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2013
In January 2012
the two reunited on
set, again in
New Zealand, to film a
richly layered crime
drama, Top of the
Lake, for television
Hunter & Campion
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
In January 2012
Holly Hunter and Jane
Campion reunited
on set, again in New
Zealand, to film a
richly layered crime
drama, Top of the
Lake, for television.
The seven-part
miniseries, directed
and co-written by
Jane Campion
KARL ROZEMEYER
NYT SYNDICATE
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T’S been more than 20 years since
writer-director Jane Campion cast
Holly Hunter in The Piano (1993)
as Ada, a mute Scottish widow
who, with her 9-year-old daughter
(Anna Paquin) and a grand piano in tow,
lands on a desolate beach in 19th-century
New Zealand to enter into an arranged
marriage. Her performance won Hunter
an Academy Award as Best Actress, and
her direction made Campion the first
female filmmaker to receive the Palme
d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
In January 2012 the two reunited on
set, again in New Zealand, to film a richly
layered crime drama, Top of the Lake,
for television. The seven-part miniseries,
directed and co-written by Campion,
will debut on the Sundance Channel on
March 18.
“I long to work more than once with
A still from the film Top of the Lake.
Hunter & Campion
get together for TV
crime drama
people whom I love,’’ Hunter says. “It’s
just so much fun. It’s a privilege to work
with Jane, because my trust in Jane
is without limits. And I think she has
extraordinary taste. Many directors want
to work with different people, because
they want to create a different chemistry,
they want to bring something new to the
screen. Jane doesn’t feel that way to the
degree that other directors do.’’
Hunter plays GJ, a curiously an-drogynous, guru-like character with long,
straight, silver hair. She dresses in earthcoloured menswear and proselytises with
a stoic yet cutting directness: “We are liv-ing out here at the end of the road, at the
Holly Hunter in a scene
from the film The Piano.
Director Jane Campion
in action.
end of the earth, in a place called Para-dise,’’ GJ proclaims toward the end of
Top of the Lake. “How’s it going? Perfect?
No! You are madder than ever!’’
Paradise is a stretch of land in the
soaring mountains of New Zealand’s
remote South Island. There a group of
disillusioned women, mentored by GJ,
set up camp in a quest for relief from modernity,
seeking equality, peace and tranquility.
The area surrounding Paradise proves to be any-thing but a haven of serenity, however. A 12-year-old
girl, having discovered that she is pregnant, disap-pears shortly after a failed attempt to drown herself.
Her father, the local drug lord, claims ownership of
Paradise and becomes increasingly menacing and
violent. An inexperienced detective (Elisabeth Moss)
who grew up in the area arrives, determined to find
the missing girl, but begins to unravel when she is
forced to confront the emotional wounds of her own,
long-buried past.
The character of GJ was written with Hunter in
mind, but the actress herself wasn’t initially con-vinced. “Jane called me and said, ‘I want you to play
this,’’’ Hunter recalls, “but she hadn’t fully written all
the episodes. I read what she’d sent me, and I said
‘Why? Why do you want me? Why don’t you get Ben
Kingsley?’’’
Campion has said that GJ is loosely based on
Indian spiritual thinker UG Krishnamurti, but for
Hunter Krishnamurti was only a reference point in
the character’s creation.
“The one thing that Jane didn’t hire me for was to
do some weak imitation of this guy or to mimic him
in any way,’’ she says. “What was useful was what he
said through the course of his life, his lack of philoso-phy (on) how to live and his attitude toward people
who approached him seeking answers.
“But, at the end, what I valued the most was my
trust in Jane and the words on the page.’’
Hunter, who describes GJ as both “otherworldly”
and “incredibly grounded in her own mortal be-ing,’’ was struck by her character’s conflicting traits,
androgyny included.
“I found that was something that I really wanted
to embrace,’’ she says. “I wanted GJ to look fully
androgynous, and Jane guided me into that.’’
Throughout the conversation, Hunter’s thoughts
turn back to Campion.
“I think that Jane infuses each character, all of
her characters, men and women, with a certain kind
of empathy as a filmmaker, which she always does,’’
she says. “I feel like The Piano is a gift that came
from Jane. It has a certain magic about it. It has an
elevation about it: the characters, the place and the
economy of the story. Each dramatic chapter of the
story has a certain symmetry to it, a certain kind of
perfection in its drama.
“The movie breathes a certain rare air,’’ Hunter
says, “and I in no way felt that I was owed anything
after that movie, or that it now catapulted me into a
different realm. It put me in the realm of itself.’’
After the success of The Piano, Hunter recalls,
she was offered the role of Jane Eyre in Franco Zef-firelli’s 1996 film, and turned it down.
“I didn’t want to do it because Jane Eyre came as
close to typecasting as they could get,’’ she says. “Ada
felt like something not to be repeated.’’
Instead Hunter chose a film that was the polar
opposite of the ethereal, ambiguous The Piano.
“Not long after I finished shooting The Piano,’’
she says, “I got offered Michael Ritchie’s film for
HBO called The Positively True Adventures of the
Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom. When
I read that script, I went ‘Wow! This is the perfect
thing for me to do after The Piano. This makes me
feel really good, because I get to do everything that I
didn’t get to do on The Piano.’’ They were opposites
of each other, and I thought, ‘This is like poetry.’’’
Hunter is renowned for playing tough yet con-flicted women and for morphing into distinct,
complete and often quirky characters. In 1987 she
broke through with two landmark big-screen per-formances, playing a driven but emotionally compro-mised television-news producer in James L Brooks’
Broadcast News and an unstable, baby-obsessed
police officer in the zany comedy Raising Arizona,
courtesy of the directing-screenwriting duo Joel and
Ethan Coen.
“I can put myself in their hands and I’m safe,’’
says Hunter, who later co-starred in the Coens’
Depression-era comedy O Brother, Where Art Thou?
(2000). “With a filmmaker you certainly cannot
always do that. I can unerringly do that with Joel
and Ethan. So that trust is something that is very
special.’’
From the outset of her career, Hunter has moved
regularly between film and television work, and she
says that she has witnessed many changes in the
industry along the way, especially for women.
“I think that equal pay for women in Hollywood
has been achieved,’’ she says. “The quality of female
roles in television has improved exponentially. It’s
hard to even measure the vast leap that television
has taken with the advent of cable. Now the menu
is so vast, and the number of women who are able
to bring great creations to life – and make a great
living too, and have a real, beautiful life of charac-ters spread out before them, spread out over several
seasons – is unprecedented.’’
Hunter speaks from experience, having starred
in and also served as executive producer for the TNT
series Saving Grace (2007-2010).
“I think executive producing Saving Grace put
me in more of a directorial chair than I’ve ever been
in before,’’ she says. “And in some ways that creative
energy was ... God, man, it was fantastic.’’
That said, Hunter insists that she harbours no
desire to direct.
“I don’t know, maybe I’m too lazy,’’ she says. “It’s
a bit mysterious to me.’’
Hunter has several projects scheduled for release
this year. She has only praise for her experience on
the set of Terrence Malick’s as-yet-untitled, musiccentered film set in Austin, Texas.
“Once you get a little bit of Terry, you want more
and more,’’ she says. “He is just an adorable person
to be around. He’s extremely loving and extremely
naive, and extremely well read and well educated.
His references are vast and varied, and he has an
extraordinary sense of humour.’’
Hunter and her Broadcast News co-star, Wil-liam Hurt, are both in the Lifetime series Bonnie
and Clyde: Dead and Alive, in which she plays the
mother of famed outlaw Bonnie Parker and he plays
a Texas ranger on the trail of Bonnie and Clyde.
The reunion, however, has been strictly off
camera. “I just treasure that experience working
with Bill,’’ Hunter says. “We’d actually talked about
a couple of other movies and tried to make it work so
that we could work together again. Nothing has ever
really panned out. In Bonnie and Clyde I don’t think
that we have a scene together, unless something has
been created. But at this moment I don’t think Bill
and I actually act together.
“Maybe we’ll be in the makeup trailer at the same
time.’’
Holly
Hunter
Daniel Radcliffe returns
to London stage
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T
HE time is coming
— maybe sooner than
you expect — when you
look at Daniel Radcliffe
and don’t think Harry
Daniel Radcliffe
Potter.
The 23-year-old actor has gone
from boy wizard to Broadway hoofer
to Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, whom
he plays in new film Kill Your Dar-lings. He has several wildly different
films lined up, and is soon to take to
the London stage as star of Martin
McDonagh’s barbed comedy The
Cripple of Inishmaan.
The play gives audiences the
chance to see Radcliffe in yet an-other new light, as Billy, a disabled
orphan in 1930s Ireland who har-bours an unlikely dream of Holly-wood stardom.
Cripple, which opens in June for
a 12-week run, is part of a West End
season of plays overseen by director
Michael Grandage, who has assem-bled an A-list company of actors that
includes Radcliffe, Ben Whishaw,
Judi Dench and Jude Law.
First staged in 1996, the play
is a typically potent mix of comedy
and cruelty from the writer-direc-tor of the violent, witty movies In
Bruges and Seven Psychopaths.
“He walks that line between
tragedy and comedy so brilliantly,”
Radcliffe said of McDonagh.
“I think one of the hilarious
things about this play is, by our
standards today, how politically in-correct it is,” said the actor, looking
lean if a tad tired — he’s been at the
gym, working out ahead of rehears-als for the play — in the troupe’s of-fice atop a West End playhouse. “So
much of the comedy is just people
being relentlessly cruel to Billy.
“I’m trying to write something
at the moment, and it’s just so dark,
and I think it’s funny, but I’m not
sure if anybody else ever would. I
aspire to be a poor man’s Martin
McDonagh.”
It shouldn’t come as a surprise
that the one-time boy wizard is a fan
of the edgier end of comedy — and
that he’s working on a screenplay.
His entire post-Potter career feels
designed to wrong-foot anyone
seeking to pigeonhole him.
The play is Radcliffe’s first time
It shouldn’t come as a
surprise that the
one-time boy
wizard is a fan of the
edgier end of comedy
— and that he’s
working on a
screenplay. His entire
post-Potter career
feels designed to
wrong-foot anyone
seeking to pigeonhole
him. The play is
Radcliffe’s first time on
the West End stage
since 2007
on the West End stage since his
2007 run in Equus, Peter Shaffer’s
play about a troubled stable boy who
blinds horses.
Radcliffe said Equus was “a
signal of intent as to what I wanted
to do.”
“I didn’t just want to take an easy
way out of this. I wanted to really try
and take risks and make a career for
myself.”
Since then, he’s mixed mov-ies and theater work, including a
2011 Broadway run as a scheming
businessman in How To Succeed In
Business Without Really Trying.
He’s shot three films due to
come out in the next year. Kill Your
Darlings, which premiered at the
Sundance Film Festival in January,
stars Radcliffe as Ginsberg. Radcliffe
says he’s never been prouder of a
piece of work.
He’s also filmed The F Word,
which he calls a “very funny, very
sweet but also very smart” romantic
comedy from Canadian director
Michael Dowse.
“I don’t want to say (I’m) playing
myself, exactly,” Radcliffe said, “but
(I’m) playing a character that’s fairly
high-anxiety, slightly hyperactive
guy.”
He’s especially excited about
Horns, a film by French horror Au-teur Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have
Eyes, Piranha) about a bereaved
man who grows devilish horns that
allow him access to the thoughts and
feelings of others.
“It’s a love story, it’s a revenge
movie, it’s a horror movie in parts
— it’s going to be crazy,” said Rad-cliffe, who made an earlier foray into
horror movies with The Woman in
Black.
Next up, he will star as mad-sci-entist’s assistant Igor in Max Landis’
pop-culture spin on the Franken-stein story.
All in all, it’s an eclectic list of
projects. Radcliffe says there is
a philosophy guiding his career
choices, but “it’s very basic. It’s just
what excites me. It’s what gets me
interested.”
“Hopefully later on this year peo-ple will start to see some very dif-ferent performances from me. And
hopefully some really good movies,”
he said. “It’s about the movie as a
whole, not just people studying my
performance and seeing how I’m
getting different and how I’m grow-ing up.”
Radcliffe accepts that fascina-tion with how he’s growing up is
unlikely to fade altogether. But he
seems comfortable with the Harry
Potter legacy, happy to have made
the often tricky transition from child
star to adult actor.
The Harry Potter moviemakers
have been praised for creating
a stable creative home for their
young stars, who went from pre-teens to adults over the course of
eight films released between 2001
and 2011.
“I feel like everyone wanted Pot-ter to be more of a handcuff than
it actually was,” said the resolutely
well-adjusted Radcliffe.
“I think Harry Potter is going to
be around for a while — a long while
— but as long as it doesn’t inhibit
me getting parts in the present time,
then it’s fine. It’s a lovely association
to have, because it’s something I’m
incredibly proud of.
“People always say, ‘Don’t you
just want to forget about it?’ No!
That was my entire adolescence.”
HOLLYWOOD
Disney’s ‘Oz’ bewitches box office with $80mn debut
Jessica Parker
bears the brunt
of high heels
AP
O
Z THE Great And The Power-ful clicked with moviegoers.
Disney’s 3-D prequel to
the classic L Frank Baum tale The
Wonderful Wizard of Oz debuted in
first place and earned $80.3 million
at the weekend box office in the US
and Canada and $69.9 million over-seas, according to studio estimates on
Sunday.
Oz tells the origin of James Fran-co as the wizard with Mila Kunis,
Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz
as the trio of witches he encounters
after crashing in the mystical realm of
Oz.
The updated take on Oz, which
was directed by original Spider-Man
trilogy mastermind Sam Raimi, was a
gamble that looks like it will pay off for
the Walt Disney Co. The film report-edly cost $200 million and opened
a week after Jack the Giant Slayer,
another big-budget 3-D extravaganza
that reimagines a classic tale, flopped
in its opening weekend, debuting with
$28 million at the box office.
Oz was also golden overseas. The
film conjured up $69.9 million from
46 foreign markets, including Russia
and the United Kingdom. Oz could fol-low in the footsteps of Disney’s Alice
in Wonderland, another costly 3-D
film, which opened on the same week-end in 2010 and went on to gross over
$1 billion worldwide.
“Oz is the shot in the arm that the
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CTRESS Sarah Jessica Parker says
A movie poster of Oz The Great And The Powerful.
industry needed,” said Paul Derga-rabedian, box-office analyst for Hol-lywood.com. “We had six consecutive
weekends where the box office was
down. As a result, we’re at a 12-and-ahalf percent deficit year-to-date on box
office revenues versus last year. Not a
lot of movies have worked. There have
been several underperformers.”
In its second weekend, Jack
stomped out second place behind Oz
with $10 million, dropping 62 percent
since its opening weekend. It
earned just $4.9 million overseas.
Jack, based on the Jack and the
Beanstalk fable, was directed by
Bryan Singer and stars Nicholas
Hoult and Ewan McGregor.
The only other new release
this weekend, the FilmDistrict
revenge drama Dead Man
Down starring Colin Farrell
and Noomi Rapace, opened in
fourth place with $5.3 million.
high heel shoes that she wore
regularly for more than a decade
have damaged her feet.
Parker, known for her role as Carrie
Bradshaw in hit TV series Sex And The
City, wore high heels most of the time
and now doctors have asked her to avoid
wearing them.
“For 10 or so years, I literally ran in
heels. I worked 18-hour a day and never
took them off. I wore beautiful shoes,
some better made than others, and never
complained,” online magazine Neta-Porter quoted the actress as
saying.
“I went to a foot doctor
and he said, ‘Your foot does
things it shouldn’t be able
to do. That bone there...
You’ve created that
bone. It doesn’t belong
there.’ “It’s sad be-cause my feet took me
all over the world, but
eventually they were
like, ‘You know what,
we are really tired,
can you just stop and don’t put cheap
shoes on us?’,” she
added.
Sarah Jessica Parker
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Gomez laughs at ex-beau Bieber
SINGER Selena Gomez now
laughs at ex-beau Justin
Bieber’s immature and crazy
behaviour.
She also made fun of him
when she heard of Bieber
threatening a photographer in
London earlier this week.
“She doesn’t care anymore.
Bieber is crazy and she doesn’t
want to be his mom anymore.
She feels so free and loves
hanging out with her girl-friends. He is weird and she
doesn’t find his behaviour hot
or anything,” femalefirst.co.uk
Selena Gomez
quoted a source as saying.
“Gomez wants to date someone who is mature and
intelligent. Gomez is doing really well and feels relaxed
after dumping Bieber. She finds him to be embarrassing
since their breakup. He’s turned into exactly the kind of
person she’d never want to be with,” the source added.
Adele bonding with
Lawrence
Rachel Weisz wants to open
production company
OSCAR-WINNING singer Adele
is reportedly bonding a lot with
actress Jennifer Lawrence.
Lawrence, who won the
best actress Oscar for her
role in Silver Linings Play-book at the 85th Academy
Awards, has been invited
by the singer to stay near
her house, reports thesun.
co.uk.
“Adele’s been hang-ing around with Jennifer
Lawrence since the Oscars.
Jennifer’s set to come to
London later this year to
film an X Men movie and
Adele’s recommending she
move to Notting Hill, where
she has a house, a source
said.
ACTRESS Rachel Weisz would love to open a produc-tion company in future.
However, the 43-year-old, who has worked in
movies like The Mummy, The Constant Gardener and
The Deep Blue Sea, feels she will have to learn how to
multitask, reports contactmusic.com
“I’ve got to figure out how to multitask. But when
I’m doing a film or a play, I can’t think about much
else apart from my family. But I’d like a production
company,” Esquire magazine quoted Weisz as saying.
Rachel Weisz
Adele
BOLLYWOOD
Dia Mirza
Cinema can help
bridge cultural
gaps, feels Dia
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OLLYWOOD actor-producer Dia Mirza
believes that since cinema transcends
culture and has the power to facilitate
better communication, it can be used
to empower all individuals. She hopes
women will continue to spread their wings across all
fields.
“Indian women have come a long way. They
feature on power lists in the corporate world, they
hold highest positions in government, they are
emerging as leaders in many fields. There is still
much to be done, but I think the fact that we have
enough examples of such women indicates that the
Indian woman’s presence will continue to grow on
the global platform,” Dia said during a recent inter-action.
As a working, independent woman herself, the
31-year-old believes she is “inherently” a part of
driving social change for females.
“If my example can provide direction, a sense
of faith and encourage more women to find their
independence then I’m on the right path. I take part
in many initiatives that encourage women’s leader-ship,” she added.
The former Miss Asia-Pacific shared her views
during a chat at Times of India Film Awards
(TOIFA) on Women’s Day celebration at British
Columbia last week. She feels such events can help
in bringing positive change.
“Cinema as we know draws attention. If this
attention can be channelised and used to empower
“Cinema as we know draws
attention. If this attention can
be channelised and used to
empower individuals, then it
must be done”
individuals, then it must be done. I think gender
equality and women’s empowerment is topic that
needs much attention and I am glad TOIFA is using
their platform to highlight pertinent issues,” she
said.
TOIFA will be held in Vancouver in April.
What benefits do you see Bollywood having by
bringing TOIFA awards to Vancouver?
“The greatest benefit is the
exchange of culture. Cinema
has no borders and it is one
of the most powerful tools of
communication and expres-sion. People coming together,
celebrating cinema always
encourages growth, well-be-ing and elevates the human
spirit,” she said.
Ungli, Rangeelay keep Neha thrilled
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EHA Dhupia has a lot to
feel happy about. She has
wrapped up shooting for
Karan Johar’s production venture
Ungli and her first Punjabi film
Rangeelay is also ready to hit the
screens.
Directed by Renzil D’Silva,
Ungli, a thriller, also stars Sanjay
Dutt, Emraan Hashmi and Ran-deep Hooda.
“I am excited. I am looking
forward to it. Renzil is a great
director. The shooting is pretty
much over,” Neha said. “We have
shot it in Mumbai.”
In her debut Punjabi film
Rangeelay, she has teamed up
with Jimmy Shergill.
“I had to work on it a little
bit. My accent wasn’t very great,
but Jimmy was like, ‘I think, you
should start abusing because
that’s when you learn the lan-guage.’” said the 32-year-old.
The former Miss India will
also host a section at the upcom-ing Times Of India Film Awards
in Vancouver and says it will be a
great opportunity to promote her
film on foreign shores.
“We have a large Punjabi
audience in Vancouver. I will be
talking about the film. It’s great
for me,” she said.
If that was not enough, Neha
has signed her next film with
Viacom.
“My next film is a comedy
with Viacom and I am looking
forward to it. I will talk more
about it once I sign the contract,”
she said.
Neha
Dhupia
Freida doesn’t carry Hollywoood baggage: Rajkumar Yadav
IANS
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CTOR Rajkumar Yadav, who will
share screen space with interna-tionally acclaimed Indian actress
Freida Pinto in NH10, is quite impressed
with his co-star’s down-to-earth attitude
and describes her as a wonderful person.
Seen in films like Love Sex Aur
Dhokha and Kai Po Che!, Rajkumar
recently met the actress, who is making
her debut in Bollywood with NH10.
After the success of Slumdog Million-aire, Freida carved a niche for herself
in the international film ciruit and later
featured in Woody Allen’s You Will Meet
a Tall Dark Stranger and Rupert Wy-att’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
“I just met Freida, I was very nervous
but she made me feel very comfortable.
The best part is that she doesn’t come
with baggage of being a star in Holly--
wood. She is a wonderful person. I am
really looking forward to work with her,”
said Rajkumar.
The film will start rolling by the end
of March. “The film is set in North India
and it’s a love story, thriller. We will be
undergoing special workshops for the
movie soon,” said the actor
Director Navdeep Singh’s NH10 is
being produced by Udaan fame Vikra-maditya Motwane.
Indie pop - the place to look for new talent: Adnan Sami
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INGER-COMPOSER Adnan Sami
feels that new independent
singers and musicians
should be encouraged and
says Bollywood can find
new talent in the Indie
pop genre.
“The face of today’s
Bollywood music is result
of independent musicians
who were allowed to come
in. Composers, including
me, are primarily those people
who initially started independ-ently,” said Adnan.
“Every era has to come to an end
and in order to get next generation of
composers, there should be someone
who you encourage. Who are you giving
platform to? It is important to evolve
and even Bollywood needs
them,” he added.
The 43-year-old com-Adnan posed albums like Raag
Sami
Time, Tera Chehra and
Kabhi To Nazar Milao
and carved a niche for
himself. Later, he entered
Bollywood and belted out
Gela gela gela, Sun zara
and Baatein kuch ankahee si,
among others. “Indie pop music is
a place for Bollywood to come and shop
for the new talent. When this particular
phase would come to an end, where will
you go shopping? What other system
of recruitment will you have?” he ques-tioned. Asked if Bollywood is an ulti-mate dream for any musician, Adnan
said: “It may be for some, but if this was
the case then independent music would
have collapsed by now.
“Though independent music has a
major disadvantage, it does not have the
backing of a film vehicle or a producer.
The advantage with Bollywood is that a
film’s music is financed by a producer.
With independent music, you don’t have
anybody spending money apart from
record label,” said the singer-composer
who recently released an independent
album after five years.
Freida
Pinto
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Manisha Koirala likely to return in July
ACTRESS Manisha Koirala, who is undergoing treatment
in New York for ovarian
cancer, will most probably
return to India in July, said
her manager.
“Manisha is recovering
well. She is better now. Most
probably she will return
to India by July. Nothing is
decided now, but if things
go well, then she might be
back in India by July,” said
Subroto Ghosh, Manisha’s
manager.
Known for her roles in
Bombay, and Lajja, among
others, Manisha, 42, was
operated upon in Decem-ber last year in a hospital in
New York. She is currently
Manisha Koirala
undergoing chemotherapy
sessions there.
The actress, who has also worked in critically ac-claimed films like Dil Se and 1942: A Love Story, made her
Bollywood debut with Saudagar in 1991. She was last
seen in Ram Gopal Varma’s Bhoot Returns.
Paresh Rawal puts on dancing shoes
for breakdance in Himmatwala
Cinema has become more organised
now, says Sridevi
VETERAN actor Paresh Rawal,
who has shown his acting
prowess a number of times,
has now put on his dancing
shoes for director Sajid Khan’s
Himmatwala remake.
The 62-year-old, who
tickled the audience’s funny
bone in movies like Hera
Pheri, Golmaal: Fun Unlimited
and Bhagam Bhag, agreed to
do breakdance on the direc-Paresh Rawal
tor’s behest.
“It was a comic scene and I wanted him to do some-thing, which he has not done before. So when I asked
Paresh to do a breakdance, he started laughing, but
agreed to do it. There were no rehearsals because he
wanted to be spontaneous,” Khan said in a statement.
“He emulated the moves I had conceived and tried
his level best to be funny and get them correct. Eventu-ally he got them right, but that was one of the most
challenging scenes to shoot,” he added.
Himmatwala, a remake of Jeetendra and Sridevistarrer 1983 movie, stars Ajay Devgn and Tamanna. It is
slated to release on March 29.
SRIDEVI, the reigning queen
of the 1980s and 1990s who
made a comeback with
English Vinglish after 15 years,
finds filmdom a lot more
organised now.
“Cinema has changed for
good. Every department has
people and it has become
well organised,” said Sridevi,
who is married to producer
Boney Kapoor.
The 49-year-old has been
part of blockbuster movies
Sridevi
like Chaalbaaz and Mr India.
She feels that the interaction between celebrities and
media has also grown.
“Earlier, it was totally different because there were
only a few magazines and you would just talk about the
films if at all you were working in any at that time. The
promotions have also become so lavish now,” she said.
The actress is still in the process of reading scripts.
Sridevi says her daughters Jhanvi and Khushi show a
lot of interest in her career. “They discuss about my films,
but they don’t discuss their careers in films,” she said.
FASHION
This is decidedly
bad fashion form, a
clear demerit...But
it’s interesting to me
that these are the
collections, among
others, that the
mavens are craving
A looser, comfy
fit is flavour of
the season
W
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HEN designers talk
about clothes with “raw
emotion,” “desire” and
“happiness,” as they
have since the fall shows
began a month ago, you wonder what
they mean. Certainly the relaxed shapes
at Stella McCartney on Monday – or at
Celine, Prada and Marc Jacobs – come
as a happy surprise. They are not only
beautiful, they are comfortable as well.
But isn’t comfort often associated
with food and home? Could the message
in the roomier coats, formless sweaters
and the exquisitely refined slob appeal
of Miuccia Prada’s undone tweeds be:
Eat, enjoy! And, while you’re at it, pass
the potatoes.
This is decidedly bad fashion form, a
clear demerit, and I’m sure I’ve missed
some higher point about the virtue
of an expandable waistband. But it’s
interesting to me that these are the
collections, among others, that the
mavens are craving. Phoebe Philo’s
fluttery skirts at Celine had everyone
at her show in a swoon of desire, but I
thought it remarkable that Philo had
engineered the skirts (and their tops)
in knits – rayon, silk or wool boucle
– and without a waistband or a zipper.
You just slip them on, not unlike your
sweat pants. (I’ve been told by a Celine
production manager that the skirts,
which will retail for about $1,350 in silk
or rayon, will retain their shape.) To be
sure, Philo and her team that worked
with an Italian mill to develop the knit,
get technical bonus points for resolving
the problem of a classically feminine
style. In a woven fabric, it would have
looked like nothing special, or new. But
fashion that is life-enhancing, as much
as figure-flattering, is surely something
Philo cares about.
So does McCartney. She and her
mostly female design team have a com-pletely unfettered approach that keeps
her brand distinctive. For fall she shifts
the mood away from the feminine prints
and sinewy cocktail dresses of recent
seasons toward pinstripes and dark
flannels, a haberdasher’s dream – ex-cept everything is a little off-kilter.
Lapels are exaggerated or displaced,
and some looks have a swag of fabric at
the side that kicks out. But despite the
appearance of structure, reinforced by
the pinstripes, the clothes move dy-namically over the body. There’s also an
amusing sense that McCartney’s women
have occupied men’s tailoring on their
terms. If they want a looser fit, then
so be it. Also strong were long knockaround dresses in gray knit with deep
black lace hems and some roomy silk
separates in a scarred wallpaper print.
McCartney had lots of colour in her
prefall line, but she might have given
more to the runway.
The latest addition to Giambattista
Valli’s ‘60s shifts and cocktail chiffon
are chic parkas, mostly in creamy white.
And moccasins! Chloe looked plenty
comfortable, too, with its many uni-formlike capes, duffle coats and jump-ers, but it needed to break out of the
girls’ school. In their explicitness, Ric-cardo Tisci’s clothes for Givenchy can
often make people feel uncomfortable,
and I like that. We can stand to be
discomfited. But in the largest sense,
this very soulful collection was about
home, returning to the influences of
Tisci’s career, like religious symbolism
and subcultures. But now he has a
much firmer grip on the parts. He
knows what he wants. And that was
coolly, if not brilliantly, conveyed in new
versions of his influential sweatshirts,
and dark romantic paisleys interrupted
by half-undone corsets taken from the
torso of a biker’s jacket.
FOOD
Cooking cassoulet
the American way
Y
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OU need cold weather
for cassoulet, that rustic,
earthy and not-exactly-light
slow-cooked indulgence. I
make it at least once every
winter, usually in February, when spring
is still weeks away.
Cassoulet is an extremely particular
kind of baked-bean dish, one accompa-nied by a lot of lore, legend and strong
opinion. Once you have decided whose
recipe to trust, there is work ahead of
you. To make a proper cassoulet is a la-bour of love (several days’ worth, in fact).
A truly proper cassoulet is a conglom-eration of specific ingredients. There
are, of course, the all-important beans,
frequently flageolets, unless you adhere
to the school that wouldn’t consider us-ing anything but Tarbais beans. Both are
French varieties, and each has its own
character. Flageolets, with their beautiful
celadon green hue, have a nutty vegetal
flavour, and remain firm and distinct
even after hours of cooking. Tarbais
beans, on the other hand, are off-white
and are extremely creamy when cooked.
Either is a fine choice.
I am just as inclined to use (horrors!)
another type of bean, perhaps cannellini,
or the common round Great Northern.
But there are so many other types of
dried heirloom beans available, I might
well choose one of those. I have been
accused and found guilty not only of
making cassoulet with lentils, but also of
taking other liberties of which my French
friends would not approve.
They would also be a bit shocked to
find braised turkey in my cassoulet, but I
am all for improvisation. In Southwest-ern France, the only kind of bird used in
cassoulet is duck or goose confit. Duck
fat or goose fat is deemed essential there,
too. For my ad-lib cassoulet, turkey leg
adds a similar depth of flavour, and I use
a combination of olive oil, butter and
meat fat (duck fat would be welcome,
though). Undeniably, making cassoulet
requires a good deal of patience. The
beans must cook slowly for their initial
simmering, so they keep their shape.
Braising the meat takes time, too. And
once the various ingredients are assem-bled, they must be baked slowly as well.
The cassoulet must be nursed along,
with the right amount of broth added to
keep it juicy, and the bread-crumb top-ping must be allowed to gain its golden
brown colour in a leisurely way. The
rationale is simple: Slow cooking allows
the flavours to deepen and mingle, so the
beans, meat, thyme and garlic can sing
in unison.
Ad-lib turkey Cassoulet
Time: About 4 hours, plus overnight
soaking Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients
For the beans:
1 pound flageolets or cannellini beans
1 small onion, halved, peeled and
stuck with 2 cloves
1 bay leaf
Salt
For the cassoulet:
2 turkey legs (drumstick and thigh),
about 1 1/2 pounds each
Salt and pepper
About 8 cups hot chicken, turkey or
bean broth
2 tablespoons butter, plus 2 table-spoons melted
1 large onion, diced
Pinch cayenne
2 tablespoons chopped thyme
6 garlic cloves, minced
1 bunch small carrots, peeled, cut in
2-inch chunks
1/2 pound slab bacon, cut into 1/4inch lardons, simmered for 2 minutes in
water and drained
1/2 pound smoked garlic sausage, cut
into
1/2inch slices
2 cups
coarse dry bread crumbs
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
Method
1. The day before assembling the
cassoulet, season turkey legs generously
with salt and pepper, then wrap and re-frigerate overnight. Pick over beans and
give them a rinse. Soak beans in a large
bowl of cold water overnight.
2. The next day, drain beans and put
them in a large pot. Pour in fresh water
to cover beans by 3 inches. Add small
onion stuck with cloves and bay leaf.
Bring to a boil over high heat, then lower
to a simmer. Cook gently for 60 to 90
minutes, until tender. Add 2 teaspoons
salt and stir with a wooden spoon to
distribute. Let beans cool in the cook-ing liquid. (Beans may be cooked up to
2 days ahead and kept refrigerated in
their liquid.) Drain beans in a colander
set over a bowl. Reserve and use broth if
you wish.
3. Meanwhile, bring turkey legs to
room temperature and heat oven to 400
degrees. Put legs in a roasting pan and
cook, uncovered, until nicely browned,
about 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 375.
Add 3 cups hot broth to pan, then cover
tightly and bake for 1 hour, or until meat
is very tender. Remove legs from pan
and let cool, reserving pan juices. Take
off skin and gristle and remove bones
(save these for stock), then tear or cut
turkey meat into rough wide strips. Set
aside.
4. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a
wide, heavy soup pot over medium-high
heat. Add diced onion and season gener-ously with salt and pepper. Let onions
soften and colour a bit, stirring, then
add cayenne, 1 tablespoon thyme and
3 cloves minced garlic. Add carrots
and stir to coat. Add reserved pan
juices plus 2 cups hot broth, turn
down heat, and simmer until
carrots are cooked but still firm,
about 10 minutes. Add beans
and gently mix with onion and
carrot. Add turkey and bacon.
Let simmer for 10 minutes
more, adding broth as needed
to keep beans a bit soupy, but
not drowning. Taste broth and
beans and adjust seasoning.
5. Transfer bean mixture to
a low, wide 3-quart baking dish.
Arrange garlic sausage evenly over
surface, then push down to bury each
slice. Put bread crumbs in a small bowl
and add olive oil and the 2 tablespoons
melted butter. Add remaining thyme and
garlic, and the parsley. Season with salt
and pepper, and mix well with hands.
6. Sprinkle crumb mixture over beans
in an even layer. Push down on crumbs
so they absorb some of the liquid. Care-fully add more broth around edges of
pan to make sure beans are well mois-tened. Cover tightly with foil and bake
for 1 hour at 350 degrees. Remove foil
and bake uncovered until bread crumbs
are crisped and brown, about 30 min-utes. Let dish rest for 15 minutes, then
serve, making sure everyone gets some
crust. (May be prepared 1 or 2 days
ahead and refrigerated. To reheat,
bring to room temperature, moisten
with hot broth and bake as directed
above.)
WHEELS
The Range Rover's
Automatic mode lets
the computer choose
throttle, transmission,
differential locking,
and hill-descent
control operation
strategies based
solely on the input
from myriad sensors
Serene Survivalist
NYT SYNDICATE
J
UST as Hurricane Sandy was ravaging Ameri-ca’s East Coast, a separate freak storm was lash-ing Morocco on the diagonally opposite African
shores of the Atlantic Ocean with horizontal
rains strong enough to provoke flash flooding
and wreak havoc on the arid coastal roadways. Such
weather would surely spell disaster for most new vehicle
launch programmes, but it merely heightened the experi-ence of our first drive in Land Rover’s all-new, all-alumi-num Range Rover.
After dashing to the test vehicles and plodding
through growing puddles from the kite-surfing paradise
of Essaouira to an area of coastal sand dunes, we get our
first taste of the new Terrain Response 2 system. Its op-tional Automatic mode lets the computer choose throt-tle, transmission, differential locking, and hill-descent
control (HDC) operation strategies based solely on the
input from myriad sensors.
For climbing these sodden dunes, we engage low
range and raise the air suspension by 3 inches to its
Off-Road mode. We also engage Sand mode to sharpen
throttle response, disable HDC, and automatically lock
the centre and rear differentials at rest for maximum
breakaway traction.
Because its 39-percent-lighter aluminum body-shell contributes to a total weight savings of about 700
pounds, there’s less Rover to haul up these impressive
dunes, and closer gear spacing in the ZF eight-speed
automatic makes the job even easier for the largely
carryover engines. Both dash displays can show the
off-road info panel, which indicates percent lock of the
differentials, and peripherally monitoring their progres-sion from green to orange provides a useful indication
of changing grip conditions. The sand grip afforded by
the closely spaced tread blocks on the Goodyear Eagle
F1 AT (all-terrain) tyres is amazing at a reduced tire
pressure of 25 psi.
After an hour or more in the soggy sandbox, the
terrain turns to shale and rock. The hardy Land Rover
technicians braving the elements air our tyres up to 38
psi for this stretch, and I depress the Terrain Response 2
knob to engage Automatic mode. Now HDC is operating
and the speedo is shaded green for 20 mph, the relevant
range for rock crawling. Following my spotters’ direc-tions, the Rover tiptoes up and down impossible-looking
rocky paths with the surefootedness of a Himalayan tahr.
Ground clearance and approach-departure angles are
improved to 11.7 inches and 34.5/29.5 degrees, and a
smooth, flush underbelly provides nothing for a rock to
snag on.
Former gullies have become raging rivers, but the
new Rover’s intake system now has a wading depth of
just under 3 feet—7.9 inches deeper than before. With
CNN footage of knee- and hip-deep roadways back home
still fresh in my mind, this suddenly seems the new Rov-er’s most pertinent advance.
My passenger and I are well coddled in the guilt-in-ducing comfort of our Autobiography model ($130,950
to start), swathed in twin-needle-stitched semi-aniline
leather accented by carbon-fibre trim, listening to 1,700
watts of Meridian audio through 29 speakers (a $4,450
option). Our guilt comes from looking out at our wa-terlogged hosts and imagining how our friends on the
northeast coast could better utilise the 3-foot-deep wad-ing and interior comfort we’re enjoying in Morocco.
Eventually we hit the toll road toward Marrakech
and marvel at the utter lack of road noise coming from
tires that were slinging sand so effectively just hours ago.
The combination of a 0.35 drag coefficient (0.36 on S/C
models) and nearly flush acoustically laminated side
glass and windshield delivers library quiet at 70 mph. An
Evoque-like touch-screen makes do with half as many
buttons as before, and its screen gives my passenger the
option of watching a movie while I see the nav screen.
Rear riders get 4.7 inches of added legroom and electri-cally reclining heated and cooled seats (Autobiography
model). The Rover tops out at 155 mph on 22-inch
tyres, but our more off-road-oriented ones are limited
to 130. The slipperier, lighter bodywork and eight-speed
automatic improve fuel economy (and range) by 7-15
percent. Traffic in suburban Marrakech affords a chance
to sample the active cruise control’s new traffic-jam
stop-and-go capability, which scares me into hitting the
brakes myself once.
The next morning, our plan to scale the highest
pass in the Atlas Mountains is thwarted by washed-out
roads, so we set out instead on a one-lane, two-direc-tion gravel ledge hogged out of the mountainside. The
“kerb view” mirror camera affords a dramatic view of
the unguarded drop-off. Today I also sample a naturally
aspirated HSE model, which feels like less of perform-ance downgrade than before, thanks to the eightspeed’s closer gearing, and the new variable intake’s
broadening of the torque curve.
Our run back down the mountain on tarmac provides
the trip’s only real opportunity to assess on-road han-dling, and the revised suspension geometry reduces roll
even without the new Dynamic Response active anti-roll
bar system that comes only on supercharged models.
Electric-assist steering feels linear and responsive if
isolated, but such isolation can prevent broken thumbs
when rock crawling. Both engines feel so much more
lively that most drivers may not find the S/C worth the
$11,450 premium.
Morocco never used to see three days of hard rain
in October, and storms like Sandy were incredibly rare,
but we’re warned that climate change will make weather
increasingly harsh and unpredictable. Buyers of highend SUVs may never venture into the wilderness, but if
Mother Nature is increasingly likely to make our roads
into off-road adventures, maybe the go-everywhere
Range Rover makes more sense than it used to.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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Yesterday’s Answer
Star Talk
By King Features Syndicate, Inc.
ARIES [mar 21 – apr 19]
TAURUS [apr 20 – may 20]
GEMINI [may 21 – jun 20]
CANCER [jun 21 - jul 22]
LEO [jul 23 – aug 22]
VIRGO [aug 23 – sept 22]
Be very careful today; you may be
quick to lose your temper since
you feel quite emotional about
something. But whatever you do
will just be a detour. Cool your jets.
This is a loosey-goosey day, and
you know it is because you feel
it. Use this energy for creative,
playful fun. Avoid important
decisions, especially
major expenditures.
You’ll enjoy schmoozing with
others today, especially female
acquaintances. Quite likely,
someone has a surprise
for you. Be prepared.
Even though you might be caught
off guard dealing with authority
figures recently, don’t try to patch
anything up today. Things are too
unpredictable and loosey-goosey.
Travel plans are full of
cancellations, delays and
surprises. Just accept this. This
same level of uncertainty applies
to higher education, publishing,
medicine and the law.
Do not agree to important
decisions about shared property,
insurance matters or inheritances.
This is a poor day to sign
important documents.
LIBRA [sept 23 – oct 22]
SCORPIO [oct 23 – nov 21]
SAGITTARIUS [nov 22 – dec 21]
CAPRICORN [dec 22 – jan 19]
AQUARIUS [jan 20 – feb 18]
Pisces [feb 19 – mar 20]
Although this is a poor day to
do business, it can be a fun
day for just goofing around
and enjoying the company of
others, especially partners and
close friends. Take it easy.
Don’t push yourself with respect
to being super-productive at
work, because it isn’t going to
happen. Too many loose ends.
Just cope as best you can.
This is a wonderfully creative day!
It’s also a fun day for playful
activities with children,
sports events and the arts.
Surprise romance will
flourish for some of you.
Although this is a good day to
entertain at home, some surprises
might take place. Small appliances
could break down, or minor
breakages could occur. Unexpected
company might drop by.
Guard against knee-jerk reactions
today regarding how you do things
and even how you speak. Take an
extra moment to give everything
a sober second thought.
Avoid major expenditures today.
Only spend money on food. If you
have moneymaking ideas, write
them down and just think about
them -- don’t act. This is a
creative day, but not very practical.
MOVIES IN QATAR
Oz Great And Powerful
(Adventure)
A small-time magician arrives in an
enchanted land and is forced to decide if he
will be a good man or a great one.
Playback
(Horror)
A cop investigates the case of a missing local
teen, though he discovers a dark secret that
has been unleashed in his town, and an evil
spirit that will stop at nothing to find its
heir.
CITY CENTRE CINEMA
OZ THE GREAT & POWERFUL (ADVENTURE): 12.45 PM, 3.30
PM, 6.15 PM, 9 PM, 11.45 PM. (3D): 11.45 AM, 2.30 PM,
5.15 PM, 8 PM, 10.45 PM. [VIP GOLD] 12.15 PM, 3 PM, 5.45
PM, 8.30 PM, 11.15 PM
VEHICLE 19 (THRILLER): 11 AM, 1 PM, 3 PM, 5 PM, 7 PM,
9 PM, 11 PM
PLAYBACK (HORROR): 11.30 AM, 1.30 PM, 3.30 PM, 5.30
PM, 7.30 PM, 9.30 PM, 11.30 PM
TAKE THIS WALTZ (COMEDY): 11 AM, 1.15 PM, 5.30 PM,
9.45 PM
AL HAFLA (ARABIC): 12.30 PM, 2.45 PM, 5 PM, 7.15 PM,
9.30 PM, 11.45 PM
A MOMENT IN TIME (FILIPINO): 11.45 AM, 2 PM, 4.15 PM,
6.30 PM, 8.45 PM, 11 PM
PARKER (ACTION): 11 AM, 1.30 PM, 4 PM, 6.30 PM, 9 PM,
11.30 PM.
IDENTITY THIEF (COMEDY): 10.30 PM, 12.45 PM, 3 PM, 5.15
PM, 7.30 PM, 9.45 PM, 12 MN.
SNITCH (ACTION): 12 PM, 2.15 PM, 4.30 PM, 6.45 PM, 9 PM,
11.15 PM
DIE HARD 5 (ACTION): 11 AM, 1 PM, 3 PM, 5 PM, 7 PM,
9 PM, 11 PM
TOP CAT (3D) (ANIMATION): 12 PM, 2 PM, 4 PM
SILENT HILL: REVELATION (3D) (HORROR): 6 PM, 8 PM,
10 PM, 12 PM
MAMA (HORROR): 3.30 PM, 7.45 PM, 12 PM
SAHEB BIWI AUR GANGSTER RETURN (HINDI): 11 AM, 2 PM,
5 PM, 8 PM, 11 PM
VILLAGGIO CINEMA
LANDMARK CINEMA
MALL CINEMA
OZ THE GREAT & POWERFUL (ADVENTURE): 1 PM, 3.45
PM, 6.30 PM, 9.15 PM, 12 MN, 1 AM (3D): 12 PM, 2.45
PM, 5.30 PM, 8.15 PM, 11 PM
VEHICLE 19 (THRILLER): 11 AM, 1 PM, 3 PM, 5 PM, 7 PM,
9 PM, 11 PM
PLAYBACK (HORROR): 10.30 PM, 12.45 PM, 3 PM, 5.15
PM, 7.30 PM, 9.45 PM, 12 MN
TAKE THIS WALTZ (COMEDY): 12 PM, 4.45 PM, 9.30 PM
AL HAFLA (ARABIC): 12 PM, 2.15 PM, 4.30 PM, 6.45 PM,
9 PM, 11.15 PM
PARKER (ACTION): 11.30 PM, 2 PM, 4.30 PM, 7 PM, 9.30
PM, 12 MN
IDENTITY THIEF (COMEDY): 11.15 PM, 1.45 PM, 4.15 PM,
6.45 PM, 9.15 PM, 11.45 PM
SNITCH (ACTION): 12.15 PM, 2.30 PM, 4.45 PM, 7 PM,
9.15 PM, 11.30 PM
DIE HARD 5 (ACTION): 5.30 PM, 7.30 PM, 9.30 PM,
11.30 PM
TOP CAT (3D) (ANIMATION): 11.45 AM, 1.45 PM, 3.45 PM
SILENT HILL: REVELATION (3D) (HORROR): 5.45 PM, 7.45
PM, 9.45 PM, 11.45 PM
MAMA (HORROR): 12 PM, 2 PM, 4 PM, 6 PM, 8 PM,
10 PM, 12 MN
SNOWFLAKE (ANIMATION): 11.30 AM, 1.30 PM, 3.30 PM
BROKEN CITY (ACTION): 10.30 PM, 2.45 PM, 7 PM,
11.15 PM
ALA GOSETY (ARABIC): 12.30 PM, 4.45 PM, 9 PM
BEAUTIFUL CREATURES (ROMANTIC): 2.15 PM, 7 PM,
11.45 PM
AL HAFLA (ARABIC): 2.30 PM, 7.30 PM, 9.30 PM
PARKER (ACTION): 5 PM
PLAY BACK (HORROR): 11.30 PM
TOP CAT: THE MOVIE (3D) (ANIMATION): 2.30 PM
OZ: THE GREAT & POWERFUL (3D) (ADVENTURE): 4.15
PM, 6.45 PM, 9.15 PM
VEHICLE 19 (THRILLER): 3 PM, 11.30 PM
SAHEB BIWI AUR GANGSTER RETURNS (HINDI): 5 PM,
8 PM
THE ATTACKS OF 26/11 (HINDI): 11 PM
MEGAMIND (ANIMATION): 2.30 PM, 4.30 PM
DESPICABLE ME (ANIMATION): 6.30 PM
MELANCHOLIA (DRAMA): 8.30 PM
JACK REACHER (ACTION): 11 PM
OZ: THE GREAT & POWERFUL (3D) (ANIMATION): 2.30
PM, 5 PM, 6.30 PM
AL HAFLA (ARABIC): 2.30 PM, 4.30 PM, 7.30 PM
PLAY BACK (HORROR): 9.30 PM, 11.15 PM
VEHICLE 19 (THRILLER): 11.30 PM
PARKER (ACTION): 9 PM
ROYAL PLAZA
OZ: THE GREAT & POWERFUL (3D) (ADVENTURE):
2.30 PM, 5 PM, 9.15 PM
AL HAFLA (ARABIC): 7.30 PM
VEHICLE 19 (THRILLER): 11.30 PM
RIO (ANIMATION): 2.30 PM, 4.30 PM
TAKE THIS WALTZ (COMEDY): 6.30 PM, 9 PM, 11.15 PM
KUNG FU PANDA 2 (ANIMATION): 3 PM
OMAR WA SALMA 3 (ARABIC): 8 PM, 10.30 PM
SNOWWHITE & THE HUNTSMAN (ACTION): 5 PM
OMAR WA SALMA 3 (ARABIC): 8 PM, 10.30 PM
Movie review
NOTICE: Timings are subject to change without prior notice.
Take This Waltz
WHEN Margot (Michelle Williams), 28, meets Daniel (Luke Kirby), their chemistry is intense and immediate. But Margot
suppresses her sudden attraction; she is happily married to Lou (Seth Rogen), a cookbook writer. When Margot learns
that Daniel lives across the street from them, the certainty about her domestic life shatters. She and Daniel steal mo-ments throughout the steaming Toronto summer. Swelteringly hot, bright and colourful like a bowl of fruit, Take This
Waltz leads us, laughing, through the familiar, but uncharted question of what long-term relationships do to love and
our images of ourselves.
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