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Clarence Tsui

Paul Fonoroff

Richard James Havis

New Releases
 Love and Other Drugs (IIB)
See review on this page.
Lover's Discourse (IIA) (Cantonese and Putonghua)
See review on next page.
Norwegian Wood (IIB) (Japanese)
French-Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung  tackles Japanese writer Haruki Murakami's best-known novel, a story set in the 1960s about three 20-somethings whose emotional entanglements are furthered by the social turmoil of their radicalised times. Kenichi Matsuyama stars. Not reviewed.
General Releases
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (IIA)
The franchise based on C.S. Lewis' novels returns after a three-year hiatus, with the original cast - all  now teenagers - reprising their roles as the Pevensies siblings, now committed to travelling with King Caspian (Ben Barnes)  to look for guardians who can save his realm from an evil invasion.  CT   
Gulliver's Travels  (I) 
Jack Black  stars as a lowly slacker transformed into a celebrity when he inadvertently ends up in Lilliput, a land  populated by much smaller people. Rob Letterman directs. Not reviewed.
 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (IIA) 
The young sorcerers' lives take a dark turn in their attempt to seek and destroy the items which will provide evil Lord Voldermort with power and everlasting life. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint star. David Yates directs. RJH
Karigurashi no Arrietty  (I) (Japanese and Cantonese versions) 
Miniature-sized people, living under floorboards in  homes, lead a parallel existence with their human counterparts. Not reviewed. 
Marriage with a Liar (IIB) (Cantonese)
Chrissie  Chau Sau-na and Law Chung-him star as a young couple who decide to experiment with infidelity after having an argument three days before their wedding. Yip Lim-sum directs. CT  
Megamind (I) (English and Cantonese versions)
Stereoscopic animated feature about an alien who conquers the world but gradually loses his taste for villainy. Tom McGrath directs. Features the voices of Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt and Tina Fey for the English version, and Eric Kot Man-fai and Jan Lamb Hoi-fung  for the Cantonese version. LKW 
Metal Fight Beyblade The Movie (I) (Cantonese)
The television anime about grand tournaments for spinning-top players gets the feature-film treatment, as a mysterious competitor arrives with a lethal top in his hands and apocalypse in his wake. Not reviewed. 
The Social Network (IIB)
A dramatised version of how university student Mark Zuckerberg invented Facebook. Jesse Eisenberg stars. David Fincher directs. CT
The Town (IIB)
Set in a rundown neighbourhood in Boston, Ben Affleck's sophomore directorial effort revolves around a group of professional robbers whose leader (played by Affleck) falls for the bank manager he and his masked gang abduct during a hold-up. Rebecca Hall also stars. CT
Tron: Legacy (IIA)
A reboot of the landmark 1982 film, with Garrett Hedlund  playing a 27-year-old who finds himself sucked into  a virtual universe in which his long-disappeared father (Jeff Bridges) has spent the past 20 years. Olivia Wilde  also stars. Joseph Kosinski directs.  CT  
Art House
Cosmic Collisions 
Explore cosmic collisions that shaped our solar system, changed the course of life on earth and continue to transform our galaxy. English shows Wed, Fri, 6.10pm; otherwise in Cantonese. Narrations in Cantonese, Putonghua, English and Japanese are also available through headphones. Today-tomorrow, 2.40pm, 6.10pm, Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$24, HK$32 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 0226. Ends Dec 31   
Royal Opera House Ballet and Opera
MCL presents a programme of four shows featuring performances by Britain's The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera, including the following three. Until Jan 30. MCL JP Cinema, JP Plaza, 22-36 Paterson St, Causeway Bay; MCL Kornhill Cinema, 4/F, Kornhill Plaza South, 2 Kornhill Road, Quarry Bay; MCL Telford Cinema, Telford Gardens, 33 Wai Yip St, Kowloon Bay; and The Grand Cinema, The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon, HK$120, HK$150 mclcinema.com. Inquiries: 2418 8841
Swan Lake
Boris Gruzin directs The Royal Ballet performing the romantic ballet about a prince who falls in love with the Swan Queen; with music performed by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Dec 31-Jan 1, 7pm, Jan 1-2, 4pm, The Grand Cinema, Jan 8, 28, 7.30pm, MCL Kornhill, Jan 15, 7.30pm, MCL Telford Cinema, Jan 16, 3.30pm, MCL JP Cinema.  
La Boheme
John Copley directs and Andris Nelson conducts The Royal Opera performing Giacomo Puccini's romantic opera about a Parisian poet who falls for his seamstress neighbour.  In Italian with English subtitles. Jan 1, 4pm, Jan 22, 7.30pm, MCL Kornhill Cinema, also Jan 8, 15, 7.30pm, Jan 9, 16, 2.30pm, The Grand Cinema, Jan 23, 3.30pm, MCL Telford Cinema, Jan 29-30, 7.30pm, MCL JP Cinema.
La Traviata
Richard Eyre directs and Antonio Pappano conducts The Royal Opera performing Giuseppe Verdi's opera about a  courtesan whose romantic relationship with a man named Alfredo threatens to bring scandal upon Alfredo's family. In Italian with English subtitles. Jan 2, 4pm, MCL Telford Cinema, Jan 7, 7.30pm, Jan 9, 1pm, MCL JP Cinema, Jan 14, 7.30pm, MCL Kornhill Cinema, Jan 22, 29, 7pm, Jan 23, 2pm, The Grand Cinema.
Black Ice 
Erotic thriller about a woman who hatches a revenge plot that involves befriending her husband's lover. In Finnish with Chinese and English subtitles. Jan 2, noon, Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$45 bc.cinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 2388 0002 
Restored Treasures
The Film Archive presents a continuing series of movies that have undergone restoration work, including the following one  that's part of Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy. Ongoing. Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$40 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2739 2139
Song of the Little Road  (Pather Panchali)
Indian auteur Satyajit Ray's debut feature film revolving around an impoverished Brahmin family living in a Bengali village. In Bengali with English subtitles. Jan 2, 2pm, Film Archive. (See Don't miss, below)
The Best from the Archive Collection
The Film Archive presents a programme of 25 films that represent the best of its film collection to commemorate its 10th anniversary, including the following 10 films. Jan 2-Feb 27. Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$30 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2900
The Soul of China 
Historical epic based on playwright  Wu Zuguang's Song of the Righteous Spirit  about Song dynasty minister Wen Tianxiang's  struggles to uphold national righteousness. In Mandarin with Chinese subtitles. Jan 2, 4.30pm, Feb 12, 9.15pm, Film Archive.
Sorrows of the Forbidden City 
Drama about the complicated relationship between Empress Dowager Cixi, the Guangxu Emperor  and his consort Zhen. In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles. Jan 2, 7.30pm, Feb 12, 2pm, Film Archive.
Mysterious Murder (Part I)
The first part of Tong Tik-sang's two-part epic  historical melodrama about a poor country woman married to a retired warlord who gets sucked into the power struggles within his extended family. In Cantonese. Jan 8, 2pm, Feb 19, 7pm, Film Archive.
Mysterious Murder (Part II)
The concluding chapter of Tong Tik-sang's two-part epic historical melodrama about a woman married to a retired warlord and her struggles with his  family. In Cantonese. Jan 8, 4pm, Feb 19, 9pm, Film Archive.
The Legend of Purple Hairpin
Lee Tit's adaptation of Tong Tik-sang's Cantonese opera about a young man who falls for a stranger dressed in purple who possesses an amethyst hairpin. In Cantonese with English subtitles. Jan 8, 7pm, Feb 5, 4.30pm, Film Archive.
Laugh, Clown, Laugh 
Dramedy about a bank clerk (Bao Fong) who, faced with the prospect of unemployment, decides to make his living by performing as a clown.  In Mandarin. Jan 9, also Feb 2, 2pm, Film Achive. 
Awful Truth 
Li Pingqian's comedy set in Shanghai at a time of economic collapse, revolving around individuals engaged in fraudulent charades to try to accomplish their  various goals. In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles. Jan 9, 4.30pm, Feb 13, 2pm, Film Archive.
Wine, Women and Money (aka Booze, Boobs and Bucks)
Grace Chang (aka Ge Lan) stars in a satire on greed and lust in which a businessman attempting to save his crumbling company asks his wife to seduce an insurance manager. In Mandarin. Jan 9, 7pm, Jan 30, 2pm, Film Archive.
Wong Fei-hung: The Duel Against the Black Rascal 
Kwan Tak-hing stars in this kung fu actioner that is part of a long-running series about a legendary martial arts hero. Also starring Sek Kin and Kenneth Tsang Kong. In Cantonese. Jan 15, 4pm, Jan 30, 4.15pm, Film Archive.
A Touch of Zen 
King Hu's martial arts drama revolving around a well meaning but unambitious scholar-painter (Shih Chun) who befriends a female fugitive (Hsu Feng) and plots with her against a corrupt eunuch who wants to eradicate all traces of her family. In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles. Jan 15, 7pm, Feb 27, 2pm, Film Archive.
Morning Matinee
The Film Archive presents a programme of three Cantonese films from decades past, including the following two. Jan 7-21. Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$20 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2739 2139 
A Fan to Remember
Period film adaptation of an early Qing dynasty play The Peach Blossom Fan about a Ming dynasty songstress (Patricia Lam Fung) and  a scholar-turned-rebel  who have to choose between romantic love  or loyalty to their nation. Jan 7, 11am, Film Archive. 
Sweet Girl in Terror
Patricia Lam Fung  stars in a campus romance-horror feature  about a young woman exploited by her avaricious foster mother and lascivious foster father.  In Cantonese. Jan 14, 11am, Film Archive. 
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, 2011. Wellcome Theatre, HK Academy for Performing Arts' Bethanie Campus, 139 Pok Fu Lam Rd, Pok Fu Lam, HK$170 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2880 9900
Donizetti's Don Pasquale
James Levine directs and Anna Netrebko stars in this comic opera about a lovely but penniless woman who masquerades as a shy convent girl turned shrew in order to snare the man she truly loves. In Italian with English subtitles. Jan 8-9, 7pm, also Jan 9, 1pm, Wellcome Theatre. 
An Education 
Film based on Lynn Barber's  coming-of-age memoir about a teenage girl in 1960s London whose life changes after she falls for a man twice her age. Starring Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard. In English with Chinese subtitles. Jan 9, noon, Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$45 bc.cinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 2388 0002 
Israeli Film Festival 2011
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department and Consulate General of Israel present a programme of nine Israeli films, including the following four. Jan 11-23. Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho; Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST East; and Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$40 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2900
The Debt
Thriller about three  young Mossad agents who are hailed as heroes for apprehending a notorious Nazi doctor.  In Hebrew and German with Chinese and English subtitles. Jan 11, 7.30pm, Science Museum, Jan 22, 5.30pm, Space Museum. 
Eli & Ben
Drama about a schoolboy who has to face the possibility that his architect father is morally fallible after the police arrest  him  for bribery. In Hebrew with Chinese and English subtitles. Jan 14, 7.30pm, Film Archive, Jan 22, 8pm, Space Museum.
Out of Sight
Daniel Syrkin's  mystery drama about a blind Princeton University PhD student (Tali Sharon) who returns to Israel  in a bid to discover why  her beloved cousin decided to commit suicide. In Hebrew with Chinese and English subtitles. Jan 15, 2.30pm, Space Museum, Jan 23, 5pm, Science Museum. 
Five Hours from Paris
Romantic drama about a 40-something divorced taxi driver who wants to go to Paris and whose life has the potential to change for the better after he meets his son's choir master. In Hebrew and Russian with Chinese and English subtitles. Jan 15, 5pm, Space Museum, Jan 23, 7.30pm, Science Museum. 
Under the Sea
Omnimax show about coral reef creatures and the impact of global climate change on them and their underwater environment. English shows Sat-Sun (and public holidays), 8.30pm; otherwise in Cantonese. Narrations in Cantonese, Putonghua, English and Japanese  are also available through headphones. Daily (except Tue), 1.30pm, 5pm, 8.30pm, Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$24, HK$32 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 0226. Ends Feb 28, 2011   
Arabia: In Search of the Golden Ages
Omnimax show about the Arabian peninsula - home to millennia-old civilisations that have thrived in some of the world's harshest conditions. English shows Mon, Thu, 7.20pm; otherwise in Cantonese. Narrations in Cantonese, Putonghua, English and Japanese are also available through headphones. Daily (except Tue), 3.50pm, 7.20pm, also Sat-Sun, 12.20pm, Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$24, HK$32 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 0226. Ends April 30, 2010   
MaD Movies 2011
HK Arts Centre and HK Institute of Contemporary Culture present a programme of mockumentaries and documentary films, including the following film. Jan 15-16. HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2766 3128
Dazzle
Cyrus Frisch's  documentary-style drama about a man in Argentina and a woman in Amsterdam who find themselves connected by telephone through a twist of fate. Starring Rutger Hauer and Georgina Verbaan. Jan 15, 4.45pm, HK Arts Centre.  
Pina Bausch - From Stage to Silver Screen
The HK Arts Festival and Broadway Cinematheque present a Festival Plus programme of seven films by and about the late German choreographer/dancer, Pina Bausch, including the following two. Jan 15-23. Palace IFC, Podium Level 1, IFC Mall, 8 Finance St, Central, HK$75 www2.cinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 2388 6268
Cafe Muller + Probe Sacre
Double-bill comprising: Pina Bausch's work in which two different realms meet, the first existing within a dark magical place, the second within the 'normal' world (no dialogue); and Detlef Erler's film in which Pina Bausch rehearses a dance based on the music of Igor Stravinsky with Kyomi Ichida, a long-time member of her company (some German dialogue). Jan 15, 7.50pm, Jan 23, 5.50pm, Palace IFC.
Bluebeard
Pina Bausch directs a dance theatre work that uses a wife-killer and his victim as a metaphor to portray the complex battle of the sexes. No dialogue. Jan 15, 9.45pm, Jan 23, 7.45pm, Palace IFC.



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