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Director Hal Hartley has not quit his day job page 11 The HEMA-worst struggles with new identity page 4 Director Mijke de Jong hungover on childish parenting page 5 FILM: Ben X is Flemish, autistic and a cyberspace warrior p. 19 / FOOD: First swim, then Zink p. 17

Short List . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Music/Clubs . . . . . . . . . .12 Gay & Lesbian . . . . . . . .14 Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Classifieds/Comics . . . .21

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CITY SECOND BY PETER CLEUTJENS In this issue and... Food is fundamental... in getting cancer. According to the report released last week by the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research, based on a five-year review of 7,000 research papers, it’s now more officially true than ever: there are strong relations between weight/diet/lifestyle with all those nasty cancers out there. So, yes folks, besides getting into shape and not smoking, we should all cut down on fatty foods, red meats and booze. But there are no problems, just solutions. Forgo the tuktuk when going to HEMA to score your worst, and walk instead. Spend more time designing your food as opposed to consuming it. Choose a vegetable-rich sauce to go with your fries. Save up that allowed drink or two per day, so you can still get really hammered at next Sunday’s wine tasting. Become a salty sailor instead of a salt user. And now that food is such a danger and we should have less of the real thing, it’s a good time to invest in the food porn industry. Mmm lekker!

On the cover BITE ME Illustration by Yvo Sprey www.xelor.nl/sprey

Next week A culture of complaint.

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AROUND TOWN Say it ain’t so!

When the ‘worst’ comes to worst The HEMA sausage is an institution. But what does it mean? Willem de Blaauw Nothing is as unique as the HEMA-worst. Or at least, that’s what we’ve always been led to believe. The special taste, the secret recipe, that mouth-watering smell—it had to be something special that only HEMA could produce and sell. Now it seems that the famous Dutch sausage is made by Unox (part of Unilever) and yet another dream has been shattered to pieces. Unilever, the big multinational, is not only in the news because of a strike, but also because one of their unhappy employees has revealed that HEMA-worst is actually made by its division, Unox. To say that a whole nation is in distress since this story broke is a tad overstated. But then again, if you look at the amount of column inches that have been dedicated to

this revelation—which has actually been vehemently denied by Unox itself—it has certainly touched a nerve. But why? ‘It’s probably something to do with childhood memories,’ says HEMA shopper Jan Groot, who has just bought a HEMAworst for that evening’s dinner. ‘When I grew up, my mom sometimes took me to HEMA and we shared half a hot and juicy worst. One never questioned where the sausage actually came from. It was HEMAworst and thus special—nothing could beat the taste or the smell. It’s like we’ve been fooled all along believing something was unique and now it has turned out it just comes from a huge multinational. A bit like finding out Sinterklaas or Santa Claus doesn’t exist.’ Indeed, HEMA rookworst is a typical part of Dutch society, like other culinary items such as hagelslag or stroopwafels. In fact, the rookworst is such a Dutch icon that earlier this year, when TNT issued a set of ten 44-cent stamps with typical Dutch images such as a tulip, a Heineken beer bottle and a bakfiets amongst others, it also included one depicting a rookworst. But would it really be that weird if Unox does, in fact, make HEMA-worst? After all, it has to be produced somewhere. It’s just like supermarkets’ own brands of, for example, washing powder or milk—we all know it comes from Unilever or Campina. So what’s the commotion? Or do we perhaps like to fool ourselves that HEMAworst is special and different—like you sometimes do with relationships. Rather than facing the truth, you just plod on.

Eons ago, when I studied to become a cabinetmaker—which I actually never became for lack of talent—I had a Saturday job at HEMA, selling their famous worst. I remember getting customers at a quarter past nine in the morning to buy—and to put their teeth into—a greasy worst. I also remember the worsten would arrive in big white crates with a name stamped on it— but for the life of me, I can’t remember whether it was Unox, Zwan or any other specific name. But what has stuck to my memory is that, every now and then, my boss asked me to go to the basement to fumble around with the worsten and to polish them with a cloth, because the salt in them would make salty-white spots appear when they got a bit dry. No wonder I turned out gay and vegetarian—though not at the same time. But to return from the basement and onto the shop floor: ‘For me, it doesn’t make any difference,’ says Marieke Buitenhuis, another HEMA shopper. ‘So what if Unox produces the worsten? I’ll keep on buying them because they are the best. I know they are fattening and probably not exactly healthy, but every now and then I get a craving and just have to have one.’ The worst news gets worse, as the political party Partij voor de Dieren pointed out. Most sausages, whether from HEMA, Unox or otherwise, are made from pork and the little piggies don’t get an anaesthetic when their delicate bits get chopped-off (this is done to prevent the meat getting a sour-smell—the chopping bit, not the lack of anaesthetic). As a protest to this and the

earlier mentioned ‘rookworst stamp’, the party came up with a set of their own stamps: a picture of a rookworst and the slogan: ‘toch lullig voor die varkens’. The idea is to put this stamp—which has no value—on your envelope next to the original rookworst stamp to voice your opinion about how badly animals get treated. ‘Het zal me worst zijn’, which roughly translates to ‘I can’t be arsed’, will probably be said about the whole fuss by the members of Het Worstgen(o)otschap—a bunch of jolly people who celebrate and promote anything ‘worst’—and HEMA-worst in particular. This ranges from collecting pictures of street signs like ‘Dubbeleworststeeg’ (between Singel and Herengracht), to handing out certificates to anyone who does a good job promoting HEMA-sausages, and to publish worst recipes. Though rookworst is no delicacy like, for example, that other controversial food, foie gras, in France, it looks like everyone has just as strong an opinion about it and it does keep the tongues in motion—though not necessarily because of eating one. Like so many other things in life, you either love it or hate it. www.hemaworst.nl

When parents are kids Award winning director on the hectic state of city living. By Bregtje Schudel Director Mijke de Jong has a workload that would stun an ordinary person. Her awardwinning film Tussenstand comes out this week (see review, p.19), she has just finished shooting her next movie, and other

projects are already in the pipeline. But a hectic life has its drawbacks, as witness the two parents in Tussenstand. Sitting at the large kitchen table in her apartment in the Jordaan, the 48-year-old De Jong (who has lived in Amsterdam since 1980 and completed film school here in 1983) seems in her element. During our brief but productive interview, the filmmaker, noted for her subtle direction and her socially engaged work, is professional and open, albeit—by her own admission— also slightly hung-over. ‘Yesterday we finished shooting Het Zusje van Katia (‘Katia’s little sister’), so we had a wrap party’. That film, about a Russian immigrant girl who witnesses her sister follow their mother into prostitution, will be released next year. The topic of today, however, is Tussenstand, winner of three Golden Calves (Best Director, Best Actress and Best Sound Design) at this year’s Dutch Film Festival. The film follows two estranged and selfobsessed parents, Roos (Elsie de Brauw) and Martin (Marcel Musters), who try to reconnect as they watch their son, Isaac (Stijn Koomen), become increasingly morose and isolated. It started with a project called ‘Ten to Watch’ (a no-strings-attached funding programme that also enabled Alex van Warmerdam to make Ober). De Jong explains: ‘The Film Fund gave ten directors money to make a “director’s movie”. Experimentation was encouraged. So together with Jolein Laarman, I started working on a script. I knew there were two things I really wanted: the film had to be about [non]communication and I wanted to work with actors I knew really well. I’ve known Elsie de Brauw from the beginning of my career; she has been in practically all my movies. Marcel Musters and Stijn Koomen I met on the set of Ik ben Willem’—a children’s TV series De Jong directed in 2002. Tussenstand boasts strong performances, but it’s the visual style that is most striking. The visuals echo the state of mind of the characters. The parents—often acting like spoilt children—are always seen in loud public places (usually Amsterdam eateries, due to Martin’s narcissistic preoccupation with food). Restaurants stand for their stressed urban lives and their inability to talk to each other. Introspective Isaac is always shown alone, surrounded by quiet empty space. With the parents, the camera is restless and easily distracted; with Isaac, the camera remains immobile and detached. De Jong confirms that this was a conscious decision. ‘I’ve employed two different styles. One is very physical. The camera is very pushy, very intrusive, just like the characters themselves. Isaac gets and claims more space, is more stable.’ Despite all their strained efforts at coparenting, Roos and Martin haven’t got a clue what’s really going on with Isaac, who—unbeknown to them—breaks into the apartments of strangers. This disconnection between parents and offspring can also be seen in De Jong’s 2004 feature film Bluebird (winner of the Glass Bear in Berlin), about a girl, Merel, who suddenly starts getting picked on by classmates, but doesn’t tell her parents. De Jong: ‘I see

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myself in Merel, as well as in Isaac. They’re both very introverted children. I identify very strongly with their feelings of loneliness, where you withdraw and try to solve things for yourself.’ But De Jong, herself a mother of a 13year-old, also sees resemblances between her own hectic life and that of the parents portrayed in Tussenstand. ‘I do recognize the feeling of always being preoccupied. I work, my partner [writer, singer and film-

maker Jan Eilander] works, it’s busy. Sometimes things just sneak through. On the other hand, if a child doesn’t want to share his or her problems, there’s basically nothing you can do. You can’t blame the parents in Bluebird. They’re there for her. With Tussenstand, it’s different. There the parents are so dominant and preoccupied with themselves that you can understand why Isaac doesn’t want to share anything.’ Yet, there is still hope for Roos and

Mijke de Jong taking a quiet moment.

Martin. Not right now, but possibly in the future. ‘I called the film Tussenstand [running score] to stress the fact that it’s a process, a random moment in time. For now it’s like this, but hopefully next year things will be better. Who knows? Maybe even Roos and Martin will have gotten a little wiser and more introspective.’

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ost of us are told not to play with our food but that’s exactly what Katja Gruijters is paid to do. A food designer bent on examining culinary habits and how they intersect with technology, Gruijters—whose surname means an herbal additive mixed with beer—always has groceries on the brain. ‘Food is very important, it’s something we use everyday,’ she says. ‘You buy a chair only once every five years, but psychological, cultural and social aspects are integrated with food. Eating is a complicated and often, emotional process; it connects people to each other.’ As one of the Netherlands’ first food designers, Gruijters has rightfully become an industry darling, with her fingers stuck in several pies: she regularly designs concepts for dinner parties and events, advises the social sector, co-founded a food design course at HAS in s’-Hertogenbosch—where she also teaches—and writes a regular column in Food Magazine. So it’s no exaggeration to say Gruijters has a healthy eating habit. It all began when Gruijters interned with an eminent trends forecaster in Paris that the designer developed a taste for French fare, which triggered a lasting interest in all foodstuff. ‘We had fresh meals cooked for us every lunchtime and I thought, my god, this is so much better than in the Netherlands, where the average Dutch person still takes his lunch—his lonely sandwich—to work,’ she says. When she returned, Gruijters became fascinated with the launch of vegetarian meat substitutes, a response to the then-prevalent UK imported mad-cow disease, but which did little to impact traditional Dutch meat-and-potato fare. ‘I found the food world so strange and thought we had to change our eating habits,’ says Gruijters, who calls herself a ‘flexitarian’. ‘I still don’t understand why the government, producers and consumers do nothing about factory farming. Consumers always say they want organic quality, yet they usually go for the cheapest option—their behaviour fascinates me.’ Since then, Gruijters has devoted her career to food innovation—understanding, analysing, and toying with

onderful locations, such as museums and cultural centres. An entrance fee of just a few euros. And all afternoon to work through tables of delights, surprises and—let it be said—a few disappointments. That’s the attraction of the autumn wine tastings currently being held by some of Amsterdam’s best wine shops. Such najaars proeverijen traditionally take place at this time of year, as people stock up for the coming festive season. The tastings include absolutely no obligation to buy and, whether you’re a connoisseur or someone who thinks that cabernets are made by carpenters, you will be more than welcome. Of all Amsterdam’s wine tastings, the

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Food for thought Food designer Katja Gruijters sees a future of creative consumption.

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consumption trends—with an eye always turned towards the future which, according to Gruijters, holds great promise. For one, food production, presentation and delivery will be much more creative as consumers demand that food be simple and safe, a response to today’s overconsumption. ‘Today, we have too much food, too much excess, too many people are overweight and overeating. We’re shifting away from value for money—from getting as much as you can for what you pay— towards real value, or values,’ says Gruijters, who sees this trend emerging in care, water and energy. For example, more careful packaging has already hit the shelves in Britain, where the supermarket Waitrose now carries milk ‘bags’ rather than cartons; or there’s Kid Fresh, a children’s food store in Manhattan catering to time-starved parents who want their kids to eat organic—though ‘you one hosted by Hart’s Wijnhandel on Vijzelstraat is probably the best. This year, it took place at the Museum van Loon, and the range of people attending was as wide as the variety of wines. Indeed, the delightful historical rooms can rarely have seen such a crush, as everyone from families with babies, to people of rather more ancient vintage, sampled the 53 bottles being shown. Yes, the world of wine has become much more accessible in recent years, and tastings are no longer the preserve of people talking a strange language between spitting the stuff out. But although tastings are there to be enjoyed, there are some guidelines to observe. For instance, you should only take

could argue “care” is questionable if women don’t actually have time to cook for their children,’ says Gruijters. Nevertheless, products like Earth Water have also appeared, which donates its net profits to water-aid programmes in developing countries. And then there’s innovative food packaging, with vegetables such as mushrooms that germinate and grow as they’re being transported and stocked in the supermarket. ‘We’re really getting back to our roots, going from unnatural to natural products and from quantity to quality,’ says Gruijters. ‘We’re simplifying and going back to basics.’ Or maybe just going back to good—good as in tasty, fresh, authentic, local; food that steers away from massproduced, over-processed, convenient fodder that has a negative global impact. One only needs to look at today’s soaring obesity rates to understand how the current industrial food system has kept many people well-fed but far fewer fed well. But that’s not to say technology is a foe. Gruijters, who likes to tweak the interplay between sensual and technological, predicts that advances will work to improve food quality, presentation and experience. Technology will allow us to dine out more frequently, enjoy exploring food and savour it as a social ritual. One such example she gives is Amsterdam’s conceptual Restaurant As (Prinses Irenestraat 19, www.platform21.com) at Platform 21, an experimental design, fashion and creation centre. There, diners eat at communal tables while organic meals are cooked ‘live’ on an open fire, putting customers in direct contact with their food and each other. The restaurant also offers dishes determined by season and environment, focusing creatively on nature. ‘Amsterdam has a lot happening around food. But you have to pay a lot of money to be satisfied,’ says Gruijters, who doesn’t eat out as often as she’d like, because of what she sees as lack of quality. And while one might expect the food designer-cum-gastronome would be difficult to please, Gruijters is terribly straightforward. ‘If you are what you eat, I’m beer,’ she says. ‘Or food.’

Red, white and rosé one mouthful of each bottle at any one time. However, you can go back and try a wine more than once, which is recommended if you are thinking of buying a particular wine. When approaching a wine, first swill it

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deep-fried, starchy root vegetable smothered in an oil-based concoction known by the fancy French name of ‘mayonnaise’. No wonder the Dutch nation didn’t advertise this quaint food preference. But ever since Vincent Vega spoke the lines: ‘I’ve seen ‘em do it, man. They fucking drown ‘em in that shit,’ the appreciation of frietje met has risen to new heights. Now, the Dutch are rightly proud of their prominent culinary highlight. How interesting, then, that the best fries in Amsterdam are to be had at Het Vlaams Friteshuis, with a product based on an old Flemish recipe served by a mainly Moroccan staff. This week, this hole-in-the-wall establishment on Voetboogstraat celebrates its 50th anniversary, and current owner Jan Borst has no mean ambition: to make the best friet in the world thanks to a crunchy exterior and a creamy interior. ‘Our trademark is that we only use fresh products, which are hand-diced every day. We still use the same kitchen appliances as the previous owner did some twenty-five years ago, and we still serve the same classic Belgian sauces. That’s why our friet tastes the same as grandma’s did. And to add to the old-fashioned experience, we still serve them in paper bags.’ This food nostalgia clearly pays off, as Amsterdammers can’t get enough of it. Seventy per cent of the Friteshuis’ clients are regulars, who hunch up in the narrow street the chip shop stands on, and patiently queue for their quick fry fix. Some even come back several times a week, and have been doing so for years. Supervisor Hussein Azizi, who’s worked at this Dutch version of the Flemish frietkot for 22 years, says he’s seen entire families—as well as a few celebrities—grow up through his take-away’s window: ‘In their student days, the royal princes used to line their stomachs with our fries before moving on to a cafe.’ Classic Dutch combinations such as patatje oorlog and patatje special are, of course, always available and some customers never stray from them. Customer Iris van den Berg, meanwhile, swears by her Belgian mayonnaise and doesn’t feel

Amsterdam is full of inexpensive wine tastings—if you know where to look. BY FRASER BAILEY

around the glass to release its properties. Assess the wine’s ‘nose’ (its smell), then taste, paying attention to the aftertaste. When going from one style of wine to another, rinse out your glass and mouth with the water provided.

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Fries for thighs Fifty years of dunking fries in sauces at the Vlaamse Friethuis.

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the need to try anything else. But for the more experimentally inclined, the Friteshuis offers a rich selection of exotic sauces that carry combative names like the roasted onion flavoured ‘Hannibal’, the spicy ‘Samurai’ and the classy and tart ‘Tartare’. Most regulars have their own preferences for certain sauce combinations. Odile Bol, a regular Friday customer, raves about her own favourite Samuraiand-mayo combo. ‘Oh boy, Just thinking about it makes my mouth water.’ Sandra Jeurissen, who’s new in town,

Don’t feel compelled to make extensive notes—only the very best wines merit more than ‘Yes’, ‘Possibly’ or ‘No Way’. Meanwhile, always remember that although the owners of wine shops tend to be lovely people, you don’t have to agree with everything they say! Whether or not you like a wine is up to you and nobody else. And don’t think that wine tastings are just an excuse to consume a large amount of alcohol, or it will likely lead to scenes typical of British town centres on Friday and Saturday nights. Apart from a few expats suggesting that some of the Van Loon family portraits were less than expertly painted, the atmosphere at the Hart’s event—as at all such events—was

is happy to take the advice of those in the know, and orders the same. Does she like it? Does she ever: ‘It’s both creamy and spicy. Awesome!’ Leon Groen is a green peppercorn man. ‘Anytime is friet time for me, he enthuses. It’s never too early.’ Even for breakfast? ‘Probably, but then without the peppercorns. Joppie sauce would be more appropriate then.’ This relatively new sauce has conquered its more old-fashioned predecessors, becoming wildly popular amongst youngsters. But the owner doesn’t share this passion. ‘It’s terribly sweet and tastes like McDonalds’ sauce.’ Azizi agrees. For him, no friet is complete without sate sauce. Despite their daily dose of frying, both men still regularly enjoy the food they make. This week they even indulged twice. And sometimes they sample their competitor’s feeble attempts at manufacturing the nation’s pride. ‘But usually it’s no good and I throw it away after three fries,’ says Borst. ‘Unlike other patatboeren, we only use vegetable oil which we refresh daily.’ He has even put up a sign to underline the vegetarian nature of his deep-fried potatoes. ‘But it’s also kosher and halal,’ Borst stresses, thereby promoting his product as the most ethnicfriendly snack you could think of. People of all nations flock to the little kiosk, since it’s the only friteshuis in town to be featured in all three of the Lonely Planet, Time Out and Rough Guides to Amsterdam, and recently a Japanese guide book tracked them down. Sitting on large sauce containers, both men proudly flip through the pages to show the proof. The Friteshuis’ recogniton as a landmark of the capital is well deserved. After all, what other emporium can boast a customer who has fond memories of her first visit, way back in 1957? Celebrations for the loyal staff are in order, and will soon take place—in a pizzeria. But, according to Borst and Azizi, this time of year is perfect for giving in to that cholesterol craving. So make like Vincent Vega and seize this golden anniversary of the union between chunky potatoes and a creamy sauce for some serious dunking of your own. `

very civilised. The wines themselves were drawn largely from the lower end of the shop’s price list with the emphasis on the heavier, warmer reds for winter drinking. (At spring tastings, the bias is towards lighter wines such as whites and rosés for the summer.) However, there were quite a few in the €15 to €30 plus range, giving people the opportunity to sample wines they might not normally buy. If you’re kicking yourself for having missed all this, don’t worry. Many of Amsterdam’s wine shops hold tastings, so check to see if your local one has any upcoming events. In the najaar—or any other time of the year—there are few better ways to while away a few hours.

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SHORT LIST

IAFF/MAFIA, Thursday, De Balie, Sugar Factory and Paradiso

THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER Art: Celebrating Life Curiously enough, fashion designer agnès b compiled the Ryan McGinley exhibition Celebrating Life. Curious, considering that there were very few clothes involved at the moments when the young American photographer opened his shutter for this series. Celebrating Life documents a joyful nudist road trip across America. Luckily, naturism isn’t just for old hippies—the naked friends that the artist photographed in hot springs, deserts and forests all look young, vital and happy. McGinley has an eye for handsome looking folk. He’s done a photo series of Kate Moss and recently he followed hale-and-hearty 50-something Morrissey on his tour, not only depicting the British crooner, but also capturing the excitement, reverie and sweat of devoted fans in the front lines of the audience. McGinley’s pictures are in turn candid and carefully composed, making them suitable for both rowdy magazines like Vice and classy photo exhibitions like this. (Marinus de Ruiter) Foam, Until 6 January 2008.

Singer-songwriter: Bob Dylan in het Nederlands Cover versions—a delicate affair. Some are funny. Some are bad. Some are better than the original. Most of them are pointless. And cover bands are probably the one species in the whole strange world of pop music that is taken least seriously. Together, with a triangle-playing Linda McCartney and a whole bunch of Dream House producers, they sit in the corner and bitch about the arrogance of music critics. Tonight, the whole idea is taken a little further, when a number of artists will not only offer their interpretations of Dylan songs—they will also sing them in Dutch. The translations are made by Erik Bindervoet and Robbert-Jan Henkes, two notorious translators who are famous for taking a certain amount of liberties in their translation processes, while maintaining a twisted sense of humour. They’ve been practising their skills on Finnegan’s Wake and on the entire Beatles oeuvre, and their new book with Dylan translations shall make an interesting read. It is, however, another question if one wants to spend a night listening to cabaretiers and b-list singer-songwriters performing Dylan songs in any language whatsoever. Het antwoord, mijn vriend, waait weg met de wind. Or so. (Sarah Gehrke) Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 20.00, €15 + membership.

Film: IAFF/MAFIA You can accuse Amsterdam of many things, but being short of film festivals isn’t one of them. Soon it will be IDFA and Shadow but, before the main repast, there’s time to nibble on the amuses gueules that is IAFF/MAFIA. The name may not be familiar yet—but if we told you this festival was once known as Resfest, the world’s leading digital film festival, then there would be quite a few nods of recognition. The theme this year is Engaged and Rebellious, a rallying call to hip young camera-slingers if

ever there was one, and featuring 17 films on the subject, from Fay Grim, the new release from indie veteran Hal Hartley (see interview, p. 11) to Susan Messmer and George Lindt’s Beijing Bubbles, about the Chinese capitals burgeoning independent music scene. The MAFIA bit of the festival won’t see you sleeping with the fish or sporting concrete boots: rather, it’s an off-shoot programme of artists who are—and I quote—‘not afraid to openly express their beliefs using tactics of “poetic terrorism” to oppose governmental regulations.’ Sonnet Semtex? Rhyming cluster-bombs? Perhaps. Boban-Slobadan Bajic and Meiro Loizumi will definitely be using video, and Now New Enemies will be sporting street art. (Kim Renfrew) De Balie, Sugar Factory and Paradiso, various times, €8 De Balie; €9 Paradiso; €10 premieres, Sugar Factory.

SATURDAY10 NOVEMBER Film/Music: William S Burroughs Everyone’s favourite gay junkie beatnik novelist William S Burroughs has been dead 10 years but his words are as relevant as ever. What DJs now do with beats—cut em up, cut em up good—Burroughs did with words as the pioneer of the cut-up method. But the author of Naked Lunch was equally famed as paranoid visionary and opium artist—oh, and shooting his wife dead William Tell style. Tonight’s retrospective features the new documentary Words of Advice—William S Burroughs on the Road (by the Danes Lars Movin & Steen Møller Rasmussen), an audiovisual performance from Scanner, lectures on cut-ups and drugs, and a hyper rare performance of the long obscure outsider musician Jandek. It’s enough to have cockroaches coming out of your orifices in no time. (Steve Korver) Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 19.30, €12.50 + membership.

Gay: (Z)onderbroek Drop your pants and dance. Stichting Gala, that group of volunteers for anything queer, which brought us Sex on Sundays and The Roze Wester Festival, to name just a few, has done it again—come up with a new initiative, that is. It’s simple and effective. Hosted by ‘UnDeeJs’ (geddit?) from the likes of Abraxas and Popeye & Danny, bulging out of the box with exciting dance tunes, it’s all about stripping down to dance and prance around in your most sexy briefs, trunks, jockstrap or Y-fronts—and show what’s inside them. This men-only dance/cruise party is held at Club LA, a cozy little venue where intimacy is unavoidable. Winter or not, it’s sure to fill up quickly and get hot. And, as it’s held on a Saturday afternoon (every second and last of the month) this means you can first shop for some new exciting underpants, then have a drink, dance and a fumble—and still be home in time to watch the eight o’clock news. (Willem de Blaauw) Club La, 16.00-20.00, €8.

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Folk: Devendra Banhart The hirsute hippy was in town was for Lowlands 2007, though Devendra Banhart’s last proper Dutch concert was two years ago in a brand-new Bimhuis, when a bemused rosé-drinking Holland Festival audience was given the chance to nibble at a cornucopia of folk for a new millennium. Tonight’s crowd at Tivoli should have no misgivings, only thanksgivings—what, with Banhart photographed by Annie Leibovitz in this month’s Vanity Fair folk music portfolio, alongside Baez, Mitchell, Peter, Paul, Mary, et al. What’s more, Banhart dares to go beyond acoustic strumming and odes to butterflies. His fifth album, Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon, takes a decidedly Tropicália route, with various Latin instruments, three tracks in Spanish, one in Portuguese and guests like The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson, Nick Valensi of The Strokes and (for God’s sake) Gael García Bernal. It’s unfaultably lovely music, and the 26-year-old’s charisma can make even the most jaded critic cry. Still, cynics rest assured, Banhart is friends with Lindsay Lohan and clearly spends more time putting on a face than she does. (Karina Hof) Tivoli, Utrecht, 20.15, Utrecht, €22.

SUNDAY11NOVEMBER Eating: Buitenbal On the outskirts of Amsterdam alongside Nieuwe Meer, Buitenland—‘Outside Land’—is one of the few remaining ‘free zones’ and hence, their parties and events are legendary. This evening, they are finally again organising a happy culinary ball masque before we all sink into seasonal despair. Chef Thor Croquette, Sannebak*lekker eten and Bastiaan Buitenland are promising handfuls—literally—of different dishes accompanied by a vortex of fashion, visuals and sounds. Acts include Vera Springveer, DJ Elfje, Karaoke Robbie, Mode van Tour de la Fashion, DJ Pony, Do-It-Yourself VJ Bimbo Box and Culi-VJing from VJ Lips. Plus, there will be a fire—a big big fire. And there’s even a dress code: surreal and over-the-top. Sounds tasty. Reservations can be made via buitenbal. (Steve Korver) Buitenland, 16.00 (dinner from 18.00), €25.

Jazz: Ravi Coltrane And now, the Question that Will Not Quit: Would he have made it this far without The Name? For many of us, the answer is easy. He wouldn’t have been hired as a sideman by so many heavies—Herbie Hancock, Carlos Santana, Kenny Barron, Branford Marsalis—if he was only coasting on connections. His several CDs wouldn’t have been cooed at by critics far and wide. And his solos would not sing the way they do, as Ravi Coltrane has emerged as a saxophonist of great range and resourcefulness, capable of moving from raucous, full-throated statement-making to silvery lyricism. Now touring with a piano quartet, Coltrane will offer originals and standards, and certainly prove that the gift he got from his parents—folks called John and Alice—was genetic, not opportunistic. (Steve Schneider) Bimhuis, 21.00, €18.

MONDAY12 NOVEMBER Literature: 25 Jaar—De wereld van de SLAA An evening with world-famous Israelian author Amos Oz. Listening to Hella Haasse, the grand old lady of Dutch literature. Or talking philosophy with German sage Peter Sloterdijk. In the 25 years of its existence, literary venue Stichting Literaire Activiteiten Amsterdam has occupied a prominent position in the Amsterdam—and Dutch—literary scene, with a focus on both native as well as international literature. At the birthday party in Paradiso, artist-cum-writer Charlotte Mutsaers will sing SLAA’s praises in a speech, while best-selling novelist A.F.Th. discusses his personal burning issue. Speaking of best-selling authors: big shots Abdelkader Benali, Adriaan van Dis, Hella Haasse, Gerrit Komrij, Gerrit Kouwenaar and Margriet de Moor will congratulate the birthday boy (or is it a girl?) via the big screen in a home-made SLAA ﬁlm. Funny man Freek de Jonge and his band will conclude the evening. And if that ain’t enough for ya, every visitor will receive a present. SLAA won’t reveal what it is, so you will just have to come on down. (Floris Dogterom) Paradiso (Mon 20.00), €15.

Latin: Joyce e Grupo Few female Brazilian singers have demonstrated the consistent artistic sophistication and curiosity of Joyce, who first emerged in the late 1960s as a straight bossa nova singer. She quickly embarked on a quest to make her work more distinctive. First, she developed an expansive, folk-flavoured sound with partner Nelson Angelo, that pushed a strong feminine perspective—an anomaly at the time in her native country. After spending a few years starting a family, she returned to playing again, with a new interest in jazz. Since then, she’s worked with elegant combinations of bossa nova, samba and jazz. Her fine new album Samba Jazz & Outras Bossas, on the Far Out label, focuses speciﬁcally on her ability to stretch bossas and sambas with the elasticity of jazz, and with solos that make hay of the harmonic richness and her writing. Joyce is a genuine triple threat: not just a great singer, but also a superb guitarist and composer. (Peter Margasak) Bimhuis, 21.00, €16.

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Indie film hero Hal Hartley comes to town for the premiere of his latest quirky offering.

A HARD DAY’S NIGHT IN CHURCH FILM Fay Grim premieres during IAFF/MAFIAfest (See Short List, p. 9) By Julie Phillips and Steve Korver

In the early 1990s, director Hal Hartley turned heads with rambling, quirky, highly original films about American suburbia and the oddballs it harbours beneath its apparently serene surface. His films The Unbelievable Truth, Trust, and Simple Men inspired a cult following for their loopy yet insightful dialogue and their odd take on relationships—not to mention their indie soundtracks. Later, Hartley turned to parodying spy films and offering satirical critique of consumer society and, more recently, America’s fear of the Muslim world. His later films have been less popular than his early stuff, but as Hartley put it in an earlier interview, ‘You have to go where the work dictates you go.’ He’ll appear at MAFIAfest this weekend with his latest, Fay Grim. This sequel to his earlier Henry Fool stars Parker Posey as a single mom who travels to Paris on a mysterious mission for the CIA. Hartley has another connection with Amsterdam: he’s working with Dutch composer Louis Andriessen on film images for an oratorio to premiere next summer. From his current home in Berlin, he answered a few questions about music and movies.

Tell us about your upcoming collaboration La Commedia, based on the Divine Comedy and the poetry of Joost van den Vondel. Louis Andriessen has composed this wonderful five-part oratorio, mostly based on Dante, but which also uses some texts from Vondel. The performance will be lots of fun and very moving, I think. There’s no way to avoid that—the music is challenging and emotional. There will be a good deal of projected motion pictures and something like a huge off-shore oil rig dropped into the middle of Carré. Three great performer-singers, Claron McFadden, Christina Zavalloni and Jeroen Willems, and also a great chorus. For me, my principal note is that it should be like watching the movie A Hard Day’s Night in church. I’ll be filming for a week or so in Amsterdam in March 2008. You wrote the soundtrack for your new film, Fay Grim, yourself. Is it very different making images for another composer’s music? How do you see the relationship between music and film? I’ve never made images for another composer’s music. With [our earlier collaboration] The New Math(s), Louis made the music separately while I made the film, though I was inclined to make certain kinds of images because of things he had said. I’ve always made the music for my other movies because that’s how I came to movies: through

Left: Actress Parker Posey looks hungry. Right: Director Hal Hartley looks pensive.

music. There have been one or two movies where I brought in songs by rock bands, Amateur and The Book of Life in particular. Some of the very early films too. For me the music should never do what the picture and dialogue are already doing. But it is often great when it is doing something radically different. And, sometimes, radically different means not being there at all. You’ve worked with Andriessen before. How did that collaboration get started? Did you have Dutch connections? Louis and I first worked together in 1999 on a little movie called The New Math(s) which was commissioned by NPS in the Netherlands and the BBC in England. That was a good experience and we became friends. We started discussing La Commedia not long after that. I’m afraid Andriessen is my principal Dutch connection. I’ve taught some writing and directing workshops at the Binger Institute and have made some friends there too. But mainly I come to Amsterdam to see Louis and to work with Louis. Tell us about Fay Grim. Do you see this kind of satire as a break from your earlier work or a continuation? The satire in Fay Grim is not that different from what I’ve done before. I’ve always felt I was a satirist. Fay Grim’s preoccupations, though, have a strong link to those of No Such Thing and The Girl From Monday: media and politics, their abuse, the information age. All that—the state we’re in. If Amsterdam was a movie, how would you film it? Ah ha! But that’s just it—Amsterdam is not a movie. If cities were movies I would not be a film-maker. I’d work for the department of traffic.

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Jerusalem String Quartet, see Saturday

MUSIC Send listing suggestions at least two weeks in advance to agenda@amsterdamweekly.nl. For full listings see www.amsterdamweekly.nl.

Thursday 8 November Singer-songwriter: Bob Dylan in het Nederlands Revisiting Dylan Dutch-style. See Short List. Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 20.00, €15 + membership Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor Gaetano Donizetti’s tragic opera, inspired by Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor. Het Muziektheater, 20.00, €15-€90 Jazz: Tineke Postma Kwartet The female sax star turns her back on darkened clubs for a night of jazz grandeur. Concertgebouw, Kleine Zaal, 20.15, €26 World: Buena Vista Social Club presents A fairly fresh batch of Cuban son performers, presented under the inimitable brand name. Lead performers tonight are “Guajiro” Mirabal, “Cachaíto” Lopez, Manuel Galbán and “Aguaje” Ramos, showcasing solo works, as well as Buena Vista classics. Melkweg, The Max, 20.30, €28.50 + membership Rock: Dying Giraffe Recordings Guitar noise from Neil Leyton, Johnny Charmer and Boy Ler. Stubnitz, 20.30, €7 Experimental: Judy Dunaway & Tom Chiu Innovating sounds from the American musicians. Part concert, part lecture. STEIM, 20.30, €5 Contemporary: Nederlands Kamerkoor Works by Gabriel Jackson, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Anne Boyd and Eric Whitacre. Muziekgebouw, 20.30, €20 Contemporary: Olthuis & van Veenendaal—The Mysterie of Guests With vocalist Kristina Fuchs and cellist Ernst Reijseger. Bethaniënklooster, 20.30, €15 Pop/Rock: Caesar The Amsterdam pop trio are back. Also with Moss. Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina, 21.00, free

Classical: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (See Thursday) Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €35 Rock: Mono Louder than loud post rock from the instrumental Japanese band. At least when they aren’t playing complex pieces that are as soft as whisper. While earplugs may dampen the spirit, you will at least avoid permanent damage. Patronaat, Haarlem, 20.30, €12.50 Contemporary: Openingsconcert Internationale Hoorndagen Opening a weekend of horny goodness, with traditional Dutch horn players, internationals from South Africa, French blower Michel Garcin-Marrou and the jazzy electro horns of Russian Arkady Shilkloper. Muziekgebouw, 20.30, €20 Electronica: )toon) Presenting the legacy of British industrial noise pioneers Zoviet*France, with Reformed Faction, Dead Voices on Air, Rapoon and more. Stubnitz, 21.00, €10 Jazz: Frank Morgan & Trio Rein de Graaff A remarkable jazz saxophonist with a career spanning more than 50 years, tonight the American star teams up with De Graaff’s piano trio. Bimhuis, 21.00, €16 Singer-songwriter: Ladies Live Night Rebel jazz from Barbara Breedijk and guests. Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €5 Pop/Rock: Pauline Klever Group Skek, 21.30, free Americana: Wonderjam in Amsterdam (See Thursday) Maloe Melo, 22.00, €7

Saturday 10 November Classical: Festival Federico Mompou (See Friday) Bethaniënklooster, 14.00, €16.50 Classical: Radio Filharmonisch Orkest With the Groot Omroepkoor, Beethoven’s Egmont and the ﬁrst Dutch performance of Henze’s Ninth; conducted by Ingo Metzmacher. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 14.15, €23.50/€28 Americana: Roots of Heaven Festival IX Featuring the likes of Lucinda Williams, Dolorean, Ian Siegal, Nathan Hamilton, Califone and many more. Patronaat, Haarlem, 15.00, €35

Contemporary: Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet The Gravitas Quartet is the new improvising chamber ensemble of pianist Horvitz, one of the key ﬁgures of the New York downtown scene. With trumpeter Ron Miles, cellist Peggy Lee and Sara Schoenbeck on bassoon. Bimhuis, 21.00, €14 Singer-songwriter: Terje Nordgarden Jazzy swinger from Oslo. Skek, 21.30, free Americana: Wonderjam in Amsterdam Fifth music showcase hosted by Texan Carolyn Wonderland. Core performers over the next three nights include Leeann Atherton, Zeegrass and D Brown Fisher. Maloe Melo, 22.00, €5 Rock: Off the Record With El Guapo Stunt Team launching their new single and video. Comedy Theater, 22.30, €7.50

Friday 9 November Classical: Festival Federico Mompou A chamber music celebration of the Catalan pianist. Across the weekend there are diverse performances taking place at the Bethaniënklooster and Noorderkerk. Bethaniënklooster, 20.15, €16.50

’60s Spy Party! Pop/Rock: ’60s Spy Party! An Amsterdam BeatClub dress-up affair, with music from West Hell Three Plus Two, theremin master Ir.Vendermeulen and the ABC DJs. De Nieuwe Anita, 20.00, €6

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8-14 November 2007 Folk: Devendra Banhart Beardy folk. See Short List. Tivoli, Utrecht, Utrecht, 20.15, €22 Classical: Festival Federico Mompou (See Friday) Noorderkerk, 20.15, €16.50 Classical: Jerusalem String Quartet This international foursome, typically inspired by Shostakovich quartets, turn their attention to Czech folklore from Beethoven and Dvorák, with pianist Stefan Vladar. Concertgebouw, Kleine Zaal, 20.15, €33.50 Classical: Amsterdam Sinfonietta Russian and retro with Soviet faves like Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich; conducted by Candida Thompson. Muziekgebouw, 20.30, €25

Big band: Konrad Koselleck Big Band Jazz pop dance fusion—big band style. There’s a deﬁnite buzz about the show this month, as joining Koselleck tonight is Ellen ten Damme and Babette van Veen. Sugar Factory, 21.00, €9

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Tuesday 13 November

Thursday 8 November

Punk: Gogol Bordello Madonna’s fave gypsy punks are back in town to remind us that it’s cool to be crusty. Melkweg, The Max, 20.00, €16 + membership

Cosmopolitan 25 Years Birthday bash featuring Erick E and Don Diablo and a mystery guest. Panama, 21.00-03.00, €15 Flex YourSpace With Stikka (live), Kitty Got Sued (live) and DJ Kid Goesting. Flex Bar, 22.00-04.00, €5

Pop/Rock: Rubber Presenting their new CD tonight, the ensemble will be performing twice—once to show off their new tunes, and secondly to wind up the party with their repertoire of covers. Entry includes CD. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 20.30, €12.50 + membership

PROPAGANDA! A night to head east for the best Balkan beats, Russian disko, mestizo and folk party grooves. Special guests are Iva Nova—ﬁve Russian women, making a sound reminiscent of an Eastern bloc Pogues. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 23.00-05.00, €5

Jazz: Eric Vloeimans’ Gatecrash The adventurous trumpeter Eric Vloeimans gets bold with electronic experiments and pure jazz in this new outﬁt. Bimhuis, 21.00, €14

Wildvreemd Wild Chicago techno from Billy Dalessandro and a selection of the regular Thursday weirdos. Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €8

Rock: The Donnas Still raw and brazen in their love of classic rock and garage punk, what’s most striking about The Donnas’ new album Bitchin’ is that they now sound like they have the musicianship to match the attitude. Melkweg, The Max, 21.00, €14 + membership

Experimental Dental School Rock: Muziek Kapot Moet! Featuring the blood-curdlingly quirky indie pop of Experimental Dental School (US). Support from Chaos Through Programming (Sweden). OCCII, 21.30, €5 Americana: Wonderjam in Amsterdam (See Thursday) Maloe Melo, 22.00, €7

Sunday 11 November Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor (See Thursday) Het Muziektheater, 13.30, €15-€90 Opera: Madama Butterfly Get Puccini’d by the Romanian State Opera. Meervaart, 14.00, €38 Classical: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest (See Saturday) Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 14.15, €33 Jazz: Vernon Reid, Jamaladeen Tacuma & G Calvin Weston Free jazz wildness from the Living Colour guitarist and friends. Bimhuis, 14.30, €18 Classical: Festival Federico Mompou (See Friday) Bethaniënklooster, 15.00, €16.50 Hiphop: Stichting Pro Mundo Charity performance featuring Diggy Dje, Hadrie, Kroegdichters, Colombiaanse Bloedgroep, Dwight Steven and more. Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina, 15.00, €10 Singer-songwriter: Peter Rowan, Peter Mulvey Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 15.30, €10 + membership Jazz: Léah Kline Invites... Pianist Dirk Balthaus and percussionist Yuchi Cordoba join the singer this time round. DanceStreet, 20.00, €12 Classical: RCO Chamber Soloists The string players show off in Hummel’s Quintet in E ﬂat; brass players tackle Bartók’s Contrasten; and the woodwind bunch follow through with Beethoven’s Septet in E ﬂat. Concertgebouw, Kleine Zaal, 20.15, €33.50 World: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba Rising stars of the ‘world music’ scene, these Mali masters have worked with the likes of Toumani Diabate and Ali Farka Toure. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 21.00, €20 + membership World: Kassav’ Ground-breaking Francophone zouk band which was formed in 1979. Melkweg, The Max, 21.00, €32.50 + membership Electronica: Manufactur Swiss electro ambient dub quartet. Stubnitz, 21.00

Monday 12 November Classical: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest (See Saturday) Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €33 Classical: Sarajevo Works by Eugene Goossens, César Cui and Emmy Frensel Wegener. Uilenburger Synagogue, 20.15, €15 Latin/Jazz: Joyce e Grupo Accomplished Brazilian singer-songwriter. See Short List. Bimhuis, 21.00, €16

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Experimental: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Avantgarde jazz metal formed from the remains of Charming Hostess, Idiot Flesh, Tin Hat and inkBoat. This lot are so off-the-wall, you can expect anything from puppet shows to custom instruments, such as the Viking Rowboat and Sledgehammer Dulcimer. Support from the rather amazing American songwriter Carla Bozulich. P60, Amstelveen, 20.00, €14 Opera: Acis and Galatea Händel’s most popular operatic work, performed by English early music specialists Gabrieli Consort and Players. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €39.50/€46.50 Classical: Pieter Wispelwey 20th century solo cello pieces. Concertgebouw, Kleine Zaal, 20.15, €32 Rock: Oceansize Precision prog noise from Manchester. Known for their lengthy, twisty masterpieces, they can be fairly subtle and psychedelic in the same way that a band like Tool is. But they also make a fairly brutal noise when the mood takes them. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 20.30, €12 + membership Classical: Orkest van de Achttiende Eeuw & Asko Ensemble Old meets new in this two-day celebration of the piano and fortepiano. Tonight there’s works by Martijn Padding, Mozart and Chopin. Tomorrow, it’s Chopin, Ligeti, Kurtág and Beethoven. Muziekgebouw, 20.30, €25 Singer-songwriter: Geoff Berner Accordion-player Geoff ‘The Whiskey Rabbi’ Berner returns to town as one ‘Lucky Goddam Jew’ out to ‘drag klezmer music kicking and screaming back into the bars where it belongs.’ Cafe Peper, OT301, 22.00, pay-what-you-can

Wednesday 14 November Pop/Rock: Kaiser Chiefs Anthemic guitar pop from the Leeds outﬁt. Heineken Music Hall, 20.00, sold out Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor (See Thursday) Het Muziektheater, 20.00, €15-€90 Classical: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D and Rachmaninov’s Symphony No.2; conducted by German-American pianist and composer André Previn, with solo violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €55 Contemporary: Ensemble MAE A varied programme of works highlighting the many musical talents of American composer Robert Ashley, who’s previously written pieces for band leader Altena. Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 20.30, €15 + membership Classical: Orkest van de Achttiende Eeuw & Asko Ensemble (See Tuesday) Muziekgebouw, 20.30, €25 Experimental: Carla Kihlstedt: 2 Foot Yard Mindboggling intensity from this violin-playing devil, who’ll be dealing out a raw mix of classical music, art rock and Balkan grooves tonight. If the name rings a bell but you can’t quite place it, she’s a founding member of Tin Hat Trio and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. Bimhuis, 21.00, €14

Riot! One room of electro, pop, house and bailefunk. The other dishes out hiphop and R&B with no regrets. Studio 80, 23.00-late, €7.50, free before 00.00

Friday 9 November Habbekrats Urban night with De Reiger, Joseph Vanderbilt, Jim Aasgier and Sjammy The Money. Live set from The Opposites. Bitterzoet, 21.00-04.00, €7.50 Innovation—In the Dam Weekender Brain shattering drum & bass and old skool tunes, featuring the likes of Friction, Dieselboy, Fresh, Bryan Gee and Noisia. Melkweg, 21.00-late, €45 Monsters of Indie Three of Amsterdam’s hottest indie parties, RobotRock, Club Rascal and Uptight, ensure it’s a massive feast of dance-friendly electro and jaggy guitars. Club 8, 22.00-04.00, €5 Freitag A Parkroom/Knuckle Sandwich Friday led by Eva Maria and Lupe. Flex Bar, 22.00-05.00, €8 Bass Culture Bubble Up Working the woofers with members of the Bass Culture and Burningsoundz teams. OT301, 22.00-late, €6 Rauw Rawer than raw beats from Joost van Bellen and Crookers (Milan). 11, 22.30-04.00, €15 Soulheaven Featuring the real house sounds of American DJ and producer Louie Vega (Masters at Work). Panama, 23.00-04.00, €18 Moskow Diskow Russian madness—aurally, visually and spiritually. With Dirty Princess and others. Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €12 Epicentre The darker side of clubbing for lovers of gothic, cyber, fetish and alternative lifestyles. Studio 80, 23.00-late, €7.50 Boss Featuring NY hiphopper Pharoahe Monch. Paradiso, 23.59-late, €15

Saturday 10 November Afrodisia A new event inspired by the sounds of urban Africa, where house, hiphop, reggae and traditional music fuse into an uplifting 21st century diaspora of club sounds. Sugar Factory, 00.30-05.00, €12 Dutch Classic Scooter Custom Show Getting on two wheels with Miss Twist, Edo and Nino. Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina, 21.00-late, €5 Drie Keer Niks With Herrie Gekkenhuis, O.Boogie and Lamme Tonnie. Club 8, 22.00-04.00, €6 Ratio? DJ Melon goes solo. 11, 22.30-04.00, €10 Dutchsoil Diverse jammin’ with Dutchsoil DJs and live stars. Sugar Factory, 23.00-00.30, €10 Earth 8th Anniversary Yes, it’s Earth’s 8th birthday this weekend—not the 4.5 billion years that most scientists cling to. As always, expect a theatrical affair, with electronic sounds from Terry Lee Brown Jr, Jamie Anderson, ONNO and Estroe. Paradiso, 23.00-05.00, €20 Fragile Featuring Maniacs of Noise (live), Meneer de Beer, Hepcat and Arrow. Studio 80, 23.00-late, €8

Hiphop: Necro Underground hiphop producer from Brooklyn known for his ultra-violent lyrical style and attempts to blend rap with death metal. Support from Bizz Banascus. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 21.00, €20 + membership

Trance Orient Express Trippy hippy trance party. Ruigoord, 23.00-late, €10

Pop/Rock: Subbacultcha! Featuring the soul punk and saucy psychedelica of Tokyo Sex Destruction (Spain), the adrenalin-charged noise of The Stilettos, and the out-of-control expressionism of Dutch girl-boygirl trio Eva Braun. Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 22.30, €6 + membership

T-Dansant Food, drink and, of course, dancing throughout three Westergas locations. Westergasfabriek, 17.00-00.00, €28 Boogie da Umpalumpa Old-style funk, hiphop and reggae that’s made for dancing. Winston Kingdom, 21.00-03.00, €5

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WickedJazzSounds Jazz, hiphop, broken beats, nujazz, funk and Afro sounds, as classic vinyl collides with live musicians. Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €9.50

Performance: Mayumana A massive global performance spectacle that has been building for over ten years, expect a sparkling and acrobatic mix of music, dance, theatre and percussion. Theater Fabriek Amsterdam, (Sat 20.15, Sun 16.00), €32-€38

Monday 12 November

Dance: Dansersfonds ’79 Balletgala Tremendous highlights from classical and contemporary works, performed by stars of the Dutch and international dance worlds. Het Nationale Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Bayerisches Staatsballett, Introdans, New York City Ballet and the Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag all join forces to provide an evening ﬁlled with all kinds of dance. Het Muziektheater, (Tues 20.00), €25-€100

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Dance: Women of the World A collaboration between the Beijing Modern Dance Company and acclaimed Dutch choreographer Anouk van Dijk. In this double choreography, Van Dijk’s work contrasts with that of Chinese star Gao Yanjinzi, highlighting the differences in culture but also the universalities of being a woman. Stadsschouwburg, (Tues 20.15), €12€22.50

Target Art in the display boxes of the former ABN AMRO building, featuring a body of work by Klaas Weert and Rae Witvoet. Rembrandtplein (Daily), opens Thursday, until 30 November

Cheeky Monday True skool jungle and drum & bass, featuring players from the local and international scenes. Winston Kingdom, 22.00-03.00, €6

Wednesday 14 November Black Star Wednesday Monthly reggae and dancehall party from the Black Star Foundation. Plus a showcase from Brother Marcus & Osagyefo (Ghana). Bitterzoet, 22.00-03.00, €5

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Theatre: Ghostbusters #1 Absolute absurdness at its best from Touki Delphine and Veenfabriek. In Dutch. Frascati, (Tues, Wed 20.30, Wed also 14.00), €8.50

Social: Thank God It’s Friday Weekend drinks with DJs, snacks and drinks from 5pm until three in the morning, when it isn’t even Friday any more. De Engel van Amsterdam, 13.00-03.00, free

Performance: Breakin’ Walls The seventh edition of this all-round performance festival that’s made for youngsters by youngsters. Spread across the halls of Frascati, De Brakke Grond, de Engelenbak, Comedy Theater and Paradiso, over the next ﬁve days you can ﬁnd a vibrant collection of national and international dance performances, live music, theatre, stand-up comedy, spoken word, art installations and club nights. The party starts in grand style at Paradiso with a performance by De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig. See www.breakinwalls.nl. In Dutch. Various locations, (Tues, Wed), various prices

Saturday 10 November

Ongoing

Friday 9 November

Theatre: Ik ben weg Ger Thijs’s fourth play for Het Toneel Speelt tells the story of two closely knit artist friends and the one woman they love. With Mark Rietman and Peter Blok. In Dutch. Stadsschouwburg, (Thur, Fri 20.15), €12-€25 Comedy: Comedytrain A lively selection of stand-up comics. In Dutch. Toomler, (Thur-Sat 20.30), €13.50 (Z)onderbroek

Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Show Featuring varying performers and MCs. In English and Dutch. Comedy Cafe, (Thur-Sat 21.00, Fri, Sat also 23.30), €10/€15

Sex club: (Z)onderbroek Drop your pants and boogie. See www.gala-amsterdam.nl and Short List. Club La, 16.00-20.00, €8

Sunday 11 November

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Wednesday 14 November Club: F*cking Pop Queers Queers love pop, and this is where they get their ﬁll. Expect Madonna and electro, urban and indie, new and classic. Studio 80, 23.00-04.00, free before 00.00, €5 after

STAGE Opening Dance: Gula Jens van Daele’s third powerful choreography of a series inspired by the seven deadly sins. Performed by GO-dans. Melkweg Theater, (Thur-Sat 20.30, Sun 16.00), €9 Performance: PIPS:Lab The adventurous group celebrate their 850th birthday. Or something. Expect the unexpected. Studio K, (Fri 21.00), €5

Schietschijf Public art window displays featuring ready mades by Klaas Weert. Vijzelstraat (Daily), opens Thursday, until 30 November

Ixone Sadaba: The Expulsion From Paradise Sadaba is a young artist from Bilbao in the North of Spain who primarily makes performances and video installations, often attracting attention because they can be seen as signals of aggression and powerlessness. Witzenhausen Gallery 2 (Thur-Sat 12.00-18.00), opens Saturday, until 22 December

Museums Held/Hero Commemorating the 400th birthday of one of the greatest heroes in Dutch history, Michiel de Ruyter, this exhibition focuses on heroes, hero status and hero worship in the Netherlands. Nieuwe Kerk (Daily 10.00-18.00), closing Sunday Gert Jan Kocken: Defacing The hundredth exhibition in SMBA (since 1993) is devoted to the work of Amsterdam photographer Gert Jan Kocken. He is showing a series concerned with iconoclasm: photographs that focus attention on the fury that images have provoked in the past. Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00), closing Sunday Yamandú Roos: Totomboti Photos of the ﬁve Rastafarian men who make up the Totomboti foundation in the Pikienslee village of Suriname, making functional art with wood and teaching the villagers to use natural resources in sustainable ways. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 22 November Valérie Belin The first major overview of works by acclaimed French artist Belin (1964). Over the past seventeen years she has worked on an oeuvre comprising some 20 series of still-lifes and portraits. Most of these were photographed in strong and highly contrasting black and white, and are suitably striking, but her latest work is in colour, adding new dimensions. Huis Marseille (Tues-Sun 11.00-18.00), until 25 November

Planet Ocean Another outdoor photography exhibition hits Amsterdam. This time it’s the oceanic photography of Haarlem-born Dos Winkel. While the shots are undoubtedly beautiful, an ecological theme runs throughout the collection. Stopera (Daily), until 27 November

Music: Sing-a-long night Assembled voices of lesbians led by Irene Hemelaar. Saarein, 18.00-21.00, free

Film: Film Night Tonight, it’s Dangerous Liaisons, Steven Frears’ tale of passion and intrigue in pre-Revolution France. It’s not very gay, but it is very good. PRIK, 19.00, free

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The Present Order Group show exploring themes of sci-ﬁ, pop and pop culture. De Hallen (Tues-Sat 11.0017.00, Sun 12.00-17.00), Haarlem, until 25 November

Film: Transfusion Festival Transgender festival with all kinds of workshops, from African drumming to support for parents of transgender children. There’s also an exhibition—The Art of Transfusion—along with experts, who’ll be on hand to give advice, and a lateopening cafe. Casa 400, 09.30-24.00

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Theatre: Cobain Matijs Jansen tackles the role of the Nirvana frontman in this solo show about his life and the grunge movement. In Dutch. Frascati, (Thur-Sat 22.00), €12 Theatre: HRMNNH! (Kung Fu Hossel) Made in da Shade’s bizarre interactive kung-fu theatrical epic, inspired by the themes, aesthetics and spirituality of all those famous low-budget ﬂicks from the Far East. In Dutch. Westergasfabriek, (Thur-Sun, Tues, Wed 20.30), €15 Comedy: easyLaughs Comedy improv in English. Two knee-slapping shows every Friday night. CREA Muziekzaal, (Fri 20.30, 22.30), €8, €5 (late night) Comedy: Now&Lauw: Urban Improv Comedy Weekly ha-ha with Wilko Terwijn and Nabil Aoulad Ayad. In Dutch. Comedy Theater, (Fri 23.30), €10 + membership Music/Dance: Second Visit to the Empress Based on the 17th-century Chinese opera of the same name, Second Visit to the Empress tells the story of Empress Li and the ups and downs of her succession to the throne at the time of the Ming Dynasty. Alongside singing and live music, a prominent role is played by the expressive dance language of choreographer and director Shen Wei. Het Muziektheater, (Fri, Sat 20.15), €15-€40 Theatre: Blind Play by Opium voor het Volk about four young women caught up in their own personal histories and how free time, money, and happiness are inﬁnitely intertwined. In Dutch. Frascati, (Wed 21.00), €8.50

Andy Warhol - Affiches A selection of posters from the pop artist. Centrale Bibliotheek (Daily 10.0022.00), until 1 December Inside-Out: Photos from Amsterdam Collections and Archives The city of Amsterdam contains within its perimeters a treasure of high quality photography. Much of this wealth can be found in collections and archives, such as the Stedelijk Museum, Rijksmuseum, Stadsarchief and Maria Austria Instituut, and for this exhibition, Foam has compiled an exhibition showing work from the vaults of all four institutions. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 5 December Heringa/Van Kalsbeek: Cruel Bonsai The first ever major museum solo exhibition by artist duo Heringa/Van Kalsbeek. Their extravagant sculptures appear at once poetic and slightly morbid and are inspired principally by nature in all its capricious irregularity. Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), until 6 January 2008 Ryan McGinley: Celebrating Life An exhibition of work by the young American photographer Ryan McGinley, who’s been hailed as one of today’s most promising international photographers. With Celebrating Life he photographed a group of friends on a road trip across America, in homage to American predecessors such as Robert Frank and Richard Avedon. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 6 January 2008 Andy Warhol. Other voices, other rooms With a cornucopia of films, photos, video and typical Andy icons (soup cans, Mao, Marilyn Monroe), this exhibi-

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Ixone Sadaba: The Expulsion From Paradise, see Opening

tion offers a glimpse into the mind of the famous pop artist. Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), until 13 January 2008

brought to life in a thrilling combination of light, sound and ﬁlm. Tropenmuseum (Daily 10.00-17.00), until 13 April 2008

The Spider Anansi: A Web of Tales and Images Fourteen artists from the Netherlands and Ghana have created works for this exhibition inspired by the stories about the spider Anansi. These will be displayed in combination with videos of storytellers recorded in both countries. Tropenmuseum (Daily 10.00-17.00), until 13 January 2008

Art Nouveau In the time of Russia’s last Tsar, Nicholas, the people of St Petersburg were particularly impressed with France’s latest art movement, buying what they could, while Russian artists created their own art nouveau. This exhibition displays some of the best of French and Russian art nouveau from the period. Hermitage Amsterdam (Daily 10.00-17.00), until 5 May 2008

Chairs of Rank and Distinction Chairs. Yes, chairs. Bloody expensive chairs. Posh chairs. Sometimes even pretty chairs. Museum van Loon (Wed-Mon 11.00-17.00), until 14 January 2008 Barcelona 1900 Celebrating the astonishing transformation of this vibrant city between 1880 and 1909. In this period Barcelona underwent an impressive architectural development and flourished socially and artistically, reflected in paintings, drawings, sculptures and designs by the likes of Picasso, Isidre Nonell, Santiago Rusiñol, Alexandre de Riquer, Ramon Casas and Gaudí. Van Gogh Museum (Mon-Thur, Sat, Sun 10.0018.00, Fri 10.00-22.00), until 20 January 2008 The Birds of America It’s officially the most expensive book in the world, and since you probably don’t have a copy of John James Audubon’s masterwork to flick through at home, Teylers Museum is showing off the engravings and prints of their copy—new pages displayed every day. Teylers Museum (Tues-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun 12.00-17.00), Haarlem, until 20 January 2008 China Now Featuring 75 works by 40 artists, many of which come from the Essl Museum in Vienna, this exhibition aims to highlight some of the best examples of contemporary Chinese avant-garde art. CoBrA Museum (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00), until 27 January 2008 Van Gogh en Bernard: een kunstenaarsvriendschap Revealing the significant friendship between the crazy painter and Emile Bernard, with paintings, drawings and letters that display their unrelenting exchange of ideas and art. Van Gogh Museum (MonThur, Sat, Sun 10.00-18.00, Fri 10.00-22.00), until 27 January 2008

Anton Mauve en Vincent van Gogh: de meester en zijn leerling Focussing on the inﬂuence of the crazy painter’s early teacher Anton Mauve, who witnessed Van Gogh’s first paintings in December 1881 (they were all drawings until then). Van Gogh Museum (Mon-Thur, Sat, Sun 10.00-18.00, Fri 10.00-22.00), until 7 September 2008

Galleries De Grote Etsen Etches by Paul van Dongen. Plus paintings by Bas Meerman. De Praktijk (Tues-Sat 13.00-18.00), closing Saturday Marjo van den Boomen: With Arms Wide Open...#2 After her succesful With Arms Wide Open…, this new exhibition delves deeper into the same disturbing subjects, commenting on a materialist society that reduces children to the latest consumer product. KochxBos Gallery (Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00), closing Saturday Anneke Wilbrink: Local Ground Paintings of panoramic abstract constructions from the Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst 2006 winner. AYAC’S (Fri, Sat 13.00-17.30), closing Saturday Supermodel Works by the members of artists collective Kultivator, including Malin Lindmark Vrijman, Kalle Runeson, Mathieu Vrijman, Marlene Lindmark, Henric Stigeborn and Mia Lindmark. W139 (Daily 11.0019.00), closing Sunday Kunststad Diverse works from the new residents of the Kunststad. NDSM-werf (Fri 15.00-21.00, Sat, Sun 12.00-21.00), closing Sunday

Moderne meesterwerken uit Moskou Paintings and drawings made by Russian-Jews living under the rule of Stalin, displayed for the first time in the Netherlands. Joods Historisch Museum (Daily 11.00-17.00), until 10 February 2008

Cadiz-Amsterdam vice versa Mixed exhibition with new paintings, photos and installations by artists from Cadiz, Spain; part of an exchange project, thus Amsterdam artists are now in Cadiz. Oude Kerk (Mon-Sat 11.00-17.00, Sun 13.00-17.00), closing Sunday

Verheerlijking van de Gouden Eeuw Harking back to an early 20th century movement to restore the look of Amsterdam’s grachtengordel to it’s glamorous Golden Age (17th century) origins, before and after photos are presented to highlight architect A A Kok and his son IJsbrand’s key involvement in the movement. Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (Tues-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun 11.00-17.00), Rotterdam, until 17 February 2008

Fatima Barzgne New drawings and paintings in the ﬁrst solo exhibition of this Iraqi artist. Suzanne Biederberg Gallery (Wed-Sat 14.00-18.00), closing Wednesday

Aap, vis, boek. Linnaeus in Amsterdam Celebrating the 300th birthday of the renowned botanist in style, by displaying extremely rare books and other treasures of the period Linnaeus spent in Amsterdam. UvA: Special Collections Library (Mon-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 13.00-17.00), until 25 February 2008

25 jaar BINNEN Celebrating 25 years of design in the gallery, previously exhibited artists offer up recent design works. Galerie Binnen (Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00), until 17 November

Bisj Poles—Sculptures From the Rainforest An exhibition of 58 bisj poles from New Guinea. These meters-high wooden sculptures are used during centuries-old ancestor-worship rituals of the Asman from New Guinea. These rituals, still performed today, are

Lou Reed’s New York The creative chameleon comes back, this time as photographic chronicler of the city he knows best. Serieuze Zaken Studioos, until 15 November

Hidenori Mitsue: It’s There, It’s All There Paintings by the Dutch-based Japanese artist. Yoshiko Matsumoto Gallery (Wed-Sat 13.30-18.30), until 17 November Light Painting Colourful, dreamy night photography by Brazilian Renan Cepeda. Gallery WM (Thur-Sat 14.00-18.00), until 17 November

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16 DistrictQ Works by Liesbeth Abbenes, Yasser Ballemans, Rein Blank, Maurice van Daalen, Aukje Dekker, Thijs Kauffmann, Maaike vander Linden and Dimitri Madimin. W139/Basement (Thur-Sun 13.00-18.00), until 18 November

EVENTS Festival: Black Magic Woman Festival Nine days of soul food, music, literature, debates, performances and sisterhood, spread across diverse locations in Amsterdam. Theme for this year is ‘Daughters & Fathers’, plus one of the key guests will be American writer and feminist Rebecca Walker. See www.blackmagicwomanfestival.nl. Until 15 November. Various locations, (Daily), various prices

ADDRESSES

8-14 November 2007 Nederlands Architectuurinstituut Museumpark 25, Rotterdam, 010 440 1200

11 Oosterdokskade 3-5, 625 5999

Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst Keizersgracht 264, 623 7101

Annet Gelink Gallery Laurierstraat 187-189, 330 2066

De Nieuwe Anita Frederik Hendrikstraat 111, 06 4150 3512

ARCAM Prins Hendrikkade 600, 620 4878

Nieuwe Kerk entrance on the Dam, 638 6909

Arti et Amicitiae Rokin 112, 624 5134

Noorderkerk Noordermarkt 44, 626 6436

ArtOlive Polonceaukade 17, 675 8504

OCCII Amstelveenseweg 134, 671 7778

AYAC'S Keizersgracht 166, 638 5240

OT301 Overtoom 301, 779 4913

De Balie Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, 553 5151

Oude Kerk Oudekerksplein 23, 625 8284

Bethaniënklooster Barndesteeg 6, 625 0078

P60 Stadsplein 100A, Amstelveen, 023 345 3445

Bimhuis Piet Heinkade 3, 788 2150

Pakhuis de Zwijger Piet Heinkade 179-181, 788 4444

Bitterzoet Spuistraat 2, 521 3001

Panama Oostelijke Handelskade 4, 311 8680

Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina Veemkade 576, 419 3368

Paradiso Weteringschans 6-8, 626 4521

Casa 400 James Wattstraat 75

Pathé De Munt Vijzelstraat 15, 0900 1458

Centrale Bibliotheek Oosterdokskade 143, 523 0900

Patronaat Zijlsingel 2, Haarlem, 023 517 5858

Club 8 Admiraal de Ruyterweg 56B, 685 1703

Persmuseum Zeeburgerkade 10, 692 8810

Club La Kerkstraat 50-52

The Powerzone Spaklerweg, 681 8866

CoBrA Museum Sandbergplein 1-3, Amstelveen, 547 5050

De Praktijk Lauriergracht 96, 422 1727

Comedy Cafe Max Euweplein 43-45, 638 3971

PRIK Spuistraat 109, 06 4544 2321

Comedy Theater Nes 110

Rembrandthuis Jodenbreestraat 4, 520 0400

Concertgebouw Concertgebouwplein 2-6, 671 8345

Ruigoord Ruigoord 15, 497 5702

Consortium Veemkade 570, 06 2611 8950

Saarein Elandsstraat 119, 623 4901

CREA Muziekzaal Turfdraagsterpad 17, 525 1400

Serieuze Zaken Studioos Bilderdijkstraat 66-hs, 427 5770

Eva Räder Paintings by the German artist. Galerie Gabriel Rolt (Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00), until 24 November

DanceStreet 1e Rozendwarsstraat 10, 489 7676

Sinners Wagenstraat 3-7, 620 1375

De Engel van Amsterdam Zeedijk 21, 427 6381

Skek Zeedijk 4-8, 427 0551

Anthea Hamilton: Cut-Outs The British artist creates a temporary environment of found and shaped objects, including paint cans, candles, shoes, bamboo, perspex and string. Galerie Fons Welters (Tues-Sat 13.00-18.00), until 24 November

Felix Meritis Keizersgracht 324, 626 2321 Flex Bar Pazzanistraat 1, 486 2123

SMART Project Space Arie Biemondstraat 107-113, 427 5953

Foam Keizersgracht 609, 551 6546

Stadsschouwburg Leidseplein 26, 624 2311

Frascati Nes 63, 626 6866

Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam Rozenstraat 59, 422 0471

Discussion: Towards a ‘Bolivarian’ Democracy in Venezuela—The Meaning and Prospects of Constitutional Reform A catchy title if ever there was one, although it does tell you all need to know about the event. In English. Transnational Institute, (Fri 18.30),

Eva Räder

Galerie Binnen Keizersgracht 82, 625 9603

Ritual Tendancies Diverse works by Lorenza Boisi, Iris Zugovic and Barbara Rink. Horse Move Project Space (Fri-Sun 14.00-20.00), until 25 November

Galerie de Expeditie Leliegracht 47, 620 4758 Galerie Fons Welters Bloemstraat 140, 423 3046 Galerie Gabriel Rolt Elandsgracht 34, 785 5146

Utopia Exploring the future of cities and urban landscapes with architectural concepts by the likes of Luc Schuiten, Paolo Soleri and Jacques Ferrier. Maison Descartes (Mon-Thur 10.00-19.00, Fri 10.00-17.00), until 30 November Viviane Sassen: Ultra Violet: Sketchbook A show curated around and about the working process of Dutch photographer and Prix de Rome winner Sassen. Motive Gallery (Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00), until 1 December The Generous Space Deceptively translucent paintings of light with only black and white by Wessel Huisman. Galerie Rademakers (Tue-Sun 11.00-17.30), until 2 December Video Vortex In line with the international conference of the same name that started in Belgium last month and will continue into next year, this installation examines the potential of online video distribution (YouTube, MySpace, etc), and attempts to place it in it’s relative context in the history of visual art. Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst (Tues-Sat 13.00-18.00), until 2 December Alicia Framis Portraits by the Spanish photographer. Annet Gelink Gallery (Tues-Fri 11.00-18.00, Sat 13.0018.00), until 8 December Peter Struycken Solo exhibition by the 68-year old Dutch artist. Galerie de Expeditie (Wed-Fri 11.00-18.00, Sat 14.00-18.00), until 8 December Franz Baumgartner New dreamy landscapes by the German artist. Galerie Hof & Huyser (Tues-Sat 13.0018.00), until 8 December Jon Eiselin: Figures and Figuration Featuring a selection of oil paintings from the period 2004 to 2007. The Gear (Thur, Fri 15.00-19.00, Sat, Sun, until 8 December Kiosk7: OudWestKiosk A project by Gavin Wade with Simon & Tom Bloor, wherein they took a kiosk design from Dudley Zoo by the Russian architect Berthold Lubetkin, and began exporting it to new locations, providing innovative functions each time. Amsterdam’s winning kiosk proposal will be number seven, and is due to be realised in the public space of Oud-West in 2008. SMART Project Space (Tues-Sat 12.00-17.00), until 15 December Noord-Korea: onbekend maakt onbemin Photos from Frans Boom’s trip to the commie country. IISG (Mon-Fri 09.00-17.00), until 21 December Hans Broek Paintings by the New Yorker. Torch Gallery (Thur-Sat 14.00-18.00), until 24 December Ofﬂine #6 Selections from the exhibitors of ArtOlive Jong Talent ‘07. ArtOlive (Mon-Fri 11.00-17.00, Sun 12.00-17.00), until 30 December Jehsong Baak: Là ou ailleurs Stark black-and-white photos from the talented South Korean artist, now living and working in Paris. Hup Gallery (Tues, Thur, Fri 10.00-17.00), until 31 December

Galerie Hof & Huyser Bloemgracht 135, 420 1995 Galerie Paul Andriesse Withoedenveem 8, 623 6237 Galerie Rademakers Prinsengracht 570-572, 6225496 Gallery WM Elandsgracht 35, 421 1113 The Gear Nieuwe Teertuinen 23

William S Burroughs Film/Music: William S Burroughs A screening of the documentary Words of Advice—William S Burroughs on the Road by Lars Movin and Steen Moller Rasmussen. See Short List. Paradiso, Grote Zaal, (Sat 19.30), €12.50 + membership Art/Film: Black Cube 9 Arty presentation featuring film, video and live music. Arti et Amicitiae, (Sat 20.00), free Film: Péter Forgács Film programme organised by the Filmmuseum, showcasing works by the Hungarian. With live music by The Gordian Knot Company and narration from Forgács. Pakhuis de Zwijger, (Sat 20.30), €15 Lecture: Johan van der Keuken-Lezing Annual cinematic lecture hosted by professor François Albera. Key guest this time around is Hungarian filmmaker and media artist Péter Forgács. In English. Felix Meritis, (Sun 14.00), €15 Art Fair: The Affordable Art Fair After eight successful years in London, New York, Sydney and Melbourne the Affordable Art Fair is coming to Amsterdam. A fun and relaxed affair, with everything from €100 to €5000, it’s an unusual art-buying opportunity that’s well worth a shot—particularly if you’re a first-time buyer. With contributions from more than 60 galleries, you can browse the thousands of paintings, original prints, photography and sculpture, whilst seasoned collectors occasionally push you to the ground in their hunt for hot new artists. Westergasfabriek, (Thur 11.00-17.30, Fri, Sat 11.00-18.00, Sun 11.00-17.00), €12 Discussion: Bands & Beyond Inside info from the music industry, with guests Anneke van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering, Aqua de Anique), Tjeerd Bomhof (Voicst), Phil Tilli (Moke) and Simon Akkermans (CMon & Kypski). In Dutch. Melkweg Cinema, (Mon 20.00), €5 Discussion: Women Inc Discussing father and daughter relationships with Naema Tahir and Petra Stienen. In Dutch. Pakhuis de Zwijger, (Mon 20.00), free Literature: 25 Jaar—De wereld van de SLAA Wordy guests, films and music. See Short List. Paradiso, (Mon 20.00), €15 Discussion: De Geglobaliseerde Glazen Bol Part one of a new series discussing global issues. Guests tonight include Indian scientist Vandana Shiva and American anthropology professor Hugh Gusterson. In English. De Balie, (Tues 20.30), €7

De Hallen Grote Markt 16, Haarlem, 023 511 5775

Stedelijk Museum CS Oosterdokskade 5, 573 2911 STEIM Utrechtsedwarsstraat 134, 622 8690 Stopera Waterlooplein 22, 551 8117 Stubnitz Odinakade, NDSM-werf Studio 80 Rembrandtplein 70, 521 8333 Studio K Timorplein 62, 692 0422 Sugar Factory Lijnbaansgracht 238, 627 0008 Suzanne Biederberg Gallery 1e Egelantiersdwarsstraat 1, 624 5455 Teylers Museum Spaarne 16, Haarlem, 023 516 0960

Heineken Music Hall ArenA Boulevard 590, 0900 300 1250

Theater Bellevue Leidsekade 90, 530 5301

Hermitage Amsterdam Nieuwe Herengracht 14, 530 8751

Theater Fabriek Amsterdam Czaar Peterstraat 213, 522 5260

Horse Move Project Space Oosterdokskade 5 Post CS Huis Marseille Keizersgracht 401, 531 8989 Hup Gallery Tesselschadestraat 15, 515 8589 IHLIA-Homodok Oosterdokskade 143, 5230 900 IISG Cruquiusweg 31, 668 5866 Joods Historisch Museum Jonas Daniel Meijerplein 2-4, 531 0310 KochxBos Gallery 1e Anjeliersdwarsstraat 3-5, 681 4567 Maison Descartes Vijzelgracht 2A, 531 9500

Tivoli, Utrecht Oudegracht 245, Utrecht, 030 231 1491 Toomler Breitnerstraat 2, 670 7400 Torch Gallery Lauriergracht 94, 626 0284 Transnational Institute 25 De Wittenstraat Tropenmuseum Linnaeusstraat 2, 568 8200 Uilenburger Synagogue Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 91, 427 8347 Under the Grand Chapiteau Next to ArenA, 621 1288

Maloe Melo Lijnbaansgracht 163, 420 4592

UvA: Special Collections Library Oude Turfmarkt 129, 525 2141

Mediamatic Post CS, Oosterdokskade 5, 638 9901

Van Gogh Museum Paulus Potterstraat 7, 570 5200

Meervaart Meer en Vaart 300, 410 7777

W139 Warmoesstraat 139, 622 9434

Melkweg Lijnbaansgracht 234A, 531 8181

W139/Basement Oosterdokskade 5, 06 2427 6657

Melkweg Cinema Lijnbaansgracht 234A, 624 1777

Westergasfabriek Haarlemmerweg 8-10, 586 0710

Motive Gallery Elandsgracht 10, 330 3668

Westerliefd Klönneplein 4-6

Museum van Loon Keizersgracht 672, 624 5255

Winston Kingdom Warmoesstraat 129, 623 1380

Muziekgebouw Piet Heinkade 1, 788 2010

Witzenhausen Gallery 2 Elandsstraat 145, 644 9898

Het Muziektheater Amstel 3, 625 5455

Yoshiko Matsumoto Gallery Weteringschans 37, 06 1437 0995

NDSM-werf TT Neveritaweg 15, 330 5480

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Zink and Swim Cafe Restaurant Zink Marnixplein 1, 524 6016 Open Mon-Sat: 09.00-22.00, Sun 18.00-21.00 Cash, PIN Marnixplein has had its new sports centre for a few months now. A place where you can swim away the kilos, or trim the body beautiful on the exercise machines. It’s lovely. And have you tried the restaurant, Zink? Now, most swimming pools have canteens to sit and sip refreshments, but Het Marnix offers something else. A decent lunch or later on, dinner, even DJs. The Glutton arrived at noon. The restaurant is situated in an enormous, cube-like space, with a vast glass wall facing the canal, with the autumn trees framed very prettily. An outside terrace runs the length of the building. Long electric strands of twinkling lights form attractive curtains, with designer lamps hung with shining globe-fruit. The big bar and the open kitchen, all gleaming with pots and pans, await the customers. Many people have drinks and snacks, but few stick around to eat. What a pity, as the food is rather good. On the day I visited, the comfortable couches and beanbags were populated by mums, dads and lots of children waiting to swim, or just out of the pool. The atmosphere was filled with shrieking laughter, as toddlers scampered to and fro, with vigilant parents tracking their movements. What I’d first mistaken to be a sterile cube was filled to the brim with collective spirit. My tum growled warningly: fill this hollow space, will ya? My menu was presented by a

THE UNDERCOVER GLUTTON I bit in, chewing away with gusto. Each bite released a pleasure rush of endorphins. I sank deep into my slice of heaven, while athletic types swam the lanes. pleasant waitress, who answered my probing questions about Zink and the items on the lunch menu. As I placed my order, the chef uncoiled from his chair and went into the kitchen.

I wanted the cream of spring onion soup with smoked salmon (€6.50) for starters. This came in a square bowl on an oblong plate—someone here has been influenced by

Japan. It was a simple dish: a creamy vegetable bouillon base, chopped spring onions and pieces of pink fish. The flavours, the texture, the sheer attractiveness of the combined ingredients pulled everything together. I broke up bits of toast and took my time enjoying it to the very last drop. Being the greedy pig I am, I wanted a club sandwich (€6.50) next. This version came with the usual ingredients—smoked chicken, bacon, tomato, avocado and mustard mayo on brown toast. Again, it came on an oblong plate, with a garnish of watercress and sliced cherry tomatoes. Oh, the task of eating these monsters: knife and fork, or the good old fashioned hands-on approach? The layers between the bread were built up with lots of thinly sliced smoked chicken breast with avocado, then came the crispy bacon and tomato, then (good) mustard mayo and lettuce. I bit in, chewing away with gusto. Each bite released a pleasure rush of endorphines. I sank deep into my slice of heaven. In the evening, the dinner menu lists a daily special. On my visit, it was red bass with a tomato, cream and dill sauce, with potatoes and green veggies (€12.50). Starters have various tongue teasers, like deep-fried soft-shell crab on omelette, with a garlic sauce, and the more usual tomato soup with basil. Mains bring the likes of roast leg of lamb with honey and thyme sauce, accompanied by potatoes and seasonal vegetables, or filo parcel filled with cream cheese, spinach and peppers. To finish, I had a health drink that boosted my tired molecules into orbit: cranberry, orange juice, carrot and pear. It looked beautiful and tasted tart and refreshing. Zink is a lovely space for parties and functions or simply to show off your neat, trim, healthy body.

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8-14 November 2007

Tussenstand Five-Word Movie Review

FILM Edited by Julie Phillips. This week’s films reviewed by Massimo Benvegnù (MB),Don Druker (DD), Sarah Gehrke (SG),René Glas (RG),Andrea Gronvall (AG),Meltem Halaceli (MH),John Hartnett (JH),Luuk van Huët (LvH),JR Jones (JJ),Dave Kehr (DK),Steven McCarron (SM),Marie-Claire Melzer (MM),Mike Peek (MP),Julie Phillips (JP), Gusta Reijnders (GR),Jonathan Rosenbaum (JR), Marinus de Ruiter (MdR) and Bregtje Schudel (BS).All films are screened in English with Dutch subtitles unless otherwise noted. Amsterdam Weekly recommends.

Festivals Cinema South Africa A showcase for new talent in an emerging, post-Apartheid film culture. Offerings range from gangster films in the style of Tsotsi to documentaries on both white and black culture, such as Rehad Desai’s Heart of Whiteness, a journey to an isolated white enclave. Several film-makers will be present at the screenings. In various languages; most films subtitled in English. 7-11 November. Rialto Gangster Film Festival In advance of the official premiere of Ridley Scott’s American Gangster, The Movies is hosting a gangster party and minifest. The fairly diverse selection includes The Godfather parts 1 & 2, David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence, Andy Lau’s Infernal Affairs, Miller’s Crossing, Scarface and The French Connection. For complete times see www.themovies.nl. The Movies IAFF/MAFIAfest The world’s leading digital film festival. Very hip. See Short List, p. 9, and Hal Hartley interview, p. 11. De Balie, Bitterzoet, Paradiso, Grote Zaal, Sugar Factory Joods Film Festival This year’s edition runs 7-11 Nov. and focuses on films from Latin America, including the acclaimed Argentinean feature films Family Law and El Abrazo Partido, both by Daniel Burman; My Mexican Shivah, by Alejandro Springall; Een ongewisse tijd, a family history by Surinamese film-maker Diego Pos; and Goodbye Dear Love: A Cuban Sephardic Journey, a personal documentary by Cuban-American Ruth Behar. Also showing: an interesting mix of Dutch documentaries, Israeli features and more, with either Dutch or English subtitles. Guest of honour will be Israeli actress Gila Almagor, who will be present at the screening of her film Three Mothers. Het Ketelhuis Open Screen A day-long short film festival open to all comers. Founded four years ago, this pioneering DIY fest is now in edition 6 1/2. Bring your ideas and footage and get instant feedback from the audience. Hosted by American actor and comedian Chip Bray. Kriterion Péter Forgács programme Hungarian film-maker Forgács is in the Netherlands this month to accept the Erasmus Prize, given each year for a contribution to European culture. In his case the achievement is both artistic and historical. He’s famous for his compilation films, including the Private Hungary series, in which he uses amateur footage to track the effects of history on

Special screenings Au hasard, Balthazar ‘Everyone who sees this

film will be absolutely astonished,’ Jean-Luc Godard once said, ‘because this film is really the world in an hour and a half.’ Robert Bresson’s 1966 masterpiece defies any conventional analysis, telling a story of sin and redemption by following Balthazar, a donkey, as he passes through the hands of a number of masters, including a peasant girl, a satanic delinquent and a saintly fool. Perhaps the greatest and most revolutionary of Bresson’s films, Balthazar is a difficult but transcendently rewarding experience, never to be missed. In French with English subtitles. (DK) 95 min. Filmmuseum Black Gold If that €2 cup of Starbucks didn't jolt you awake, this documentary by Brits Marc and Nick Francis might do the trick. Zigzagging from the bright coffee parlors of the West to the dirt-poor coffee farms of Ethiopia, it dramatically shows the unfair trade practices that help keep Africa mired in poverty. Tadesse Meskela, manager of a farmers' cooperative, travels the world trying to negotiate fair prices and explain to Westerners where most of their coffee dollar is going: into the pockets of commodities traders, Kraft, Nestle and Sara Lee/Douwe Egberts. (JJ) Kriterion

Un condamne a mort s'est echappe Based on a French lieutenant's account of his 1942 escape from a Gestapo fortress in Lyon, this stately yet uncommonly gripping 1956 feature is my choice as the greatest achievement of Robert Bresson, one of the cinema's foremost artists. (It's rivaled only by his more corrosive and metaphysical 1970 film Au Hasard Balthazar.) The best of all prison-escape movies, it reconstructs the very notion of freedom through off-screen sounds and defines salvation in terms of painstakingly patient and meticulous effort. Essential viewing. (JR) 98 min. In French with Dutch subtitles. Filmmuseum The Conversation Gene Hackman excels in Francis Ford Coppola’s tasteful, incisive 1974 study of the awakening of conscience in an ‘electronic surveillance technician’. Coppola turns an expert thriller into a portrayal of the conflict between ritual and responsibility without ever letting the levels of tension subside or the complicated plot get muddled. Fine support from Allen Garfield as an alternately amiable and desperately envious colleague, plus a superb soundtrack (vital to the action) by Walter Murch—all this and a fine, melancholy piano score by David Shire. (DD) 113 min. De Roode Bioscoop Days of Being Wild Wong Kar-wai’s idiosyncratic style first became apparent in this gorgeously moody second feature (1991), whose romantic vision of 1960 Hong Kong as a network of unfulfilled longings would later echo through In the Mood for Love. Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong’s answer to James Dean, plays a heartless ladies’ man, raised by a prostitute, who eventually leaves for the Philippines in search of his real mother. Maggie Cheung is a waitress whom he woos with his philosophical ruminations, and Andy Lau is a lonely cop who yearns for her. This was conceived as the first of two movies, and its puzzling coda was intended as a teaser for the second part; the box-office failure of Days of Being Wild precluded a sequel, though its lack of dramatic closure now seems almost appropriate. In

Cantonese with English subtitles. (JR) 94 min. De Nieuwe Anita

Dead Man Dead Man (1995) is Jim Jarmusch’s hypnotic and beautiful black-and-white western, starring Johnny Depp. (120 mins) Kriterion A Dry White Season First-rate agitprop about the ruthlessness of South African apartheid, adapted from André Brink’s novel and directed by Euzhan Palcy. Like Cry Freedom and A World Apart, this 1989 film concentrates on white rebels in South Africa, but it goes substantially further in its depiction of black oppression, and of violence in particular, which makes it the most powerful of the three. Donald Sutherland stars as a liberal but blinkered schoolteacher who becomes radicalised after a series of brutal events involving his gardener. The relentless plot is effectively set up and expertly pursued, and Hugh Masekela makes some striking contributions to Dave Grusin’s musical score. With Susan Sarandon, Jürgen Prochnow, Zakes Mokae and Marlon Brando in a juicy cameo. (JR) 106 min. Rialto Inland Empire Like an unending zooming shot of a fractal, textured with fire and blood, or a Droste effect in the mirror hall of an insane asylum, the digitally shot Inland Empire both rises above and sinks below standard filmic and narrative conventions. It offers a hallucinatory carnival ride through the murky subconscious of David Lynch, which may prove to be a little too dark, incomprehensible or disturbing for the uninitiated or those with a short attention span. Those who persevere are rewarded with a new masterpiece of modern art, an uncompromising experimental film and plenty to talk about afterwards. (LvH) 172 min. Melkweg Cinema The Return (2003) Beautifully structured and

emotionally wrenching, this debut feature immediately established Russian film-maker Andrey Zvyagintsev as a master. It charts a father’s uneasy return to his wife and two adolescent sons after a long and unexplained absence, a reunion capped by his ill-fated fishing trip with the two boys. Zvyagintsev elicits first-rate performances from his male leads, but what registers most is the sharpness and intensity of his primordial vision of nature and childhood experience. Nominated for an Oscar and winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, this has been described by the director as ‘a mythological look [at] human life’, as accurate a description as any. In Russian with Dutch subtitles. 106 min. Cavia

Wild at Heart This adaptation of a Barry Gifford

novel by Gifford and Lynch himself won a Golden Palm in 1990, partly because of the success of Twin Peaks. But in its own right, it’s a wild and wicked road movie featuring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern as the star-crossed white-trash lovers Sailor and Lula, who embark on a madcap cross country drive, sending Lula’s momma into a murderous frenzy. There are more memorable scenes; killer quotable lines and gleefully demented baddies (particularly Willem Dafoe as Bobby Peru: ‘like the country’) than you can shake a snakeskin jacket at, making the film a perfect mix of sex, love, violence, Oz and Americana. Rockin’ good news! (LvH) 124 min. Melkweg Cinema

THOSE DAMNED PESKY FROST VAMPIRES! 30 Days of Night Pathé Arena, Pathé De Munt

individual lives, and for El perro negro (2005), which does the same for Spain’s devastating civil war. The gap between the amateur film-maker’s innocence and our hindsight is shocking in a film like The Maelstrom (1997), in which the father of the Dutch-Jewish Peereboom family makes cheerful home movies right up until he and his family are swallowed by the Holocaust. The opening film, Free Fall Oratorio (1999), showing with live music at Pakhuis de Zwijger, follows the Hungarian-Jewish businessman Gyorgy Peto as he and his family meet a similar fate. Filmmuseum

New this week 30 Days of Night Horror + comics + vampires, but

also Sam Evil Dead Raimi + David Hard Candy Slade: 30 Days of Night couples Y2K’s hottest movie themes to the hottest producer/director duo in suspense. And it must be said, Slade’s cult comic film delivers on the promise. This harsh tale of an Alaskan village community plagued by vampires during a 30-day period of darkness instantly ranks among horror classics, despite its lengthy running time and its overt genre clichés. Graphic scenes of beheadings and half-devoured human bodies didn’t stop the film from topping the US box office in its first week. Essential shock treatment. With Josh Hartnett, Ben Foster and Melissa George. (MdR) 115 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

The Assassination... The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Brad Pitt is the type-o-guy who always wins the sympathy of the audience. Perhaps that’s why director Andrew Dominik chose him for the part of Jesse James. Pitt delivers his performance with exactly the right mix of magnetic charm and lingering malice. And Casey Affleck is convincing as Robert Ford, an admirer of Jesse James who joins his gang and eventually kills him. The dreamy visuals with golden lighting help to recreate the myth of Jesse James, who was a popular figure in his time despite his habit of robbing trains and killing people. The story, however, is interestingly out of sync with the visuals, often contradicting the myth by showing James’s nasty, violent side. Dominik does a brilliant job of dissecting the myth around the famous outlaw while at the same time reviving it. Look out for Nick Cave, who did the music and has a small part as, well, himself, had he been born a century ago, in the Wild West. (MM) 160 min. Kriterion, Pathé Tuschinski

8-14 November 2007

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19 Ben would really love to be average.

The sleeper hit of the season is a Flemish film about a teenager on the brink of disaster and in the middle of cyberspace.

THE INNER LIFE OF AN AUTISTIC WARRIOR FILM Ben X Opens Thursday at Kriterion and Pathé Tuschinski By Marinus de Ruiter

Unlike Rain Man or Mozart and the Whale, the Flemish film Ben X doesn’t depict autism from the outside, as a spectacle to be viewed, but convincingly enters the mind of a boy suffering from

Ben X A brilliant Flemish film about an autistic teenager. See review, p. 19. 93 min. Kriterion, Pathé Tuschinski

Jardins en automne A minister of agriculture (Severin Blanchet) is forced to resign, losing all his power and possessions but gaining his freedom, in this absurd and poetic cinematic fable from French-Russian director Otar Iosseliani. With Michel Piccoli as the minister’s aged mother. In French with Dutch subtitles. 115 min. Filmmuseum Push a.k.a. Lions for Lambs. Two American students, Arian (Derek Luke) and Ernest (Michael Peña), long to do something patriotic, so they join the army in Afghanistan. Back in Washington, DC, their fates hang on the big story that a Republican presidential candidate (Tom Cruise) is about to hand to a journalist (Meryl Streep). Directed by Robert Redford, who also plays a college professor, this film is all talk and naked earnestness. New Yorker critic Anthony Lane said it could be ‘most charitably described as Ibsen with helicopters’. Written by Matthew Michael Carnahan (The Kingdom). 92 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski Superbad Three high school losers (dweeby Michael Cera, chubby Jonah Hill and myopic Christopher Mintz-Plasse) try to score beer and get laid at a coolkids party, a mission treated with the approximate importance of D-day in this comedy produced by Judd

the disorder. Belgium is won over: this exciting mixture of realism and computer-animated fantasy is this year’s national entry for the Oscars and, with over 10,000 visitors, is a box office success. The film’s protagonist, the adolescent boy Ben, is surprisingly ‘normal’ for an autistic person in cinema. He doesn’t have an extraordinary memory or a freakish talent; he visits an ordinary school, listens to techno and likes computer games, much like any other white subur-

Apatow (Knocked Up) and co-scripted by Apatow regular Seth Rogen. Apatow has always stressed the importance of open auditions to turn up genuinely odd kids from the American hinterlands; he found Rogen in one such audition for his cult series Freaks and Geeks, which this project often recalls, and Rogen in turn recruited Mintz-Plasse from an open call. The movie loses credibility with the arrival of Rogen and Bill Hader as two uniformed patrolmen who are drunker and crazier than any high schooler could ever get, but the variety of complications thrown at the three pubescent heroes raises this a cut above most raunchy comedies. Greg Mottola directed. (JJ) 114 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

Tussenstand Roos (Elsie de Brauw) and Martin

(Marcel Musters) are facing a tough challenge. Their son Isaac (Stijn Koomen) has stopped communicating and Roos feels parental intervention is in order. But that means they have to listen to each other, something these two exes have never done. Director Mijke de Jong (see article, p. 4.) skillfully paints two different worlds: the hectic surroundings of the parents, who are constantly distracted by themselves and external stimuli; and the calm realm of Isaac, who retains the serenity of a Buddha, even while trespassing. It’s an impressive movie with confident camerawork and excellent acting. Winner of Golden Calves for Best Directing, Best Actress and Best Sound Design. In Dutch. (BS) 80 min. Cinecenter, Rialto

ban kid. Despite his disorder, Ben would really like to be average. As a film, Ben X isn’t average at all. Its narrative is infused with documentary-style interviews, amateur video footage and computer game action sequences. Ben’s direct environment is often mirrored in the cyberspace of his favourite 3D adventure game, Archlord, an actual role-playing fantasy something like World of Warcraft. Ben X’s dazzling, computerised look and feel reflects the inner world of the autistic boy, and this successfully draws the audience into Ben’s head. In the Archlord universe, Ben is a hero, a knight who slays monsters and travels unknown worlds. In real life, he has trouble with simple things like walking down the street or taking the school bus. In his internet game reality he has a girlfriend. In his everyday life, making contact with people is almost impossible for Ben. At home, his loving mother keeps a watchful eye over the boy, but

Still playing 4 maanden, 3 weken en 2 dagen Romanian cine-

ma seems to have found a niche for sober, socially committed dramas. After The Death of Mr Lazarescu (the failing health care system) and 12:08 East of Bucharest (the revolution of 1989), Cristian Mungiu’s 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days focuses on the ban on abortion under Ceau&#351;escu. Student Otilia agrees to help her roommate Gabita with the preparations for an illegal termination of her pregnancy. But to see 4, 3, 2 only as an anti-abortion film would be to miss the point. Their act is merely the tool with which the two women’s friendship is tested and proven. The film won this year’s Palme d’Or in Cannes. In Romanian with Dutch subtitles. (BS) Cinecenter, Rialto

Atonement Based on the novel by Ian McEwan, adapted by Christopher Hampton and directed by Joe Wright (Pride and Prejudice), Atonement tells the story of a single tragic lie with horrendous consequences. This genre-melding film opens in 1935, when 13-yearold fledgling writer Briony Tallis accuses her older sister’s boyfriend of a crime he didn’t commit. Five years later, at the start of the Second World War, the young man is released from prison on the condition he join the army. In 1999, Briony as a dying novelist still feels she has to atone for bearing false witness. Although the screening time is 122 minutes, with its

outside he feels alone. His teachers at school cannot prevent Ben from being harassed by some of his classmates. Although they seem aware of the implications of Ben’s condition, they offer insufficient solutions every time the other boys bring Ben to further degrees of humiliation. Ben’s psychiatrist fears an outburst. Several scenes anticipate the film’s ending; in one of them, Ben’s mother is interviewed for a news programme, saying that nothing was going to change until death was involved. Throughout the film, it remains difficult to predict what is going to happen to Ben, even though we feel that it is going to be something dramatic. The boy’s erratic behaviour and unique logic maintain the suspense right until the end. Ben is only able to live a steady life if he maintains a strict order, but meanwhile the viewer is able to follow his wild thoughts about escape, murder and even suicide. Ben X is not a light-hearted film, but it has plenty of humorous and inventive moments. For instance, when Ben gets up from his computer every morning, he goes to the bathroom to comb his hair, and in the mirror his virtual persona becomes mixed with his reflection. Newcomer Greg Timmermans shifts brilliantly between Ben’s inner- and outer-world personae and remains natural throughout the film. First-time director Nic Balthazar, adapting his own best-selling novel, has made a film that is contemporary, not too queasy, and moral without ever being smug. It condemns teenage bullying and pleads for compassion, but it’s hard to be cynical about a do-gooder film that delivers its message with this much class and style.

multi-layered story, intricately woven plot and unexpected twists, Atonement is the rare work that feels too short rather than too long. Sure to please the GoBetween and English Patient crowd and starring Keira Knightley, James McAvoy and Vanessa Redgrave, Atonement is one beautiful film. (GR) Cinecenter, The Movies, Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski

Black Narcissus A 1947 film about damaged faith and rising sexual hysteria, set among a group of nuns in India who are working to convert a sultan’s palace into a convent. Films on this subject are generally solemn and naive, but director Michael Powell and writer Emeric Pressburger bring wit and intelligence to it—the title, for example, refers not to some campy romantic theme but to a cheap men’s cologne worn by the local princeling. The film’s lush, mountainous India, full of sensual challenges and metaphorical chasms, was created entirely in the studio, with the help of matte artist Peter Ellenshaw. Powell’s equally extravagant visual style transforms it into a landscape of the mind—grand and terrible in its thorough abstraction. With Deborah Kerr. (DK) 100 min. Filmmuseum Control The lives of artists are a rewarding source of inspiration for filmmakers. They are idols, charming, but also almost always tragically flawed. This biopic on singer/songwriter Ian Curtis could have been a textbook case. Thankfully, photographer and

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20 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, a father and a breadwinner. When his wife confronts him with the fact that he never broke up with his lover, he whimpers: ‘I tried, but she won’t go away!’ 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. The Movies, Pathé Tuschinski The Diving Bell and the Butterfly The latest from painter-turned-director Julian Schnabel (Basquiat) is a poetic, moving filmed version of the memoir by Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who at age 43 suffered a stroke that paralysed his entire body except his left eyelid. With Mathieu Amalric and Emmanuelle Seigner. In French/English with Dutch subtitles. 112 min. Cinecenter, Studio K

vive (and maybe get rich, too). Austrian writer/director Stefan Ruzowitzky nails the perfect tone in adapting the book by Adolf Burger, based on real-life events, and gets away with a gem. In German with Dutch subtitles. (MB) 98 min. Cinecenter, Pathé Tuschinski

Goud Those who have lost faith in professional

sports after outrageous football transfers and Tour de France doping scandals should immediately watch Goud. This documentary about the Dutch women’s field hockey team captures the players’ hard work and struggles in their road to victory at the 2006 World Championships. Director Niek Koppen successfully manages to insinuate himself into the lives of coach and players, while keeping himself out of the frame. The title gives away the ending, but through its close look at the pain and joy of the team, Goud evokes sympathy and remains thrilling right to the finish. (MdR) 106 min. Het Ketelhuis, Kriterion, De Uitkijk

Does It Hurt? Special preview of ‘the first Balkan Dogma film.’ The director, Amsterdam-based Macedonian film-maker Aneta Lesnikovska, will do a Q&A after the screening. Rialto Duska The absurdist plot of Jos Stelling’s latest film revolves around timid film critic Bob (Gene Bervoets), whose life takes an unexpected turn when a strange, Russian-speaking man (Sergei Makovetsky) arrives at his doorstep. Bob reluctantly lets this character, Duska, in for a drink, after which he never leaves. In a series of slapstick interactions (with hardly any dialogue at all, Duska is reminiscent of silent cinema) he maintains a ceaseless joviality while he slowly wreaks havoc in Bob’s life. Stelling leaves it to the viewer to decide whether Bob is going mad, whether or not Bob and Duska have a shared history, whether Duska is real at all. This lack of closure might raise an eyebrow or two but it doesn’t lessen the enjoyment. (RG) 108 min. Het Ketelhuis

Die Fälscher Before you say ‘Life Is Beautiful’, take

a look at this gritty Holocaust comedy/drama (bizarrely enough, a genre with many entries), which just won best film at the Ghent Film Festival. The amazing German character actor Karl Markovics shines as Salomon Sorowitsch, the leader of a pack of Jewish counterfeiters who get ‘hired’ by the Nazis to run a concentration camp devoted to printing foreign currency. The Germans’ plan is to destroy the world economy; the con men’s is merely to find a way to sur-

FILM TIMES Thursday 8 November until Wednesday 14 November. Times are provided by cinemas and are subject to lastminute changes. Film times also at amsterdamweekly.nl. De Balie Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, 553 5151 IAFF/MAFIAfest Thur-Sun. Bitterzoet Spuistraat 2, 521 3001 IAFF/MAFIAfest Thur-Sun. Cavia Van Hallstraat 52-I, 681 1419 Return,The (2003) Thur, Fri 20.30. Cinecenter Lijnbaansgracht 236, 623 6615 4 maanden, 3 weken en 2 dagen daily 16.15, 19.15, 21.45, Sun also 11.00, 13.30 Atonement daily 16.00, 19.00, 21.45, Sun also 11.15 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly daily 21.45, Sun also 13.45 Die Fälscher daily 16.30, 19.30, 22.00, Sun also 11.15, 14.00 I Served the King of England Wed 19.00 Tussenstand daily 16.30, Thur-Tues also 19.30, Sun also 11.00. Cinema Amstelveen Plein 1960 2, Amstelveen, 547 5175 The Bourne Ultimatum Thur-Sat 20.30, Thur also 15.00 Meet the Robinsons (NL) Sat, Wed 15.30, Sun 14.00 Mon fils à moi Tues, Wed 20.30 Waar is het paard van Sinterklaas? Sat, Wed 13.30, Sun 12.00. Filmhuis Griffioen Uilenstede 106, Amstelveen, 444 5100 Belle de jour Thur, Fri, Tues 19.30. Filmmuseum Vondelpark 3, 589 1400 Les anges du péché Sat, Sun 19.30 Au hasard, Balthazar Tues, Wed 19.30 Azur & Asmar Sun, Wed 14.00 Belle de jour Thur-Sat 17.15, Sun, Tues, Wed 21.30 Belle toujours Thur-Sat 17.30 Black Narcissus Thur-Sat 21.30, Mon-Wed 17.15 California Dreamin' Sun 16.00 César et Rosalie Sun 16.30 Condamné à mort s'est échappé Thur, Fri 19.30 Jardins en automne daily 21.45, Mon-Wed also 17.00 Kidz in da Hood Sun, Wed 13.45 Péter Forgács programme Thur-Wed. Het Ketelhuis Westergasfabriek, Haarlemmerweg 8-10, 684 0090 Alles is liefde Thur-Sat, Mon-Wed 16.45, Mon-Wed also 19.00 De Avonturen van het Molletje Sat, Wed 12.45 Duska Mon-Wed 21.30 Falkenberg Farewell Wed 21.30 Goud Sat, Wed 15.45, Mon, Tues 19.30 Joods Film Festival Thur-Sun Kidz in da Hood Sat, Wed 16.15 Das Leben der Anderen Tues, Wed 18.45, Tues also 21.30

Halloween Halloween The movie that jump-started the slasher film phenomenon is treated to an extreme makeover by rocker-turned-schlocker Rob Zombie. While most remakes of classic horror flicks are brand-recognitionfuelled cash cows, Zombie reverently tries to re-imagine the franchise by expanding on the back story, showing the events leading up to the genesis of Michael Myers as the inscrutable boogeyman. In the second half of the film, however, he makes the mistake of replacing the potent terror and dread of the original with ultraviolence and copious bloodletting. A cornucopia of cameos guarantees fans won’t be bored, but they won’t be scared either. (LvH) 109 min. Pathé ArenA

photographs a fascination with industry and the natural landscape that’s magnified in this big-screen documentary. Film-maker Jennifer Baichwal trails him on a tour of industrial sites in China and Bangladesh, and her opening sequences are breathtaking (an eight-minute tracking shot along a giant factory floor, a scene of the photographer posing yellow-clad workers on a road flanked by yellow buildings). Burtynsky is drawn to spots (and lives) that have been disfigured by commerce—like the awful ‘waste’ dump where poor villagers harvest metal from junked American computers—and the open-endedness of his images is the key to their power. Special screening; interview with Burtynsky follows. (JJ) 80 min. Het Ketelhuis, Rialto, De Uitkijk Michael Clayton George Clooney is the title character, a fixer for a high-powered Manhattan law firm who’s so sick of doing the company’s dirty work he seems ready to bite off his own tongue. When one of the rainmaking attorneys (Tom Wilkinson) goes nuts, endangering the firm’s defence of an agrochemical giant against a class-action suit, Clayton is dispatched to silence him. Like The Verdict, this is a big, crowdpleasing Hollywood redemption drama in which the lonely hero not only thwarts the corporate villains in the end but silences them with a killer riposte. The plot elements are painfully familiar, but the story is just solid enough to support the entertaining star turns: Clooney is lined and wearily handsome; Wilkinson rants like King Lear; Tilda Swinton, as a corrupt counsel, is alternately ruthless and terrified. This doesn’t begin to deserve the Oscar nominations it’s likely to get, but it’s fun nonetheless. Tony Gilroy directed his own script. (JJ) 119 min. Kriterion, The Movies, Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

ern Ontario, Edward Burtynsky worked in a gold minel and an auto plant, and he brings to his panoramic stil

A Mighty Heart Mariane Pearl’s 2003 memoir about the terrorist kidnapping and murder of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, is ideal material for a suspense film, and this docudrama manages to be gripping even though the outcome is no mystery. Closely adapted by John Orloff, the movie functions as a police procedural, with the journalist’s pregnant wife (Angelina Jolie) and a team of US and Pakistani officials struggling to navigate the Islamic underground of Karachi as they search for Pearl. But Orloff also captures the book’s human drama, as Mariane tries to remain hopeful in a steadily darkening situation, and its international sweep, as the rescuers are frustrated by tensions between Pakistan, India and

Manufactured Landscapes Thur-Sat, Mon-Wed 17.45 Timboektoe Sat, Wed 14.00 Waar is het paard van Sinterklaas? Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues 16.15, Sat, Wed 13.15, 15.00 Willie en het wilde konijn Sat, Wed 13.15, 14.30. KIT Tropentheater, Kleine Zaal Linnaeusstraat 2, 568 8500 The Churning Tues 20.00 Iqbal Sun 15.00 Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro Sun 13.00 What Makes Albert Pinto Angry? Mon 20.00 Yun Hota to Kya Hota Thur 20.00. Kriterion Roetersstraat 170, 623 1708 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford daily 21.15, Sat, Sun, Wed also 14.15 Ben X Thur-Tues 17.45, Thur-Sun, Tues, Wed 22.00, Thur, Fri, SunWed 20.00, Fri, Sat also 0.00 Black Gold Sun 15.00 Dead Man Mon 22.00 Goud daily 17.30 Meet the Robinsons Sat, Sun, Wed 15.15 Michael Clayton daily 19.30, Thur-Mon, Wed also 22.15 Milarepa daily 17.15 Nadine daily 19.00 Open Screen Sat Sneak Preview Tues 22.15 Tideland Wed 17.00 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (NL) Sat, Sun, Wed 14.00, 15.45. Melkweg Cinema Lijnbaansgracht 234A, 624 1777 Dynamo Wed 19.00 Inland Empire Tues 19.00 Once Sun 19.00 Planet Terror Sat 19.00, 21.00 Tales from Earthsea Sun 15.00 Wild at Heart Thur, Fri 19.00. The Movies Haarlemmerdijk 159-165, 638 6016 Alles is liefde daily 16.45, 19.15, 21.45, Sat, Sun, Wed also 14.30, Sun also 12.15 American Gangster Fri, Sat 0.00 Atonement daily 17.00, 19.30, 22.00, Fri, Sat also 0.20, Sat, Sun, Wed also 14.15, Sun also 11.45 Control daily 17.15, 19.45, 22.15, Sun also 12.00 Gangster Film Festival Fri-Wed Michael Clayton daily 16.30, 19.00, 21.30, Fri, Sat also 23.45, Sat, Sun, Wed also 14.00, Sun also 11.30 Ratatouille (NL) Sat, Sun, Wed 14.45 Scarface Fri, Sat 0.30. De Nieuwe Anita Frederik Hendrikstraat 111, 06 4150 3512, Days of Being Wild Mon 20.30. OT301 Overtoom 301, 779 4913 Breakcore Cinema Sun 20.30 Port of Shadows (Quai des brumes) Tues 20.30. Pakhuis de Zwijger Piet Heinkade 179-181, 788 4444 Free Fall Oratorio Sat 20.30. Paradiso, Grote Zaal Weteringschans 6-8, 626 4521 IAFF/MAFIAfest Thur-Sun. Pathé ArenA ArenA Boulevard 600, 0900 1458 30 Days of Night daily 13.50, 16.20, 19.00, 21.40 Alles is liefde daily 13.15, 16.00, 18.45, 20.30, 21.30, Thur-Mon also 20.30, Thur-Sun, Tues, Wed also 12.05, 15.00, 17.45, Fri also 23.30, Sat also 23.15, Sun also 10.30

American Gangster Sat 20.40 Atonement daily 15.20, 18.00, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 12.50, Thur, Sat-Wed also 20.45, Fri also 20.30 The Bourne Ultimatum Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 21.05, Sat 18.10 Death Sentence Thur, Mon, Tues 20.45, Fri-Sun, Wed 21.15, Fri, Sat also 23.40 Halloween Sat 21.35, 0.05 The Heartbreak Kid daily 16.10, 18.50, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 21.35, Thur also 13.25, Fri also 0.15 The Kingdom Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues 15.30, Thur, Mon, Tues also 13.00, 20.50, Fri also 21.40, 0.20, Sat, Sun, Wed also 16.20, 18.45, 21.05 Live! daily 16.15, 18.40 Meet the Robinsons (NL) Fri-Wed 13.25, Sat, Sun also 11.00 Michael Clayton daily 21.00 The Nanny Diaries Wed 21.00 Om Shanti Om Fri-Wed 12.45, 16.30, 20.00, Fri, Sat also 23.35 Plop en de pinguin Fri-Sun, Wed 12.00, 13.50, Sat, Sun also 10.00 Push daily 12.40, 14.50, 17.10, 19.30, 21.50, Fri, Sat also 0.10 Ratatouille (NL) Sat, Sun 13.00, Sat also 10.30, Wed 12.00 Resident Evil: Extinction Sat 21.20, 0.00 Rogue Assassin daily 17.00, 19.20, 22.00 Rush Hour 3 daily 12.30, 14.35, 16.50, 19.10, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 21.20 Sneak Preview Tues 21.00 Stardust Thur, Mon, Tues 12.10, 15.10, 18.00, Fri-Sun, Wed 15.40, 18.25 Superbad daily 13.20, 15.50, 18.30, 21.10, Fri, Sat also 23.45, Sat, Sun also 10.45 Surf's Up Thur-Mon, Wed 12.05, 14.05, 16.05, Sat, Sun also 10.10 Timboektoe daily 14.30, Thur-Sat, Mon-Wed also 11.55, Sun also 10.00, 12.10 Trade Thur, Sun, Mon 18.10, Fri 18.15, Tues, Wed 18.25 Transformers (IMAX) Thur 14.20, 17.30, 20.50 Waar is het paard van Sinterklaas? daily 11.50, 14.10, Fri also 11.10, 13.10, Sat, Sun, Wed also 12.00, Sat, Sun also 10.00. Pathé De Munt Vijzelstraat 15, 0900 1458 30 Days of Night Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 16.30, 19.10, 21.50, Thur, Mon, Tues also 13.45, Sat 18.00, 20.45, 23.25 Alles is liefde Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.15, 15.00, 18.00, 21.00, Sat 14.00, 16.45, 19.45, 22.45 American Gangster Sat 22.40 Atonement Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.30, 15.15, 18.15, 21.15, Sat 10.15, 13.15, 16.00, 19.00, 22.00 The Bourne Ultimatum Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 20.15, Sat 21.15 Death Sentence Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 21.55, Sat 23.00 Hairspray Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues 17.30, Sat 16.40, Sun, Wed 17.40 The Heartbreak Kid Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.00, 14.50, 17.45, Thur, Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed also 20.45, Sat 10.15, 13.00, 15.45, 18.45, 21.30 The Invasion Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 17.50, Thur, Fri, Mon-Wed also 12.00, Thur, Mon, Tues also 14.15, Sun also 15.25, Sat 15.15, 18.40 The Kingdom Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 21.20, Sat 22.15 Knocked Up Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 18.50, Sat 20.00 Live! Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 20.30, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 12.10, 14.30, Sat 19.20, 21.45 Meet the Robinsons (NL) Sat 11.00, Sun, Wed 14.55, Sun also 10.30 Michael Clayton Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 13.15, 16.00, 18.45, 21.30, Sun also 10.45, Sat 12.15, 15.00, 17.45, 20.30 Plop en de pinguin Sat 10.45, 12.20, 14.30, Sun 11.30, 13.25, 15.35, Wed 12.00, 13.50, 15.40 Push Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.20, 14.40, 17.00, 19.40, 22.00, Sun also 10.15, Sat 11.30, 13.45, 16.15, 18.30, 21.00, 23.30 Ratatouille (NL) Fri, Wed 14.15, Sat 10.15, 12.40, Sun 10.20, 12.55 Resident Evil: Extinction Sat 23.30 Rogue Assassin Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 16.45, 19.20, 21.40, Thur, Mon,

Live! A mockumentary about a reality TV show in which the contestants play Russian roulette. Directed by Bill Guttentag; with Eva Mendes. 96 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

Manufactured Landscapes As a teenager in north-

8-14 November 2007 the West. Director Michael Winterbottom is known for his war-zone dramas (Welcome to Sarajevo, In This World), and his crisp documentary style enhances the emotionally charged story. (JJ) 108 min. Studio K Nadine Seven years after he made his debut with the coming-of-age story Wilde Mossels (2000), Erik de Bruyn directs this relevant and intriguing film, starring three actresses, Halina Reijn, Sanneke Bos and Monic Hendrickx, in the role of a woman who, as she approaches 40, becomes desperate to have a child. Reijn is perfect as the young, modern career junkie, while Bos brings a very subtle sense of desperation to Nadine as she undergoes IVF. Hendrickx’s performance is probably the most impressive as a Nadine desperate enough to steal a baby. Casting three women in one role gives the film a mildly surreal undertone that complements De Bruyn’s visual style, full of out-of-focus images and dreamlike sequences that are still firmly rooted in reality. In Dutch. (MP) 100 min. Kriterion, Pathé Tuschinski

Stardust The small print noting ‘Based on the nov-

el by Neil Gaiman’ should send ravenous fantasy fans flocking towards the cineplexes, but sadly, this was not the case in the States. And while Stardust is less subtle a fairy tale than Gaiman in written form, it still has a bubbly, brash and occasionally muddled charm of its own, even if some of it is drowned out by bombastic background music or generic special effects. If you’re yearning for a cheap and cheerful fantasy fix and you don’t mind your popcorn flicks on the butteryslick and cheesy side, follow that star! Directed by Matthew Vaughn; with Claire Danes, Sienna Miller, Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer. (LvH) 130 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt Tales from Earthsea With its sweeping vistas and tiny figures making their way through vast landscapes, Goro Miyazaki’s first anime seems more inspired by The Lord of the Rings than by the films of his father, Hayao (My Neighbour Totoro, Spirited Away). Loosely based on Ursula K Le Guin’s dark fantasy series, it starts out lively and entertaining, as the wizard Sparrowhawk and a young prince go in search of a sorcerer whose desire for eternal life has upset the balance of the world. Parts of it are lovely to look at, especially the flora. (Goro went to forestry school before he joined his father’s business.) But the film squanders its promise at the end in a big fight scene. Because of a rights conflict, Tales from Earthsea won’t be released in North America until 2009. In Japanese with Dutch subtitles. (JP) 115 min. Melkweg Cinema

Tues also 14.00, Fri also 12.25, Sat 17.00, 19.30, 22.30 Rush Hour 3 Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.50, 17.15, 20.00, 22.10, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 15.10, Sat 13.40, 15.50, 18.10, 20.20 Sneak Preview Tues 21.30 Stardust Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.45, 15.35, 18.30, Sat 10.40, 13.30, 16.30, 19.15 Superbad Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 13.30, 16.15, 19.00, 21.45, Sun also 10.50, Sat 12.00, 14.45, 17.30, 20.15, 23.15 Surf's Up Fri, Wed 14.45, Wed also 12.40, Sat 10.15, 12.20, 14.40, Sun 14.10 Timboektoe Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 13.00, 15.45, Sun also 10.40, Sat 11.15, 14.15, 17.15 Waar is het paard van Sinterklaas? Fri, Sun, Wed 12.05, 14.10, Sat 10.40, 12.45, 15.30. Pathé Tuschinski Reguliersbreestraat 34, 0900 1458 Alles is liefde daily 21.30, Thur-Tues also 12.45, 15.30, 18.30, Wed also 12.00, 14.45, 17.30 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford daily 120.45, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 14.00, Sat, Sun, Wed also 12.00 Atonement daily 12.00, 15.00, 18.00, 21.00 Ben X Thur, Wed 16.00, 18.30, Fri-Tues 19.30, Fri-Mon also 12.10, 17.00, Tues also 17.15 Control Thur-Sun, Tues, Wed 21.40, Thur-Sun also 19.00, Thur, Fri, Mon-Wed also 15.45, Sat, Sun also 13.00, Mon also 21.45 Die Fälscher Fri-Tues 22.00, Fri-Mon also 14.30, Tues also 14.45, Wed 13.15 The Illusionist Thur, Tues 13.30 Nadine Sat, Sun 15.45, Mon-Wed 19.15 The Nanny Diaries Wed 20.45 Push daily 16.15, 18.45, 21.15, Fri-Mon, Wed also 13.45 Timboektoe Thur, Fri, Mon-Wed 13.00 Trade daily 17.45 Waar is het paard van Sinterklaas? Sat, Sun, Wed 15.15. Rialto Ceintuurbaan 338, 676 8700 4 maanden, 3 weken en 2 dagen Thur-Sun 19.30, Sun also 13.30, Mon-Wed 17.30, 19.45, 22.00 Cinema South Africa Thur-Sun Does It Hurt? Wed 15.00 Dry White Season,A Sun 11.00, Wed 15.30 Iklimler Mon-Wed 19.30 Das Leben der Anderen Mon-Wed 17.00 Manufactured Landscapes Mon-Wed 21.30 Tussenstand Thur-Sun 21.35, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 17.15, Sat also 13.30, Sun 10.55, Mon-Wed 19.15, 21.15, Wed also 16.00. De Roode Bioscoop Haarlemmerplein 7H, 625 7500 The Conversation Sun 20.30. Studio K Timorplein 62, 692 0422 Adam's Apples daily 21.45 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly daily 19.30 Guide to Recognizing Your Saints,A daily 22.00 Mighty Heart,A daily 19.15, 21.30, Sat, Sun also 13.45. Sugar Factory Lijnbaansgracht 238, 627 0008 IAFF/MAFIAfest Thur-Sun. De Uitkijk Prinsengracht 452, 623 7460 Cinepremieres Thur-Mon, Wed 21.15, Sun also 17.00 Goud Thur, Sat, Mon, Tues 17.15, Sun 19.00 Manufactured Landscapes Thur-Sat, Mon 19.30 Ratatouille (NL) Sat, Sun, Wed 14.30, Sun also 12.15 The Robber Symphony Tues 20.00.

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all styles of singing. Good prices + free intro lesson. For more info call Michael on 320 2095 or mail ajara77@yahoo.com.

classes, including Sun workshops. In addition, there is pregnancy yoga, postnatal yoga and yoga for kids. Yogayoga is situated in a quiet studio, close to the Jordaan. A second studio is available especially for private classes. Visit www.yogayoga.nl or call 688 3418.

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BALLET LESSONS in English for children and adults. Beginners to professional. Also studio to rent. Tel 644 2431.

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lessons for people of any level in informal environment. Min indv rate €15/hr. Intensive course possible. Contact Artur on 06 3812 8559 or language.matters@yahoo.com.

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GROUPS & CLUBS BOOK CLUB Interested in joining a book club? We meet once a month in central A’dam and read a mixture of fiction and non-fiction. The discussion is in English but the group is a mix of nationalities. For more details, please send me an email: susannewintrich@hotmail.com.

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