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Seven 2 One (IIB) (Cantonese)
See review this page. 
Thirst (III) (Korean)
See review this page.
At the End of Daybreak (IIB) (Cantonese, Putonghua and Bahasa Malaysia)
Ho Yuhang's drama about a 15-year-old who tries to trick her parents after they threaten to charge her 23-year-old boyfriend (Chui Tien-you) with rape. PF
Kaiji (IIB) (Japanese)
Based on the manga series, a gambler bets his life to recover his friend's enormous debt. Starring Tatsuya Fujiwara and Teruyuki Kagawa. Toya Sato  directs. Not reviewed.
North Face (IIA) (German, French and Italian)
Set in 1936, mountaineers race to the peak of the dangerous north face of the Eiger. Starring Benno Fuermann, Johanna Wokalek and Florian Lukas. Philipp Stolzl directs. Not reviewed. 
General Releases
Astro Boy (I) (Cantonese and English versions)
Animation based on Osamu Tezuka's manga about a scientist who creates a human-like robot in the image of his dead son. Stars the voices of Nicolas Cage and Donald Sutherland. David Bowers directs. AS
Cherry Blossoms (III) (German)
Stricken with grief after his wife's sudden death, a man travels to Tokyo to fulfil her wishes. Starring Elmar Wepper, Hannelore Elsner and Aya Irizuki. Doris Dorrie directs. CT  
(500) Days of Summer (IIA)
A heartbroken man looks back at his relationship to figure out what went wrong. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. Marc Webb directs. CT
The Informant! (IIB)
Comedy about the vice-president of an agri-industry firm who becomes an informant against his company because of their illegal price-fixing schemes. Starring Matt Damon. Steven Soderbergh directs.  CT
Jennifer's Body (IIB)
A popular cheerleader suddenly develops a thirst for the blood of her male classmates. Starring Megan Fox and Adam Brody. Karyn Kusama directs. CT 
Looking for Eric (IIB)
A downtrodden postal worker receives life coaching from his hero, Manchester United icon Eric Cantona. Starring Steve Evets and Eric Cantona. Ken Loach directs. CT
The Message (IIB) (Putonghua and Japanese)
Spy thriller set in occupied China during the second world war. Stars Zhou Xun, Li Bingbing and Zhang Hanyu. Chen Kuo-fu and Gao Qunshu direct. PF
Michael Jackson's This Is It (IIA)
Documentary showing behind-the-scenes footage of the performer as he prepared for his concerts in London. Kenny Ortega directs. CT
My Girlfriend is An Agent (IIB) (Korean)
A secret agent posing as a cleaning lady runs into her ex-boyfriend, a secret agent posing as an accountant. Starring Kim Ha-neul, Kang Ji-hwan. Shin Tae-ra directs. Not reviewed.
Poker King (Cantonese)
An internet poker king squares off with a real-life expert player for ownership of a casino in Macau. Starring Louis Koo Tin-lok, Sean Lau Ching-wan, Stephy Tang Lai-yan and Josie Ho Chiu-yee. Chan Hing-kai and Janet Chun direct. CT
Prince of Tears (IIB) (Putonghua)
A family is torn apart by the Kuomintang's White Terror campaign in 1950's Taiwan. Stars Fan Chih-wei. Yonfan directs. PF 
Saw VI (IIB)
Following in the footsteps of the Jigsaw Killer, an FBI agent creates fatal situations that test people's will to live. Stars Tobin Bell. and Costas Mandylor.  Kevin Greutert directs. CT
The Ugly Truth (II)
A morning show TV producer follows the dating advice of her chauvinistic colleague. Stars Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler. Robert Luketic directs. CT
Whatever Works (IIB)
Woody Allen's romantic comedy about a grumpy misanthrope who takes in a naive 21-year-old from the South. Starring Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood and Ed Begley Jnr. CT  
The Warrior and the Wolf (IIB) (Putonghua)
The general of an ancient Chinese army falls in love with a woman with mystical connections to wolves. Stars Joe Odagiri and Maggie Quigley. Tian Zhuangzhuang directs. PF
Art House
Dawn of the Space Age
Documentary about the early days of space exploration that chronicle the major milestones of the space age. In Cantonese (English shows Sat-Sun, 8.30pm). Daily (except Tue), 2.40pm, 6.10pm, also Sun 11.10am, closed Tue, HK Space Museum, 10 Salisbury  Rd, TST, HK$24, HK$32 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 0226. Ends Dec 31
Dinosaurs Alive!
Embark on a journey to discover the dinosaurs of the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. In Cantonese (English shows Sat-Sun, 8.30pm). Narration in Cantonese, Putonghua, English and Japanese are also available through headphones. Daily, 1.30pm, 5pm, 8.30pm, closed Tue, HK Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$24, HK$32 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 0226. Ends Feb 28  
Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs
Journey back to the age of the great pharaohs and explore why mummification was so vital to ancient Egyptian life. In Cantonese (English shows Mon, Thu, 7.20pm). Narration in Cantonese, Putonghua, English and Japanese are also available through headphones. Daily (except Tue), 3.50pm, 7.20pm, also Sat-Sun, 12.20pm, HK Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$24, HK$32 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 0226.  Ends Apr 30 
Jean-Luc Godard
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department presents 31 films by the French New Wave director, including the following 11. Until Nov 29. HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho; HK Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST; and HK Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST East, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2739 2900
Sympathy for the Devil  (One Plus One)
Documentary about the Rolling Stones and the music culture of the 1960s. In English. Tomorrow, 7.30pm, HK Film Archive, Nov 13, 7.30pm, HK Space Museum.
All's Well
Jean Luc-Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin's drama about an American journalist (Jane Fonda) who goes inside a French sausage manufacturing plant where the workers are striking. In French with English subtitles. Sat, 2.30pm, HK Film Archive, Nov 14, 6.30pm, HK Space Museum.
Number Two
Jean Luc-Godard directs and stars in this experimental drama focusing on an incompetent husband and his constipated wife trying to teach their children about sex. In French with English subtitles. Sat, 5pm, HK Film Archive, Nov 15, 7pm, HK Space Museum.
Here and Elsewhere
Jean Luc-Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin's 1970s documentary exploration of French and Palestinian families. In French, German and Arabic with English subtitles. Sat, 7pm, HK Film Archive, Nov 20, 7.30pm, HK Space Museum.
Slow Motion
Drama about relationships that revolves around a TV director with a failing marriage, his girlfriend and the high-priced Swiss prostitute he sees. Starring Isabelle Huppert. In French with English subtitles. Sat, 9.30pm, HK Film Archive, Nov 21, 7pm, HK Space Museum.
Passion
Drama involving a Polish director (Jerzy Radziwilowicz) stuck in France trying to make a film who, rather than working, has  affairs with a rich, married woman (Hanna Schygulla) and a factory worker (Isabelle Huppert). In French with English subtitles. Nov 8, 2.30pm, HK Film Archive, Nov 21, 9pm, HK Space Museum. 
First Name: Carmen
Musical-crime drama about a woman (Maruschka Detmers) who uses filmmaking as a cover to plan a bank heist. Also stars Jacques Bonaffe. In French with English subtitles. Nov 8, 4.30pm, HK Film Archive, Nov 28, 9.30pm, HK Science Museum.
Hail Mary + The Book of Mary
Double bill comprising: Godard's retelling of the Virgin Mary story, with a taxi driver in the Joseph role and a petrol-station worker as the woman bearing the son of God; and Anne Marie-Mieville's short film about a girl named Mary and her troubled parents. In French with Chinese and English subtitles. Nov 8, 7pm, HK Film Archive, Nov 28, 7.30pm, HK Science Museum.
JLG - Self-Portrait in December
Autobiographical portrait of Godard in his old age showing his work and the things that interest him. In French with English subtitles. Nov 14, 4.30pm, HK Film Archive, Nov 29, 7.30pm, HK Science Museum. 
Chosen Moments of Historie(s) of Cinema
Documentary look back at 20th-century film history from the perspective of art, politics, film and television. In French with English subtitles. Nov 15, 4.30pm, HK Film Archive, Nov 29, 9pm, HK Science Museum.
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani 
Rajkumar Santoshi's romantic comedy revolving around a well-meaning but often unlucky man (Ranbir Kapoor) and a woman (Katrina Kaif) who falls for him after he kidnaps her. In Hindi with English subtitles. Tomorrow-Sat, 9.15pm, Nov 8, 5.30pm, Golden Gateway, 25 Canton Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$180. Inquiries: 2366 7725
Jail
Madhur Bhandarkar's drama about a man (Neil Nitin Mukesh) who winds up in prison and must decide whether to fight against the abusive system. Also starring Mugdha Godse. In Hindi with English subtitles. Tomorrow-Sat, 9.45pm, Golden Gateway, 25 Canton Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$180. Inquiries: 2366 7725
The Magic Hour
Comedy about a yakuza who hires a second-rate actor to play his boss' enemy. In Japanese with Chinese and English subtitles. Nov 8, noon, Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$45. Inquiries: 2388 0002 
HK Asian Independent Film Festival
Ying E Chi presents films from Hong Kong and  the region, including the following eight. Nov 14-29. The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon, HK$60 www.thegrandcinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 2196 8170
Dead Slowly
Rita Hui Nga-shu's crime drama about a policeman who becomes obsessed with a female suspect in a food-poisoning case. Joman Chiang Cho-man stars.  In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Nov 14, 3.30pm, Nov 22, 5.50pm, The Grand Cinema.
The Clone Returns Home
Kanji Nakajima's science-fiction drama about an astronaut, accidentally killed during a space mission, who is cloned. Mitsuhiro Oikawa stars. In Japanese with English subtitles. Nov 14, 5.30pm, Nov 16, 7.20pm, The Grand Cinema.
That's Why You Go Away + Chants Within Doldrums
Double bill consisting of: Chan Chui-hung's drama about a child, an unmarried mother, an innocent married woman and a man who enters their lives; and Fung Kwok-kee's film about two people whose loved ones disappear from their lives. In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Nov 14, 7.50pm, Nov 23, 7.30pm, The Grand Cinema.
The President is Coming
Mockumentary about six young Indians desperate to pass a series of bizarre tests in order to shake then American president George Bush's hand when he visited India. In English and Hindi with English subtitles. Nov 15, 3.35pm, Nov 20, 7.30pm, The Grand Cinema.
Finding Shangri-La
Taiwanese director Ismene Ting Nai-chang's film adaptation of her play about a woman (Chu Chi-ying) who has to learn to forgive after her son is killed in a car accident. Also starring Matt Wu Chung-tien. In Putonghua with English subtitles. Nov 15, 7.55pm, Nov 17, 7.30pm, The Grand Cinema.
Let's Fall in Love
Wuna Wu's documentary about Taiwanese matchmakers and the couples who use their services. In Putonghua with Chinese and English subtitles. Nov 16, 9.30pm, Nov 22, 7.45pm, The Grand Cinema. 
My Marlon and Brando
Huseyin Karabey's romantic drama about a Turkish actress (Ayca Damgaci,  playing herself) who tries to reunite with her lover, a Kurdish actor from Iraq (Hama Ali Kahn), even after war threatens to keep them apart. In Turkish, Kurdish and English with English subtitles. Nov 18, 7.30pm, Nov 28, 3.40pm, The Grand Cinema. 
Humble Beginning: Early Films of the Yuen Clan
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department and HK Film Archive present eight films featuring on- and behind-the-screen work by the students of Chinese opera veteran Yu Zhanyuan, including the following one. Nov 14-29. HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$30 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2739 2139
Seven Little Valiant Fighters (aka Two of a Kind)
Martial-arts film about what happens after a Black Wind Fortress helmsman's offer of his daughter's hand in marriage is rejected by the son of another martial-arts master. Starring Yu Kai. In Cantonese. Nov 14, 6pm, Nov 22, 12.30pm, HK Film Archive.
HK Jewish Film Festival
The HK Jewish Film Festival Society presents Jewish-themed films and television episodes from different parts of the world, including the following four films and four television episodes. Nov 14-22. AMC Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty; and Carmel School Association Elsa High School, 460 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Shau Kei Wan, HK$220 (opening night), HK$80 (other individual tickets), HK$900 (festival pass) www.amccinemas.com.hk (or tel: 2265 8933). Inquiries: 6771 8070
A Matter of Size
Comedy about four overweight Israeli friends who discover the world of sumo after one of them starts working as a dishwasher in a Japanese restaurant.  In Hebrew and Japanese with Chinese and English subtitles. Nov 14, 7.35pm, AMC Pacific Place.
Toyland + A Gift for Stalin 
Double bill comprising: Jochen Alexander Freydank's  short film set in 1942 about a German boy who believes that his Jewish neighbours are going to Toyland (in German with Chinese and English subtitles); and Rustem Abdrashev's adaptation of David Markish's semi-autobiographical novel about a Jewish boy who becomes a member of the multi-ethnic community of outsiders  in pastoral Kazakhstan (In Russian, Kazakh and Hebrew with Chinese and English subtitles). Nov 15, 2.55pm, AMC Pacific Place.
Maftir
Crime drama about an ex-convict who seeks to honour his dead brother with a maftir dedication in the synagogue, then avenge his death. In Hebrew and Russian with English subtitles. Nov 15, 9.35pm, AMC Pacific Place. 
A Touch Away
Four episodes of Ron Ninio's romantic TV drama series about an Israeli-style Romeo and Juliet. In Hebrew and Russian with English subtitles. Nov 17, 7pm,  AMC Pacific Place.



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