys, but budding talent is also on the agenda.

Bands putting in an appearance include the New Cool Collective, Candy Dulfer & Funky Stuff, Room Eleven, Hans Dulfer and Trijntje Oosterhuis with the Concertgebouw Jazz Orchestra. The Ocean Diva, with two podia, is the focus of the action. A string of other stages stretches from the former NDSM shipyard. See www.ijazz.nl for the full programme. (Terri J Kester) Various locations, 17.30, free. Until Sunday.

SATURDAY 21JUNE Art/Food: Culinair Lint 2008 Along the Nieuwe Meer, across from Amsterdamse Bos, a 750-metre long ribbon of whitelinen tables will snake through field, trees and even water to form a wandering banquet filled with both food and art. Yes indeed, the artists’ complex Nieuw en Meer has come up with a unique way to celebrate their 20 years of existence. And while there is a definite focus on food—not only will there be plenty of it served but there will also be, for example, a lecture and documentaries about cannibalism—the real motivation is to reflect the state of the art world today. Yes: ambitious. But also fun for the whole family. See www.culinairlint.info for the full scoop and reserve online at www.uitbureau.nl. (Steve Korver) Kunstenaarscomplex Nieuw en Meer, 17.00, €22.50/adults, €7.50/children.

MONDAY 23 JUNE Festival: Viral Radio Electronic music is very much what our times are supposed to be about. For a beginner, though, things are quite complicated. All the names! All the subgenres! Take Viral Radio, which ‘covers new developments in beat driven electronic music, ranging from dubstep to aquacrunk.’ Okay, dubstep—one might have heard people talking about that. But the other one? The Viral Radio guys, though, do sound like they know what they’re talking about.

They’ve been interviewing many other people that also seem to know what they’re talking about, like Kode9 and Rob Smith (of Smith & Mighty). And they’ve been organising parties with impressive line-ups including Rhythm & Sound, Pinch, 2562 and Cinnaman. Together with Juha from U Dub, the latter will host this mini-festival, which will furthermore offer a good chance to say goodbye to 11—that high-rise paradise of electronic music. On the bill at the other festival location, Bimhuis, are Moritz von Oswald trio, Ollie Bown and Sam Britton (Icarus), Take and Pete Concrete. Up in 11: Kode9 and King Midas Sound, Zomby, Darkstar and Ikonika, together with Ras G and Samiyam. Come. Dance. Learn. (Sarah Gehrke) Bimhuis and 11, 21.00-5.00, €15.

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11 At home in De Jordaan.

Photographer Wim van der Linden shot Amsterdam as it was: straightforward, unpretentious, and for many, quite poor.

IT WAS AS IF HE WAS INVISIBLE PHOTOGRAPHY Wim van der Linden: Photographer of Amsterdam in 1960s Stadsarchief. Until 31 August.

By Marlous Veldt

During his television career, Wim van der Linden often expressed chagrin at not being recognised as the co-creator of the groundbreaking TV programs Hoepla and De Fred Hache Show. But a chance find

by Van der Linden’s daughter shows that he also didn’t gain the recognition he deserved as a photographer.

Although Van der Linden shot possibly the most famous cover photo in Dutch literature (a portrait of Jan Cremer on a vintage Harley Davidson for his 1964 book, Ik, Jan Cremer) and was considered a major talent at the time, his photographic work fell into obscurity after the 1960s.

Following Van der Linden’s death in 2001, his daughter stumbled upon negatives of her father’s photographs she didn’t know he’d taken. Valerie van der Linden, who works as a web administrator at photo archive MAI, showed them to director Adriaan Elligens, who was stunned by the discovery.

‘We work with a lot of photographs and photographers, but when I see the work of Wim van der Linden, I remember again why we’re doing this,’ says Elligens, who curated a book and an exhibition from the newly discovered negatives for Amsterdam’s city archive. ‘It is pure, raw photography. Not dressed up. The way it should be.’

The result, ‘Wim van der Linden: Photographer of the 1960s’, runs through the summer at the new Stadsarchief on the Vijzelstraat, and focuses on Van der Linden’s portraits of Amsterdammers, along with five of his experimental short films and photos he brought back from Antwerp, Naples, Paris and New York.

‘His work is recht voor zijn raap— straightforward—which was very new at the time,’ explains Elligens, who compares Van der Linden to American street photographers such as William Klein, Garry Winogrand, Joel Meyerowitz and Henry Wessel. ‘In his New York pictures, Van der Linden puts a lamppost right in the middle of the frame. That was very unusual.’

To demonstrate, Elligens pulls out Holland zonder Haast, a book with photos from contemporaries of Van der

Linden. ‘Look, these people are cycling against heavy snowfall. But the snow is romantic and,’ he points to another photo, ‘the sun always shines at the beach.’ In contrast, the people, especially the children, in Van der Linden’s photographs seem strong and often have endearing looks on their faces, but they still look poor, Elligens says. ‘This is not something you will see with his colleagues.’

The earliest works in the exhibition are from 1959 and 1960: shots of police beating up pro-Algerian demonstrators and a photo of two walls painted with slogans for and against the local communist party, with a swastika in the background.

But while Van der Linden attempts to focus on the politics, it’s the expressions in the demonstrators’ faces and the presence of the little boy peeping out between the walls that really attract the viewer’s attention. Judging by his subsequent work, the photographer seems to have recognised the power of those expressions and shifted his focus to Amsterdammers themselves.

Van der Linden had the skill to portray a range of people—Dijkers and Pleiners at a funfair, his artist friends or a young princess Beatrix—as distinct individuals. And while he managed to come extremely close physically, it often appears as if his subjects hardly realised they were being photographed, says Erik Schmitz, a researcher at the Stadsarchief who located and dated the images. He points this out with a photograph of three people at a tram stop. ‘It is as if they don’t see him,’ says Schmitz, ‘as if you are there yourself and are a natural part of the scene.’

Van der Linden’s later photos of celebrities, which were often taken in an ordinary outdoor setting, are interesting, but the photos that have the greatest impact are those he shot in the early 1960s, in workers’ neighbourhoods such as Jordaan and the Oostelijke Eilanden.

To Schmitz, who wandered Amsterdam’s streets as a child when Van der Linden was shooting, the images feel very familiar. ‘I recognise them as people who lived in the city,’ he says. ‘You can see they had been through something. It’s the look in their eyes. They always keep a little distance in their gaze, keeping track of what’s happening.’

Elligens mimicked the posture of one of the subjects, a slightly bent man with a cigar protruding from his mouth. ‘It’s a typical Amsterdam physiognomy, which you don’t see anymore,’ he says. ‘Also, in his other photos you immediately see “this is a face from Naples” and “this is a face from Paris”.’

Both Elligens and Schmitz admire the way that Van der Linden’s photos reflect a deep compassion and respect for his subjects. ‘The people are often somewhat poorer than the average man,’ says Elligens. ‘But he considers them lovingly. He doesn’t make fun of them.’

Unfortunately, the recovered collection consists of only three thin folders of incomplete rolls of negatives. It seems Van der Linden wanted success too soon and gave up photography for film and television work after not finding a publisher for the photo books he’d carefully put together. His last known photo is from 1969.

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19-25 June 2008 Hiphop: Mind The Gap Open mic for MCs and poets. Studio K, 20.00, free

MUSIC

Classical: Alfred Brendel This Austrian legend ends the Concertgebouw’s master pianist series for this season. Sonatas by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €60-€75

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Contemporary: Spotlight op de Canon Performance by Theo Loevendie’s Ziggurat Ensemble.

Bethaniënklooster, 20.15, €15

Thursday 19 June

Latin: La Pasión según San Marcos Osvaldo Golijov’s unconventional, swinging Passion from Latin America, featuring a dark-skinned Christ who is not only the Son of God but also extremely human. This performance closes the Holland Festival 2008. Carré, 21.00, €12-€50

Heavy: Amsterdam Underground Collective Sets from Sick Mormons, Hooghwater and The Works.

Winston Kingdom, 20.00, €5 Pop: Duran Duran The gig of the week if the criteria is getting women in their mid-’30s to mid-’40s all dreamy-eyed and quivering. Yes, they’ll make sure everyone endures a scattering of tracks from newest album Red Carpet Massacre, but they know fine well that the fans need those old hits. Heineken Music Hall, 20.00, €44

Contemporary: In Memoriam Stockhausen Asko Ensemble, Nederlands Kamerkoor and Radio Filharmonisch Orkest hold hands to perform a posthumous world premiere, preceded by works from the beginning and midpoint of the career of Germany’s greatest 20th-century composer. See Short List.

Muziekgebouw, 20.30, €12/€25 Jazz: Doek&OT Set one: Oscar Jan Hoogland (piano), Yedo Gibson (reeds) and Colin McLean (computers). Set two: Cor Fuhler (keyboards), Eric Boeren (trumpet) and Wilbert de Joode (double bass). OT301, 21.00, €7 Jazz: Jef Neve Trio The ‘crown prince of Belgian jazz’, pianist Neve blends his classical training with lively jazz, as well as poppier influences like Joni Mitchell and Radiohead. Bimhuis, 21.00, €15

Pop/Rock: 3xLive With Ruis, Schrijvers en Salades and Melly Fluous. Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €6

Classical: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (See Thursday) Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €25/€35

World: Fuego Latino Amsterdam Roots Festival’s celebration of all things Latin. Every space in Melkweg is utilised tonight, with the main sets coming from LA-33 (Colombian salsa), Guyacan Orchestra (Colombian salsa), Ozomatli (Mexican-American carnival hiphop), Calima (Spanish flamenco rap) and Luzazul (jazzy homegrown grooves). Melkweg, 21.00, €30

Contemporary: Caminantes... Ayacucho Surround sound avant la lettre. The English Renaissance composer Thomas Tallis wrote his motet Spem in alium (1573) for eight groups of five singers who are positioned in a horseshoe shape around the audience. The contemporary Lithuanian composer Bronius Kutavicius has his choirs move between four points in the auditorium that are marked by four horns in his The Last Pagan Rites (1978). The principal work of the evening is, however, the Dutch premiere of Caminantes... Ayacucho (1987) by Venetian composer Luigi Nono. Performed

by Radio Kamer Filharmonie and Groot Omroepkoor.

Muziekgebouw, 20.30, €12/€25

World: Istanbul Meets Amsterdam—Orient Expressions A Roots Festival special that pits Turkish rock and pop singer Aylin Aslim up against the Amsterdam Klezmer Band. Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 21.00, €17.50 + membership Latin/Jazz: Jorge Pardo & Trio D’3 A cross between jazz and flamenco as saxophonist/flautist Pardo makes his Dutch debut. Local pianist Ramón Valle adds some Cuban flavouring. Bimhuis, 21.00, €16 Punk: Kapstock Festival Promoting the sounds of the underground. OCCII, 21.00, €5 Soul: The Soul Prophets Amsterdam soul, funk and blaxploitation sounds. Badcuyp, Noordpool, 23.00, €8

Saturday 21June Rock: Artquake Open Air Forest fun with sets from the likes of Infadels, Goose, Moke, Leaf and De Heideroosjes. Haarlemmermeerse Bos, Hoofddorp, 14.00, free Festival: IJazz (See Friday) Various locations, 14.00, free Kathleen Edwards Singer-songwriter: Kathleen Edwards Canadian pop songstress whose tracks typically walk the paths of folk and alt-country. Support from Jim Bryson. See Short List. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 21.00, €13 + membership World: SpokFrevo Orquestra Frevo, the carnival music from Recife, in the north-east of Brazil, is brought to life by the nimble-fingered, frenzied rhythm players of trumpets, trombones and saxophones who back up this mighty ensemble.

Followed by a Brazilian Dance Party. KIT Tropentheater, 21.00, €25 World: Mapi Quintana Traditional Asturian folklore and originals by the singer known for fronting outfits like Bernie’s Lounge and Tiera. Badcuyp, Noordpool, 21.30, €8 Rock: Subbacultcha! Earth quaking noise rock from Friesland’s Bonne Aparte. Support from The Wooden Constructions, who’re either a super ambitious post punk outfit, or just really bored, as they simply won’t say no to a gig. Patronaat, Haarlem, 21.30, €5

Friday 20 June Festival: IJazz New to the summer scene, this hip three-day festival party is more about instant, funky gratification than 20-minute sax solos, although you may still find some traditionalists. It features the cream of the contemporary dance jazz crop, from DJs and electro-jazz crossovers to big bands, including New Cool Collective, Gare du Nord and Amsterdam Jazz Orchestra. Stages are located around the Amsterdamse IJoevers. See www.ijazz.nl and Short List.

Various locations, 17.30, free Classical: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (See Thursday) Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €25/€35

Monday 23 June

Kelley Stoltz, see Monday

Opera: Dido and Aeneas Purcell’s operatic tale of the two lovers, Dido and Aeneas, who are broken apart by an evil sorceress’ scheming plans borne out of jealousy. Performed by the orchestras and voices from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and the Koninklijk Conservatorium. Conservatorium van Amsterdam, 16.00, free Pop/Rock: Jasmine & the Jack Stafford Foundation The local songwriting duo unleash new album Tall Folks, which will be free to download. In full DIY spirit, those coming down to the shop from 15.00 onwards can make use of instruments and recording equipment, material and sewing machines, scissors, paper, paint and badge machines to create their own projects to take away. The Jack Stafford Collection Shop, 17.00, free

World: Sufi Night An attack of the swirling dervishes, yes, but this evening also promotes the other aspects of Sufi musical culture. Performers include Sheikh Taha (Egypt), Nourredine Khoorshid (Syria), Aknazar (Tajikistan) and Massoumeh (Pakistan). KIT Tropentheater, 20.30, €25 World: Africa Night A diverse array of sounds from across the African continent, performed by seasoned musical heroes, as well as representatives of the new generation. The live acts include Baaba Maal (Senegal), Kenge Kenge (Kenya), Desert Rebel (Nigeria/France) and Minyeshu (Ethiopia/Netherlands). In with the general partying, you’ll find a screening of the documentary Ishumars—The Forgotten Rockers of the Desert. Melkweg, 21.00, €30 World: Orkest Tomy Varadi Varadi’s Hungarian orchestra plays the old, authentic music that has been heard for generations in the restaurants of Budapest.

The concert marks the Dutch launch of new CD Szeretnek Majus Eszakajan. Bimhuis, 21.00, €10 Pop/Rock: The Tunes Folk ’n’ roll. Skek, 21.30, free Country: Red Meat Californian country rock. Maloe Melo, 22.00, €5 Reggae: Reggae Party Featuring the Low-Budgetarians and Solidarity Sound System featuring Blackboard Jungle and Tariquat. OT301, 22.00, €6.50

Sunday 22 June

Classical: The Tempest Purcell’s take on the Shakespeare play, performed by Amsterdam Bach Consort.

Waalse Kerk, 17.00, €18.50 Heavy: Dimmu Borgir Norwegian black metal masters, who can be described as melodic—by black metal standards, of course. A symphonic metal version of ‘Who Let the Dogs Out?’ could really open them up to a fresh market, but for now they seem to be sticking to their ear ravaging originals and the ‘ate a baby for breakfast’ look. Patronaat, Haarlem, 19.30, €26 Rock: Foyer Birthday Party De Nieuwe Anita celebrates three years of its homely bar/performance space. De Nieuwe Anita, 20.00, €6 Rock: Living In Oblivion Not just another goth disco. This voyage into the dark side features a live set from post punks Pony Pack. Prachtig. Winston Kingdom, 20.00, €6 Classical: Plantagekoor, Vocaalensemble Amadeus Works by Handel, Caldara, d’Astorga, Guerrero and Haydn. English Reformed Church, 20.15, €12

Opera: Dido and Aeneas (See Saturday) Conservatorium van Amsterdam, 16.00, free Rock: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Semi-acoustic bluesy rock ’n’ roll, with the San Franciscans still flogging their recent album Baby 81. Support from The Brothers Movement. Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 19.30, €16 + membership Classical: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Performing Von Weber’s Euryanthe Overture; Schumann’s First Symphony; and Mussorgsky’s Paintings at an Exhibition. Conducted by Mariss Jansons. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €25/€47.50 Big band: Groove Collectors Funky grooves and blazing horns. Sugar Factory, 21.00, €5 Experimental: Viral Radio Festival A collaboration between Bimhuis and 11. Performing in Bimhuis are British outfit Icarus, with their post-jungle electronica, followed by Berlin’s founding father of dub-techno, Moritz von Oswald, who performs with his new trio, which also happens to feature Vladislav Delay on drums. The festival continues after midnight in 11 with acts that include Kode9, Martyn and King Midas Sound. See www.viralradio.net and Short List.

Bimhuis, 21.00, €10/€12 single entry, €15 festival pass Pop/Rock: Kelley Stoltz American singer-songwriter renowned for soaking up numerous influences and translating this to fresh adventures with the standard pop formulae. Part of the Sub Pop family, his most recent album is Circular Sounds. Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 22.00, €8 + membership

Tuesday 24 June Rock: Nacht van de Glamrock All that glitters isn’t gold. But this celebration of glam rock culture revisits artists like Bowie, The Sweet and Queen, all performed by contemporary Dutch musical stars like Huub van der Lubbe (De Dijk), Kees Prins, Bob Fosko, Loes Luca, Henk Hofstede (The Nits), Huub Stapel, Daniël Boissevain, Giovanca and Tjeerd Bomhof (Voicst). Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 21.00, €27.50 Jazz: Upper Crust Quartet fronted by trombone talent Kobi Arditi. Badcuyp, Noordpool, 21.30, €5 Pop/Rock: The Cave Singers Guitar trio, rising from the ashes of the always energetic Pretty Girls Make Graves. This time, there’s a distinct acoustic folk influence, however, which perhaps isn’t what you’d expect from such rock ’n’ roll calibre. Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 22.00, €7.50 + membership

Wednesday 25 June

New Cool Collective

KEES TABAC

Classical: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Mariss Jansons is back at the helm, and special guest is pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, as the orchestra tackle Messiaen’s large-scale Turangalîla Symphony, which was completed in the late ’40s. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €25/€35

Heavy: Negative Approach Classic ’80s American hardcore that’s more punk than drunk. Support from Vitamin X and ManLiftingBanner. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 22.00, €14 + membership

Festival: IJazz (See Friday) Various locations, 13.00, free Classical: Opening Zouthaven Marking the opening of the new Zouthaven, in front of the Muziekgebouw, Willem Breuker has composed the piece Kapitein Wolff meert af, which will be performed with the horns of 40 ships. Zouthaven, 14.00, free Jazz: The Midlife Revival Jazzband Swinging sounds outdoors in the Jordaan. Concordiahofje, 15.00, free Classical: The Tempest (See Saturday) De Duif, 15.15, €18.50

Pop/Rock: Elbow Anthemic acoustic pop from Manchester. Their middle-of-the-road nature often leads to Coldplay comparisons, but throughout their career, which stretches across this decade, they’ve stepped beyond the blandness of their specialist genre. Newest album is The Seldom Seen Kid. Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 20.30, €18 + membership Jazz: Brokkenfestival Featuring Pretty Much Nothing and flamenco singer Curra Suarez. Zaal 100, 21.00, €5 Jazz: The Metropole Strings Piet Noordijk and Ruud Breuls play a selection of the classic jazz songs that Charlie Parker and Clifford Brown performed with string orchestras during the ’40s and ’50s. Bimhuis, 21.00, €16 Electro rock: Nid & Sancy Electro punk copy-andpasting to mark the opening of new art exhibition ‘Kopie’—Documented Now. De Brakke Grond, 22.00, free

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CLUBS

EVENTS

Thursday 19 June

Lecture: KNAW—collectie handschriften en oude drukken Part of their 200-year anniversary, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science (KNAW) present monthly lunch lectures. This time, culture historian Ad Leerintveld explains KNAW’s collection of old handwriting and prints that has been residing in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek since 1937. Trippenhuis, (Thur 12.00), free

Gewoon Gastvrij Chilled house and minimal night.

Club 8, 21.00-03.00, free 11_Laatste_Dagen Rauw & Turbo Recordings present Escape from the Main Room with DJs Tiga (Montreal), Brodinski (Reims) and Joost van Bellen.

11, 22.30-04.00, €15

Literature: Lisa Jardine The British historian talks about her new book Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland’s Glory. Bethaniënklooster, (Thur 20.00), €18.50

Vreemd 2.0 Tantric techno and house tunes from special guest Dave Ellesmere. Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €8.50 WKND Building you up for the weekend with nu-house and deep house spinning. Studio 80, 23.00-late, €5 Blue Note Trip Jazz and dance fusion. Tonight’s jazzy vibes are fronted by Maestro, together with Susanne Alt (sax) and Femke Krone (percussion). Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 23.30-late, €8 + membership

Friday 20 June ¿Que Pasa? Special The masters of Latin crossover sounds do their special thing for the Roots Festival.

Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 01.00-late, €10 Rednose Distrikt & Radio Distrikt With the Rednose radio platform early in the evening, before they kick out their usual jams after midnight. Hiphop producers Samiyam and Ras G fly in from LA for this session. Bitterzoet, 21.00-04.00, €7.50, free before 23.00 Disco Exota For fans of real house and melodic underground disco. Club 8, 22.00-04.00, €7 Monsoon Refreshing electronic beats from around the globe. Studio K, 22.00-late, €10 11_Laatste_Dagen 360 with Modeselektor (Berlin), Patrice Bäumel and Nuno dos Santos. 11, 22.3004.00, €15 De Revolutie Hiphop, funk and clubhouse. Odeon, 23.00-05.00, €14 Mos Ferry Label Night Featuring Dapayk (live), From Karaoke to Stardom (Paris), Joern Kleinschamcher (Berlin) and Olene Kadar (live). Flex Bar, 23.00-05.00, €10 Moskow Diskow A Eurotrash special. Are you trashy enough? Guests include Nina Martine & Zingone, Goldfinger and Diskomachina. Wear poodle perms or greasy hair, tight jeans, fake tan, Dior shades and/or cheap jewellery, or else you’ll look utterly stupid. Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €12.50 Minimaal Feestmaal Summery minimalism with Sander Baan and Makcim & EL-P. Studio 80, 23.00late, €6 Once Again With Quame, FS Green and Full Crate. De Duivel, 23.59-04.00, free

Saturday 21June Gemengd Zwemmen Two rooms of swimmingly diverse noise. In The Max, the Roots Festival’s African party continues; in the Oude Zaal, there’s alternative dance, pop, rock and indie hits. Melkweg, 01.00-late, €9

Festival: Oerol 2008 Enormous art/theatre fest that sees the Amsterdam population migrate over to the islands. Various locations, Terschelling, (Thur-Sun), various prices ITS festival, see Opening

Wicked Jazz Sounds Jazz, hiphop, broken beats, nujazz, funk and Afro sounds, as classic vinyl collides with live musicians. Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €9.50 HipHopFunk Sessions De Duivel, 23.59-03.00, free

Monday 23 June Cheeky Monday True skool jungle and drum & bass, featuring players from the local and international scenes. Winston Kingdom, 22.00-03.00, €7

Wednesday 25 June Funky Foolish Monthly portion of funk, served with live acts and scratched up turntablism. Bitterzoet, 20.00-03.00, €5

Theatre: Godspell Librettist John-Michael Tabelak and composer Stephen Schwartz (Pippin, Wicked) bring together a group of flower children to re-tell the parables from Matthew’s Gospel, where just about anything can happen. This results in a colourful blend of bible story, stage play, mime, visual puns and joyous folk rock numbers. Performed in English by the InPlayers. Polanentheater, (Thur-Sat 20.30), €14

Friday 20 June Party: Bear Necessity Dance party for hairy guys, whether you’re muscled, thin or a bear. Take off that shirt and show your fur! This third edition sees DJs Benjamin and David Hernández behind the decks and a fun, up for it, crowd showing their hairy pecs. More, 22.00-04.00, €12.50/€15 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

Saturday 21June

Rebel Up! Soundclash Diasporic sounds from the global underground: mestiza beats, gypsy funk, roots, Arabic, African rhythms, Latino, Asian and gritty electronics. Special guest is Porest (Oakland/Iraq). OCCII, 22.30-04.00, €4

Club: Danserette Lovely, attitude free, dance party, where it’s all about having fun and not about showing-off. Classic disco ditties meet new electro pop. Fun, youngish crowd. Akhnaton, 21.00-03.00, €7.50

Undercover Electronic crossover sounds from Zombie Nation, Vance and Cleo. Flex Bar, 23.00-05.00, €10

Party: PULP—final party After a decade of hosting parties, Laughing Buddha Agency has decided to stop on a high. Your last chance to party with them is PULP—a freakysexyfashioncarefreefiercemusicalmix. Line up includes John Taylor (Punxsoundcheck) from London and the best underground Dutch talent. Sugar Factory, 23.00 05.00, €10/€15

Sunday 22 June 11_Laatste_Dagen Rush Hour 10 Years and One More... with DJs Theo Parrish (Detroit) and All Out K. 11, 22.30-04.00, €15

Music/Dance: [purgatorio] POPOPERA A danced pop opera inspired by the second part of Dante’s Divine Comedy, in which music and bodies fuse together into a new reality. By Emio Greco | PC. Westergasfabriek, (Thur, Fri 20.30), €12-€25

Edited by Willem de Blaauw.

11_Laatste_Dagen Teleskope with DJs Âme (Karlsruhe), Gerd Janson (Darmstadt) and Olaf Boswijk.

11, 22.30-04.00, €15

Solstice A Trance Orient Express solstice party that refuses to acknowledge time constraints. Ruigoord, whenever it suits them, €25

Dance: New Moves—Choreography workshop 2008 Het Nationale Ballet open the doors to all possibilities, as their dancers and potential choreographers from outside the company have the opportunity to create their own work and present this to the public in a few small-scale performances. Het Muziektheater, (Thur 20.15, Fri 14.00), €10

GAY& LESBIAN

Live at the BBQ Hiphop, soul and disco. Bitterzoet, 22.00-04.00, €7.50

Dekmantel Special With Traxx (US), Trus’me (UK), Yuro & Trago and more. Studio 80, 23.00-late, €15

Opening

Theatre: Quartett Heiner Müller’s adaptation of Les liaisons dangereuses, performed by two of Europe’s best actors today: the Dutch actor Jeroen Willems— winner of the Louis d’Or and the European Award for Outstanding Talent—and the German film and stage actress Barbara Sukowa—who starred in many of Fassbinder’s films. In German with Dutch surtitles.

Stadsschouwburg, (Thur-Sat 20.15), €12-€30

Party: Candy Milkshake Candy for your ears and eyes, at this party where everyone and everything is tasty. Line-up includes DJ Trunx and G-Star, plus performance by The Candyman. Oh, and a host of candygirls of course! Escape Delux, 22.00-04.00, €15

Club Rascal An indie disco for those into indie discos, pastry and haircuts. Club 8, 22.00-04.00, €5

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Party: Mirrorball New dance party, hosted by Amsterdam’s celeb Mayday, with DJs Rita Campbell, Mike van Loon, Max Morel and Jerry Black. Special performance by RuPaul, best known from that one hit called ‘Supermodel’. You better work.... Marcanti, 23.00-late, €30/€37.50

Festival: ITs Festival The International Theatre School Festival is taking over the centre of Amsterdam for the 19th time. Over the next ten days, rather than lamenting the closing theatre season, you can be moved by the energy, dreams, ideas and ambitions of the new generation of theatre makers, producing original theatre, dance and cabaret works. Locations include Het Compagnietheater, Brakke Grond, Frascati, Theater de Engelenbak, Rozentheater, De Kleine Komedie and Theater Bellevue. See www.itsfestival.nl and Short List. Until 28 June. Various locations, (Thur-Wed), various prices Dance: Vuur & Vlam A new, passionate choreography

by Brazilian Gisela Rocha, performed by Introdans.

Stadsschouwburg, (Tues 20.15), €12-€22.50

Art Fair: De GarageSale Billed as the ‘lowbrow cash and carry art show’, this art sale proffers the work of over 20 artists with disciplines ranging from illustrator, cartoonist, fashion designer, tattoo artist and graphic designer. Don’t forget your wallet. Chiellerie, (Fri 17.00-22.00, Sat, Sun 12.00-18.00), free Walk: Open Garden Days One weekend each year, the public has the opportunity to discover Amsterdam’s hidden green side. Organised by the Canal Museums, some 30 gardens of private homes and institutions are opened for viewing by gardening enthusiasts and those just curious to get a glimpse of life behind the 17th-century brick facades. Starting points include the Theatermuseum, Biblical Museum, Huis Marseille, Museum Van Loon and Museum Willet-Holthuysen. All proceeds go to charity. See Short List. Various locations, (Fri-Sun 10.00-17.00), €12 garden pass Sex: Pinched A full day event, starting with the presentation ‘Making Sex Media for a Radical Future’, by Audacia Ray; followed at 16.15 by a panel discussion about counter movements; then at 20.30 Annie Sprinkle shares her ‘Life as a Feminist Porn Activist’ (yes, with film clips); ending with a burlesque show, DJs, lots of dancing and (hopefully) a bit of what everyone’s been talking about all day long. Paradiso, (Sat 14.00, 16.15, 20.30, 23.00), €8-€15 Dining/Music: Eten met Muziek Stichting Veko, an organisation promoting ecologically sound and animal-friendly dining, is behind this busy programme serving up a melange of food and live music. This time it’s an Indian night. Zaal 100, (Sat 17.00), €6 for music, €11 for dining, €15 for both Festival: Jalan Jalan Zomerfeest Music, dance and theatre for all ages. Studio K, (Sat 18.00), free Art/Music: Dream Amsterdam 2008 With the dream almost over, Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda (whose Silent Night a couple weeks ago made lots of noise in the local press) gives an open-air electronic concert with lovely light installations. Java-eiland, (Sat 22.00), free Poetry: Net Niet While riding on an old boat, Poetry Circle Nowhere, a group of young (ages 18-26) writers provides live poetry performances. Two departure times, both leaving from the dock in front of Nemo. Various locations, (Sat, Sun 20.00, 22.00), €5 Event: Dag van de Architectuur A nationwide event (which is actually two days) that has building watchers going giddy. Lots of tours and lectures, including a walk that allows you to discover the architecture of the Bijlmer in one day (insert cliched Bijlmer joke here). See www.dvda.nl. Various locations, (Sat, Sun), various prices

Music/Theatre: Sounds Like Theatre Three final-year students of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam pop department present different approaches to theatrical concerts. Hetveem Theater, (Wed 19.30), €8

Lecture: Joseph Stiglitz The Nobel Prize winning economist talks about the real costs of the war in Iraq.

In English. De Balie, (Mon 20.30), €6

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Art/Performance: Loving You, Leaving You Over seven days, performance-duo Atelier SEVA demonstrate seven ways to leave a loved one. In their world, each way takes 13 solid hours (with short breaks every now and then). Until 29 June. INIT, (Mon-Wed 07.0020.00), free

Theatre: ilinx A free-wheeling adaptation of short stories by Jorge Luis Borges. Director Marike Splint specialises in exploring the possibilities of interactions between theatre and architecture. NDSM-werf, (ThurSun 21.00), €10 Dance: In Space Het Nationale Ballet presents a unique collaborative venture by its three resident choreographers: Ted Brandsen, Hans van Manen and Krzysztof Pastor. Het Muziektheater, (Fri 20.15), €15€33.50 Theatre: Family Affair New production by intercultural youth theatre Jong Rast, about the complexity of familiy relations. In Dutch. Podium Mozaïek, (Tues 19.30), €10

Lecture: Basker Vashee Memorial Lecture South African environmental sociologist and political economist David Fig talks about the energy crises faced in sub-Saharan Africa and what solutions are available, focusing on renewable energy sources. In English. De Balie, (Tue 20.00), €5 Literature: Jean-Paul Dubois The famous French writer talks with literary critic Margot Dijkgraaf about his latest novel Hommes entre eux (recently translated into Dutch: Mannen onder elkaar). In English.

Maison Descartes, (Tue 20.00), €6

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lene McCarty, Rachid Ben Ali and a nine-metre high monumental statue of David, in bright pink and canary yellow, by Hans-Peter Feldmann. CoBrA Museum (TuesSun 11.00-17.00), until 21 September

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Malick Sidibé Malian photographer (b. 1935, Soloba) who, from the early ’60s on, snapped portraits and various engagements of local society, from football matches to weddings and Christmas Eve celebrations, which now offer insight into the people’s lives shortly after winning their independence. Sidibé was one of the first African photographers to gain recognition in the West. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.0021.00), until 15 October

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Opening Sriet Hrindres Plonikukies—Silke Bellefleur celebrates het menselijk bestaan Enter a realm, on a third floor apartment in De Baarsjes, overflowing with dotdrawings, pink trees, green bubblegum mountains and poetry with invented words. Marco Polostraat 21 (Third floor) (Thur-Sun 12.00-18.00), opens Thursday, closing Sunday

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

Eindexamenexpositie voorjaar 2008 Graduating photo students present their works. Fotogram (MonThur 09.30-21.00, Fri, Sat 09.30-17.00), opens Friday, until 16 July Presence of Mind—A Choice from the Collection by Wolfgang Tillmans The Stedelijk Museum regularly invites artists to select from the collection, coloured only by their own artistic perspective. This time, the German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans (1968) offers a fresh perspective amidst the context of his own oeuvre.

Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), opens Friday, until 30 September Retort & Friends 4 Lisa Holden and friends present new approaches to digital and analogue photography.

Retort (Fri 16.00-20.00, Sat, Sun 13.00-18.00), opens Friday, until 29 June The Vincent Award 2008 Do artists improve if you dangle €50,000 in front of them? Artists short-listed for this biennial European award include: Francis Alÿs (Belgium), Peter Friedl (Austria), Liam Gillick (UK), Deimantas Narkevicius (Lithuania) and Rebecca Warren (UK). Working with diverse media, their works remain on display through summer, with the prize ceremony on 12 September. Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), opens Friday, until 30 September

Presence of Mind—A Choice from the Collection by Wolfgang Tillmans, see opening

Museums My [Public] Space A follow-up to the exhibition Territorial Phantom, looking more deeply into the blurring of private and public information and spaces. Montevideo/Time Based Arts (Tues-Sat 13.00-18.00), closing Saturday 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), closing Sunday Nancy Spero: Spero Speaks A solo exhibition by this prominent American artist, including exemplary works from different phases of Spero’s lengthy artistic career.

A diptych sheds new light on the ‘persona’ of Spero, as artist, but also as activist, feminist and mentor. De Appel (Tues-Sun 11.00-18.00), closing Sunday 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), closing Sunday

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Hope Yourself! Exhibition starring The London Police, Laser 3.14, Lunar, Rienke Enghardt and special guests.

There’s also Hope Box tunes and breakdancing. GO Gallery (Sat 14.00), opens Saturday Open Ateliers Oud-West This weekend, more than 90 artists in Amsterdam Oud-West will open their studios to the public. Wander casually between the studios and galleries involved, or head to the central exhibition at the Tetterode complex (Bilderdijkstraat 165), where there’s an overview of artists’ works, while acting as a good spot to pick up a route map. Various locations (Sat, Sun 12.00-18.00), opens Saturday So Blue, So Blue—Edges of the Mediterranean Dutch photographer Ad van Denderen presents photos which look at the political, social, economic and ecological changes occurring around the Mediterranean.

Nederlands Fotomuseum (Tues-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 11.00-17.00), Rotterdam, opens Saturday, until 31 August Please Do Flash / Contemplator A fashion-tastic sewing concept by Mariëlle Videler and photo portrait experimentation by Katerien ter Meulen. De Veemvloer (Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00, Sun 14.00-18.00), opens Sunday, until 13 July De aard van het beestje Drawings of insects by Kees Verbeek and texts by René Marcelis. Mozes & Aäronkerk (Mon-Wed 13.00-17.00), opens Monday, until 9 July ‘Kopie’—Documented Now The contemporary artist works like a DJ, sampling, documenting and copying existing images. Cut and paste is the new originality.

But where do artists now draw the line? Is reinterpretation still possible? Where is the boundary between a copy and the emergence of new work? De Brakke Grond (Mon 10.00-18.00, Tues-Fri 10.00-20.30, Sat 13.00-20.30, Sun 13.00-17.00), opens Wednesday, until 25 July Graduation Exhibition GRA students show off their graduation works before heading back into the roughand-tumble world of the Super de Boer checkouts. As you’d expect, it’ll be a real mixed bag from these upand-coming artists. Gerrit Rietveld Academie (Wed 16.00, Thur-Sat 11.00-20.00, Sun 11.00-16.00), opens Wednesday, closing Sunday

19-25 June 2008

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), closing Sunday 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 10.0018.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), closing Sunday

Mark Boulos: All That Is Solid Melts Into Air Docking Station presents the European premiere of this Bostonbased 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), until 20 July 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 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 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), until 24 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 10.0017.00, Sun 11.00-17.00), until 31 August

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 (Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun 11.00-17.00), until 29 June In Afghanistan Hans Stakelbeek’s photos of the rebuilding process in Afghanistan. Centrale Bibliotheek (Daily), until 30 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 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), closing Saturday 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 (ThurSat 13.00-17.00), closing Saturday 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), closing Sunday 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 11.0022.00), closing Sunday 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 Patricia Ribas: Study for Love-Making Photo portraits of sexual positions. Pure intimacy or sauciness.

You decide. Gallery WM (Thurs-Sat 14.00-18.00), until 28 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 13.0017.00), Amstelveen, until 29 June

Atlas Maior. De wereld van Blaeu Exquisite examples of Joan Blaeu’s maps, made in Amsterdam’s Golden Era, when the industry of cartography was in full bloom. UvA: Special Collections Library (Mon-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 13.00-17.00), until 23 November

Electrickery Photos by Charlott Markus and Huub Vinken. European Exchange Academy (Fri, Sat 11.0018.00, Sun 11.00-17.00), until 29 June

Hans Scholten 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 Resistance in Belgium 1940-1945 Contemporary portraits of Belgian fighters by French photographer Jean-Marc Gourdon. Verzetsmuseum (Tues-Fri 10.0017.00, Sat, Sun 11.00-17.00), until 14 September Gewoon Anders! Exhibition revolving around alternative sexual lifestyles which, during the turn of the 21st century, spawned a wealth of images. With over 100 pieces by some 35 artists, including Gilbert & George, Nan Goldin, Marlene Dumas, Wolfgang Tillmans, Mar-

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 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 Annemarie Vink: Domestic Horizon Extremely colourful and partially surreal paintings. KochxBos Gallery (Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00), until 5 July If You Smell Rotting Pig Meat Around... Drawings and silkscreens by Jer-one. De Duivel (Daily), until 5 July 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), until 6 July FEEL Florence Paintings by Eliana Sevillano; paintings and images by Fernando Cucci. Feel Gallery (Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00), until 6 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 (Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00), until 12 July

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19-25 June 2008 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 Everyday News New images, constructions and drawings by Liesbeth Pallesen. Suzanne Biederberg Gallery (Wed-Sat 14.00-18.00), until 12 July Henk Pander Nature meets industry in this series of paintings titled Amsterdam—Portland (Oregon).

Galerie de Rietlanden Exposities (Sat, Sun 13.0017.00), until 17 July Joyce van Dongen New paintings of surreal combinations of nature and human culture. Galerie Bart (Thur, Fri 11.00-18.00, Sat 12.00-17.00), until 19 July 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 Raymond Cuijpers An exhibition dominated by football by a footballer turned artist. Van Zijll Langhout (Mon-Fri 11.00-17.00), until 15 August 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), until 16 August Ata & Eva An overview exhibition of the oeuvre of Hungarian photographers Ata Kandó (1913) and Eva Besnyö (1910-2003). Hup Gallery (Tues, Thur, Fri 10.00-17.00), until 30 August 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 12.0020.00), until 15 September

ADDRESSES 11 Oosterdokskade 3-5, 625 5999 Ahoy Ahoy-weg 10, Rotterdam, (010) 293 3300 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 ARCAM Prins Hendrikkade 600, 620 4878 Badcuyp 1e Sweelinckstraat 10, 675 9669 De Balie Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, 553 5151 Bethaniënklooster Barndesteeg 6, 625 0078 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 Sappho Vijzelstraat 103, 423 1509 Carré Amstel 115-125, 524 9452 Centrale Bibliotheek Oosterdokskade 143, 523 0900 Chiellerie Raamgracht 58, 320 9448 Club 8 Admiraal de Ruyterweg 56B, 685 1703 CoBrA Museum Sandbergplein 1-3, Amstelveen, 547 5050 Concertgebouw Concertgebouwplein 2-6, 671 8345 Concordiahofje Westerstraat 221-289 Conservatorium van Amsterdam Van Baerlestraat 27, 527 7550 Consortium Veemkade 570, 06 2611 8950 Desmet Studios Plantage Middenlaan 4A, 521 7100 De Duif Prinsengracht 756 De Duivel Reguliersdwarstr 87, 626 6184 English Reformed Church Begijnhof 48, 624 9665 Escape Delux Amstel 70, 030 231 1577 European Exchange Academy Rokin 114 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 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 Gallery WM Elandsgracht 35, 421 1113 Gerrit Rietveld Academie Fred Roeskestraat 96, 571 1600

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GO Gallery Prinsengracht 64, 422 9580

Parool Theater Sint Pieterpoortsteeg 33

Grand Chapiteau near Amsterdam ArenA (P2)

Patronaat Zijlsingel 2, Haarlem, 023 517 5858

Grimm Fine Art Hazenstraat 24, 422 7227

Planetart Weteringschans 179

Haarlemmermeerse Bos, Hoofddorp

Platform 21 Prinses Irenestraat 19, 344 9449

Heineken Music Hall ArenA Boulevard 590, 0900 300 1250

Podium Mozaïek Bos en Lommerweg 191, 580 0380

Hermitage Amsterdam Nieuwe Herengracht 14, 530 8751

Polanentheater Polanenstraat 174, 682 1311

Hetveem Theater Van Diemenstraat, 626 9291

PRIK Spuistraat 109, 06 4544 2321

Hotel Arena ’s-Gravesandestraat 51, 850 2400

Rembrandthuis Jodenbreestraat 4, 520 0400

Huis Marseille Keizersgracht 401, 531 8989

Retort Aalsmeerweg 103, 669 4669

Hup Gallery Tesselschadestraat 15, 515 8589

De Rode Hoed Keizersgracht 102, 638 5606

INIT Czaar Peterstraat 213

Ruigoord Ruigoord 15, 497 5702

The Jack Stafford Collection Shop Vijzelstraat 67

Same Place Nassaukade 120, 475 1981

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

Skek Zeedijk 4-8, 427 0551

KIT Tropentheater Mauritskade 63, 568 8711

SMART Project Space Arie Biemondstraat 107-113, 427 5953

KochxBos Gallery 1e Anjeliersdwarsstraat 3-5, 681 4567

Soledad Senlle Gallery Sloterkade 171, 615 1395

Kunstenaarscomplex Nieuw en Meer Oude Haagseweg 51

Stadsarchief Amsterdam Vijzelstraat 32

De Levante Hobbemastraat 28, 671 5485

Stadsschouwburg Leidseplein 26, 624 2311

Maison Descartes Vijzelgracht 2A, 531 9500

Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam Rozenstraat 59, 422 0471

Maloe Melo Lijnbaansgracht 163, 420 4592

Stedelijk Museum CS Oosterdokskade 5, 573 2911

Marcanti Jan van Galenstraat 6-10, 386 8848

Studio 80 Rembrandtplein 70, 521 8333

Marco Polostraat 21 (Third floor)

Studio Apart Prinsengracht 715, 422 2748

Melkweg Lijnbaansgracht 234A, 531 8181

Studio K Timorplein 62, 692 0422

Melkweg Galerie Marnixstraat 409, 531 8181

Sugar Factory Lijnbaansgracht 238, 627 0008

Montevideo/Time Based Arts Keizersgracht 264, 623 7101 More Rozengracht 133, 528 7459

Suzanne Biederberg Gallery 1e Egelantiersdwarsstraat 1, 624 5455

Motive Gallery Elandsgracht 10, 330 3668

Trippenhuis Kloveniersburgwal 29, 551 0700

Mozes & Aäronkerk Waterlooplein 205

Tropenmuseum Linnaeusstraat 2, 568 8200

Museum Het Schip Spaarndammerplantsoen 140, 418 2885 Museum of Bags and Purses Herengracht 573, 524 6452

UvA: Special Collections Library Oude Turfmarkt 129, 525 2141

Muziekgebouw Piet Heinkade 1, 788 2010

Van Gogh Museum Paulus Potterstraat 7, 570 5200

Het Muziektheater Amstel 3, 625 5455

Van Zijll Langhout Brouwersgracht 161, 06 2825 9620

NDSM-werf TT Neveritaweg 15, 330 5480

De Veemvloer Van Diemenstraat 410, 638 6894

Nederlands Fotomuseum Wilhelminakade 332, Rotterdam, 010 213 2011

Verzetsmuseum Plantage Kerklaan 61, 620 2535

De Nieuwe Anita Frederik Hendrikstraat 111, 06 4150 3512

Vondelpark Openluchttheater, 673 1499

Nieuwe Kerk entrance on the Dam, 638 6909

W139 Warmoesstraat 139, 622 9434

OCCII Amstelveenseweg 134, 671 7778

Waalse Kerk Oudzijdsachterburgwal 159, 623 2074

Odeon Singel 460, 624 9711

Westergasfabriek Haarlemmerweg 8-10, 586 0710

OT301 Overtoom 301, 779 4913

Wetering Galerie Lijnbaansgracht 288, 623 6189

Oude Kerk Oudekerksplein 23, 625 8284

Winston Kingdom Warmoesstraat 129, 623 1380

Vondelkerk Vondelstraat 120

OUTLINE Oetewalerstraat 73, 693 1389

Witzenhausen Gallery Elandsstraat 145, 644 9898

Paradiso Weteringschans 6-8, 626 4521

Zaal 100 De Wittenstraat 100, 688 0127

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Bamboozled by belly Sarinah Javanese Kitchen Ceintuurbaan 53, 751 1615 Open: Mon-Sun, 12.00-21.00 Cash Every once in a while, my feet suddenly become anchored to the pavement outside certain fastfood or take-away restaurants. Call it stomach radar: my tummy tells me where I need to be. I never really know what I’m getting myself into, and the snacks could be commercially mass-produced, heated from the deep freeze or, with a rare miracle of miracles, they could be the results of the hard work of some dedicated chef.

This time, I entered Sarinah, a Javanese/Surinamese eatery located on the Ceintuurbaan. I filled with hope. With Javanese dishes, it’s always good to take a chance. As for Surinamese, I adore its glorious fusion kitchen which happily melds Afro-Caribbean cuisine with Chinese, Indonesian, Dutch, Hindustani, Spanish and more influences in one great cooking pot.

I read the menu carefully: mostly Javanese dishes, rotis, nasis and bamis. They come spicy, hot, or sweet, at reasonable prices ranging from €1.50 for small snacks to up to €10.00 for the most expensive hot dishes. I noticed no pork dishes.

After orbiting the moon for a while, I saw what I wanted. To start, I requested a chicken loempia for €1.50 (when am I going to graduate to oysters?) and a bakabana (fried plantain) with peanut sauce for €1.25. Peanut sauce is a signature sauce of Javanese dishes and it varies wildly from venue to venue, so I thought it would be good to compare. My main course was stewed

THE UNDERCOVER GLUTTON The flavour was fine, but its overlong sojourn in the microwave had converted what might’ve been tasty succulent meat into hard, mummified bits. beef and mixed chicken filet with vegetables on steamed white rice for €8.50. To drink, I ordered an ice-cold Jamaican ginger beer for €1.50, which was fiery when slurped.

The food arrived piping hot within the shortest of times. I grew suspicious... And indeed, the loempia was crispy but totally unpalatable. It was tasteless, a paean to commercial mass produc-

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tion. Alas, no matter how much I dunked it in sweet chilli sauce, I couldn’t finish it; I left half to be binned. The fried plantain banana was all right, with a cold sweet and spicy peanut sauce, but the combination of the hot and cold didn’t work for me. The peanut sauce needed heating, though its flavour was decent— not too viscous, mildly sweet with a pleasant rolling after burn on the tongue.

My beef and chicken dish was sweet, with salty soy-sauce as is typical of traditional Javanese cooking, but I couldn’t tell the difference between the two nearly identical meats. I asked the counterman if there was chicken on my plate. He claimed there was. The dish was served with recently-frozen mixed veggies, including bits of fried tofu and a mound of steaming white rice. There was nothing wrong with the flavours, but its overlong sojourn in the microwave had converted what might’ve been tasty succulent meat into hard, mummified bits.

Perhaps I’d made the wrong choice? The vitrine was full of appetising dishes. What could’ve been a splendid cheap meal was marred by the nuking power of the microwave oven. I sat chewing the beef—or was it chicken?—nuggets, which were tough, stringy, and caught easily in between my teeth. I could’ve crocheted a rug from the fibres. At a certain point, I wanted to leave. The counterman bagged the rest for me and asked if everything had been okay. I mumbled that I was full, and I bought a roasted coconut drink to wash away the debris of the meal. Like I said, the flavours were okay, but on my next visit, I’ll try a different dish and ask the counter person to keep the nuking to a minimum.

Or maybe I’ll just hope that my stomach radar is more trustworthy next time. Perhaps I was just having an off day...

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17 Nice forehand!

Finally, a chance to see a brilliant film that distributors couldn’t be bothered with. The first of several...

NORWEGIAN NOIR LOOKS AT NORMALITY FILM The Bothersome Man Opens Thursday at Filmmuseum

By Luuk van Huët

Distribution companies move in mysterious and unpredictable ways. They flood the theatres with badly bloated blockbusters, yet fail to provide us with an opportunity to savour more exotic cinematic treats. That’s

why it’s heart-warming to see that this summer the Filmmuseum will once again screen excellent films that somehow never made it to our cinemas, under the inspired moniker ‘Previously Unreleased’.

The film that has the honour of kickstarting this initiative is the existential -black-horror-comedy The Bothersome Man. This Norwegian gem was shown at last year’s Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival, where it won the prestigious Black

Tulip Award, only to vanish into the void of cult obscurity.

The film starts at a subway station, with a slightly dishevelled man gazing at a couple who are mechanically swapping saliva, only to stop when the scruffy man suddenly throws himself in the path of an onrushing train. But instead of sweet oblivion, our protagonist Andreas finds himself at a filling station in the middle of nowhere, and after a quick shave and light makeover, he’s shipped off to a nondescript, anonymous city.

Andreas is assigned a job at an accountancy firm, and an apartment is immediately selected for him as well. A lightning-fast courtship nets Andreas a nice-looking girlfriend and his colleagues treat him and each other with courtesy and respect. But something is amiss, and Andreas soon meets others among the drones who don’t feel at ease. The food tastes bland, the booze doesn’t have any effect and even copulation is a chore.

Relationships are easily entered into and left, infidelity is calmly accepted and the most engaging topic of conversation is interior decoration. Witnessing grey-clad janitors coolly cleaning up after an office drone impaled on a fence and the city’s complete absence of children doesn’t necessarily ease the mind either. As Andreas searches for any sign of authenticity or emotion, he finally realises that he’ll have to find a way out of this place.

The Scandinavian style of The Bothersome Man is immediately recognisable: the long takes, sparse dialogue, drab colours and subdued acting evoke the work of Aki Kaurismaki, while the deadpan black humour is reminiscent of Roy Andersson. To those not familiar with Scandinavian cinema, think of a mix of David Lynch and Jim Jarmusch. The story itself contains elements and influences from Orwell’s 1984, Huxley’s A Brave New World and the misanthropic writings of Sartre. In The Bothersome Man, hell is definitely other people.

While director Jens Lien doesn’t have the art-household name status of his Danish colleague Anders Thomas Jensen, hopefully that will soon change.

The Bothersome Man is an intriguing and sometimes painfully funny exercise in cerebral horror as well as a mirror of the over calculated aspects of corporatecreated life in carefully constructed suburban safety.

Other films coming up in the Previously Unreleased programme include the poetic Russian film Euphoria by Ivan Vyrypayev, Syndromes and a Century from the Thai prodigy Apichatpong Weerasethakul and This Is England by the phenomenal Shane Meadows. We’ll keep you posted.

Five-Word Movie Review

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Edited by Julie Phillips.This week’s films reviewed by Lisa Alspector (LA),Massimo Benvegnù (MB),Shyama Daryanani (SD),Angela Dress (AD),Sarah Gehrke (SG),Sven Gerrets (SvG),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), Bregtje Schudel (BS) and Ted Shen (TS).All films are screened in English with Dutch subtitles unless otherwise noted. Amsterdam Weekly recommends.

New this week 21: Las Vegas Kevin Spacey is an MIT mathematics professor who recruits five of his students to run a card-counting operation and win millions at the casinos.

Spacey, playing a heartless prick, is about the only good thing going for this blandly written film. Preview party Thursday at De Balie. (JJ) 123 min. De Balie, Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

The Bothersome Man You’ve only got one week to

see this great Norwegian black comedy. So just go.

See review above. In Norwegian with Dutch and French subtitles. 94 min. Filmmuseum Drillbit Taylor It looks like the fountain of eternal youthcomedies that was (re)discovered by Judd Apatow has begun to sputter in this uneven stab at humour. When three nerdy high school freshmen are harassed by a couple of menacing bullies, they decide to hire a bodyguard to protect them. Unfortunately, all they can afford is the homeless charlatan Drillbit Taylor (Owen Wilson), who isn’t quite up to the task. If it wasn’t for Wilson oozing laid-back charisma all over the screen and the generally solid acting on display, the film would’ve been a total loss. Now it’s a rainy-day rental.

(LvH) 101 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

TOO MUCH FOOTBALL ADRENALINE LATELY? The Incredible Hulk, Pathé Arena, Pathé De Munt

The Incredible Hulk

The Happening M Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense) tries to prove he isn’t a one-trick pony with this twist-free eco-chiller. Sadly, he seems to be trying to channel the mastery of Alfred Hitchcock with the wrong Ouija board.

A neurotoxin is released that causes those afflicted to commit suicide. Mark Wahlberg does his best Bambi impersonation as a science teacher trying to escape the die-off, Zooey Deschanel looks teary as his estranged wife and John Leguizamo spouts nonsensical numbers: Shyamalan could’ve used some of ol’ Hitch’s qualities in whipping actors into shape. While the film is not as inanely atrocious as Lady in the Water, it’s bad enough to turn you into a global-warming sceptic on the spot. (LvH) Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt In memoria di me Andrea (Christo Jivkov) is a young man who decides to become a priest and enters a monastery in Venice. There, his faith and motivation are put to the test by the father superior (André Hennicke), while spontaneous friendship with another novice, Zanna (Filippo Timi), both helps and troubles him. This second film from director Saverio Costanzo (Private) aims very high, mixing Dostoyevski, mysticism and atmospheric settings ripped straight from Into Great Silence, but ultimately falls flat. It feels like Costanzo was simply trying to cash in on the current

interest in movies with religious themes. The only things that will stay with you are the beautiful locations: the Venetian islands of San Giorgio and San Servolo. In Italian with Dutch subtitles. (MB) 116 min. Rialto The Incredible Hulk After Ang Lee’s philosophical take on the green behemoth failed to live up to box office expectations, the original cast was replaced for a more action-packed reboot of the Marvel franchise. The result is a loose and lightweight roller coaster that balances loud action sequences with a couple of sweet scenes in which the relationship problems of Bruce (Edward Norton) and Betty (Liv Tyler) are allowed to take centre stage. There are a trifle too many set-ups to other upcoming superhero flicks, and the final version of the Abomination (Tim Roth) looks abominable, but this is an enjoyable blockbuster nonetheless. (LvH) 115 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt Miss Potter As the sheltered Londoner who created Peter Rabbit and struck gold with her illustrated children’s stories, Renée Zellweger gives a performance so cute she seems on the verge of turning into a bunny and hopping off into the brush. Ewan McGregor is the eager young publisher Norman Warne, who took a chance on Potter’s stories in 1902 and pressed her

snobbish parents for her hand; Emily Watson is Warne’s sister, who befriended Potter. The romance is twee, but the movie’s first half follows in fascinating detail the innovations Warne introduced to popularise illustrated picture books for children. Chris Noonan (Babe) directed. (JJ) 92 min. Pathé ArenA The Trap A Serbian film noir, set in Belgrade, about a couple who discover that their ten-year-old son has a rare heart defect. They don’t have money for the operation to save his life—until they place an ad in the paper and a stranger offers to pay the full amount in exchange for a murder. Directed by Srdan Golubovic.

In Serbo-Croatian with Dutch subtitles. 106 min. Rialto

Still playing African Bambi A Dutch nature documentary for kids, set on the Serengeti, with excruciatingly sappy music and cloying narration by Loes Luca. In Dutch. 80 min.

Het Ketelhuis 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

18 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

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane Un Baiser s’il vous plait A light, sexy romantic comedy directed by, and starring, Emmanuel Mouret.

Gabriel (Michael Cohen) gives Emilie (Julie Gayet) a ride into Nantes. He asks for a kiss, and they wind up telling stories to each other about how one kiss can be a dangerous thing. With Virginie Ledoyen, Stefano Accorsi. In French with Dutch subtitles. De Uitkijk Le Ballon Rouge & Crin-Blanc These classic shorts by French director Albert Lamorisse are so pure in their emotion and elemental in their drama that parents may be as moved as their kids. In Le Ballon Rouge (1956, 34 min.) a little boy’s blue-grey existence is brightened by the arrival of a dramatically red balloon; in the lesserknown Crin-Blanc (‘White Mane’, 1953, 40 min.) a boy forges a bond with a proud wild stallion. Both films tell the same story—the balloon is coveted by neighbourhood bullies, the stallion by mercenary horse wranglers—and both end with a moment of transcendence, as the boy and his prized ‘friend’ escape the cruel world of grown-ups for the limitless unknown. (JJ) De Uitkijk Be Kind Rewind The sweet-tempered Michel Gondry works well with sharp-edged material (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), but his projects as a solo writer-director threaten to drift off into whimsy (The Science of Sleep and now this feature). Danny Glover entrusts his run-down 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. Their project is a great success with customers, but the studios object and Glover gets an eviction notice. One wants to protect this mushy film, but it’s hard not to gag on the cuteness. With Melonie Diaz and Mia Farrow. (JR) 98 min. Kriterion, Pathé De Munt, Studio K

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

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

(AD) 123 min. Cinema Amstelveen Blackwater Fever A man rides through a desolate landscape, looking for his companion. Are the terrible events and images he sees around him real or the products of delirium? Dutch bad-boy, or, more often, incoherent-boy director Cyrus Frisch completed this feature in 2006, but it’s only now being released. Not a success, despite the presence of stars Roeland Fernhout and Ellen ten Damme. In Dutch. 70 min. Het Ketelhuis The Bucket List Jack Nicholson is a billionaire Scrooge with terminal cancer, sharing a room in his own hospital with auto mechanic and family man Morgan Freeman. Class barriers vanish as the two become best friends. Atrocious Hollywood claptrap. (JR) 97 min. Cinema Amstelveen, Pathé De Munt 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. Het Ketelhuis

Control In this biopic on singer/songwriter Ian Cur-

tis, photographer and video director Anton Corbijn dares to be critical: Ian isn’t a tragic hero, but a bit of a wimp who uses his band as an escape from his own incompetence as a husband and father. The film is beautifully shot in black-and-white, though the stark contrasts and grey hues serve mainly to underline the desolation of the Manchester suburbs, and of Ian himself. (BS) 119 min. Melkweg Cinema

Dunya & Desie A reasonably entertaining parade of ethnic and class stereotypes, based on the TV series and directed by Dana Nechushtan (Nachtrit). With Eva van de Wijdeven as kaaskop teenager Desie and the award-winning Maryam Hassouni as her Moroccan best friend Dunya. In Dutch. 96 min. Cinema Amstelveen, Het Ketelhuis, Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Studio K Fanny & Alexander Roughly a year after Ingmar Bergman’s death, the Filmmuseum programmes his 1982, mostly autobiographical tale of the tribulations of two children growing up in turn-of-the-century Sweden.

When their father, a theatre owner, dies, their mother marries a clergyman. The sudden change from a joyful, artistic environment to the stepfather’s narrow-mindedness distresses the kids, who look to fantasy for an escape. Though you might think watching a three-hour movie in Swedish with subtitles is challenging, this is actually one of Bergman’s lighter and more accessible films. Originally made for TV, it received theatrical release and four Academy Awards. The cinematography by the late Sven Nykvist is superb, and brings a magic, haunting allure to the screen. In Swedish with Dutch subtitles. (MB) 188 min. Filmmuseum

Fanny & Alexander Fool’s Gold Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey team up again after the 2003 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. They play divorced treasure hunters who think they’ve found a sunken Spanish galleon off Key West, but their rom-com antagonism fails to buoy this sorry deep-sea adventure. (JJ) 112 min. Pathé ArenA 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

19-25 June 2008 expectations for what—on the surface—looks like just another conventional family-in-peril thriller. (BS) 111 min. The Movies, Pathé De Munt 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. 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 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 privateschool 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 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 (including Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Christian Bale and Marcus Carl Franklin) to play the singer.

The film is not about Dylan himself, but about the myth-

making around a pop star. It has its moments, but in the end it’s more an interesting audiovisual lecture than an overwhelming cinematographic experience. (MM) 135 min. Studio K

Indiana Jones 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. Professor Jones has aged gracefully, and so has Harrison Ford, joined here by his original Raiders co-star Karen Allen (still Indy’s ex-girlfriend) and newcomer Shia LaBeouf. As in Raiders, there are countless movie quotations to keep the film buffs busy; and overall Indy 4 manages to temporarily recreate that nostalgic sense of wonder that’s been painfully lacking in recent cinema. (MB) 123 min.

The Movies, Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski

Amsterdam Weekly 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. The usual Characters Met Along the Way include Catherine Keener, Vince Vaughn and Hal Holbrook. McCandless won’t stick with any of them, and gradually begins to unravel in his determined solitude.

The film becomes a meditation on the human need for human company, framed against some of the most glorious scenery the world has to offer. A triumph for Sean Penn as a director, backed by a custom soundtrack from Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder. (AD) 140 min. Cinecenter, The Movies, Pathé Tuschinski Iron Man Another Marvel icon gets the big screen treatment, but director Jon Favreau makes his share of lousy choices in his uneven take on the superhero CEO Tony Stark. Lucky for him, he has Robert Downey Jr., who singlehandedly saves the film with his portrayal of Stark as a boozing, slightly amoral, womanising rogue. Jeff Bridges tries to steal the spotlight by overacting in a very un-dudelike way, but the rest of the cast (Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard) accept their status as supporting players to the Robert Downey Jr. Experience. (LvH) Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt 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

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

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. She finds the perfect couple in Mark and Vanessa. They’re wealthy, nice and Mark might even qualify as cool, since he shares Juno’s taste in music and splatter movies. Ellen Page is beyond perfect as the wisecracking but friendly Juno, who’s bright, yet young and naïve enough to think that there is no harm in spending time with the adoptive father of her unborn child. Add a solid script and a great soundtrack and there you have it: this year’s independent American masterpiece. Directed by Jason Reitman. (MP) 92 min.

Het Ketelhuis

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

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.

As captain of the ragtag Duluth Bulldogs in 1925, Clooney looks way too old to be on the field, and having all the characters make jokes about his age

doesn’t help. Renee Zellweger (who’s made four period pictures since Chicago in 2002) gets some warmed-over Front Page stuff as a Chicago Tribune reporter who’s trying to expose as a fraud Clooney’s war-hero star player. She and Clooney never strike sparks, leaving him with nothing at the climax but the amusing spectacle of a big, muddy game. With Jonathan Pryce. (JJ) 114 min. Pathé Tuschinski 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 Lou Reed’s Berlin Director Julian Schnabel, along with his daughter Lola, provided the visuals for the live show of Reed’s 1973 concept album. The film, shot in Brooklyn in 2006, is a pretty straightforward rock documentary, but the high-octane performances make it essential viewing for serious rock fans. With Emmanuelle Seigner as Caroline, the album’s most prominent character. (MB) 85 min. Melkweg Cinema

Made of Honour 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

Special screenings Le

Charme discret de la bourgeoisie Luis Buñuel’s 1972 comic masterpiece, about three well-todo 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

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Director Michel Gondry and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman mix fantasies, dreams and other by-products of the human brain in this dark and funny 2004 love story.

Jim Carrey plays the timid Joel, who finds out that his former girlfriend Clementine (Kate Winslet) has had all knowledge of him erased from her head. In pain, he decides to do the same, but when the procedure is set in motion and his memories start to fade he begins to have doubts. He tries hard to cling to the memories and develops a new consciousness within his subconscious mind. With Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo and Elijah Wood as the absent-minded erasure technicians. (SvG) 108 min. Rialto Johnny Got His Gun This powerful 1971 antiwar film tells the story of a WWI soldier (Timothy Bottoms of The Last Picture Show) who has lost his arms, legs and face in battle. He is unable to communicate with the outside world and unsure whether he is awake or dreaming, thus the film takes place largely through fantasy and memory. Written and directed by Dalton Trumbo, with Jason Robards and Donald Sutherland (as Jesus). 111 min. De Nieuwe Anita Marketa Lazarová Recently voted the greatest Czech film of all time, this 1966 medieval epic by Frantisek Vlácil (1926-’99) concerns a feud between two 13th-century clans—one pagan, one Christian.

Episodic in structure, it proceeds like a folk saga, but its flashbacks, flash-forwards and abrupt cuts give it a hallucinatory quality. The iconography recalls Eisenstein’s Ivan the Terrible and Bergman’s The

Seventh Seal, and the compositions can be bluntly symbolic and self-consciously arty. Yet Vlácil shot the film on location, insisting on historical authenticity, and his raw realism turns the countryside into a bleak battleground for new and ancient feuds. In Czech with English subtitles. (TS) 162 min. OT301 La Noche de los girasoles Special preview screening of this well-made Spanish thriller. In Spanish with Dutch subtitles. 118 min. Melkweg Cinema Solas To be near her husband while he recuperates from surgery, a woman from rural Spain stays with her estranged daughter in the city. The angry, alcoholic daughter resents her father’s cruelty and her mother’s tolerance of it. The mother befriends the daughter’s neighbour—a sweet-tempered man who’s everything her sullen, domineering husband is not. As the story probes the disappointments of the two women, paralleling the mother’s stoicism and the daughter’s stagnation, the camera subtly maintains an emphasis on their faces even as the actors begin to move out of frame—a striking technique that makes the power of their performances all the more evident. Written and directed by Benito Zambrano (1999). In Spanish with Dutch subtitles. (LA) 101 min. Cavia

Tristana In this 1970 masterwork, Catherine Deneuve is a young woman unhappy with the constraints of turn-of-the-century Spanish society; her mild revolt is rewarded by an amputated leg. Luis Buñuel conjures with Freudian imagery, outrageous humour and a quiet, lyrical camera style to create one of his most complex and complete works, a film that continues to disturb and transfix. In French with Dutch subtitles. (DK) 97 min. Filmmuseum La Vie en rose Any director would have had a hard time adapting Edith Piaf’s eventful life—filled with neglect, disease and death—into a 140-minute movie, yet Olivier Dahan eschews any pretence of coherence.

Seemingly at random, he jumps through time, barely differentiating between important and less relevant events.

We get to see the winning match of Piaf’s lover, boxer Marcel Cerdan, but not her role in the French resistance.

Both Piaf and Marion Cotillard (giving a remarkable, fragile performance as ‘The Little Sparrow’) deserve better. In French with Dutch subtitles. (BS) Pathé Tuschinski

Viridiana Luis Buñuel returned to his native Spain to create this 1961 masterpiece, which marked his rebirth as a film-maker of international repute. Mexican star Silvia Pinal plays the title character, a girl about to enter a convent whose confident plans for sainthood are interrupted by her uncle’s (false) announcement that he has raped her in her sleep.

She forges ahead anyway, filling her uncle’s estate with beggars and madmen in an obsessive demonstration of Christian charity. In Spanish with Dutch subtitles. (DK) 89 min. Filmmuseum Voie lactée Luis Buñuel’s 1969 film takes the form of a religious parable—two pilgrims come across a range of figures from Catholicism, including the devil and the Virgin Mary. Buñuel is fascinated with the twists and turns of Catholic doctrine as only a fallen Catholic can be, and he constructs a series of elegant, witty paradoxes that parody theological argument while holding fast to its methods. Still, the revue format—the episodes don’t really connect with each other— seems to diminish Buñuel’s power to create a convincing parallel world. A bit of a poor relation among the magnificent films of Buñuel’s late period, but rarely shown and well worth seeing. In French with Dutch subtitles. (DK) 100 min. Filmmuseum

Zebraman

Takashi Miike’s exquisitely funny 2004 take on the superhero genre. A middle-aged schoolteacher (Sho Aikawa) is faced with disrespect in both private and professional life. To escape the frustration, he dresses up as Zebraman, the masked crusader he remembers from a TV show that was pulled after seven episodes when he was a little boy.

Unexpectedly, his private hobby puts him in the middle of an intergalactic crisis. In Japanese with Dutch subtitles. (RN) 115 min. Kriterion

Het Zwijgen When bored urbanite Victor (Vincent Croiset) retreats to rural Drenthe to research a folk song about a historic murder, he soon swoons over the ship-faring siren Geesje (Rosa Reuten), with dramatic results. Evoking a Twin Peaks atmosphere in this 2006 film, the directorial duo Adri Schrover and André van der Hout delivered a suspenseful spine-tingler that is both uniquely Dutch and of international allure. Archival footage heightens the film’s surreal look. In Dutch. (LvH) 90 min. Het Ketelhuis

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Ladywood

by Jennifer Lyon Bell

RUTH VAN BEEK

19-25 June 2008

QUITE A HANDFUL I like it when my girlfriend slowly gets her whole hand inside my ass while I’m erect. But can anal fisting be harmful? - Filled To The Rim If you get fisted right, you’ll get off safely.

For the uninitiated: some people (of all orientations) enjoy an extra-intense penetration that nothing merely penis/dildo-sized can accomplish. Though you needn’t be in a loving relationship to enjoy fisting, it takes a lot of trust on both sides and can be quite an intimate act.

Despite its name, it actually doesn’t start by making a fist. First, pinch your extended fingers together into a duckbill shape to conceal your thumb, then carefully insert it into your partner’s ass, only gently making a fist once fully inside. If your partner is turned on and ready for more, slide your hand even further, and either let him simply enjoy the sensation or move your fist gradually, using a thrusting motion or rotation. If you can both handle it, try pulling your fist all the way in and out. (All this info handily applies to vaginal fisting, too.)

Good guidelines for enjoyment and safety: 1) Arouse your partner with lots of ass foreplay; 2) Use tons of lubricant, either regular or extra-thick specialised lube like Fist (created by the leather-oriented sex shop Mister B on Warmoestraat); 3) Go slowly! Only continue if it feels good, and keep clear lines of communication to make sure your partner is comfortable.

Naturally, the fistee should prep properly as with any anal sex—enemas, for example. Additional tips: Make sure fingernails are filed, and (optionally) don a latex glove to help the hand slide in more smoothly. The black surgical ones that you can get at leather-oriented sex stores are coolly punk looking.

It sounds like you’re already getting off this way, so I’m guessing you’re doing it right. If it hurts, that’s a sign that you are tearing tissue, which is bad and can introduce infection. But if you fist correctly, doctors generally agree that there’s no ill effect. You won’t get permanently stretched out, or become incontinent. If that were true, adult diaper manufacturers would have raked in wads of cash by widening their marketing campaigns to address the hefty segment of male and female fisters everywhere. Imagine anal leakage sob-story TV ads a la Activia. Nope, we’d definitely have noticed those. So fist away!

Sex questions? Email to ladywood@amsterdamweekly.nl

Amsterdam Weekly

20 De muze A young poet with writer’s block (Matthias Schoenaerts) goes to an Antonioni movie and falls in love with the director’s ‘muse’, Monica Vitti. Wandering through the city at night, he meets a woman (Tara Elders) with a remarkable resemblance to the Italian actress. Still, her presence doesn’t seem to be helping his poetry. This new film by Ben van Lieshout has no dialogue; the voice-over, spoken by Fedja van Huêt, is from J.M. Coetzee’s memoir Youth. In Dutch 72 min.

Filmmuseum

El Orfanato

El Orfanato Laura, her husband Carlos and her

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 wellcrafted 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, Studio K

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).

Directed by sitcom veteran Jeff Lowell, this stale comedy about a vengeful ghost would be depressing if it weren’t so disposable. (AG) 95 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

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. Juli-

FILM TIMES Thursday 19 June until Wednesday 25 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 21: Las Vegas Thur 20.00 Wattilete Sat 13.30.

Cavia Van Hallstraat 52-I, 681 1419 Solas Thur, Fri 20.30.

Cinecenter Lijnbaansgracht 236, 623 6615 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, 18.45, 21.45, Sun also 11.15 XXY daily 16.30, 19.30, 22.00, Sun also 11.15, 14.00.

Cinema Amstelveen Plein 1960 2, Amstelveen, 547 5175 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Sun 15.45, , Tues, Wed 20.30 The Bucket List Thur-Sat 20.30 Drakenjagers Sat, Wed 13.30, Sun 11.30 Dunya & Desie Sat, Wed 15.30, Sun 13.30.

Filmmuseum Vondelpark 3, 589 1400 The Bothersome Man daily 21.30 Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie Sat 14.00, Sun 19.30 chien Andalou, Un & Los Olvidados Wed 19.30 Fanny & Alexander daily 20.30, Thur-Sun also 17.00 Kirikou en de heks Sun, Wed 14.00 La mort en ce jardin Sat 19.30 De muze Sat 14.30, Sun 15.15, Mon-Wed 19.00 Stellet Licht Sat, Sun 16.45 Tricks Thur, Fri, Mon-Wed 17.30 Tristana Tues 19.30 Viridiana Fri 19.30 Voie lactée Thur 19.30 You, the Living Mon-Wed 17.00 Zandkasteel, Het & De Notenkraker Sun, Wed 13.45.

Het Ketelhuis Haarlemmerweg 8-10, 684 0090 African Bambi Sat, Sun 14.45

ette Binoche leads an excellent ensemble cast. In French with Dutch subtitles. (LvH) 130 min. Pathé Tuschinski, De Uitkijk Reclaim Your Brain Starring the ever-cheeky Moritz Bleibtreu, this is a light-hearted film about a cocainesniffing, fast-car-loving producer of slick TV shows.

After an auto accident, he has a dramatic change of heart: he starts trying to manipulate the ratings system so he can get away with making higher-quality programmes. Directed by Hans Weingartner. In German with Dutch subtitles. (Sarah Gehrke) 120 min. Kriterion Sarkar Raj Anita (Aishwarya Rai), meets up with Subash Nagre (Amitabh Bachchan), known as Sarkar, and his son, Shankar (Abishek Bachchan), to talk about building a power plant in Maharashtra. Sarkar is against it because it would leave 40,000 villagers homeless. Shankar sees that it will be worth it in the long run. After Sarkar gets permission from his mentor, Rao Saab (Dilip Prabhavalkar), to build the plant, the plans are set in motion. But nothing is what it seems, for it turns into a political game to bring Sarkar down.

With stellar acting, dark lighting and heavy music, this Indian version of Chinatown is an intense movie that keeps you on edge. Directed by Ram Gopal Varma. In Hindi with Dutch subtitles. (SD) Pathé ArenA Sex and the City:The Movie Those who hate the original TV series will stay as far away from this as from an STD. Fans of the New York female foursome will flock to theatres as fast as when a new collection hits H&M. If you’re sentimental and have a soft spot for Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha, bring your hankies.

(MB) 144 min. The Movies, Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski

Shine a Light Martin Scorsese brings his superb 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 Stellet Licht The films of Mexican director Carlos Reygadas are an acquired taste. Not everyone will warm to his distinctive visual style, his use of an amateur cast and his uncompromising depiction of human nature. But if you’re looking for something out of the

De Avonturen van het Molletje Sat, Sun 13.00, Sun also 11.30 Blackwater Fever Thur-Mon, Wed 21.15 Caótica Ana Thur-Mon, Wed 21.30 Dunya & Desie Thur-Sat, Mon 17.15, 19.15 Hoe overleef ik mezelf Wed 13.00, 15.00, 17.00, 19.00 Il y a longtemps que je t'aime daily 17.00, 20.30, Sat, Sun, Wed also 14.30 Juno Thur-Mon, Wed 17.15 Keinohrhasen Tues 19.30 Morrison krijgt een zusje Sat, Sun, Wed 13.30, 15.15 De ramp Sun 17.00 Zomerhitte Thur-Mon, Wed 19.30 Het Zwijgen Sun 19.30.

Kriterion Roetersstraat 170, 623 1708 Be Kind Rewind daily 17.45, 19.45 De Gebroeders Leeuwenhaart Wed 15.00 Happy-Go-Lucky daily 17.30, 20.00, Thur-Mon, Wed also 22.15, Sat, Sun also 15.00 El Orfanato Thur-Sun, Tues, Wed 22.00, Fri, Sat also 0.15 Pippi in Taka Tuka Land Sat, Wed 15.15, Sun 13.15 Punch-Drunk Love Sun 15.15 Reclaim Your Brain daily 19.15 Sneak Preview Tues 22.15 De Spiderwick-Kronieken Sat, Sun, Wed 14.45, Sun also 12.30 Tropa de Elite daily 21.45, Thur-Tues also 16.45, Fri, Sat also 0.00 Zebraman Wed 17.00.

Melkweg Cinema Lijnbaansgracht 234A, 624 1777 Control Wed 20.45 Flamenco Thur 19.00 Lou Reed's Berlin Tues, Wed 19.00 La Noche de los girasoles Mon 19.00.

The Movies Haarlemmerdijk 159-165, 638 6016 Funny Games (US) daily 16.30, 19.15, 22.00, Sat, Sun, Wed also 13.30 Happy-Go-Lucky daily 18.45, 21.30, Sat also 14.30, Sun also 12.15 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull daily 16.45, 19.30, 22.00, Sat, Sun, Wed also 14.15 Into the Wild daily 19.15, 22.00, Sun also 11.30 Sex and the City:The Movie daily 16.15, 19.00, 21.45, Sat, Sun, Wed also 13.30, Sun also 10.45 De Spiderwick-Kronieken Sun, Wed 14.30 Le Voyage du ballon rouge daily 17.15, Sat, Sun, Wed also 15.00, Sun also 12.30.

De Nieuwe Anita Frederik Hendrikstraat 111, 06 4150 3512, Johnny Got His Gun Mon 20.30.

OT301 Overtoom 301, 779 4913 Marketa Lazarová Tues 20.30.

Pathé ArenA ArenA Boulevard 600, 0900 1458 21: Las Vegas Sat 23.40 All the Boys Love Mandy Lane daily 21.00, Sat also 23.30 Alvin en de Chipmunks Fri-Sun, Wed 12.30, 14.40, Sat, Sun also 10.15 Drillbit Taylor daily 12.20, 14.45, 17.10, 19.40, 22.00, Sat, Sun also 10.00, Sat also 0.15

ordinary, Reygadas certainly delivers. His third feature, Stellet Licht (‘Silent Light’), starts at dawn and ends at dusk; it’s a meditative and languid tale about a married farmer, in a small Mennonite enclave in northern Mexico, who falls for another woman and thinks it might be a sign from God. In Plautdietsch with Dutch subtitles. (BS) 127 min. Filmmuseum Taken A former CIA operative (Liam Neeson) has quit working for the Agency to rekindle the relationship with his estranged daughter. But then this virginal maiden is kidnapped in Paris by a group of swarthy Albanians who sell her to a lecherous sheik. If Neeson slaughtering droves of shifty-eyed foreigners solely for the untouched hymen of one vapid teenager doesn’t offend you, you might get some guilty pleasure out of this slickly made but ethically questionable film.

Directed by Pierre Morel and co-written by Luc Besson; with Xander Berkeley and Famke Janssen. (LvH) Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

Taken Tricks A Polish coming-of-age comedy directed by Andrzej Jakimowski. In Polish with Dutch subtitles. 95 min. Filmmuseum Tropa de Elite Months before it won the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival, Tropa de Elite was already the most illegally downloaded film ever in Brazil, with more than 1.5 million pirated copies sold. Industry insiders looked at this as not only a fantastic publicity stunt but a way to dismiss controversy regarding the film’s main theme: brutal police violence on the streets of Rio. The Elite Squad of the title claim to be the world’s most effective urban warriors, and their fascistic methods are portrayed in extremely realistic terms. The film’s high-octane action and right-wing morals make it feel like a Hollywood cop thriller with a samba soundtrack. It’s no surprise that Tropa director José Padilha is now attached to an action movie at Warner Bros, appropriately titled A Willing Patriot. In Portuguese with Dutch subtitles. (MB) 118 min. Kriterion, Pathé Tuschinski Le Voyage du ballon rouge Chinese master HsiaoHsien Hou (Café Lumière, Three Times) has based his first French-language feature loosely on Albert Lamorisse’s 1956 classic Le Ballon rouge. Here the balloon

Dunya & Desie daily 12.10, 14.20 Fool's Gold daily 13.15, 15.40 The Happening daily 13.20, 15.30, 17.40, 20.00, 22.10, Sat, Sun also 11.15, Sat also 0.10 Hoe overleef ik mezelf Wed 12.30, 14.50, 17.20 Horton (NL) Fri-Sun, Wed 11.55, 13.55, 15.50, Sat, Sun also 9.55 How She Move daily 21.45, Sat also 0.00 The Incredible Hulk daily 11.50, 14.15, 16.50, 17.50, 19.20, 20.20, 21.50, Thur, Mon, Tues also 12.45, 15.15, Sat also 22.50, 0.15 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull daily 11.45, 13.10, 14.35, 16.00, 17.15, 18.45, 20.10, 21.30, Sat, Sun also 10.30, Sat also 23.00 Iron Man daily 18.00, 20.50, Thur, Mon, Tues also 12.15, 15.10 Made of Honour Thur-Tues 12.30, 14.50, 17.20, Thur-Mon, Wed also 19.45, Thur also 22.05, Fri-Mon, Wed also 22.00, Sat also 10.10, 0.20, Sun also 10.15 Miss Potter Tues 13.30 Morrison krijgt een zusje Fri-Sun, Wed 17.00, Sat, Sun also 10.10 Over Her Dead Body daily 18.20, Sat, Sun also 10.40, Sat also 0.05 Sarkar Raj daily 19.10, Thur, Mon, Tues also 16.10, Thur, Mon also 13.00 Sex and the City: The Movie daily 13.30, 16.30, 17.30, 19.30, 20.30, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 14.30, Thur, Fri also 11.30, Sat, Sun also 10.30, Sat also 22.30, 23.30 Sneak Preview Tues 21.00 Speed Racer (Imax) Sat, Sun 14.30, Sat, Mon 11.30 Taken daily 16.40, 19.00, 21.20, Sat also 23.30 What Happens in Vegas daily 12.00, 14.10, 16.20, 18.30, 20.40, Sat also 23.10 Winx Club en het geheim van het verloren rijk Fri-Sun, Wed 12.00, 14.00, 15.55, Sat, Sun also 10.05.

Pathé De Munt Vijzelstraat 15, 0900 1458 21: Las Vegas Fri 21.40, Sat 22.30 Be Kind Rewind Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 15.30, Sat 14.20, 16.50 The Bucket List Thur, Sun, Tues, Wed 17.20, Sun also 10.20, Sat 11.15, 18.10 Drillbit Taylor Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.00, 16.45, 19.15, Thur, SunWed also 21.50, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 14.15, Fri also 22.00, Sat 10.15, 12.30, 17.30, 20.00 Dunya & Desie Sat 15.00, Sun, Wed 14.20 Funny Games (US) Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 21.40, Sat 22.15 The Happening Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.15, 14.30, 17.00, 19.45, 22.10, Sun also 10.15, Sat 11.45, 14.00, 16.30, 18.45, 21.15, 23.40 Hoe overleef ik mezelf Wed 13.40, 16.00, 18.30 How She Move Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.25, 14.40, 16.50, 19.10, Sun also 10.15, Sat 12.15, 14.45, 17.00, 19.50 The Incredible Hulk daily 16.15, 19.00, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 13.30, 20.45, 21.45, Thur, Fri, Sun-Tues also 12.30, 15.15, 18.00, Sat also 10.30, 11.30, 13.15, 14.15, 17.15, 20.15, 22.00, 23.15Sun also 10.45 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.45, 14.45, 15.45, 17.30, 18.45, 20.15, Thur, Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed also 21.30, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 12.10, Sun also 10.15, Sat 10.45, 13.45, 15.30, 16.45, 18.30, 19.45, 21.45, 22.45 Iron Man Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 17.45, 20.30, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 12.20, Sat 19.15, 22.10

19-25 June 2008 and the story follow young Chinese film-maker Song (Song Fang), who moonlights as a nanny in the house of Suzanne, an edgy, emotionally unstable voice actress (Juliette Binoche in another brilliant, subtle role). Song bonds with Suzanne’s son, but still there’s something missing, symbolised by the presence of the self-willed red balloon, which peeks through windows and peeps around corners. In French with Dutch subtitles. (BS) 113 min. The Movies, Rialto What Happens in Vegas We all know Ashton Kutcher is into mature women, but that still doesn’t explain why this iffy rom-com was made in the first place. From the start we are informed that Joy (Cameron Diaz) is too uptight, while Jack (Kutcher) is just slacking off. Cue faux-funny sidekicks and a large dose of contrivances and you end up with a film that’s too mean to appeal to girls and too mushy to appeal to guys, and not funny enough for anyone who wasn’t born in the ‘50s. “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” is the expression.

The film-makers should have listened. (LvH) Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski

XXY Debuting director Lucía Puenzo manages to sidestep the usual clichés about gender in this story of 15-year-old Alex (Inés Efron), a hermaphrodite, born with characteristics of both the male and female sex.

Especially refreshing are the roles of Alex’s parents, who don’t treat their kid as a freak but are willing to support her in whichever choice she makes, be it boy or girl. One aspect goes entirely against movie stereotype: Alex appears to be comfortable with who she is.

That’s more than we can say of Alvaro, the boy who visits Alex’s house, and whose reaction to their first sexual contact says more about him than her. The film is a delicate celebration of life—and of life’s differences. In Spanish with Dutch subtitles. (BS) 91 min. Cinecenter 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. (JJ) 94 min. Filmmuseum Zomerhitte Thirty-five years after starring in the film of Jan Wolkers’ Turks Fruit, Monique van de Ven directs Zomerhitte, based on the final entry in Wolkers’ literary oeuvre. While the photography is lush and the male (Waldemar Torenstra) and female (Sophie Hilbrand) leads suitably luscious and unclothed, the wooden dialogue and clunky crime subplot that plagued the source material also hamper the on-screen version. This might be one of the rare cases in which the film is better than the book, but since the original novella is one of the least convincing Wolkerian writings, that’s not really saying much. In Dutch. (LvH) 96 min. Het Ketelhuis

Made of Honour daily 21.00, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 13.15, 16.00, 18.30, Sat also 10.40, 13.20, 15.45, 18.15, 23.35, Sun also 10.50 Morrison krijgt een zusje Sat 10.25, 12.20, Sun 11.45, 13.40, Wed 13.20 Over Her Dead Body Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.40, Mon also 12.00, Sat 13.30 Sex and the City:The Movie Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.00, 15.00, 16.30, 18.10, 20.00, 21.20, Thur, Fri, Mon-Wed also 13.00, Sun also 10.15, 13.20, Sat 11.00, 12.45, 14.30, 16.00, 18.00, 19.30, 21.30, 23.00 Sneak Preview Tues 21.30 Taken Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 15.10, 19.50, Thur, Sun-Wed 22.05, Fri also 17.20, Sat 15.50, 20.30, 22.50 What Happens in Vegas Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 13.50, 16.40, 19.30, 22.00, Sun 11.20, Sat 10.20, 12.50, 15.15, 17.45, 20.45, 23.10 Winx Club en het geheim van het verloren rijk Sat 10.50, 13.00, Sun, Wed 12.40, Sun also 10.40.

Pathé Tuschinski Reguliersbreestraat 34, 0900 1458 Happy-Go-Lucky Thur-Mon, Wed 21.30, Fri-Mon, Wed also 13.00 Hoe overleef ik mezelf Sat 10.00 Il y a longtemps que je t'aime daily 18.30, 21.15, Thur-Mon, Wed also 12.45, 15.30 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull daily 12.00, 15.00, Thur-Mon, Wed also 18.00, 21.00 Into the Wild daily 13.15, 16.45, 20.30 Leatherheads Fri-Mon, Wed 15.45 Paris daily 12.30, Thur-Mon, Wed also 18.15 Sex and the City: The Movie daily 20.30, Thur-Sat, Mon-Wed also 13.30, Fri, Sat, Mon-Wed also 17.00, Sun also 12.30, 15.30 Tropa de Elite daily 15.30, Thur-Mon, Wed also 21.40 La Vie en rose Thur, Tues 13.30 What Happens in Vegas Thur-Mon, Wed 19.00.

Rialto Ceintuurbaan 338, 676 8700 Annie Leibovitz: Life through a Lens Wed 19.45 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Fri, Sat 23.15 La Graine et le mulet daily 21.30, Sat, Sun also 16.00 In memoria di me Thur-Tues 19.45, Sat, Sun also 15.15, Wed 19.00 La León daily 18.30 Paul dans sa vie Thur-Tues 19.20, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 17.15 The Trap daily 17.30, 22.05 Le Voyage du ballon rouge daily 21.00, Sat, Sun also 15.30.

Studio K Timorplein 62, 692 0422, Be Kind Rewind daily 17.15, 19.30 Dunya & Desie Thur-Sun, Tues 17.30, Sat, Sun also 15.30 Horton (NL) Sat, Sun 15.15 I'm Not There daily 21.30 El Orfanato Thur-Tues 19.15 Shine a Light daily 21.45.

De Uitkijk Prinsengracht 452, 623 7460 Un Baiser s'il vous plait daily 19.00 Le Ballon Rouge & Crin-Blanc Sat, Sun, Wed 15.30 Joaquin Sabina: 19 días y 500 noches daily 17.15 Paris daily 21.00.

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