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New Releases
The King's Speech (IIB)
See review on this page.
Biutiful (IIB) (Spanish, Putonghua and Wolof)
See review on next page.  
Carmen in 3-D (IIA) (French)
Stereoscopic film adaptation of Georges Bizet's opera about a beautiful gypsy with a fiery temper, the inexperienced soldier who falls for her and the bullfighter she lusts after. Starring Christine Rice. KK
I Am Number Four (IIA)
D.J. Caruso's sci-fi suspense-thriller centring on a teenage alien (Alex Pettyfer) who masks his true identity and pretends to be a typical human student to elude a deadly enemy seeking to destroy him. Not reviewed.
Naruto Shippuden Movie 4: The Lost Tower (IIA) (Japanese)
Latest sequel based on the Japanese cartoon TV series in which a ninja  is sent 20 years back in time while pursuing a fugitive. Not reviewed.
Season of the Witch (IIB)
Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman star in this historical actioner about two 14th-century knights who are tasked with transporting a girl suspected of being the witch who caused the black plague. Not reviewed.
General Releases
127 Hours (IIB) 
True story of a mountain climber (James Franco) who battles against the elements and his demons to save himself after a boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. CT    
All's Well Ends Well 2011 (IIA) (Cantonese)
Louis Koo Tin-lok and Donnie Yen Ji-dan play metrosexuals in the cosmetics industry, and Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi  and Carina Lau Ka-ling  portray their love interests in this festive rom-com. CT  
Black Swan (IIB)
Natalie Portman stars in Darren Aronofsky's thriller about a ballerina who wins the lead part in Swan Lake but slowly loses her mind and becomes more and more like the evil Black Swan. CT
Blue Valentine (III)
Drama about a married couple (Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling) who decide to spend a night away from their daughter in an attempt to save their failing marriage. CT
Burlesque (IIA)
Christina Aguilera  stars in a musical drama about a small-town girl with a big voice who goes to Los Angeles to work at the Burlesque Lounge, a majestic but ailing theatre that's home to an inspired musical revue. Also starring Cher. CT 
Hip Hop Storm (I) (Mandarin)
Su Che-hsien's documentary about two generations of Taiwanese hip hop dancers. CT
I Love HK (IIA) (Cantonese) 
Comedy about two men (Eric Tsang Chi-wai and Tony Leung Kar-fai) who find new hope in life as they join a programme to revitalise their public housing estate. CT  
Mr and Mrs Incredible (IIA) (Cantonese)
Louis Koo Tin-lok and Sandra Ng Kwan-yu star in  a comedy about a pair of martial arts heroes itching to come out of retirement to compete in a tournament. CT 
No Strings Attached (IIB)
Comedy about a pair of life-long friends (Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher) who embark on a strictly physical   relationship. Ivan Reitman directs. CT  
The Rite (IIB) 
Real-life inspired supernatural thriller that follows a seminary student (Colin O'Donoghue) sent to apprentice with a priest (Anthony Hopkins)  who has performed numerous exorcisms. CT
Sanctum (IIB) 
Thriller revolving around a team of underwater cave divers in a desperate search for an unknown escape route after a tropical storm forces them deep into a large cave system. CT
Shaolin (IIB) (Cantonese and Putonghua)
Martial arts period drama revolving around a ruthless warlord (Andy Lau Tak-wah) who, after he is betrayed by an ambitious underling, seeks refuge at a Shaolin temple. PF 
Space Battleship Yamato (IIA) (Japanese)
Live-action film adaptation of the sci-fi anime TV show about an Earth Defence Force space battleship sent on a mission to a distant planet in search of a device  that can heal a ravaged earth.  CT
Tangled (I)
Walt Disney Pictures' animated comedy revolving around the long-haired Princess Rapunzel, who escapes from her tower prison and goes off with a handsome bandit on an action-packed escapade. CT  
True Grit (IIB) 
A 14-year-old girl enlists the aid of a US marshal to track down her father's murderer. Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon. CT
What Women Want (IIA) (Cantonese)
Rom-com with Andy Lau Tak-wah playing a chauvinistic ad exec who, after an accident, discovers he now has the ability to hear women's thoughts. CT
Art House
European Film Festival
The Office of the European Union to Hong Kong and Macau presents the following programme of 14 films from 14 European countries, including the following 11 films. Until Mar 14. Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$60; and Palace IFC, Podium Level 1, IFC Mall, 8 Finance St, Central, HK$75 cinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 2388 0002 (Broadway Cinematheque) and 2388 6268 (Palace IFC).
Run If You Can
 Drama about a wheelchair-bound youth, his carefree caretaker and a cello player neighbour with feelings for both young men. In German with English subtitles. Mar 3, 9.40pm, Palace IFC.
Last Cowboy Standing
Drama revolving around two brothers whose  lives fall apart after one of them finds a hidden letter. Zaida Bergroth  directs. In Finnish with English subtitles. Mar 4, 7.30pm, Palace IFC, Mar 6, 9.40pm,  Broadway Cinematheque.
Kawasaki's Rose
Jan Hrebejk's  drama about a renowned psychiatrist whose family and friends come to discover he once collaborated with state security agencies. In Czech with English subtitles. Mar 4, 7.50pm, Broadway Cinematheque, Mar 6, 6.05pm, Palace IFC (See Don't miss, below).  
Nowhere Man
Drama  centring on man who  tricks the world into believing he's dead.  In Dutch with  English subtitles. Mar 4, 9.50pm, Palace IFC.
Pure
Drama about a young suburbanite whose life radically changes after attending a performance of Mozart's Requiem and getting into a dangerous liaison with a conductor. Lisa Langseth directs. In Swedish with English subtitles. Mar 5, 5.40pm,  Broadway Cinematheque.
The Last Days of Emma Blank
Alex van Warmerdam's  dark comedy-family drama about a dictatorial country-house resident waiting for death to arrive who, in the meantime, treats her family members like servants and makes outrageous demands. In Dutch with English subtitles. Mar 5, 6.10pm, Palace IFC, Mar 14, 7.45pm, Broadway Cinematheque. 
The Man Who Will Come
Second world war-era drama centring on a mute child whose peasant family and others in their village struggle to  survive. In Italian with English subtitles. Mar 5, 7.40pm, Broadway Cinematheque.
The Three-way Wedding (aka In the  Four Winds)
Drama about a playwright who invites a director and two comedians to work on his new play, only to see the meeting sparking off a love manipulation game. Jacques Doillon directs. In French with English subtitles. Mar 5, 7.55pm, Palace IFC, Mar 8, 9.50pm, Broadway Cinematheque. 
Little Greek Godfather
Comedy about an 11-year-old Californian scion of an important Greek family who travels to Crete and finds that his foreign appearance and difficulties with the Greek language cast doubt on his worthiness as his father's political heir. In Greek and English with English subtitles. Mar 6, 8pm, Palace IFC.   
A Family 
Drama about a successful gallery owner who finds herself having to choose between spending time with her sick father and her boyfriend who has moved to New York. Starring Jesper Christensen and Lene Maria Christensen. In Danish with English subtitles. Mar 7, 7.50pm, Palace IFC.
Room in Rome
Julio Medem's drama revolving around a Spanish woman and another  woman from Russia who become involved with each other in the Eternal City.   In English, Spanish, Italian, Russian and Basque with English subtitles. Mar 9, 7.45pm, also 9.50pm, Palace IFC, Mar 14, 9.30pm, Broadway Cinematheque.  
Morning Matinee
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department presents four urban comedies directed by Mok Hong-si and starring Ting Ying, including the following film. Mar 4-25. Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$20 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2739 2139
Queen of Tea House
Romantic comedy in which a pair of young lovers' pursue their dream in spite of the connivances of a greedy mother and others. In Cantonese. Mar 4, 11am, Film Archive. 
Taipei Exchanges 
Contemporary fairy tale about a woman (Kwai Lun-mei) whose coffee shop gets turned into a burgeoning bartering business by her younger sister (Lin Zaizai), where anything ranging from bars of soap to a soulful song is a tradable commodity. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Mar 4, 9, 9.50pm, Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$55. Inquiries: 2388 0002.
Classical in Cinema
iMagine presents a HD programme of classical music concerts and operas, including the following four. Until Jan 2012. AMC Festival Walk, U/G Level, Festival Walk, 80 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong; AMC Pacific Place, L1 Pacific Place, 88 Queensway Rd, Admiralty; Broadway The One, 6-11/F, The One, 100 Nathan Rd, TST; and Palace IFC, Podium Level 1, IFC Mall, 8 Finance St, Central, HK$75-HK$120 www.amccinemas.com.hk and www2.cinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 6336 3595
The Chopin Piano Concertos
Film of a concert at the Ruhr Piano Festival in Essen during which pianist-maestro Daniel Barenboim turned over the conducting reins to Andris Nelsons to perform works by Chopin with the Staatskapelle Berlin. Nelsons also conducts the orchestra performing Haydn's Symphony in E Minor, Mourning. Mar 5, Apr 3, 11.30am, AMC Pacific Place, Mar 13, Apr 2, 11.30am, AMC Festival Walk, Mar 20, 11.30am, Palace IFC.  
Beethoven by Karajan
Concert film in which Herbert von Karajan conducts the Berlin Philharmonic performing Beethoven's Symphony No 7 in A Major and Symphony No 9 in D Minor, Choral. Mar 6, 11.30am, Palace IFC.
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra
Film of a Salzburg Festival concert that had Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Venezuelan orchestra, pianist Martha Argerich, violinist Renaud Capucon and violincello player Gautier Capucon playing works by Beethoven and Mussorgsky. Mar 6, 12, 11.30am, Broadway The One, Mar 27, 11.30am, AMC Festival Walk, also Mar 27, 11.30am,  Palace IFC.
Turandot
Chen Kaige directs the Theatre Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Escolania de la Mare de Deu dels Desemparats' performance at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia of Giacomo Puccini's fairy-tale opera about a Chinese princess who will only marry a prince who can solve her three riddles. In Italian with English subtitles. Mar 6, 13, Apr 3, 5.30pm, AMC Festival Walk, Mar 19, AMC Pacific Place, Apr 2, 5.30pm, Palace IFC.  
Asian Film Awards Screenings of Nominated Films
The HK International Film Festival Society-organised Asian Film Awards programme presents 17 Asian films, including the following four. Mar 5-17. UA Cityplaza, 5/F Cityplaza, 18 Taikoo Shing Rd, Taikoo Shing; and UA Megabox, Level 11, MegaBox, Enterprise Square 5, 38 Wang Chiu Rd, Kowloon Bay, HK$55 www.uacinemas.com.hk; and The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon, HK$65 www.thegrandcinema.com.hk. Inquiries: www.asianfilmawards.asia
Monga
Doze Niu Chen-zer's crime drama about the misdeeds of Taiwanese gangs in Taipei. Ethan Ruan Ching-tien and Mark Chao Yu-ting star. In Mandarin and Taiwanese with Chinese and English subtitles. Mar 5, 2.30pm, UA Megabox.
Golden Slumber
Yoshihiro Nakamura's thriller about a delivery-truck driver who becomes the prime suspect in the assassination of the prime minister. In Japanese with English subtitles. Mar 6, 2.30pm, UA Megabox.
The Man from Nowhere
Won Bin stars in Lee Jeong-beom's action drama about an ex-con turned reclusive pawn shop owner who sheds his quiet persona in order to save a little girl's life. In Korean with Chinese and English subtitles. Mar 7, 7.30pm, UA Cityplaza.
Madame X
Superhero action-comedy revolving around a transvestite hairstylist who is prophesied to become a champion  of homosexuals rights in Indonesia. In Indonesian with English subtitles. Mar 9, 7.30pm, UA Cityplaza.  
The Met: Live in HD in Hong Kong
Foundation for the Arts and Music in Asia presents a programme of 11 operas performed by the Metropolitan Opera of New York, including the following one.  Until Jul 10. Wellcome Theatre, HK Academy for Performing Arts' Bethanie Campus, 139 Pok Fu Lam Rd, Pok Fu Lam, HK$170 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2880 9900
Puccini's La Fanciulla del West
Deborah Voigt and Marcello Giordani star in and Nicola Luisotti conducts the Metropolitan Opera's production of Puccini's epic saga of the Wild West revolving around a female frontier saloon owner with a heart of gold. In Italian with English subtitles. Mar 5-6, 7pm, also, Mar 6, 1pm, also 7pm, Wellcome Theatre.
The Lives of Others 
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's thriller about a Stasi (East German secret police) captain who when trying to collect evidence against a playwright and his girlfriend becomes obsessed with their lives. In German with Chinese and English subtitles. Mar 6, 11.30am, Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$45 bc.cinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 2388 0002   
Restored Treasures
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department presents a continuing series of movies that have undergone restoration work, including the following film. Ongoing. Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$40 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2901 
The World of Apu (aka Apur Sansar)
Concluding film of Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy saga sees the now adult Apu falling in love unwittingly in the most bizarre of circumstances.  In Bengali with English subtitles. Mar 6, 2pm, Film Archive. 
Crimson Jade 
Cheung King-wai's short film about a middle-school dropout and drug addict who, upon discovering she is pregnant, decides to take more drugs to induce an abortion. In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Mar 10, 7pm, Mar 12, 2pm, Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$38 bc.cinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 2388 0002



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