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Clarence Tsui

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New Releases 
Dream Home (III) (Cantonese)
See review this page. 
Robin Hood (IIB)
See review this page.  
The Bounty Hunter (IIA)
Romantic comedy  about a man's attempt to track down his bail-jumping journalist ex-girlfriend. Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston star.  Andy Tennant directs. Not reviewed.  
Go Find a Psychic (IIA) (Japanese)
Masami Nagasawa  stars as a television reporter whose life is rejuvenated by a group of nerdy men trying to keep their paranormal powers from public view. Katsuyuki Motohiro  directs.  Not reviewed. 
The Private Lives of  Pippa Lee (IIB)
Rebecca Miller's  latest  drama sees a contented, affluent homemaker trying to come to terms with a devastating past event that continues to haunt her. Robin Wright Penn leads a cast including Keanu  Reeves and  Alan Arkin. CT
General Releases
Agora (IIB)
Alejandro Amenabar revisits the struggles of fourth-century astronomer Hypathia (Rachel Weisz).  CT   
Amalfi (Japanese) (IIA)
Set in Italy, Hiroshi Nishtani's thriller revolves around a diplomat's efforts to solve the kidnapping of a Japanese girl in Rome. Yuji Oda and Yuki Amami star.  CT 
The Crazies (IIB)
Radha Mitchell and Timothy Olymphant star in a remake of George A. Romero's 1973 film about a zombie outbreak in a small American town.  CT 
Dear John (IIA)
Lasse Hallstrom's  adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks  novel explores the relationship between a young soldier  and a rich, idealistic college student. Stars Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried. CT 
Echoes of the Rainbow  (IIA) (Cantonese)
Director Alex Law Kai-yui  revisits the Hong Kong of his youth with a film about a working-class family's struggles to survive in the 1960s. Stars Simon Yam Tat-wah. PF   
Ip Man 2 (IIB)  (Cantonese and English)
Donnie Yen Ji-dan  reprises his role as the titular martial-arts master finding his feet in Hong Kong. Wilson Yip Wai-shun  directs.  CT  
Iron Man 2 (IIB)
Robert Downey Jnr returns as tycoon-cum-superhero Tony Stark. CT  
Let the Right One In  (IIB) (Swedish)
Tomas Alfredson offers a vampire film with a Nordic twist by unfurling the undead in a Swedish suburb rife with school bullying. Kare Hedebrant  and  Lina Leandersson star.  CT 
Love in a Puff (III) (Cantonese)
Pang Ho-cheung's  latest film  about the tribulations of a sales  clerk and an advertising executive  who bond during their back-alley smoking sessions. Miriam Yeung Chin-wah and Shawn Yue Man-lok star. PF  
Mother and Child (IIB)
Annette Bening, Naomi Watts and Kerry Washington  star as three women struggling with motherhood in Rodrigo Garcia's multi-narrative  drama.  CT 
Art House
HK Turkish Film Festival
Izmir Cinema Association presents a programme of 10 Turkish films, including the following eight. May 13-17. The  Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements,  1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon, HK$65 thegrandcinema.com.hk.  Inquiries: 2196 8170
Three Monkeys
Nuri Bilge Ceylan's  drama about a politician who commits a crime and pays another man to  take the blame. In Turkish with English subtitles. May 13, 7.30pm, The Grand Cinema. 
The International
Dramedy set in 1982 about a provincial musician with a communist sympathiser daughter who is tasked with composing a song for the arrival of a military chief to  their small town. In Turkish with English subtitles. May 14, 7.30pm,  The Grand Cinema.
The Edge of Heaven
Fatih Akin's  drama set in Germany and Turkey about two families whose lives become intertwined. In German, Turkish and English with English subtitles. May 15, 7.30pm, The Grand Cinema.
Bliss
Adaptation of Zulfu Livaneli's  novel about a family who seek to commit an honour killing after their teenage relative is raped.  In Turkish with English subtitles. May 15, 9.50pm, The Grand Cinema.  
Alone
Romantic drama  about a 30-something chef  and his one-night stands.  In Turkish with English subtitles. May 16, 7.30pm,  The Grand Cinema.
I Saw the Sun 
Drama about a family  torn apart by Turkey's civil war. Mahsun Kirmizigu stars, writes and directs. In Turkish  and Norwegian with English subtitles. May 16, 9.40pm, The Grand Cinema.
Revolution Cars 
Period drama about 23 engineers  who are tasked with producing a 'national automobile' within 130 days  by then Turkish president Cemal Gursel.  In Turkish with English subtitles.  May 17, 7.10pm, The Grand Cinema.
Mommy! I'm Scared
Comedic exploration of human  nature that begins with a taxi driver losing his memory. In Turkish with English subtitles. May 17, 9.40pm,  The Grand Cinema.  
The Met: Live in HD
The Met in HK presents a programme of live transmissions of operas performed by the New York Metropolitan Opera, including the following two. Until  Jun 13. Wellcome Theatre, HK Academy for Performing Arts' Bethanie Campus, 139 Pok Fu Lam Rd, Pok Fu Lam, HK$150 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2880 9555  
Carmen - Georges Bizet
Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts New York's Metropolitan Opera performing Bizet's opera about a seductive gypsy woman.  In French with English subtitles. May 15-16, 6.30pm, also May 16, 1.30pm, Wellcome Theatre.
Simon Boccanegra -  Giuseppe Verdi
James Levine conducts New York's Metropolitan Opera performing Verdi's operatic adaptation of Antonio Garc?a Guti?rrez's political thriller set in 14th-century Genoa about the city's plebeian party which nominate popular former pirate, Simon Boccanegra, as their candidate for the office of Doge (chief magistrate) against the aristocracy's candidate.  In Italian  with English subtitles. May 29, 6.30pm, May 30, noon, also 6pm,  Wellcome Theatre. 
From Novel to Film: Critics' Choice
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department presents a programme of  six film adaptations of novels chosen by members of the HK Film Critics Society, including the following one. May 15-Oct 23. HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd,  Sai Wan Ho; and HK Space Museum,  10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2900
And Then ...
Yoshimitsu Morita's adaptation of Meiji-Era author Soseki Natsume's  novel involving three people trapped in a complex relationship with one another.   In Japanese with Chinese and  English subtitles. May 15, 7.30pm,  HK Space Museum, May 29, 2.30pm,  HK Film Archive. 
A Lean Night - Women of the Night
The HK Arts Centre presents a programme of classic works by master filmmakers from different parts of the world, including the following four films. May 20-29. HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour  Rd, Wan Chai, HK$50 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2582 0273
Nights of Cabiria
Federico Fellini's  drama about a feisty but naive prostitute (Giulietta  Masina) looking for love in all the wrong places. In Italian with English subtitles. May 20, 7.30pm, May 28, 9.30pm, HK Arts Centre.
Mamma Roma 
Pier Pablo Pasolini's drama about a middle-aged whore (Anna Magnani) who becomes a fruit seller  in order to forge a respectable life for her teenaged son (Ettore Garofolo). In Italian with English subtitles. May 25, 7.30pm, May 29, 2.30pm, HK Arts Centre.
The Life of Oharu
Kenji Mizoguchi's  adaptation of 17th-century Japanese writer  Ihara Saikaku's novel about an Edo-era woman's descent from lady-in-waiting to concubine to prostitute. Starring Kinuyo Tanaka.  In Japanese with English subtitles. May 26, 29, 7.30pm, HK Arts Centre.
Vivre Sa Vie (aka My Life to Live)
Jean-Luc Godard's  dramatic exploration of a young Parisian woman (Anna  Karina) who abandons her marriage and child in order to pursue a career as an actress, only to turn to prostitution after being beset with financial troubles. In French with English subtitles. May 28, 7.30pm, May 29, 5.30pm, HK Arts Centre. 
Kites 
Hrithik Roshan  stars in a music-filled romantic thriller about a wanted man left to die in the desert whose  will to live stems from his quest to reunite with a woman betrothed to another man who he believes to be his true love.   In Hindi with English subtitles. May 20-22, 9.30pm, May 23, 5.30pm, GH Whampoa, L2 Whampoa Plaza, Whampoa Garden, 7 Tak On St, Hung Hom, HK$120-HK$180. Inquiries: 2366 7725
HK Japanese Film Showcase
Panasia Films, The Grand Cinema and GH Mongkok present a programme of eight Japanese films, including the following seven. May 21-Jun 6. The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon, HK$65 thegrandcinema.com.hk; and GH Mongkok, G/F Grand Century Place, 193 Prince Edward Rd West, Mong Kok, HK$65 www.goldenharvest.com. Inquiries: 2195 8170 (The Grand Cinema) or 2628 9864 (GH Mong Kok)
Always - Sunset on Third Street 1
Takashi Yamazaki's  period drama about the  residents of Tokyo's Third Street. In Japanese with Chinese subtitles. May 21, 2pm, GH Mong Kok, May 30, 4.50pm,  The Grand Cinema.
Always - Sunset on Third Street 2
Sequel to Takashi Yamazaki's Always - Sunset on Third Street 1 delves further into the lives of the people of Third Street. In Japanese with Chinese subtitles. May 21, 7pm, GH Mong Kok, May 30, 7.30pm, The Grand Cinema. 
About Her Brother
Yoji Yamada's  drama about an open-hearted Tokyo resident and her ne'er-do-well younger brother who likes  to spend his time watching the comedians and entertainers of Osaka. In Japanese with Chinese and English subtitles. May 21, 7.30pm, May 22, 9.40pm, The Grand Cinema, May 30, 4pm, GH Mong Kok.
Kamui 
Yochi Jai's adaptation of a story from Sanpei Shirato's multi-volume manga about a fugitive ninja in search of freedom who is  constantly on the run from his former  ninja  brethren. In Japanese with Chinese and English subtitles. May 22, 4pm, GH Mong Kok, May 23, 9.55pm, The Grand Cinema. 
How to Date an Otaku Girl 
Romance in which a  man reacts with shock  after being thrust into the world of his girlfriend's  anime obsession.  In Japanese with Chinese and English subtitles. May 23, 2.30pm, The Grand Cinema, May 29, 4pm, GH Mong Kok. 
Killer Bride's Perfect Crime 
Actor-director Goro Kishitani's  comic road-trip movie revolving around two women: one of whom (Juri Ueno)  is desperate to get married, while the other  (Yoshino Kimura) is desperate to die. In Japanese with Chinese and English subtitles. May 23, 4pm, GH Mong Kok, May 28, 7.30pm, The Grand Cinema.
Pool 
Drama about five Japanese who develop close relationships after spending a  week's holiday in Chiang Mai, Thailand, gathered together around a small pool. Mika Omori directs.  In Japanese and Thai with Chinese and English subtitles. May 28, 9.30pm, The Grand Cinema, Jun 5, 4pm, GH Mong Kok. 
The Moon 
Omnibus film featuring shorts by seven Asian directors, including mainlander Ying Liang  and Hongkonger Adam Wong Sau-ping,  inspired by the lyrics of the late James Wong Jim's A House is Not a Home.  In Putonghua, Hokkien, Japanese, Cantonese, Hindi and Sichuanese with Chinese and English subtitles. May 22, 5.30pm, May 23, 7.30pm, The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon, HK$65 thegrandcinema.com.hk.  Inquiries: 2572 7202  
Drifting Flowers + Changing View 
Double bill  comprising: Zero Chou Mei-ling's  dramatic exploration of life and love through three Taiwanese women of different generations; and Hou Chi-jan's  short film featuring a poem inspired by the views from a tram window. In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles. May 23, 12.15pm, Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$45 bc.cinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 2388 0002   
Real Life on Screen
The Goethe-Institut HK presents a programme of six films based on real-life biographies,  including the following one. Until Sept 24. HK Film Archive. 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2802 0088 
Whiskey with Vodka
Dramedy   about a famous but unreliable actor  who feels threatened when a younger actor is hired to be his backup  in a film. In German with English subtitles. May 28, 8pm, HK Film Archive.  
Stars: The Powerhouses  of the Universe
Documentary telling the story of stars' creation, evolution, energy and power.    In Cantonese (English shows Wed, Fri, 6.10pm). Narrations in Cantonese, Putonghua, English and Japanese are also available through headphones.  Daily (except Tue), 2.40pm, 6.10pm,  also Sun, and public holidays, 11.10am,  HK Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$24, HK$32 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 0226. Ends Jun 30  
Sea Monsters: A  Prehistoric Adventure
Follow a family of Dolichorhynchops,  ocean creatures that lived 80 million years ago, as they traverse ancient waters. In Cantonese (English shows Sat-Sun, 8.30pm). Narrations in Cantonese, Putonghua, English and Japanese are also available through headphones. Daily (except Tue), 1.30pm, 5pm, 8.30pm, HK Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$24, HK$32 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 0226. Ends Aug 30    
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk
Go  on a whitewater adventure along  the Colorado River and learn about the  worldwide water crisis. In Cantonese (English shows Mon, Thu, 7.20pm). Narrations 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 Oct 31   



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