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Different shades of orange page 3 and 7 Breaking news: the Brits ripped off the Dutch page 4 Rembrandt’s last laugh? page 4 STAGE: Oerol, the feeling p. 13 / FILM: Gender schmender p. 19 / SEX: Faking it p. 21 / FOOD: The perfect expresso p. 18

Short List . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Music/Clubs . . . . . . . . . .14 Gay & Lesbian . . . . . . . .15 Stage/Events . . . . . . . . .15 Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Glutton . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Ladywood . . . . . . . . . . .21 Classifieds/Comics . . . .22

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ATTACHMENTS In this issue and... Three-Nil. But meanwhile in nonORANGE related news: Barack Obama was nominated by the US Democrats as the first BLACK presidential candidate in the country’s history... Het Parool reported that while half of Amsterdam’s population is tinted, 38 of the 40 most powerful city politicians are WHITE... The medical care facility St Franciscus in Gilze announced that the use of BLUE light seems to help its dementia patients sleep better at night... The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) released a study that says the Dutch people are currently in the RED to the tune of 8.9 billion euros... In an interview, the former Consul-General to Hong Kong and Shanghai, Jochum Haaksa, told of how the sky of Beijing is usually YELLOW not blue: ‘Before the visit of the International Olympic Committee some of the most polluting factories were closed. The Chinese didn’t know what they saw. The sky was temporarily blue again...’ Last week, the city of Amsterdam announced that it will invest, around €14 million, in the creation and maintenance of GREEN parks and recreation areas in town... But will this signal the elimination of the infamous PINK cruising zones?

On the cover KICK IT! Illustration by Martyn F Overweel www.mfoverweel.com

Next week Day trippin’

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15 ORANGE SQUARES by Arnoud Holleman

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AROUND TOWN Dual passport

Van de Wetering, laughing

Lisa Jardine argues that much of ‘English culture’ is ‘Dutch culture’.

‘New Rembrandt’ discovered in UK arrives in A’dam.

By Julie Phillips

In writing about cultural exchange, were you also thinking about your own background as the child of immigrants? Yes. My father came from Poland, my mother from Latvia, as economic migrants to Britain. It gives me a particular way of seeing European culture. Europeans have so much in common that I find it increasingly perplexing that we still put in place narrow boundaries: ‘Dutch culture’, ‘English culture’. The more you delve, historically, the more you discover a constant two-way exchange, going as far back as you can reach. Do you think we’re emerging from a nationalist period into a more international one? I do. And I think it’s good to recognise that this is not the first time it’s happened. We’re gradually starting to realise that nationhood, which is a relatively late invention, doesn’t do justice to the way Europeanness has existed over a long period of time. There’s one figure in particular you say was regarded as a ‘turncoat’ for his dual loyalties. Can crossing borders also be seen as negative? That’s why I struggle with Constantijn Huygens, who’s a major character in my book. It’s very difficult to classify some-

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By Robin Kawakami The prominent historian and biographer Lisa Jardine argues in her latest book that Dutch-English connections throughout the Golden Age were stronger than we usually think. Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland’s Glory opens in 1688 with the coup that put the Netherlands, William of Orange on the throne of England—the ‘Glorious Revolution’, which she argues was not a ‘revolution’ at all, but a Dutch conquest. She then works backwards, using personal and public documents to trace the bonds between the two countries, of commerce, political asylum, intermarriage and artistic, musical and scientific exchange. Like her American counterpart Russell Shorto, Jardine believes that, even after the Dutch ‘handed on’ their political and cultural supremacy to the English, modern notions of religious and ethnic tolerance that are essentially Dutch have persisted in European culture. On 19 June, Jardine will read at the John Adams Institute, with Shorto moderating. In advance, she answered a few questions by phone from her home in London.

one who has made an impact in more than one country, more than once. Until we can stop thinking in these channels of individual countries, it will be impossible to write a biography of him. Because you don’t know how to look at him as a character? We have very conventional ways of looking at people. They involve a birthplace, a childhood, an education, a career, a marriage in that same community or not very far away—it’s a steadiness of focus. And people who shuttle between cultures are very, very hard to describe in that way. What to one person seems like an inspired innovation can seem like a betrayal to others. I got into difficulties when I wrote a piece for radio about Ayaan Hirsi Ali, at the time at which she left the Netherlands. I continue to receive two sets of emails: one set from people who regard me as her champion, and another from people who say, ‘You see, she turned out to be a very bad thing after all.’ And I know there’s no way of reconciling those two. You’ve dealt with a lot of issues that are hotly debated in the Netherlands, from the ethics of embryology to the question of why women don’t win literary prizes. About the question of tolerance... I do believe—and call me a romantic— that the Netherlands continues to set a better example of tolerance than other

Don’t get Lisa Jardine started on national pride.

European nations. And to the extent that Europe is tolerant, you might want to reflect on whether that tradition is Dutch. I know perfectly well where the Netherlands finds itself now; I spend quite a lot of time there. But even so— you know, there’s a sort of note of triumph when the rest of Europe points its finger and says, ‘You see, even the Dutch can’t manage.’ Because the Netherlands appeared to stand for inclusion and tolerance, other European nations were only too happy to see her falter. But whether that’s a stumble or an actual change, I think we have to wait and see. Where should inspiration come from at this point? Should we keep looking to the Netherlands as an example? Well, one of the themes of my book is that the Golden Age is four centuries gone, and yet Dutch cultural influence pervades Europe and beyond. And I suppose in the end, my hope for any group is that their greatest achievements—in art, literature, music, gardens—spread widely like a net, part of what holds us all together. Holland has not been ‘great’ for over three hundred years, but look how pervasive she is. Look how important her attitudes and beliefs are. We’re going to be there too, and I would be quite happy if that was where Britain stood in over three hundred years’ time.

Last fall, a painting on a small copper plate of a young, laughing man surfaced at a provincial auction house in England. The auctioneers, attributing the work to ‘a follower of Rembrandt’, estimated the value of The Young Rembrandt as Democrates the Laughing Philosopher at £1,000-£1,500 (€1,249-€1,873). Instead, the painting fetched a cool £2.2 million (€2.7 million), fuelled by speculation from the art market—private bidders advised by experts from auction houses like Sotheby’s—that the piece originated from the Old Master himself, Rembrandt van Rijn. While the Rijksmuseum and some art experts rejected the painting’s authenticity immediately after the auction, recent research has overturned that verdict. Art historian Dr Ernst van de Wetering, one of the world’s leading experts on Rembrandt’s oeuvre and the head of Amsterdam’s Rembrandt Research Project, which has been authenticating works by the Old Master since 1968, presented evidence that validates the hefty price tag last Friday, 6 June, at the Rembrandthuis Museum. The painting is on display to the public for the first time since it surfaced as part of a special exhibition until 29 June, along with a few related works and documentation, in Rembrandt’s former studio. ‘Every early Rembrandt was an adventure in itself for Rembrandt when he started to reinvent painting,’ Van de Wetering said after the presentation. Because there is no such thing as a ‘typical’ early Rembrandt work, he explained, it is difficult to make an attribution of authenticity based on stylistic qualities alone. As a young artist, Rembrandt experimented with and perfected what was known during the artist’s time as de gronden, the grounds or principles of the art of painting, which dictated his later use of colour, space, light, composition and so forth, resulting in dramatic variations in his early works. Van de Wetering, who has a background in painting, science and art history, uses X-rays and infrared radiation to support his argument. ‘The importance is in the interpretation of the X-rays,’ he said. One of the key pieces of evidence involves the painting’s monogram or signature, RHL, which stands for Rembrandt Harmenszoon Leydensis, or Rembrandt, son of Harmen, of Leiden. The British auction house that sold the painting mistakenly read it as only ‘HL’, missing a vital clue to its history. Rembrandt played around with his signature in his early

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career, using just his initials, then spelling his name ‘Rembrant’ (without the D), until finally settling on simply ‘Rembrandt’. Van de Wetering notes that this version of the monogram was used in 1628, and is so rare that no imitator could’ve known about it until about 1980. Careful analysis of the signature’s brushstrokes also shows that it was inscribed in the painting’s background before the paint had dried, more firmly establishing the date when it might’ve been completed. The X-rays also reveal a secret beneath the painting’s top layers: another painting depicting a historical scene, rendered in a style similar to that of the young Rembrandt’s other historical depictions. Additionally, Van de Wetering points to the significance of the copper plate, which is almost identical to that of another Rembrandt work from 1628, St Peter and St John at the Temple Gate. During Rembrandt’s time, plate size standards varied considerably, meaning that ‘twin plates’ used in these two paintings most likely originated from the same vendor, and therefore ended up in the same workshop. Wrapping up what he categorizes as ‘objective’ evidence, Van de Wetering describes Rembrandt’s fixation on the realistic rendering of human emotions, or ‘affects’. Around 1630, the artist created five well-known paintings focusing on such affects, including laughing. Van de Wetering also finds evidence that this painting may have served as a prototype for one of his followers, the kind of painting usually only produced by the master

What a laugh: it’s real!

of a workshop. To further verify the painting’s authenticity, Van de Wetering relies on his own aesthetic judgment based on decades of Rembrandt research. During a slideshow presentation, he compared the laughing Rembrandt’s features to that shown in the artist’s self-portraits, with his laser pointer tracing similarities in hair texture and colour, eyebrows, eyelids, nose and other features. He regards the painting as an important pioneering work in Rembrandt’s career, in which the artist experimented with space and contours, and taught himself techniques for depicting certain difficult subjects such as the fleeting expression of laughter, and the gleaming surface of armour. Van De Wetering will publish his full research findings about the painting’s authenticity in the Kroniek van Het Rembrandthuis, the museum’s journal, later this month. He also offers a more straightforward title for the painting: Rembrandt Laughing. Despite his sophisticated blend of science and connoisseurship, Van de Wetering still approaches his lifelong preoccupation with a sense of wonder: ‘Art is about creating an illusion. People take it for granted when they start to see it as real. It’s not. It’s made.’ Rembrandt Laughing, Rembrandthuis, until 29 June. www.rembrandthuis.nl

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n case you live in a shell and were wondering why every single store product is orange these days: the Euro 2008 Cup for football has started and Holland’s in it. It’s a time when many will feel an uncontrollable love for the Netherlands while others hide in shame, waiting for the orange tsunami to end. The media wallows in their grandest hour, nurturing every player’s unattended pimple into a tumour and any vague smile into a Mona Lisa-like palette of significance. Television talk shows are filled with a host of singers, rappers, magicians, celebrity wives, speed skaters and even the occasional private dick, all willing to share their deeply appreciated expert opinions with each other. Of course, Amsterdam Weekly didn’t want to be left out in the Europinion circus, but since there are no more semi-Bekende Nederlanders available, we took to the streets once more. This is a journey into football, its true sentiments or the complete lack of them. In other words: an utterly random search for the ‘Eurocup feeling’ one sunny weekend in June, leading up to last Monday’s memorable match.

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Heart of Orangeness From architects along the IJ to an I Ching reader in De Baarsjes—and even former national coach Frank Rijkaard— everybody’s got an opinion about who’s going to win the Euro 2008 football cup. But does anyone really know what they’re talking about? BY JARO RENOUT ILLUSTRATION BY MARTYN F OVERWEEL

Friday with the architects Along the IJ waterfront, we encounter a group of young and very international architects celebrating their Egyptian friend’s recent graduation. When confronted with the obligatory Question— ‘Who’s going to win the Cup?’—the French architect Marie-Ilse Bourlanges says: ‘I want to state clearly that France will win the tournament. They have to. I remember when Italy kicked us out. Being in a foreign country at that precise moment, the only French person around, I felt so lonely, I cried. Even though, normally, football is the least of my priorities.’ Meanwhile, her colleague Pablo Ricar from Switzerland totally misses the point: ‘I know two of the stadiums really well, so I’ll be watching our first match against the Czechs from an architect’s point of view. The arenas are not pretty, but functional.’ OK, I guess the spirit of football never truly infested the houses of architects—presumably because it couldn’t find a door. Saturday with Frank Rijkaard Back in the jungle of De Baarsjes, it’s game day. Coffeeshop Loft is busy, as if everybody is rushing to buy their cannabis before the first match of the tournament. By 6pm, the streets are almost deserted, and it’s only the opening game. Every place with a television is showing football. Like restaurant/bar Farasa. It’s fairly quiet, although their kitchen is pretty legendary in football circles. Roy, the chef, remembers the good old days: ‘Kieft, Vink, Gullit, Brian Roy... All the great players came here. One would tell the other about the food, and before you know it we served every known football pro in Amsterdam.’ Oranje fever is no stranger here. The flags are up and the screen is down. When confronted with the the Question, Roy is decisive: ‘Holland is gonna win against Italy, and then the Euro Cup...’ As these things go in AmsterdamWest, the former manager of FC Barcelona and the Dutch national team,

‘But sport is not the main topic where I’m from. Mothers don’t send their kids to school, let alone to play ball somewhere, because it’s too dangerous. Our national pastime is this...’ He imitates a rocket launcher being fired from the shoulder.

Frank Rijkaard, leisurely walks in to order a beer and a takeaway dinner. Of course you would have the right to shoot me if I let this go, so I asked him the Question. Who will win the Euro Cup? Rijkaard replies, ‘I honestly wouldn’t know. It’s difficult, this one. But I sincerely hope it’s going to be Holland. You can quote me on that.’ OK. Let’s consider that a lucky jinx. Host Switzerland lost that evening. Much later that night, Turkey lost without a whiff of a chance from Portugal. It’s two days before Holland faces Italy... Sunday with the Turks, Italians and a Sudanese The men outside Turkish bar Erciyes are a bit down. When I pop the Question, their guesses include almost every country except Turkey. Even Holland is considered to be a candidate. But basically no one wants to talk, especially since my MP3 player looks suspiciously like a recording device. Which it is. Meanwhile, back in the coffeeshop, the Italians claim victory quite matter-offactly and without blinking an eye. ‘Italia, di securo.’ Almost as if they pity us mortals. This, of course, is one of the undisputed perks of being the World Champion. Four times. Godfrey Lado from Sudan, however, thinks hard about the Question before replying: ‘I’m afraid that would be Holland. They have a good team. If they survive the first round, they can win this. But sport is not the main topic where I’m from. Mothers don’t send their kids to school, let alone to play ball somewhere, because it’s too dangerous. Our national pastime is this...’ He imitates a rocket launcher being fired from the shoulder. I think of Rinus Michels, the legendary Dutch coach who stated that ‘Football is war’ [see article p. 6]. Michels obviously never visited Sudan. Monday with the fireworks Before the big game, Cees Verhoeff, author of the book Nieuwe I Tjing, is reading the future of the Dutch national team using saté sticks. He concludes: no profit against Italy. ‘But we will go through, because the wind and the water in the third game mean progress.’ At 8.45 pm, the whole of Europe has watched France lose points against the Romanian team, and now it’s on. HollandItaly. The streets are dead. By 10.40 pm, Holland has won an amazing—and perhaps historic—3-0 victory against world champions Italy. Fireworks go off into the night. Tovik Atta Dibi, whose little brother plays in the national indoor football team for under 17s, stayed at home to watch. ‘Superstition,’ he says. ‘But no worries. If Holland plays like they did tonight, they can beat anyone. France for sure. They can switch from defence to offence without problems, and they were physically strong enough to deal with Italian defenders. The tactical solutions worked. You never know, but this might be another Dutch innovation that will be remembered. Now all they have to do is play like this, every single game.’ So after listening to everybody from hipster architects to Frank Rijkaard, I finally meet someone who seems to know something about football. A nice enough change in a week dominated by roaring lions and empty slogans.

t’s been more than 30 years since the late Rinus Michels, life-long Ajacied and Dutch national football player and manager, allegedly coined the phrase ‘Football is war’. Seems fitting: after all, this is the man who invented ‘Total Football’. His nickname? ‘The General’. Ever since Michels, the football-war comparison has been happily thrown about. It is, obviously, an easy metaphor: groups of men fighting each other. Screaming people with paint on their faces. Not to mention the whole nationalism thing... Then there’s squads. Defense. Victory. Defeat. Sudden death. ‘One reason for the comparison,’ says David Barnouw from the Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie, ‘is that in football, everything is allowed. Of course, there are rules and regulations, like there are in war. But in the end, the warring parties try to get around them. Happens in all wars. And at a football match, you can see it too. ‘And as strange as it may sound,’ Barnouw continues, ‘only since World War One has war really involved all civilians. Before that, war meant two armies fighting each other, usually at far away places. Since World War One—and this was, of course, only continued in World War Two—war became something that affected everybody. And people who are very involved in football feel that it’s similar there, too: everybody is affected by it. It’s true, to a certain extent. During international tournaments, even people who aren’t interested in football are affected by it. They see the flags and the colours everywhere... It’s a thing that’s hard to ignore.’

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Don’t mention it The phrase ‘football is war’ is one that is thrown around a lot. But perhaps it’s worth mentioning that people don’t actually kill each other in football... BY SARAH GEHRKE ILLUSTRATION BY MARTYN F OVERWEEL Because the football-war comparison is so convenient for making up chants and headlines and stupid jokes, one might sometimes forget that it’s actually quite distasteful. Simon Kuper, football columnist for the Financial Times and author of the books Football Against the Enemy and Ajax, the Dutch, the War would like to remind us of that: ‘It is a terrible comparison too often made,’ he says. ‘Note that in the generations that actually experienced war, no one ever made that comparison. And during the 1966 World Cup, no one in the media mentioned the war. That only started later.’ One example is in 1988, when Holland beat West Germany in the semi-finals of the European Championship. Kuper has devoted much attention to the way in which this match was linked to WWII by Dutch media

and supporters alike. ‘In the Eighties, there was still much anger against Germany, which also had to do with the general preeminence of Germany in terms of economy and politics. Furthermore, the Eighties were the peak of that Dutch fantasy that there had been a national resistance during WW II—while in fact, the Dutch resistance was tiny. So back then, for a football fan, being anti-German was like being part of the resistance.’ And now, people sell orange versions of the German steel helmet. ‘Yes, but still it’s much less of an issue nowadays,’ says Kuper. ‘There’s a lot of irony involved. It’s such a cliché to compare football and war. Instead, football in Holland today is just a communal experience: a slightly ironic celebration, much like Koninginnedag. And of course you dress up in orange, and some people will wear these helmets, and

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of course you make jokes about the Germans—but people are very much aware that it’s not serious.’ Barnouw adds: ‘The thing is, there are no taboos anymore. World War Two, however, still is a taboo. With that, you can insult the Germans. And that’s the intention, right? Insult the opponent.’ What about the idea that in our society, football has taken the place of politics or religion as a factor of identification? ‘I agree,’ says Kuper, ‘in the sense of football being a major emotional force. And a question of loyalty. But most people just don’t really take it that seriously.’ Barnouw agrees: ‘Of course, international football tournaments bring up nationalist sentiments. But then, if their own team gets eliminated at a certain point, like Holland in the last World Cup, many people find themselves another team to support. So these football loyalties are easily shifted.’ So that’s a bit of a difference between football and war, then. Rinus Michels, by the way, was misquoted. Apparently, what he actually said was ‘Professional football is something like war. Whoever behaves too nicely is lost.’ If you say so, Rinus. Just remember that it’s just a game. ‘At the matches, people paint their faces and cheer—it’s a partying nationalism,’ says Kuper. ‘It’s important to remember that. People don’t actually kill each other in football.’ Fortunately. There’s been two World Wars. May there be hundreds more World Cups. And of course: may the best team win.

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Mike Patton & Metropole Orchestra: Mondo Cane

THURSDAY12 JUNE Contemporary Opera: La Commedia Is Louis Andriessen the Charles Ives of Holland? The Roger Sessions? For decades, this monarch of Dutch music has bushwhacked paths and taught aspirants, all while turning out bounties of relentlessly innovative, Stravinsky-inflected but resolutely postmodern work. Tonight, the Holland Festival will present the world premiere of La Commedia, Andriessen’s many-tiered mash-up of Dante, Vondel, Hieronymous Bosch, the Old Testament and Hal Hartley—the one-time indie-film darling who directed both the stage offering and the elaborate cinematic elements that accompany it. Co-produced by De Nederlands Opera, the evening-long work employs singing, dancing and recitation to illuminate aspects of The Divine Comedy, heaping up images and variegated sounds in lieu of linear narrative. Many of the Netherlands’ modern-music heavies are chipping in, with Reinbert de Leeuw conducting both the Schönberg and the Asko ensembles, and Claron McFadden and Jeroen Willems leading the cast. Ambitious to no end, this sumptuary feast should easily prove that Louis Andriessen is very much his own man. (Steve Schneider) Carré, 20.00, €30-€85. Also 14–18 June.

Film/Contemporary: Mike Patton & Metropole Orchestra Gualtiero Jacopetti’s 1962 shockumentary Mondo Cane was a major influence on 1960s international exploitation cinema, with its humorous vignettes and truculent travelogue imagery. At the same time, it featured the beautiful ballad ‘More’, written by Riz Ortolani and Nino Oliviero. This Oscar-nominated song has since been recorded by a varied and impressive roster of artists, from Bobby Darin and Marvin Gaye to Doris Day and Roy Orbison. It’s a perfect example of the many, and sometimes hidden, gems that graced Italian cinema soundtracks in the ’60s (several penned or ghost-written by the great Ennio Morricone). During the Holland Festival, they’ll receive a new coat of paint courtesy of former Faith No More frontman Mike Patton (who married an Italian, and will sing in the language of Dante) and his combo, which includes the amazing Hammond organist Enri and Sicilian trumpet player/Manu Chao collaborator Roy Paci. (Massimo Benvegnù) Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 20.00, sold out.

Rock: Noodlanding Band Special Aaah, band nights. Reminds me of school parties. Beer in plastic cups, electric guitars, trying not to stare too much at the guy you’ve got a crush on. The bands were less important: most of them dissolved after the final exams. Tonight, the big difference is that the bands performing might actually turn out to be important—just think of all the big names that have started out on this stage. The theme, as at every proper

band night, is indie. Dusty Blinds are Sleater Kinney-inspired and Amsterdam-based. Fata ‘El Moustache’ Morgana have (apart from a very special band name) very special sounds plus, at times, a Tom Waits clone as a singer. Beekman are shrouded in mystery as there is nothing to be found out about them whatsoever. And then there’s Autoblonde: four blonde chicks whose tunes need not be afraid of keeping up with their looks. Singer Livia has previously been described as ‘Ian Curtis with tits’. This should be enough to convince you. Come over here, get a beer in a plastic cup, don’t worry about staring too much at people you fancy—and hear the electric guitars. (Sarah Gehrke) Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 00.00, €8.

Event: Desycling Most people have understood by now that saving the planet is kind of a necessity. Most people, however, have also understood that you won’t get most other people to adjust their lifestyles to ‘green’ unless you make doing so appear easy and fun, and, ideally, even hip. And so, countless initiatives have been thought up that aim to take environmentally conscious behaviour beyond using different trash cans for glass, paper and plastic. Desycling is one of those initiatives. Several workshops will take place in Amsterdam Geuzenveld, focussing on recycling in a good-looking way: like, for example, making funky handbags out of crisps packets. And the Transformatorhuis at Westergasfabriek will become a ‘desycling centre’, housing an exhibition as well as debates and lectures. When you still haven’t had enough after all this, you can always go start a riot over at the Albert Heijn, demanding they finally start asking deposit on their glass juice bottles. Hell yeah! (Sarah Gehrke) Westergasfabriek, various times. Until 15 June.

SATURDAY14 JUNE Festival: Kunst op Locatie De negen straatjes. Ridiculously charming little streets with leaning houses. Shops where one plastic shirt from the ’70s, which was previously worn by people you really wouldn’t wanna talk to, costs more than five H&M tees. Cafes in which grumpy old Amsterdammers order their ﬂuitjes next to over-worked American expats asking for Spa Blauw ‘no ice no lemon’. And, of course, sophisticated music and the fine arts. Wendingen, the society for chamber music, has organised a mini-festival packed with contemporary music and arts presentations, all taking place at very diverse locations ranging from galleries to studios, gardens, libraries, offices and, yes, parking lots. Conveniently, the locations are all on Herengracht, between numbers 300 and 437. For a few of the performances, a festival ticket has to be acquired. But most of them are free: so you’ve got some cash left for that second-hand shirt. (Sarah Gehrke) Various locations, De Negen Straatjes, various times and prices. Also on 15 June.

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Conference: Interesting Amsterdam One of the consequences of living in the internet age is that we’re all less tolerant of boredom. If we’re bored, we click. There’s always something interesting one click away. Come to think of it, why can’t life be more like that? That’s the idea behind INTERESTING, a travelling conference that started in London, moved to Sydney and is now landing in Amsterdam. The organisers describe the experience as ‘like clicking from one really good blog to another’, ranging across topics from pretty much everywhere, from the physics of quicksand to the films of Russ Meyer. Many of the speakers are experts of one sort or another: academics, scientists, writers. But others are enthusiastic amateurs who just want you to be as excited as they are about, say, the history of Romanian architecture or the things you can make from a broken umbrella. The only common theme is that all the talks are short, fun and, well, interesting. It’s like the web, but easier on the fingers. See www.interestingamsterdam.nl. (Jennifer Lyon Bell) De Balie, 10.00-18.00, €20.

Festival: Day-Trip Amsterdam Tourist Festival Acquiring feelings of loathing for those damned nincompoop tourists is a very important step in becoming a full-fledged Mokumer. But instead of our usual attitude that makes us run them down on the bike path, send them to the transgender hooker street in the Red Light District and generally bitch and moan, let’s put ourselves in their Birckenstocks for a change. You can be a tourist in your own town at the Day Trip Festival taking place at the Sloterparkbad. Drag those backpacking skeletons out of your closet, strip them of those floppy hats, fanny packs and over–sized Hawaiian-shirts and go westwards. There are six festival areas to choose from: Scandinavia offers a cool collection of beats, India supplies eastern vibes and New Orleans has live bands and burlesque to boot! You can earn more drinking money at Monte Carlo or sunbathe and swim at Costa del Sol, rounded off by an afterparty into the jetlagged morning at Sydney. See www.touristfestival.nl. (Luuk van Huët) Sloterparkbad, 12.30, €33 presale, €44 door, €11 for afterparty.

SUNDAY15 JUNE Event: De Oceaan Once upon a time in 1961, the ‘anti-smoke magician’ Robert Jasper Grootveld began a oneman campaign against what he saw as the zenithing culture of consumerism. He gleefully picked up on cigarette addiction as a potent symbol of the addiction of the consumer. And because billboards with cigarette ads were convincing customers to buy cancer, it only made sense to decorate them all with a large ‘K’ for kanker. Soon he was hyping Amsterdam as the ‘magical centre of the universe’ and using the ‘Lieverdje’ statue on the Spui as his pulpit. It became the ‘happening’ place to be on a Saturday night. Grootveld raved out an inspired anti-smoke sermon (himself often smoking to take on the burden of humanity’s sins), while being accompanied by a communal psalm of ‘ugge-ugge-ugge’—the chant of the smoker’s hack. Meanwhile... Johnny the Selfkicker, the bellowing poet, would break his self-induced trance by throwing himself from a scarily high place. The ‘semidoctor’ Bart Hughes would testify of the benefits of trepanation (the act of drilling a hole in one’s head, which released the pressure, opened the third eye and induced a pleasantly permanent high). And the anarchist philosophy student Roel van Duyn focussed the whole affair with a more political/social agenda. Under the name of Provo—inspired by their game plan, to provoke—their style went on to influence the anti-Vietnam demos in the US and the Situationist antics in 1969 Paris, and set the tone for Amsterdam’s love of liberal politics and absurdist theatre. While some Provos, such as Van Duyn, went on to fight the system from within the city council, Grootveld remained eccentric: building unsinkable Styrofoam islands filled with greenery. But in recent years, due to illness, he’s had to pass on his role as ‘Stryofoam Prophet’ to his apprentice Arno Baan who is currently developing a floating island in New York, floating schoolyards in IJburg and a huge floating field by the Muziekgebouw. And today you can watch the largest product of Baan’s and Grootveld’s collaboration: the 8- by 24-metre De Oceaan, a floating urban paradise complete with apple tree, blueberries, kiwis and wheat. It’s arrival, powered by ten rowers, near NEMO should be a provocative one. After 22 June, it will be moved to Entrepothaven in Zeeburg. (Steve Korver) 14.00, free. Until 22 June.

World Music: Roots Open Air Welcome to Amsterdam. A rootsy one. The annual Amsterdam Roots festival is a celebration of world culture and music where the Concertgebouw, Melkweg, Paradiso and Tropentheater band together to put on dozens of concerts. The festival’s high point is Roots Open Air, when Oosterpark is transformed into a collection of ‘villages’ where free performances are given. Seven stages, over 50 local and international acts and around 55,000 Amsterdammers from all walks of life come together to groove and eat. A definite highlight this year is Marseille-based sound system Watchaclan who combine electronic beats—of the fat, phat and fatter variety—with traditional sounds from southern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Other recommendations are Oojami (Turkish dancehall, etc), Kal (Serbian gypsy music with a rock ’n’ roll ’tude) and the Jaipur Maharaja Brass Band (Bollywood meets acrobatics meets fire-eating). Yes, this perfect day in the park should not be missed. Go to www.amsterdamroots.nl for the full programme and to sign the petition against Kunstraad’s recommendation to cut the funding for this singular—and ultimately Amsterdam—event. It’s much more than just a ‘feestje’. (Steve Korver) Oosterpark, 13.00-21.00, free.

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Those Oerolgevoel moments... Oerolgevoel is just that festival feeling which acts as a mysteriously addictive urge making you return to Terschelling every year. At least that’s the general definition. We asked some Oerol enthusiasts for their personal one: ‘My ultimate Oerolgevoel was at Peer Gynt, about eight years ago. Great actors who made the most of the dunes in the far east of the island, they’d dug underground tunnels and everything. It was dusk, lights were coming on, it was freezing, but everybody was watching breathlessly. This year I expect to feel very Oerol the moment that I’m getting off the ferry, knowing I’m about to start a whole week of doing fun stuff, but also just relaxing, seeing old friends, cooking nice meals together. It’s the combination.’ Alette Leidekker, 35, psychologist

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‘My embodiment of Oerolgevoel last year was dancing in the rain to closing act C-mon and Kypski. That was so wonderful. This year I’m really looking forward to Vader by TOM, a musical performance combining flamenco and break dance, loads of different musical and dance styles. But the great thing about Oerol is you can never predict what will be the most fun.’ Natascha Peters, 35, communications adviser

Hearing Amsterdammers saying ‘Oerol’ with a dreamy look in their eyes? Well, they’re heading to Terschelling...

FEELING OEROL? LIKE CRANBERRIES? FESTIVAL Oerol Festival 13-22 June, Terschelling www.oerol.nl By Rebecca Wilson

Terschelling (think back to when you learned to say ‘Scheveningen’ and go from there), is a 30-kilometer island of small villages set in a pristine landscape of dunes, woods and meadows, in the north of the Netherlands known as the Wadden. The island is the setting of Oerol (rhymes with plural), a 10-day annual festival that kicks off this Saturday, 13 June. Oerol is Terschellinger dialect for ‘everywhere’. The festival is thus named because it utilises the entire island. This doesn’t only mean tents, barns, sheds, churches or community halls across the island converted into venues for theatre, art and music. Many shows are also ‘land-

scape theatre’, site-specific performances that interact with their environment. Oerolgevoel is that mysterious feeling that makes you want to go to Terschelling each June, and about 50,000 people are expected to flock there this year to go in search of this ‘Oerol feeling’. Since the festival is so popular, it can be difficult to get tickets. But even if you haven’t reserved your rental bike and booked accommodation six months in advance, don’t panic. You can still go. Bring your own bike, go camping and check out the two musical stages, the street theatre, the beach parties, the landscape art, the cheap ‘bonnefooi’ shows that dot the island, the sheep, the cranberries (more on this later) and the stunning natural surroundings. This year, if you’re so inclined, you can see Chekhov at a bus stop, or Hemingway in the dunes at five in the morning—while you’re served paella. Though you should

More than just a theatre festival.

expect to put a lot of mileage on your bicycle, since getting to your show can require up to 15 km of hilly windy cycling, this year you need to bring your hiking boots, too, because you may be doing a lot of walking. The highlight of the festival this year is Walking by Robert Wilson, Theun Mosk and Boukje Schweigman, a four-hour slow walk meant to alter the experience of time. Each participant is forced to walk alone, very slowly, from the south side of the island to the North Sea, thus experiencing nature like never before, and forming a slow moving thread of people across the island. There’s also a poetry walk, and a ‘mysterious musical literary walk through the woods at night’ (Nachtkuier by VocaalLAB), two nightly poetry walks by Theater van de Verloren Tijd and a myriad of other innovative, accessible performances. Cranberries are another great reason to head to Terschelling. Apparently a barrel of them washed up on the beach in 1840, and Terschelling became one of the very few places in the country where wild cranberry grows in abundance. Enterprising islanders have found many culinary uses for it, including wine, tea, jenever and adding it to cheese and mustard. The shipwreck museum is said to have the best cranberry pie.

‘I met my first great love at Oerol. We were both working there and were staying on the same boat. The night we fell in love we sat on deck all night and talked, drinking the local Juttersbitter. The plankton made the sea light up green every time you dropped something in the water. But that wasn’t my ultimate Oerolgevoel. For me, it’s all about the location theatre, because you see nature adding to the show. It doesn’t matter if the sun is coming up or going down or if it’s not sunny at all. Even when it’s storming or raining, it’s magical to hear the wind or the sea. I’ve seen some of those shows at other festivals, but they never impress me as much as on Terschelling. I can’t wait to see Rondumheer by Peergroup: they use nature as improvisator and have a light technician who sees theatre lighting as an art form in itself.’ Nanette Danckaarts, 37, camera journalist ‘Cycling over the island with friends, encountering an unexpected performance, stopping, enjoying it, and having a drink. That is the Oerolgevoel: the small and unexpected moments, not the big shows. This year I’m hoping to hit the beach.’ Monique Wigman, 34, merchandising coordinator at Amnesty International ‘Oerolgevoel for me means mostly the cycling. Last year, a good friend and I cycled from one end of the island all the way to the east. It was midnight, pitch black and pouring rain. But then we arrived at the fifties-style heartbreak hotel on the beach, where DJs Naald & Kraak played the kind of music that really made us feel like we were dancing in America fifty years ago. This effect of being in another time and place was enhanced by the fact that we were in this remote part of the island. It makes you feel like you’re in another world.’ Bas van der Schot, 38, cartoonistillustrator (former illustrator of Oerol daily newspaper)

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Classical: Bernard Winsemius Organist performs works by Mendelssohn, Van Eijcken, Zwart and Rheinberger. Nieuwe Kerk, 20.00, €7

MUSIC

World: Villa Zeezicht Dutch-language songs and chansons inflected with tango, flamenco and jazz ﬂavours, and performed by a couple guitars, vocals and one nutritiously satisfying accordion. Badcuyp, Zuidpool, 20.00, €4 (free with purchase of €9 meal)

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Classical: Krystian Zimerman The pianist fingers music by JS Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Szymanowski. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €48-€60

Thursday 12 June World: Tineke Postma Haytham Safia Osama Mileegi Dinner concert with saxophone, oud and percussion trio who offer jazz and world flavours to complement your meal. Badcuyp, Zuidpool, 20.00, €4 (free with purchase of €9 meal)

Folk: Chicks ’n’ strings With Dalâl Marouf (winner of the Amsterdamse guitarbattle) and Liesbet and Sophie, both ﬁnalists in the Grote Prijs van NL. KHL Kofﬁehuis, 21.00, €7.50 Experimental: Matmos Two American laptop artists with past lives in sound collage, ambient electro and IDM (they even collaborated with Björk) now join forces with the Swedes from Midaircondo to pay homage to Karlheinz Stockhausen, occasionally referred to as the granddaddy of electronic music. Bimhuis, 21.00, €20

Contemporary: Ralph van Raat The pianist performs pieces from Messiaen’s Vings regards sur l’enfantJésus. Concertgebouw, Kleine Zaal, 20.15, €28 Rock: Deerhunter Fast-rising stars in the indie rock scene, these kids from Atlanta, Georgia, certainly do pump out some infectious numbers. Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 20.30, €9 + membership

Hardcore: So Called Celeste With support from Simon and Antlers. Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina, 21.00, €5

Experimental: Earth Tones—Electronic Zones Piet Jan Blauw, Jaap Drupsteen, Gerry Bassermann (US) and Tina Blaine produce a lot of (often soft) noise through digital and analogue signal processing. Yessir, it’s hip to be square. STEIM, 20.30, €5 Classical: Het Erard Ensemble Made up of members of the Koninklijk Concertgebouw Orkest and the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, this ﬁercely skilled outﬁt breeze through pieces by Fauré, Janácek and Debussy, all played on period 19th-century instruments. Amstelkerk, 20.30, €15 Jazz: Yuri Honing Wired Paradise Successful Dutch saxophonist known for, among other things, covering Schubert songs and employing the style of Hollywood noir soundtracks into his fusion sound. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 20.30, €14 + membership Rock: Gus Genser With support from The Revival. The Waterhole, 21.00, free Experimental: Corkestra Enlisting two percussionists, three wind players, a double bassist, a punk guitarist and a cymbalist, Cor Fuhler’s band continues to kick the ass of the outer limits of musical expression, regularly stretching it to further lengths. Tonight should be no exception. Bimhuis, 21.00, €14

Opera: Opera per Tutti! Weekly performance by De Nieuwe Opera Academie. Vondelkerk, 20.15, €20 outﬁt led by trumpeter Michel Varekamp, treks down the path of Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew album, mixing funk, jazz and psychedelic dark noise. Fun goes on with DJs Mark & Wood. OT301, 21.00, €5

Rock: The Notwist German band that has morphed through various styles over the past 20 years, now employing a healthy amount of electronica in their sound. Tivoli De Helling, Utrecht, 20.15, €15

Experimental: Bzzz Pük Razor sharp beats combined with non-western polyrhythms, all pumped out by French trombone player Geoffroy de Masure, Dutch drummer Chander Sardjoe and bassist Linley Marthe, known especially for playing with Joe Zawinul. Part of the Holland Festival. Bimhuis, 21.00, €15

Classical: Violini Capricciosi Quartet with two baroque violins, one baroque cello and a harpsichord perform works by Handel and Geminiani. English Reformed Church, 20.15, €12.50

Singer-songwriter: David Rynhart and Lily Kiara 't Blijvertje, 21.00, free Rock: Ignition Rockabilly as performed by two lads and three lasses. Maloe Melo, 22.00, €5

Rock: Gold Zounds Local guitar rock trio, followed by Starring Lisa, also locals with guitars. Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina, 21.00, €5 Rock: Pedro Delgados CD Do It Like That release party for the rocking bluegrass, roots and trash band. Followed by the lovable DJ Bone. Bitterzoet, 21.00, €6

Saturday 14 June

Rock: Club 3voor12 Live weekly radio and TV show, tonight with performances by Sat2D (pinkpop from Limburg), Textures (metal) and The Stutters (Amsterdammy Britrock) who, while playing a kickass set at this paper’s last semi-private party, sparked an anonymous audience member to confess her desire to ‘do’ the Stutters. Go get her, boys! Desmet Studios, 22.00, free, reservations required

Friday 13 June Rock: Joe Satriani The six-time Grammy award winner who’s played with plenty of bigwigs (Mick Jagger, Steve Vai, Robert Fripp) comes to town to demonstrate how to properly handle his custom-made guitars. Support from Steve Fister Band. Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 19.30, sold out

Contemporary: Wendingen—15 jaar—Kunst op Locatie Live instrumental performances (along with various art/sound installations, animations and films) held in 20 different canal houses on the Herengracht, between the Koningsplein bridge and the Wolvenstraat bridge (the ‘Nine Streets’ area). Featured composers include Stravinsky, Mussorgsky, I Yun, Ned Rorem and, representing the home team, Loevendie and Bon. See Short List and www.wendingenensemble.nl for full programme. Various locations, 12.30 -17.00, €12 day pass (14 locations are free) Jazz: The Cotton Club All Stars With Natalio Sued on saxophone, Rembrandt Frerichs on piano, Anton Drukker on bass guitar and Dick Verbeeck on drums. Cotton Club, 16.30-20.00, free Gospel: Gospel Battle 2008 First rounds in the holy ﬁght between luscious singers and their songs for the Lord. Each act gets ﬁve minutes to strut their sounds before the judges. Finals take place in a couple weeks. De Kandelaar, 18.30, free

Rock: Music in My Head The short-haired songstress Sinead O’Connor visits Den Haag for this two-day festival. Sharing the bill are Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks and The Notwist. See also Saturday. Paard van Troje, Den Haag, 19.30, €25 (€45 two-day pass)

Classical: Symfonie voor Iedereen Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest merges with a flock of amateur performers—both young and old—to perform Merlijn Twaalfhoven’s Symphony for Everyone. Beurs van Berlage, 19.15, €10

Jazz: Jazz in de Bieb Monthly evening with contrabassist René van Beeck, tonight with Sanna van Vliet (piano, vocals), Ferdinand Povel (tenor sax) and Eric Ineke (drums). And if the solos go too long, you can always grab a book. Theater van 't Woord, 20.00, €10 (€7.50 with library card)

Rock: Music in My Head Featuring bands Supergrass, Joan As Police Woman, The Charlatans, Tokyo Police Club, The Futureheads, Fanfarlo, Hit Me TV, Blaudzun and Templo Diez. See also Friday. Paard van Troje, Den Haag, 19.30, €25 (€45 two-day pass)

Contemporary: Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest Ingo Metzmacher conducts Messiaen’s Eclairs sur l’ Au-delàthe and the world premiere of Zuidam’s AdamInterludes. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €25-€35 Experimental: AUXXX Last show in the ‘Alchemistic Cabaret’ series, tonight lends emphasis on gongs via the wicked percussion talents of Michael Vatcher and Diego Espinosa. Also Cosmic Scene, an instrumental

Monday 16 June

Deerhunter, see Thursday

Electro rock: Makamonde Rootsy group with laptops, percussion, bass, guitar, female vocals, ﬂutes, bells, whistles... yep, the whole shebang. Sort of reminiscent of Manu Chao, at least in the same fun, jumpy way. Winston Kingdom, 22.00, free

Rock: Fool’s Gold Indie night with bands Go Back To The Zoo, Pek & Veren and The Looks. Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €5

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Classical: Bert van den Brink The pianist/organist performs his own compositions and improvisations. Orgelpark, 20.15, free Contemporary: Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest (See Friday) Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €25€35 Classical: The Amsterdam String Quartet Performing works by Schubert, Haydn and Beethoven. Concertgebouw, Kleine Zaal, 20.15, €27.50

Experimental: DNK-Amsterdam A concert series for new live electronic and acoustic music. Final show of the season lets off with a veritable Post-Digital Festival crammed into one noisy night. Starts with The Renegades with André Avelãs (and free food served to all), then VHSUHF with Seamus Cater, Mark Bain’s Archisonic, and an afterparty with DJs till 3.00. Come for the noise, stay for the joys. SMART Project Space, 21.00, €5 Rock: Kid Rock Love him or hate him, the ex-Pamela Anderson gigolo keeps on in his white trashy style. Melkweg, The Max, 21.00, €29 + membership Funk: Monsieur Dubois Instrumental sextet busts out a danceable mix of funk, soul and jazz, with special guest trombonist Joseph Bowie adding a bit of horn-sliding madness. Bimhuis, 21.00, €14 Rock: Ramona’s Revenge Skek, 21.00, free Reggae: Rob Sawyer Eclectic acoustic roots from Melbourne, Australia, followed by rock/reggae/ska band Santanero from Utrecht. Winston Kingdom, 21.00, free Rock: Skinner Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute band. Maloe Melo, 22.00, €5

Sunday 15 June Contemporary: Wendingen—15 jaar—Kunst op Locatie See Saturday. Various locations, 12.30-17.00, €12 day pass (14 locations are free) Pop/Rock: Lavalu ‘Holland’s answer to Björk’ has been garnering rave reviews lately, and with it, some sweet venue ops. Check her out (and her band with keyboards, saxophones, cello and drums) free today in the open air. Vondelpark Openluchttheater, 15.15, free Classical: Purcell Kamerorkest Nico Brandon leads the orchestra in a rousing performance of Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi, Albinoni and Purcell. English Reformed Church, 15.15, €8 Jazz: Lazy Jazzy Afternoon Jazz jam featuring vocalist Eddy Doorenbos, pianist Rob van Kreeveld, drummer Barry Olthof and contrabassist René van Beeck. Theater van 't Woord, 16.00, €10 (€7.50 with library card) Singer-songwriter: Toby Goodshank The ex-Moldy Peaches guitarist and, more recently, touring partner with folks like Kimya Dawson, shows his singer–songwriter side. Support from Dizzy Spells Martian. Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 19.00, €7 + membership Singer-songwriter: Blue Nose Sunday Regular music night now in a new location, tonight with infectious smokey rock from The Woodwards, A MysterE (known, perhaps, most because of his anti-Bush song ‘Impeach the President’) and Yori Swart, the singer–songwriter with a large sack full of inﬂuences. Hosted by the gossip savvy Mark Wilson. De Heeren van Aemstel, 19.00-22.00, free

Jazz: Jazzhelden Benjamin Herman, Ernst Glerum, Han Bennink, Hein ‘Shorty’ van der Gaag and the Hans Dulfer Dance Band perform their brands of hot jazz, followed by Jules Deelder spinning his brand of hot vinyl. All to support the launch of new jazz-interviews book Jazzhelden by Koen Schouten of the Volkskrant. Sugar Factory, 20.30, €10 Experimental: Paradiso’s Only Night Some sort of indescribable musical anarchy with various sound makers including The Paradiso Orchestra, dEUS-guitarist Mauro Pawlowski and Prokofiev’s grandson Gabriel, who come together tonight to explore five centuries of musical history. Expect to hear beloved works by Vivaldi, Mozart, Bach and Ginastera all blended with a little love and chaos. In conjunction with the Holland Festival. Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 20.30, €20 + membership Reggae: Alpha Blondy This international star from the Ivory Coast, whose lyricism embodies a delicious humour, is deservedly well-revered for his political activism, clearly stated in his gorgeous music (over 17 albums) and found tangibly in his work with the UN and many African humanitarian institutions. Melkweg, The Max, 21.00, €32.50 + membership Big band: Biggles Classic sounds of the genre performed live. Casablanca Muziek, 21.00, free

Tuesday 17 June Classical: Bryn Terfel With piano accompaniment, the baritone sings a boatload of art and traditional songs by Schubert, Faure, Quilter and many others. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €43.50-€51.50 Reggae: Jimmy Cliff One of the original reggae stars who helped popularise the genre across the world has been performing and recording for decades now, leaving a trail of around 25 albums. Expect reverb-ﬂooded reggae gold, old and new. Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 21.00, €22.50 Jazz: Jump Back Instrumental outfit pumping out classic rhythm ’n’ blues, jump & jive and soul. Casablanca Muziek, 21.00, free

Wednesday 18 June Experimental: Season Ending Party Noisy feedback and unexpected sounds in every room of the building. With performances by Laetitia Sonami (US), Akira Sakata (JP), Tarek Atoui (LB), Joel Ryan, Raed Yassin (LB), Robert van Heumen and DJ sniff, among others. STEIM, 18.00, €5 Pop/Rock: The Script New Irish band that employs rap and R&B into their sound, who’re already gaining a devoted following in their homeland, despite the release of their debut album not being scheduled till August. Probably worth a gander while the ticket prices are still low. Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 19.00, €7 + membership Soul: Baby O’Shea Skek, 21.00, free Contemporary: Oxymore Quintet CD presentation for these jazzy, funky, rocky improv outfit, with violin, saxophone, piano, bass and drums. Bimhuis, 21.00, €14

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CLUBS

EVENTS

Thursday 12 June

Literature: Ray Kluun The author reads from his new second novel The Widower and signs books. Waterstones, (Thur 19.30), free

11 presents Trentemøller The Norwegian dance star pulls up for a DJ set to get you in the mood for the weekend. Support from DJ-set (Copenhagen) and Radar. 11, 22.30-04.00, €12

Performance: Vondelpark Openluchttheater Summer season is open in Vondelpark. Thursday brings classical music, Friday means dance performances, Saturdays are a mixed bag of theatre, cabaret and pop, and Sundays are ﬁlled with singer-songwriter musical sets. Vondelpark Openluchttheater, (Thur, Fri 20.30, Sat, Sun 14.00), free

Wildvreemd 2.0 Stefﬁ takes the yellow brick road to bring you old school dance sounds (and the odd fresh surprise). Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €8.50

Festival: Desycling Exhibitions, workshops, discussions, music and parties, all revolving around the idea of designing with objects formerly known as trash. See Short List and www.desycling.com. Westergasfabriek, (Thur-Sun), €3. Until 15 June

Friday 13 June Smells Like 90’s Welcome back to a time when Roxette ruled the world. Club 8, 23.00-04.00, €5 Drie Keer Niks With San Proper, Herrie Gekkehuis, O’Boogie and Shiny Shady. Flex Bar, 23.00-05.00, €7 FeestBass Party specialising in hiphop, broken beats, UK garage, dubstep, old school jungle and drum & bass. Club Chi, 23.00-05.00, €10

Lecture: Is education the solution for poverty? Associate Professor in Sociology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Xavier Bonal, attempts to answer this question and explores the most effective means of providing proper education in third world countries. In English. De Balie, 20.00-22.00, free

No Entry, see stage, opening

klinch: Rauw With Jesse Rose, Le Le, The Walk & Rogerseventytwo and, of course, Joost van Bellen. Melkweg, The Max, 23.00-05.00, €15 Route du Soleil A French-themed Extravers party, which will be fabulous, provided you aren’t bursting with Gallic hate tonight. Akhnaton, 23.00-05.00, €8 Sonic Warfare VIII 2562 album release party. Other guests promise more dubstep galore: Breakage, Horsepower Productions, Cyrus, Clouds and more. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 23.00-05.00, €12 Prince Special Fifty years of purple reign. Yes, the purple pixie has just turned 50 and Amsterdam is gonna get funky. Paradiso, 23.59-05.00, €12.50

Saturday 14 June Betty & Billie’s Beat Boutique Retro Parisian dancing, with bonus soul exotica from The Pacifics. Club 8, 22.00-04.00, €6 GirlsLoveDJ’s As they have nimble fingers and are trapped in a box. Hotel Arena, 23.00-04.00, €15 KitCaClub Take a break with DJ’s Sven & Tettero and Jazaih. Club Home, 23.00-05.00, €12 Club365! Featuring a live set from German production and DJ outfit Dirt Crew, plus loads more guests. Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €12 Odeon’s Countdown Hit Show A party where the public picks the tunes—vote for your faves at http://odeonscountdown.hyves.nl. Odeon, 23.00-05.00, €12 Ultra Violet Fashionably flexy and colourful with DJ Jerry Bouthier (Kitsune). Flex Bar, 23.00-05.00, €8 Berlin Underground Sure, the rest of Germany wishes Berlin really was trapped underground, but Amsterdam seems to have nothing but affection for Berlin culture and beats. Sorting out your techno and house needs are Konrad Black, Serafin, Soundstream and David Labeij. BG, 23.00-late, €20 Generations of Love Celebrating the birth of house music in the late ’80s and the ensuing 20 years of dance music culture. With DJs Roog, Robert Owens, Marcello and guests. Westerunie, 23.00-late, €15 Welcome to the Future Tomorrow becomes today. With Ray Valioso (Geneva, live), Julien Chaptal (live), Kabale und Liebe (live) and more local DJs. Studio 80, 23.00-late, €12 Couscous World grooves, Arabian funk and live jams. Paradiso, 23.30-05.00, €12.50

GAY& STAGE LESBIAN Opening

Friday 13 June

Performance: No Entry A mix of spoken word, dance, and sound effects. The theme: corporate culture, workaholics and giving up one’s private life for the sake of one’s company. In English. Frascati, (Thur 21.00), €12

Party: Women’s Night Weekly women’s night in this laid-back cafe, with either DJ Suna, Ortega, Roest or Voytec. Men are welcome, if accompanied by a female friend. Cafe Sappho, 21.00-01.00, free

Theatre: Phantom Story The true story of a woman accidentally falling in love with one of the most infamous terrorists of the ’70s—re-enacted by director Nicola Unger with paper dolls and shadow puppets. In English. Frascati, (Thur-Sat 19.30), €12

Edited by Willem de Blaauw

Party: Galore! When party organisers ArtLaunch and UNK get together, you get Galore! Resident DJs Lupe and Martijn will be joined by up-and-coming DJs and fresh local talent. Go Galore! Sugar Factory, 23.0005.00, €10

Saturday 14 June Party: (Z)onderbroek Drop your pants and dance in your most sexy briefs/Y-fronts/boxers or jockstrap at this men-only afternoon fun party. We love it here. This time DJ Benjamin spins the tunes, but if the heat on the tiny danceﬂoor gets too much, head for the balcony for some relaxing action. Club La, 16.00-20.00, €12 DJ Bloom DJ Bloom spins some lovely tunes in this great bar. Friendly staff, nice punters and at the back of the bar you have a great view over the canal. Queen's Head, 22.00

Sunday 15 June Party: In Real Life Laid-back women’s party. Drink, lounge, chat, gossip and ﬂirt. CREA Cafe, 16.00-21.00 Social: Noodles Transgender collective Noodles invites you to their monthly cafe. Saarein, 17.00-23.59 Social: FurBall Cafe A great bar in itself, what with the friendly staff, great music and tasty ﬁngerfood, but when it hosts FurBall Cafe, it’s even better. Hairy Marys and those in pursuit of the hirsute (including some smooth admires) all gather here for a jolly woof time. PRIK, 19.00

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Monday 16 June

Pop Sunday Jazz, funk, soul, rays and wine. Westergasterras, 15.00-21.00, free Rollerdisco in 11 Skate your way to the emergency room in style at this special party featuring Black Disco Bust DJs San Proper and Steven de Peven. Inexperienced? Lessons available, as is skate hire. 11, 22.30-04.00, €5

Sex club: After Weekend Sex Party ‘Tell me why I don’t like Mondays’... Well, the crowd at this menonly, attitude free, sex party sure know how to get rid of that bluesy Monday feeling. Strict dresscode: naked or underwear only. CK, 2(x)ist and AussieBum galore! Same Place, 20.00-01.00, €3/€5

Zonde This week’s theme is ‘superbia’. Paradiso, 23.30-04.00, €7.50

Wednesday 18 June

HipHopFunk Sessions De Duivel, 23.59-03.00, free

Monday 16 June

Happy hour: Fabulous Cocktail Night Luxury ﬁnger food, cocktails and champagne. Oh, and a fashionconscious crowd in the latest designer-wear, of course! All cocktails €5. Arc, 16.00-01.00, free

Cheeky Monday True skool jungle and drum & bass, featuring players from the local and international scenes. Winston Kingdom, 22.00-03.00, €7

Party: Like it or not Diva Mayday treats you to her favourite tunes at this super tiny cafe, plus some tasty free snacks. De Engel van Amsterdam, 19.00, free

Theatre: Nothing Can Surprise Us A multimedia performance about self-fulﬁlling prophecies and trying to prepare for the unexpected. Gasthuis, (Thur-Sat 21.00), €12 Festival: Circus Treurdier Four-day festival organised by freshly-graduated theatre youngsters. In addition to several plays, there’ll be bands, readings, parties and, err, the Holland-France match on a big screen. Studio K, (Thur-Sun), €20/€25 Theatre: Family Affair New production by intercultural youth theatre Jong Rast, about the complexity of familiy relations. The play is based on existing texts as well as personal experiences of the actors themselves. Podium Mozaïek, (Fri 19.30), €10 Theatre: Shame Katalina Mella Araneda’s theatrical adaptation of the old Chilean ritual ‘Machitún’, which attempts to eliminate thought patterns that are in the way of ﬁnding one’s true self. Or so. Frascati, (Fri, Sat 21.00), €12 Dance: Purgatorio: In Visione Part one of a two-part dance spectacle by Emio Greco and Pieter C Scholten, based on Dante’s Divine Comedy. In English. Westergasfabriek, (Fri-Sun 20.30), €12/€25 Theatre: Ilinx A free-wheeling adaptation of short stories by Jorge Luis Borges. Director Marike Splint specialises in exploring the possibilities of interactions of theatre and architecture. NDSM-werf, (Fri-Sun, Wed 21.00), €10

Ongoing Performance: Impromptu 13 Rijen revitalise l’Impromptu de Paris by Giraudoux (1937), which in turn is an adaptation of the polemic comedy l’Impromptu de Versailles by Molière (1663). Look out for special guests and extra adventures during its three-week run. Frascati, (Thur-Sat 20.30), €12 Theatre: WeerSlechtWeer The audience looks into a pit, in which two young people are performing TS Eliot’s The Waste Land whilst it rains almost continuously. Good times. In Dutch. Theater Bellevue, (Thur-Sat 20.30, Sat also 15.00), €20 Music/Theatre: De Monstruos y Prodigios As weird as the Holland Festival can be, this one probably takes the biscuit this week, as Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes present their operatic performance about interpersonal power relationships, beauty, dressage and liberation, with a cast that includes Siamese twins, a centaur, a castrato and a horse. In Spanish with Dutch surtitles. Stadsschouwburg, (Wed 20.15), €12-€35

Sport: Netherlands vs France After crying or cheering during the game (presented on two big screens) replenish your energy with the reggae, dub, skank and ska sounds of live band KARMAKONGA at Pacific Parc 23.30. Alternatives: Boom Chicago add their comedic touch to the moment. Or, try Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina. In the light of two big screens, they’ll give free shots of Franse Vieux (the Dutch cognac) for every Dutch goal scored. Followed by bands like... wait, did he say free cognac for every goal? Great idea! I’m sure the bands are great, but free cognac, je l’aime! Various locations, (Fri 20.30), free Party: Nowhere Spring Festival Closing the spring workshop programme with three days of partying, live music and a host of creative guests. On Friday, the theme is ‘Lyrical Night’; Saturday is a rap and music special; Sunday’s focus is theatre and dance. Special guests include Ramana, Ntjamrosie, Karima, MC Complex, Caprice and Jongerentheater 020. Cultuurpand Nowhere, (Fri, Sat 18.00-22.30, Sun 13.00-18.00), €5 day ticket/€10 festival pass Arts Festival: Oerol 2008 Enormous art/theatre fest well worth the trip, with 1000 artists participating in 100 locations on the island. See article on p. 13 and www.oerol.nl. Various locations, Terschelling, (FriWed), various prices. Until 22 June Art: Pinched An exhibition coupled with film screenings, debates and performance art, all of which attempts to envision the idea of a 21st-century sexual revolution. One topic tackled is the possibility of sexuality escaping its bond with commercial pornography. Meneer de Wit, (Sat-Wed, 14.00-18.00) Debate: Middle East Stock EXchange Experts and analysts from the financial and corporate sector will guide you—via 20-minute long visual briefings— through the economy of the Middle East. Also three documentaries are screened: at 13.30 Rising Gulf (Shuchen Tan 2008), at 16.30 Satellite Queens (Bregje van der Haak 2007) and at 18.00 A way out of the war on terror (Chai Locher 2008). De Balie, (Sun 13.30 film screening/15.00 main programme), €8 Art: De Oceaan Robert Jasper Grootveld’s largest ‘floating garden’, now completed by Arno Baan, is presented in all her unsinkable glory. She’ll stay afloat there till 22 June. See Short List. Art Bakery, (Sun 14.00), free Hiphop: Hiphop Essentials Solid Ground Movement gives breakdance demonstration and lessons. Also the film Favela Rising is screened. Tropenmuseum, (Sun 14.00-17.00), €7.50, Poetry: Dichtersmiddag Readings from Raj Mohan, Gerben Hellinga, F Starik, Sylvia Hubers, Menno Wigman, Wim Brands, Tsead Bruinja and Robin Blocks Project Wildeman. In Dutch. Blijvertje, 't, (Sun 16.00), free Discussion: Women Inc. Weekly talk show highlighting specific female issues. This time, Anousha Nzume talks with Lina Issa about her film project Zina, which revolves around mothers and Daughters; and with Carina Hilders, a gynecologist who made world news with her ovary egg transplants. Pakhuis de Zwijger, (Mon 20.00-21.30), free Sport: Netherlands vs Romania Capitalising on the brilliance of their planning for the last game, the cafe screens the event again and this time offers free shots of tuicâ, the Romanian version of jenever, for every Dutch point scored. Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina, (Tue 17.00), free Sport: Ping Pong Bar Push your paddle tennis passion to its peak, while pontificating over the palatability of pilsner. OT301, (Tue 21.00), free

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ART

Amsterdam and the House of Orange An exhibition surveying the ties which have bound Amsterdam and the House of Orange over the centuries. Amsterdams Historisch Museum (Mon-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 11.00-17.00), until 31 August

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Amsterdamse School Straatmeubilair Uitgelicht Celebrating the street furniture and objects created by architects and designers of the Amsterdam School. Museum Het Schip (Wed-Sun 13.00-17.00), until 31 August

Opening Joyce van Dongen New paintings of surreal combinations of nature and human culture. Galerie Bart (Thur, Fri 11.00-18.00, Sat 12.00-17.00), opens Thursday, until 19 July

Wim van der Linden Photography of Amsterdam from the ’60s. Stadsarchief Amsterdam (Tues-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun 11.00-17.00), until 31 August

Malick Sidibé Malian photographer (b. 1935, Soloba) who, from the early ’60s on, snapped portraits and various engagements of local society, from football matches to weddings and Christmas Eve celebrations, which now offer insight into the people’s lives shortly after winning their independence. Sidibé was one of the ﬁrst African photographers to gain recognition in the West. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.0021.00), opens Thursday, until 15 October

Hans Scholten: Urban future ‘The future of the city’ is the theme raised by Amsterdam artist Scholten (1952) in this photographic project. For a number of years he has been photographing the urban landscapes of huge cities in Asia and the Middle East. There he captures scenes of rapidly growing neighbourhoods, in which chaos and anarchy seem to arise due to a lack of organised city planning. Is this the future that awaits cities in the Western world as well? Huis Marseille (Tues-Sun 11.00-18.00), until 31 August

Ata & Eva An overview exhibition of the oeuvre of Hungarian photographers Ata Kandó (1913) and Eva Besnyö (1910-2003). Hup Gallery (Tues, Thur, Fri 10.00-17.00), opens Friday, until 30 August

Lectori Salutem Delving into the history of books, with original objects, beautiful manuscripts and books from Dutch collections, photographs and texts. Allard Pierson Museum (Tues-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 13.0017.00), until 7 September

WORSHIP Jeroen Elsen and Paul Haworth (UK) present new oil paintings exploring how painting gloriﬁes and mystifies its subject, regardless of whether it deserves it or not. Plan B (Sat, Sun 13.00-17.00), opens Friday

Resistance in Belgium 1940-1945 Contemporary portraits of Belgian resistance ﬁghters by French photographer Jean-Marc Gourdon. Verzetsmuseum (Tues-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 11.00-17.00), until 14 September

Everyday News New images, constructions and drawings by Liesbeth Pallesen. Suzanne Biederberg Gallery (Wed-Sat 14.00-18.00), opens Saturday, until 12 July Gewoon Anders! Exhibition revolving around alternative sexual lifestyles which, during the turn of the 21st century, spawned a wealth of images. With over 100 pieces by some 35 artists, including Gilbert & George, Nan Goldin, Marlene Dumas, Wolfgang Tillmans, Marlene McCarty, Rachid Ben Ali and a nine-metre high monumental statue of David, in bright pink and canary yellow, by Hans-Peter Feldmann. CoBrA Museum (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00), opens Saturday, until 21 September Atlas Maior. De wereld van Blaeu Exquisite examples of Joan Blaeu’s maps, made in the Netherland’s Golden Era, when the industry of cartography was in full bloom. UvA: Special Collections Library (Mon-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 13.00-17.00), opens Wednesday, until 23 November

Museums Geert van Kesteren: Baghdad Calling The acclaimed Magnum photo-journalist shows how Iraqi refugees are living in countries like Jordan, Syria and Turkey, as well as images of everyday Iraqi life, shot by the locals in areas where journalists would never dare to tread. Nederlands Fotomuseum (Tues-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 11.00-17.00), Rotterdam, closing Sunday My [Public] Space A follow-up to the exhibition Territorial Phantom, looking more deeply into the blurring of private and public information and spaces. Multimedia works by Erich Berger/Elina Mitrunen, Hasan Elahi, Martijn Engelbregt, Kota Ezawa, Dora Garcia, Susan Härtig, Jill Magid, Eva and Franco Mattes (AKA 0100101110101101.ORG), Eduardo Navas, Guy BenNer and Marisa Olson. Montevideo/Time Based Arts (Tues-Sat 13.00-18.00), until 21 June Expanding the City Various photographers present their take on Amsterdam’s Zuidas. The show introduces a cross-section of the Zuidas Virtual Museum’s Zoom Collection, providing a unique compilation of different perspectives on a construction site in development. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 22 June Nancy Spero: Spero Speaks A solo exhibition by this prominent American artist, including exemplary works from different phases of Spero’s lengthy artistic career. A diptych sheds new light on the ‘persona’ of Spero, as artist, but also as activist, feminist and mentor. De Appel (Tues-Sun 11.00-18.00), until 22 June World Press Photo Exhibition of winning photos from the 2007 World Press Photo competition, including the esteemed Photo of the Year: an image of an exhausted American soldier resting in Afghanistan, taken by UK photographer Tim Hetherington. Oude Kerk (Mon-Sat 10.30-17.30, Sun 13.00-17.30), until 22 June Luis Buñuel Photos, ﬁlm fragments, original posters and memorabilia from the Spanish ﬁlm-maker’s Mexican period. Filmmuseum (Daily 13.00-22.00), until 22 June Immovably Centred A cross-over production that integrates theatre and visual art, by writer and artist

12-18 June 2008

NL28 Olympic Fire An exhibition in which scale models, ﬁlm, debate and theatre help visitors to imagine that the Netherlands is organising the Olympic Games in 2028, a century after the Games in Amsterdam. Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (Tues-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun 11.00-17.00), Rotterdam, until 21 September Deep Screen—Art in Digital Culture Contemporary multidisciplinary works of art which are all in some way marked by today’s digital culture. The jury, chaired by guest curator Andreas Broeckmann, has selected 18 artists out of the 200-plus submissions. Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), until 30 September

Malick Malick Sidibé, Sidibé, see see Opening Opening

Arnoud Holleman, in collaboration with the mugmetdegoudentand theatre company. De Appel (Tues-Sun 11.00-18.00), until 22 June Gina Kranendonk: Do Me a Garden, Please! Gina Kranendonk took a journey alongside the Dutch railway and photographed gardeners and their allotments. The project consists of a series of portraits of people from different nationalities that cultivate their own crops on these small patches of land. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.0018.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 22 June Zomer in de Kerk The Nieuwe Kerk lays itself bare in the early months of summer. Rather than showcasing treasures gathered from around the world, you can explore the church and its tombs in their own full glory. Nieuwe Kerk (Fri-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur 10.00-22.00), until 29 June Gerti Bierenbroodspot: Atlantis Rising A vibrant collection of paintings, watercolours, drawings and sculptures in bronze and alabaster from the painter and sculptor. Jan van der Togt Museum (Wed-Sun 13.00-17.00), Amstelveen, until 29 June

between two works about oil and globalisation. Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), until 20 July Roots Amsterdam is to a large extent inhabited and designed by individuals with a different cultural background. This exhibition is the result of research into what aspects of the cultures of nine architects, who at various points in their lives came to the Netherlands, bring to their Dutch design practice. ARCAM (Tues-Sat 13.00-17.00), until 16 August Green Bags: Brand New and Used Materials Showcasing bags and designers embracing the concepts of recyclable and sustainable. Museum of Bags and Purses (Daily 10.00-17.00), until 17 August The Transitory World of Horst Janssen An exhibition of works by the German graphic artist Horst Janssen (1929-1995). In Germany he is regarded as one of the greatest post-war artists, although, strangely enough, he is far less well-known outside Germany. This is the first showing of his prints in the Netherlands. Rembrandthuis (Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun 11.00-17.00), until 24 August

Rembrandt Laughing In October 2007, a painting of a laughing man came to light, and there was speculation that it might be a self-portrait by Rembrandt. Now regarded to be fact, the painting will be on display in his former studio. Rembrandthuis (Mon-Sat 10.0017.00, Sun 11.00-17.00), until 29 June

Drie Meiden in Verzet—Hannie Schaft en de Zusjes Oversteegen Exhibition about Hannie Schaft—’the girl with the red hair’—and Truus and Freddie Oversteegen, the girls she collaborated with in the resistance movement, and the difficult choices forced upon them in WWII. Verzetsmuseum (Tues-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat-Mon 11.00-17.00), until 7 December Palestine 1948 On 14 May 2008 it will be exactly 60 years ago that the State of Israel was founded. This long term presentation shows how this event affected the lives of individual Palestinians. Tropenmuseum (Daily 10.00-17.00), until 4 January 2009

Hairbusiness: Heads and Tales An interactive multimedia installation bringing to life the intimate world of the hairdresser, where guards are let down—both physically and emotionally—as you stare into the mirror. Imagine IC (Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat 11.00-17.00, Thur 11.00-21.00), closing Saturday

Object, The Undeniable Success Of Operations The basis of this exhibition is a monographic presentation of the work of Falke Pisano. That work, in turn, is placed in dialogue with works by nine other artists, who investigate the relativity of language and the position of the artist and spectator. Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00), until 6 July

Mark Boulos: All That Is Solid Melts Into Air Docking Station presents the European premiere of this Boston-based artists new video installation, which utilises two screens to handle the confrontation

Inside Out Personal portraits in word and image show how youths deal with religion and the part it plays in their daily lives. Bijbels Museum (Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun 11.00-17.00), until 2 November

Galleries

In Afghanistan Hans Stakelbeek’s photos of the rebuilding process in Afghanistan. Centrale Bibliotheek (Daily), until 30 June

Foam_Lab: Estafette Five young and headstrong Dutch photographers will take on a visual dialogue: in turns Paulien Oltheten, Elza Jo, Corriette Schoenaerts, Jaron Korvinus and Anne de Vries will respond to each others work, like in a relay race. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.0018.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 9 July

Mondriaan Following the publication of a new book, this exhibition attempts to put paid to the popular idea that Piet Mondriaan was a cold, mathematically-minded man and reveals that he was in fact an artist engaged in a passionate quest for a new formal language in which to paint. Gemeentemuseum (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00), Den Haag, until 26 October

De Staat van de Straat Window exhibits featuring diverse street art from the collection of André Eggens. Bellamyplein (Daily till 00.00), closing Sunday Tamar Frank A new art space launches, featuring works by Tamar Frank and the ‘Wall-artists’ the gallery recently showcased at Kunstvlaai. Petersburg Project Space (Thur-Sat 13.00-18.00), closing Sunday

Images of St Petersburg Images of St Petersburg In the 19th century in Russia, as elsewhere, photography revolutionised the recording of everyday reality. The palaces, new buildings, inhabitants and important events were captured by many Russian and foreign photographers. This summer exhibition features almost 100 such exam-

Still Photos and drawings by Nanette Kraaikamp and Daphne Schappert. Retort (Fri 16.00-20.00, Sat, Sun 13.00-18.00), closing Sunday Fotogram Trofee Winning entries of the Fotogram amateur photography contest. Fotogram (Mon-Thur 09.30-21.00, Fri, Sat 09.30-17.00), closing Wednesday Location (6) Visual artist Hans Op de Beeck (1969) loves the melancholic emptiness of barren abandoned landscapes. He expresses this fascination in

12-18 June 2008 monumental installations that remind the observer of the big constructed 19th-century panoramas. Part of Holland Festival. Westergasfabriek (Daily 12.0022.30), until 21 June Laurence Aëgerter Three of photo works of staged intimate portraits of a one-on-one confrontation between spectator and famous masterpieces from the collection of the Louvre in Paris. Each are presented at the actual sizes of the masterpieces. OUTLINE (ThurSat 13.00-17.00), until 21 June Douglas White English artist White takes decaying objects, discarded waste and generally that which we have cast aside as useless or irrelevant and breathes new life into it. Here he’ll show a new installation made of exploded tyres. Galerie Gabriel Rolt (Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00), until 22 June Unlikely Paintings and murals by Elizabeth Cooper, Leo de Goede, Terry Haggerty, Jasmine Justice, Bertold Mathes, Klaus Merkel, Sonia Rijnhout and Gary Stephan. W139 (Sun-Thur 11.00-20.00, Fri, Sat 11.0022.00), until 22 June Tintin Wulia: Invasion Wulia aims to get a better imagination about her ‘self’ in the midst of relations between her criss-crossing cultural genealogies and today’s global political order. Motive Gallery (Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00), until 28 June Het Leven Paintings by Mattijs van den Bosch, Tim Monaghan and Frans van Tartwijk. Wetering Galerie (Wed-Sat 12.30-17.30), until 28 June Daniel Bodner: New York Paintings New paintings of New York cityscapes, with Bodner’s urban scenes alternately revealing connectedness or disconnection by showing us ﬁgures in real and familiar spaces we might not otherwise notice. Galerie Hof & Huyser (Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00), until 28 June Arnout Killian: Park Solo exhibition featuring colourful and vibrant paintings inspired by Vondelpark in the summer. Van Zijll Langhout (Mon-Fri 10.00-17.00), until 30 June Hipop Urban paintings by Rah Crawford, whose dynamic bursts of colour and energy aim to expose the hip-ness in American popular culture. Studio Apart (Tues-Fri 10.00-18.00, Sat 12.00-17.00), until 30 June Jaap de Vries Sculptural installation: The only body of importance to us is the human body and the awareness of death and the darkness that comes with it. Planetart (see www.planetart.nl), until 1 July

Amsterdam Weekly If You Smell Rotting Pig Meat Around... Drawings and silkscreens by Jer-one. De Duivel (Daily), until 5 July Djelem Djelem! Peter van Beek and Henri Brekveld lived in Romania to photograph the lives of the Roma people. The artists felt strongly connected to these vulnerable and proud people, and their work provides glimpses of another reality. Melkweg Galerie (Wed-Sun 13.00-20.00), until 6 July FEEL Florence Paintings by Eliana Sevillano; paintings and images by Fernando Cucci. Feel Gallery (Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00), until 6 July William Monk A solo exhibition of 12 new paintings by English artist Monk, including diptychs, triptychs and multi-panelled canvases, in which he opts for an aesthetic language of pure colours and forms against subtly contrasted shades of blue. Grimm Fine Art (Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00), until 12 July Doina Kraal: Onafzienbare Vertes Utilising projections and photo sculptures, Kraal creates an environment where spectators can lose themselves in a temporary, private world. In these, recognisable elements are brought together with impossible ideas. Soledad Senlle Gallery (Mon-Sat 11.00 17.00), until 12 July Field Work—Part Two Diverse works questioning the classical understanding of ‘nature’ as a concept, and inviting the viewer to distinguish between nature and culture. SMART Project Space (Tues-Sat 12.00-17.00), until 12 July Henk Pander Nature meets industry in this series of paintings titled Amsterdam—Portland (Oregon). Galerie de Rietlanden Exposities (Sat, Sun 13.00 17.00), until 17 July Checking Reality Envision the world as a computer game in which your clothes are 3D-projections and a GPS system tells you the position of an object. Imagine yourself as an avatar, flying through future cities and simulated landscapes. This exhibition poses such a virtual world in the real world. Platform 21 (Thur-Sun 12.00-18.00), until 10 August Raymond Cuijpers An exhibition dominated by football by a footballer turned artist. Van Zijll Langhout (Mon-Fri 11.00-17.00), until 15 August Paul Blanca: Mi Matties & Kristal Two new blackand-white photo series: one focussed on street children, the other a naked model submerged in chocolate and displayed like confectionery. Witzenhausen Gallery (Thur-Sat 12.00 -18.00), until 16 August Arabic Graphics Exhibition showcasing the graphic and typographic design works of Lebanese-Dutch designer Tarek Atrissi, who has developed ideas for commercial and non-commercial projects around the world. De Levante (Wed-Sun 13.00-17.30), until 31 August

Annemarie Vink: Domestic Horizon Annemarie Vink: Domestic Horizon Extremely colourful and partially surreal paintings. KochxBos Gallery (Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00), until 5 July

Homo Urbanus—Homo Sapiens? An outdoor exhibition promoting young artists from Latvia. Most striking of all is ‘The Pink House’ (Until 20 June), a massive, bright pink inflatable building housing art and regular events. Westergasfabriek (Daily 12.0020.00), until 15 September

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Art Bakery Groen van Prinstererstraat 80H, 06 2880 2433 11 Oosterdokskade 3-5, 625 5999 Ahoy Ahoy-weg 10, Rotterdam, (010) 293 3300 Akhnaton Nieuwezijds Kolk 25, 624 3396 Allard Pierson Museum Oude Turfmarkt 127, 525 2556 Amstelkerk Amstelveld 10, 520 0060 Amsterdams Historisch Museum Kalverstraat 92, 523 1822 De Appel Nieuwe Spiegelstraat 10, 625 5651 Arc Reguliersdwarsstraat 44, 689 7070 ARCAM Prins Hendrikkade 600, 620 4878 Badcuyp 1e Sweelinckstraat 10, 675 9669 De Balie Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, 553 5151 Beurs van Berlage Damrak 277, 530 4141 BG Post CS, Oosterdokskade 5, 626 2256 Bijbels Museum Herengracht 366-368, 624 2436 Bimhuis Piet Heinkade 3, 788 2150 Bitterzoet Spuistraat 2, 521 3001 't Blijvertje Derde Oosterparkstraat 64 Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina Veemkade 576, 419 3368 Cafe Sappho Vijzelstraat 103, 423 1509 Casablanca Muziek Zeedijk 26, 06 1220 0519 Centrale Bibliotheek Oosterdokskade 143, 523 0900 Chiellerie Raamgracht 58, 320 9448 Club 8 Admiraal de Ruyterweg 56B, 685 1703 Club Chi Nieuwezijdsvoorburgwal 161 Club Home Wagenstraat 3-7, 620 1375 Club La Kerkstraat 50-52 CoBrA Museum Sandbergplein 1-3, Amstelveen, 547 5050 Concertgebouw Concertgebouwplein 2-6, 671 8345 Consortium Veemkade 570, 06 2611 8950 Cotton Club Nieuwmarkt 5, 626 6192 CREA Cafe Turfdraagsterpad 17, 525 1423 Cultuurpand Nowhere Madurastraat 90, 462 3510 De Engel van Amsterdam Zeedijk 21, 427 6381 De Heeren van Aemstel Thorbeckplein 5 De Kandelaar Bijlmerdreef 1239, 451 1840 Desmet Studios Plantage Middenlaan 4A, 521 7100 De Duivel Reguliersdwarstr 87, 626 6184 English Reformed Church Begijnhof 48, 624 9665 Feel Gallery Frans Halsstraat 40 Filmmuseum Vondelpark 3, 589 1400 Flex Bar Pazzanistraat 1, 486 2123 Foam Keizersgracht 609, 551 6546 Fotogram Korte Prinsengracht 33, 624 9994 Frascati Nes 63, 626 6866 Galerie Bart Bloemgracht 2, 320 6208 Galerie de Rietlanden Exposities Rietlandpark 193, 419 4705 Galerie Gabriel Rolt Elandsgracht 34, 785 5146 Galerie Hof & Huyser Bloemgracht 135, 420 1995 Gasthuis Marius van Bouwdijk Bastiaansestraat 54, 683 8494 Gemeentemuseum Stadhouderslaan 41, Den Haag, 070 338 1111 Grand Chapiteau near Amsterdam ArenA (P2) Grimm Fine Art Hazenstraat 24, 422 7227 Hermitage Amsterdam Nieuwe Herengracht 14, 530 8751 Hotel Arena ’s-Gravesandestraat 51, 850 2400 Huis Marseille Keizersgracht 401, 531 8989 Hup Gallery Tesselschadestraat 15, 515 8589 Imagine IC Bijlmerplein 1006-1008, 489 4866 Jan van der Togt Museum Dorpsstraat 50, Amstelveen, 641 5754 KHL Kofﬁehuis Oostelijke Handelskade 44, 779 1575 KochxBos Gallery 1e Anjeliersdwarsstraat 3-5, 681 4567 De Levante Hobbemastraat 28, 671 5485 Maloe Melo Lijnbaansgracht 163, 420 4592

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A ponte-listic viewpoint Al Ponte Caffe Italiano IJplein, 06 4208 7482 Open: Mon-Fri 8.00-20.00, Sat-Sun 11.00-20.00 Cash only Patrick, the distribution manager for Amsterdam Weekly, has enthused to me about Silvia’s Italian sandwiches for ages. ‘Take the last right ferry at the back of Centraal Station and there you are,’ he always says. ‘The kiosk is at the IJplein. Best espresso you’ve tasted. Really. You won’t be sorry.’ He was absolutely correct. The journey across the IJ took a few untroubled moments. The heat of the glaring sun, dancing on the water’s surface, was mitigated by a gentle breeze, which added to my growing anticipation. Amsterdam Noord always seems so far away, and yet how laughably close this was! And there it was, sheltered from the elements, a tiny kiosk called Al Ponte Caffe Italiano, with two tables and benches outside. Owner Silvia is a sweet, gregarious personality from Piedmont. Her deep love of the traditional Italian kitchen was passed down to her through her mother from her beloved grandmother. They extolled the virtues of simple cooking, three or four ingredients combined to create magic—e.g. a deceptively simple sauce created from tomatoes, onions, basil and garlic. The alchemy depends on how much you use of each, plus passion, love and dedication. But since a restaurant would’ve kept her too far away from the world, Silvia says she always wanted to own an Italian style kiosk near the sea, serving delicious snacks and excellent coffee.

THE UNDERCOVER GLUTTON The setting added to my enjoyment, as I watched the passing ships, planes and trains against the backdrop of Centraal Station and the transforming skyline. She is assisted by two loyal friends, Erika from Slovenia, and Jason, whom she met 15 years ago in New York. They work like demons, feeding the multitudes that travel back and forth across

the IJ. Everything is reasonably priced (about €3.50-€4.50). Hot and cold sandwiches made with excellent Italian products and lots of love. I was hungry, so I ordered a hot sandwich with

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strong garlic and pepper, Friulano salami and melted north Italian Montasio cheese, light in colour and tangy. It was served on nutty rucola between sliced flat bread especially shaped and baked for Al Ponte (€4.50). My taste buds strummed like a mandolin, and I understood why Patrick has always been so adamant that I travel across the water. The setting added to my enjoyment, as I watched the passing ships, planes, trams and trains against the backdrop of Centraal Station and Amsterdam’s transforming skyline. (I wish my stomach line could go through a similar transformation...) Being a shameless greedy-guts, I had another sandie with flavoursome organic tomato, sliced mozzarella and a homemade pesto (€4.00). It was lovely and light. And then even more: a summer salad of tuna, rucola, shaved carrot strips and tiny, sweet black Taggiasche olives, found only in Calabria. This was topped with an organic boiled egg and a simple lemon and olive oil dressing (€5.00). I ended my feast with a slice of her grandmother’s lemon cake (€1.50 for a good-sized slab). Sylvia bakes three cakes a day. She also does catering for groups of up to 30 people. She envelops them with delicious Italian home cooking from all regions. Her vegetarian lasagna, for example, has spinach and a homemade pesto with basil, parsley, lemon, pine nuts and good olive oil. And of course, the espresso! That’s what I’d come for. I couldn’t just go for an ordinary one, so I ordered espresso with a dollop of vanilla ice cream. Mama Mia, that was lekker! Silvia imports her coffee from a small Italian company called Inpunto, based in Trieste. Patrick was right. All in all, Al Ponte Caffe Italiano was worth the seafaring journey to another shore. I found it hard to tear myself away to return home to Amsterdam.

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19 Who are the truly confused?

This hermaphrodite movie sidesteps all the usual cliches about gender: ‘What if there isn’t a decision to make?’

BOY, GIRL OR SOMETHING DIFFERENT? FILM XXY Opens Thursday at Cinecenter By Bregtje Schudel

Who hasn’t felt, as a teenager, that they didn’t belong? For the Uruguayan 15-yearold Alex (Inés Efron), the problem is even more tangible: she’s a hermaphrodite, born with characteristics of both the male and

female sex. Lately her parents, Kraken (Ricardo Darin) and Suli (Valeria Bertuccelli), have witnessed some changes in Alex’s behaviour. She has stopped taking the hormones that prevent her from masculinisation and has gotten into a fight with her best friend. For her mother the course is clear: Alex’s acting out means it’s time for her to make a decision. Boy or girl? She enlists the help of surgeon Ramiro (German Palacios), who comes over with his

wife and son Alvaro (Martin Piroyanski). Kraken is indignant. Yet another doctor who wants to make Alex ‘normal’. But what does Alex want herself? It’s really refreshing to see a film about gender confusion in which the parents don’t treat their kid like a freak. Kraken and Suli knew Alex would be different even before she was born, but refrained from early surgery. They gave her a name that could work both ways and moved to a quiet fishing village to get away from all the people who might see her as an interesting science project. When Kraken catches Alex and Alvaro having sex—with Alex as the male aggressor—he just takes it in his stride. Her gender identity is something she has to figure out for herself. Debuting director Lucia Puenzo understands that, in this type of movie, it’s not about the cliches but the characters. And in Efron (who debuted in 2006 as Andrea in Glue) she has found a formidable actress.

Her character is fragile yet self-willed, while her sexual ambiguity is like a magnet attracting everyone around her. The picture isn’t perfect. Sometimes XXY does veer precariously close to the edge of gender film truisms. The visit of Kraken to a hermaphrodite–turned male feels forced and rather superfluous. The scene where Alex gets pinned down by a group of boys—with its faint echo of that other, and much more ‘melodramatised’, gender film, Boys Don’t Cry—could have been left out as well. It’s a shame Puenzo also deemed it necessary to at least have one disapproving parent, though in this case it’s not Kraken or Suli but the doctor, Ramiro, who practically orders his son Alvaro to start drinking and ruthlessly tells him he doesn’t think he’ll ever be talented at anything. When he—correctly—guesses that Alvaro is interested in Alex, he even exclaims, ‘Finally, good news! I was afraid you were a fag.’ Still, these minor trespasses are easily forgiven, if only for one aspect that goes entirely against movie stereotype: Alex appears to be comfortable with who she is. It hasn’t always been this way, as her diary entries attest, but she is now. Certainly she is more at ease than Alvaro, for whom their sexual encounter had to be the most confusing—or maybe it only confirmed something he already knew deep down. Even her parents are troubled about what they want her to be. Her mother quietly hopes she’ll be a girl, her father has resigned himself to her being a boy. But it’s Alex herself who asks the startling simple question: ‘What if there isn’t a decision to make?’ In the end, XXY isn’t really about gender. Instead, it’s a delicate celebration of life—and of life’s differences.

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Edited by Julie Phillips.This week’s films reviewed by Massimo Benvegnù (MB),Shyama Daryanani (SD),Angela Dress (AD),Don Druker (DD),Sarah Gehrke (SG),Andrea Gronvall (AG),Luuk van Huët (LvH),JR Jones (JJ),Dave Kehr (DK),MarieClaire Melzer (MM),Mike Peek (MP),Jonathan Rosenbaum (JR),Marinus de Ruiter (MdR) and Bregtje Schudel (BS).All films are screened in English with Dutch subtitles unless otherwise noted. Amsterdam Weekly recommends.

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waite) along with the younger ones (Neve Campbell, Mischa Barton). (BS) 119 min. De Uitkijk

Blackwater Fever A man rides through a desolate landscape, looking for his companion. Are the terrible events and images he sees around him real or the products of delirium? Dutch bad-boy, or, more often, incoherent-boy director Cyrus Frisch completed this feature in 2006, but it’s only now being released. Not a success, despite the presence of stars Roeland Fernhout and Ellen ten Damme. In Dutch. 70 min. Het Ketelhuis

Fanny & Alexander Roughly a year after Ingmar Bergman’s death, the Filmmuseum programmes his 1982, mostly autobiographical tale of the tribulations of two children growing up in turn-of-the-century Sweden. When their father, a theatre owner, dies, their mother marries a clergyman. The sudden change from a joyful, artistic environment to the stepfather’s narrow-mindedness distresses the kids, who look to fantasy for an escape. Though you might think watching a three-hour movie in Swedish with subtitles is challenging, this is actually one of Bergman’s lighter and more accessible films. Originally made for TV, it received theatrical release and four Academy Awards. The cinematography by the late Sven Nykvist is superb, and brings a magic, haunting allure to the screen. In Swedish with Dutch subtitles. (MB) 188 min. Filmmuseum

Closing the Ring Closing the Ring could have been an unpretentious yet heartfelt movie like The Notebook, but instead 84-year-old film-maker and actor Richard Attenborough opted for a rich mess. There are so many different storylines, characters (old and young versions) and time warps that the viewer needs at least an hour to figure out exactly who’s who. Alas, once that fog has cleared there’s still the top-heavy plot to contend with. It all revolves around a promise made in 1941: two friends said they would take care of the girlfriend of a third, if something were to happen to him. Well-meaning though it may be, this pledge has become something of a curse, making everybody’s life miserable. If only Attenborough himself had put it that simply! The cast includes some stellar older actors (Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Brenda Fricker, Pete Postleth-

The Happening A science fiction thriller about the release of a neurotoxin that causes the afflicted to commit suicide, written and directed by the upredictable M Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Lady in the Water). Mark Wahlberg is a science teacher attempting to escape the die-off with the help of his estranged wife (Zooey Deschanel). Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

Reclaim Your Brain Starring the ever-cheeky Moritz Bleibtreu, this is a light-hearted film about a cocainesniffing, fast-car-loving producer of slick TV shows. After an auto accident, he has a dramatic change of heart: he starts trying to manipulate the ratings system so he can get away with making higher-quality programmes. Directed by Hans Weingartner. In German with Dutch subtitles. (SG) 120 min. Kriterion Sarkar Raj Anita (Aishwarya Rai), meets up with Subash Nagre (Amitabh Bachchan), known as Sarkar, and his son, Shankar (Abishek Bachchan), to talk about building a power plant in Maharashtra. Sarkar is against it because it would leave 40,000 villagers homeless. Shankar sees that it will be worth it in the long run. After Sarkar gets permission from his mentor, Rao Saab (Dilip Prabhavalkar), to build the plant, the plans are set in motion. But nothing is what it seems, for it turns into a political game to bring Sarkar down. With stellar acting, dark lighting and heavy music, this Indian version of Chinatown is an intense movie that keeps you on edge. Directed by Ram Gopal Varma. In Hindi with Dutch subtitles. (SD) Pathé ArenA Sex and the City: The Movie Those who hate the original TV series will stay as far away from this as from an STD. Fans of the world’s most famous New York female foursome will flock to theatres as fast as when a new

collection hits H&M. The undecided between the hairy legs on display at Euro ’08 and the waxed, Manolo Blahnik-shod limbs that grace the screen will basically get an extended Sex and the City episode, set a few years after the end of the last TV season, with an extensive introductory montage at the beginning meant to help you catch up with the characters of Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha. Yes, it’s longer than two hours, but fans used to multiple episode DVD viewing sessions will actually beg for more. If you’re sentimental and have a soft spot for these girls, bring your hankies. (MB) 144 min. The Movies, Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski

XXY A delicate celebration of life—and of life’s dif-

ferences. See review, above. In Spanish with Dutch subtitles. 91 min. Cinecenter

Still playing Be Kind Rewind The sweet-tempered Michel Gondry works well with sharp-edged material (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), but his projects as a solo writer-director threaten to drift off into whimsy (The Science of Sleep and now this feature). Danny Glover entrusts his run-down video shop in New Jersey to clueless assistants Jack Black and Mos Def, who accidentally erase all the videos and decide to shoot their own low-rent versions of popular hits. Their project is a great success with customers, but the studios object

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Special screenings El ángel exterminador Luis Buñuel’s 1962 film takes an old Mexican proverb—’After 24 hours, corpses and guests smell bad’—and turns it into a marvelous satire on the life of the bourgeoisie. Augusto Benedico gives a sumptuous party, but when the guests try to leave, they discover they’re unable to step across the threshold of the music room. They stay on for days, finally reduced to eating a stray sheep that wanders providentially through the house; and when at last they escape and go to church to celebrate their deliverance, the whole thing starts again. Essential viewing. In Spanish with English subtitles. (DD) 95 min. Filmmuseum La Ardilla roja A depressed musician goes to a bridge to commit suicide, but instead rescues a woman from a motorcycle crash. She loses her memory in the accident, and he begins to reshape her past and turn her into his muse. This 1993 Spanish production, AKA ‘The Red Squirrel’ was the breakthrough film for director Julio Medem (Caótica Ana, Los Amantes del Circulo Polar). In Spanish with Dutch subtitles. 110 min. Cavia Ascenseur pour l’échafaud Louis Malle’s debut, this stylish 1958 noir crime film stars Jeanne Moreau and boasts an improvised soundtrack by Miles Davis. In French with Dutch subtitles. 90 min. Pathé Tuschinski

Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie Luis Buñuel’s 1972 comic masterpiece, about three well-to-do couples who try and fail to have a meal together, is perhaps the most perfectly achieved and executed of all his late French films. The film proceeds by diverse interruptions, digressions and interpolations; one of the things that makes it as charming as it is, despite its radicalism, is the perfect cast, many of whom bring along nearly mythic associations acquired in previous French films. Frightening, funny, profound and mysterious. With Delphine Seyrig, Stephane Audran, Bulle Ogier and Jean-Pierre Cassel, as well as Buñuel regulars Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur and Julien Bertheau. In French with Dutch subtitles. (JR) 101 min. Filmmuseum City Lights Charlie Chaplin’s sublime 1931 silent movie about a tramp in love with a blind flower girl. 87 min. Kriterion Don’t Look Now A frightening and consistently inventive film (1973) that poses a none-too-original question—are things ever what they seem, or never what they seem?—and answers that both alternatives are perfectly true. Nicolas Roeg directs with a cameraman’s eye for eerie detail and cuts his baroque images (the film is set in Venice) into a bizarre montage of past, present and future tenses. With Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie; based on a novel by Daphne du Maurier. (DK) 110 min. De Nieuwe Anita Fados After Carlos Saura made his series of flamenco films, the Portuguese invited him to do a similar job on their national musical form, the fado. The film features a lineup of great musicians, including Chico Buarque and Caetano Veloso—who aren’t exactly fado singers, but who’s counting? Showing along with Saura’s Tango as part of the Amsterdam Roots Festival. In Portuguese with Dutch subtitles. 90 min. Melkweg Cinema Hundstage Ulrich Seidl’s 2001 feature is a free-form chronicle of an unbearably humid summer weekend. Its plot swerves vertiginously between a rabidly jealous young man’s pursuit of his free-spirited girlfriend, the antics of a mentally unhinged female hitchhiker, an elderly man’s poignant but disturbing efforts to seduce his housekeeper, and the gang rape of a teacher. By the end, Seidl’s visual flair has been neutralised by his weakness for over-the-top narrative pyrotechnics—this is more warmed-over Quentin Tarantino than Georg Grosz. In German with Dutch subtitles. 121 min. Rialto Le Journal d’une femme de chambre Oddly enough, Jean Renoir’s 1946 Hollywood version of Octave Mirbeau’s novel was a lot crueler and more ‘Buñuel-esque’ than this, Buñuel’s own remarkable and neglected 1964 French version. Formally and thematically, this is one of Buñuel’s subtlest and most intriguing late works; the novel’s action is updated to the ‘30s and includes a commentary on the French fascism of the period. This was the first of Buñuel’s many fruitful collaborations with screenwriter JeanClaude Carriere and producer Serge Silberman. Jeanne Moreau plays the heroine, and others in the cast include Michel Piccoli, Georges Geret and Françoise Lugagne. In French with Dutch subtitles. (JR) 98 min. Filmmuseum

L’Age d’or & Las Hurdes L’Age d’or (1930), Luis Buñuel’s first and most radical feature, was banned

for decades, and it continues to pack a jolt. Forsaking consecutive plot, the film is more like an anarchist bomb, starting off as a documentary before assaulting church, state and society—particularly high society—in the name of eros. Except for his 1932 pseudo-documentary Las Hurdes (also showing), this ferocious act of revolt kept Buñuel virtually unemployed as a director for 17 years. In French with English subtitles. (JR) Filmmuseum Land and Freedom Ken Loach, perhaps the most accomplished and intelligent Marxist practitioner of social realism left in England, stretches his impressive talents in this 1995 film, depicting the Spanish civil war from the perspective of a young unemployed Communist from Liverpool (Ian Hart) who joins the Republican anti-Franco forces. This is historically convincing as well as gripping—Loach near his passionate best—and, far from offering a standard defense of the Communist position, presents a detailed revisionist critique of the party’s betrayal of other leftist factions in Spain. (JR) 109 min. OT301 Nederlandse Animatie Tour 2008 This compilation of 16 recent shorts contains some nice films, but mostly it misses the mark. A project of the Nederlands Instituut voor Animatiefilm and the Holland Animation Film Festival(HAFF), it contains mostly films that are either arty and safe or arty and garish; it’s neither a contemporary selection nor a good overview of the highlights in Dutch animation in the past five years. (LvH) Kriterion Notes on a Scandal A bitter old history teacher at a wild English high school (Judi Dench) befriends an attractive young colleague who’s just arrived (Cate Blanchett), only to discover she’s having sex with a 15-year-old student. Adapted from a novel by Zoë Heller, this drama is both literate and urgently plotted, with a voice-over from Dench that cuts like broken glass. Her character is sly, controlling, desperately lonely and capable of anything, and when Blanchett’s secret gets out, a proper chamber drama explodes into something much more troubling. Richard Eyre (Iris) directed. (JJ) 91 min. Pathé ArenA Once A scruffy Dublin busker (Glen Hansard, in real life the frontman of indie rock band The Frames) finds his personal groupie in a young Czech flower seller, who becomes his songwriting partner and muse. Together, they form a band and decide to record a demo tape to send to the London record executives. This tiny little film has its charms: the spontaneity of its performers, the Irish settings, and lots of great folkrock songs that help you through its 90 minutes and its thin plot, which seems borrowed from one of those early MGM ‘Let’s-put-on-a-show’ musicals. But if you’re looking for more substance, Once might not be enough for you. (MB) Melkweg Cinema

Simón del desierto & Un chien andalou Two classic surrealist shorts from Buñuel, the first from 1965 (in Spanish with English subtitles), the second from 1928 (silent). Filmmuseum Tango AKA Tango, no me dejes nunca (‘Tango, Never Leave Me’), this 1998 film is another of Carlos Saura’s semi-fictional approaches to a musical genre, in this case the national sound of Argentina. Lots of music, lots of dancing. In Spanish with Dutch subtitles. 117 min. Melkweg Cinema

and Glover gets an eviction notice. One wants to protect this mushy film, but it’s hard not to gag on the cuteness. With Melonie Diaz and Mia Farrow. (JR) 98 min. Kriterion, Pathé De Munt, Studio K Caótica Ana There is a thin line between being inspired and being obsessed. Spanish director Julio Medem, who wowed the arthouse audience with very personal and highly artistic projects like La Ardilla Roja and Los Amantes del Círculo Polar, has crossed that boundary with his latest film, Caótica Ana (‘Chaotic Ana’). The title character has ‘an abyss in her subconscious’, a storage room for the memories of other women who died horrible deaths – usually at the hands of a male aggressor. In his quest for subliminal messages, Medem has forgotten to supply us with a story or any interesting characters. The film is an orgy of signs of which only the maker appreciates the significance. (BS) 120 min. Cinecenter, Het Ketelhuis

Winners and Losers Music documentarist Lech Kowalski went in a new direction with this 2007 football film. He chronicles the 2006 World Cup final between France and Italy (with Zidane’s famous headbutt), not by showing the game itself, but by sending cameras to Rome and Paris to record the reactions of TV-watching fans. 80 min. Melkweg Cinema ’N Beetje Verliefd Martin Koolhoven (Het Schnitzelparadijs) brings us another multicultural comedy with a multinational cast. Cute 19-year-old rapper Yes-R stars as Omar, who can marry his Turkish sweetie only if he oil-wrestles her brother (figure that one out). He goes for help to his grandfather Thijs (Ad van Kempen), who used to be a wrestling champion. Also with Plien van Bennekom, Tjitske Reidinga and Sabri Saad El-Hamus. In Dutch. 82 min. Het Ketelhuis

comprehension. Still, Juliette has refused to defend her actions, even to her younger sister Léa (Elsa Zylberstein), who desperately wants to understand. A strong, composed debut by novelist Philippe Claudel. In French with Dutch subtitles. (BS) 115 min. Cinecenter, Het Ketelhuis, Pathé Tuschinski Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Indiana Jones has aged 20 years, from the 1930s to the 1950s, and in the Spielberg/Lucas universe this means hot rod cars and Triumph bikes, bland college McCarthyism, nasty Soviet comrades, the atomic scare and, yes, UFOs. The period shift works pretty well, and gives the film-makers a new palette of elements in which to play with their old character. Professor Jones has aged gracefully, and so has Harrison Ford, joined here by his original Raiders co-star Karen Allen and newcomer Shia LaBeouf. As in Raiders, there are countless movie quotations to keep the film buffs busy; and overall Indy 4 manages to temporarily recreate that nostalgic sense of wonder that’s been painfully lacking in recent cinema. (MB) 123 min. The Movies, Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski

Into Funny Games (US) Funny Games (US) Ten years after his original Funny Games, Michael Haneke deemed it time for an American version, with Naomi Watts and Tim Roth as the happy couple who are being terrorised by two boys at their summer home. At first glance, this virtually shotby-shot remake seems rather superfluous. The only real differences, the casting choices, aren’t exactly improvements. Still, Haneke’s message has lost none of its urgency. It’s still an in-your-face contemplation of the relationship between film, audience and violence, one that constantly plays with and thwarts your expectations for what—on the surface—looks like just another conventional family-in-peril thriller. (BS) 111 min. The Movies, Pathé De Munt, Rialto La Graine et le mulet Sixty-year-old Slimane Beiji has just been fired from his dockworker’s job in Sète, in southern France. He has been living in a shabby hotel ever since his divorce, but does his very best to keep in touch with his children. At the same time, he is having an affair with his landlady and has grown fond of her daughter, Rym. It is Rym who helps him realise his last dream: to run a couscous restaurant. Tunisian-French director Abdel Kechiche wants to paint a complete family picture. He succeeds, but at a cost: estrangement from Beiji. It’s not until two hours in that we really begin to understand his pain and appreciate his friendship with Rym—just in time for a beautiful finale. In French with Dutch subtitles. (MP) 151 min. Cinecenter, Rialto

Happy-Go-Lucky Poppy (Sally Hawkins) teaches kindergarten in North London, lives in a flatshare with her best friend and fellow teacher Zoe, goes clubbing on Friday nights, and is the kind of person who, in the words of Eric Idle, always looks on the bright side of life. For example, she regards the fact that her bike has been stolen as motivation to improve her skills and decides to take driving lessons instead. That’s how she ends up meeting Scott (Eddie Marsan), who’s basically her opposite. Not much happens in Mike Leigh’s latest film, but Hawkins’s Poppy is one of the great characters of the current cinematic year. (MB) Cinecenter, Kriterion, The Movies, Pathé Tuschinski

The Way I Spent the End of The World After

years of change and culture shock, Romanian filmmakers are finally starting to portray the chaos of the 1989 revolution. This utterly charming and well-acted family portrait by Catalin Mitulescu is set in the last year before Ceausescu’s fall, when fear and repression were still part of everyday life. Small dramas are paralleled with the historical changes taking place in the background: teenager Eva falls in love with Alex, son of a Communist Party member, much to the dismay of her dictator-hating grandfather and her devious little brother. In Romanian with Dutch subtitles. (MdR) 106 min. Kriterion

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Happy-Go-Lucky I’m Not There Todd Haynes’s ambitious and daring new film is a biopic in the sense that it depicts the main events in Bob Dylan’s life and career. But they are not told in chronological order, and Haynes uses six different actors to play the singer. The different performers (including Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Christian Bale and the black actor Marcus Carl Franklin) and the constant moving back and forth in time don’t make it easy to identify with any of the Dylans. But simple identification is probably not what Haynes is after. His film is not about Dylan himself, but about the mythmaking around a pop star. I’m Not There has its moments, but in the end it’s more an interesting audiovisual lecture than an overwhelming cinematographic experience. (MM) 135 min. Studio K Il y a longtemps que je t’aime Kristin Scott Thomas is a talent who cannot be used often enough. Her characters are usually hard-as-nails socialites, who fanatically guard their real emotions with cynicism and acerbic wit. In Il y a longtemps que je t’aime (I loved you for so long), she has never been more brittle, or so tough. Her Juliette has just been released after 15 years in prison for a crime that seems beyond

the Wild Moving, if somewhat overlong, account of the life of Christopher McCandless, with a bravura performance from Emile Hirsch. At the age of 22, McCandless left his wealthy, dysfunctional family, gave his college cash to Oxfam and took off into the breathtaking beauty of the American wilderness. What starts as a run-of-the-mill road movie twists into an American Odyssey as, after two years away from it all, McCandless meets an untimely death in the wilds of Alaska. The usual Characters Met Along the Way include Catherine Keener, Vince Vaughn and Hal Holbrook. McCandless won’t stick with any of them, and gradually begins to unravel in his determined solitude. The film becomes a meditation on the human need for human company, framed against some of the most glorious scenery the world has to offer. A triumph for Sean Penn as a director, backed by a custom soundtrack from Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder. (AD) 140 min. Cinecenter, The Movies, Pathé Tuschinski

Into the Wild Lars and the Real Girl An awkward young man in a small Minnesota town (Ryan Gosling) invites his older brother (goofy Paul Schneider) and sister-in-law (Emily Mortimer) to meet his new fiancée, but to their horror and embarrassment she turns out to be made of rubber. The local psychiatrist advises them to play along with his delusion, and eventually the close-knit religious community, moved by concern for the brothers, joins in. I’m not sure there’s still that much compassion in the world, but in keeping with the spirit of the movie, I was willing to pretend. Craig Gillespie directed a script by Six Feet Under writer Nancy Oliver. (JJ) 106 min. Cinema Amstelveen Leatherheads George Clooney’s winning streak as a director screeches to a halt with this flat screwball comedy about the early days of professional football. As captain of the ragtag Duluth Bulldogs in 1925, Clooney looks way too old to be on the field, and having all the characters make jokes about his age doesn’t help. Renee Zellweger (who’s made four period pictures since Chicago in 2002) gets some warmed-over Front Page stuff as a Chicago Tribune reporter who’s trying to expose as a fraud Clooney’s war-hero star player. She and Clooney never strike sparks, leaving him with nothing at the climax but the amusing spectacle of a big, muddy game. With Jonathan Pryce. (JJ) 114 min. Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski La León The North Argentinean Paraná delta is more than just an intricate maze of isles and streams. It’s also a labyrinth of hidden desires, as is the case with the homosexual Alvaro (Jorge Román), whose life has been made hell by El Turu (Daniel Valenzuela), the captain of a barge that connects the various small communities with the mainland. This black-and-white feature film debut by Argentine director Santago Otheguy oozes atmosphere, but could have done with something resembling a storyline besides the beautifully evocative pictures of rustling reeds, gloomy riverbanks and long held gazes. In Spanish with Dutch subtitles. (BS) 85 min. Rialto De muze A young poet with writer’s block (Matthias Schoenaerts) goes to an Antonioni movie and falls in love with the director’s ‘muse’, Monica Vitti. Wandering through the city at night, he meets a woman (Tara Elders) with a remarkable resemblance to the Italian actress. Still, her presence doesn’t seem to be helping his poetry. This new film by Ben van Lieshout has no dialogue; the voice-over, spoken by Fedja van Huêt, is from J.M. Coetzee’s memoir Youth. In Dutch 72 min. Filmmuseum

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El Orfanato Laura, her husband Carlos and her adopted son Simon return to the orphanage she grew up in to turn it into a home for mentally handicapped children. When Simon starts befriending invisible children and later disappears, she is forced to confront her own trauma and maternal fears as well as the dark history of the place. Another of the highly atmospheric gothic horror films that are rapidly becoming a staple of the Spanish cinematic output, El Orfanato is a wellcrafted suspense tale that is light on the blood and guts, but will still fill you with a feeling of ominous dread. In Spanish with Dutch subtitles. (LvH) Kriterion, Studio K Paris This Altmanesque tale, written and directed by Cédric Klapisch (Chacun cherche son chat), is centred around a male dancer (Romain Duris) who needs a heart transplant and has to come to terms with his fear of death. But he’s the least interesting of the characters who drop by in this interwoven, matter-of-fact assortment of stories—one that, among other things, attempts to elevate ordinary street market workers to sex gods capable of reeling in the supermodels. The dreaded French cliché pops up time and time again, but a fairly uninteresting main character is about all that plagues this appealing Parisian slice of life. Juliette Binoche leads an excellent ensemble cast. In French with Dutch subtitles. (LvH) 130 min. Pathé Tuschinski, De Uitkijk Rendition They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, but sometimes good intentions pave the red carpet to your tasteful local cinema. This is the case with Rendition, an overzealous attempt at heavy-handed Hollywood screenwriting designed to impart to American audiences that torture = bad. While it’s a noble thing to make a film that counterbalances the interrogation porn of 24, and it’s nice to jazz it up with great actors (Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep), anybody who has been following the news should know all this already. And as always, the truth in this matter is far more insidious and noxious than fiction. Directed by Gavin Hood, apparently as a transitional project between his art-house hit Tsotsi and the upcoming XMen: Wolverine. (LvH) 120 min. Cinema Amstelveen Tricks A Polish coming-of-age comedy directed by Andrzej Jakimowski. In Polish with Dutch subtitles. 95 min. Filmmuseum Tropa de Elite Months before it won the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival, Tropa de Elite was already the most illegally downloaded film ever in Brazil, with more than 1.5 million pirated copies sold. Industry insiders looked at this as not only a fantastic publicity stunt but a way to dismiss controversy regarding the film’s main theme: brutal police violence on the streets of Rio. The Elite Squad of the title claim to be the world’s most effective urban warriors, and their fascistic methods are portrayed in extremely realistic terms. The film’s high-octane action and right-wing morals make it feel like a Hollywood cop thriller with a samba soundtrack. It’s no surprise that Tropa director José Padilha is now attached to an action movie at Warner Bros, appropriately titled A Willing Patriot. In Portuguese with Dutch subtitles. (MB) 118 min. Kriterion, Pathé Tuschinski

Funny Games (US) Le Voyage du ballon rouge Chinese master HsiaoHsien Hou (Café Lumière, Three Times) has based his first French-language feature loosely on Albert Lamorisse’s 1956 classic Le Ballon rouge. Here the balloon and the story follow young Chinese film-maker Song (Song Fang), who moonlights as a nanny in the house of Suzanne, an edgy, emotionally unstable voice actress (Juliette Binoche in another brilliant, subtle role). Song bonds with Suzanne’s son, but still there’s something missing, symbolised by the presence of the self-willed red balloon, which peeks through windows and peeps around corners. In French with Dutch subtitles. (BS) 113 min. The Movies, Rialto

You, the Living A brutally deadpan comedy by Swedish director Roy Andersson, who seems to have translated the entire range of human misery into a loosely connected series of slapstick gags. His black humor is impressively layered, each layer darker than the last: when a joker at a family banquet insists on performing that old parlour trick of yanking the tablecloth out from under the dishes, he not only shatters a huge collection of crystal and china but also reveals—look sharp or you’ll miss it—a vintage dining table inlaid with swastikas. Andersson’s building block is a static long shot so solidly composed it suggests a panel in a comic strip; the central figure is often encased in his own suffering, and sometimes additional laughs come from a background figure surveying his despair in open-mouthed bewilderment. (JJ) 94 min. Filmmuseum

FILM TIMES Thursday 12 June until Wednesday 18 June. Times are provided by cinemas and are subject to last-minute changes. Film times also at www.amsterdamweekly.nl. Cavia Van Hallstraat 52-I, 681 1419 La Ardilla roja Thur, Fri 20.30. Cinecenter Lijnbaansgracht 236, 623 6615 Caótica Ana daily 16.00; La Graine et le mulet daily 18.30; Happy-Go-Lucky daily 16.15, 19.00, 21.45, Sun also 11.00, 13.30 Il y a longtemps que je t'aime daily 16.15, 19.00, 21.45, Sun also 11.00, 13.30 Into the Wild daily 15.45, 18.45, 21.45 XXY daily 22.00, Sun also 11.15, 14.00. Cinema Amstelveen Plein 1960 2, Amstelveen, 547 5175 Drakenjagers Sat, Wed 13.30, Sun 11.30 Dunya & Desie Sat, Wed 15.30, Sun 13.30 Lars and the Real Girl Sun 15.45, Tues, Wed 20.30 Rendition Thur-Sat 20.30. Filmmuseum Vondelpark 3, 589 1400 El ángel exterminador Sun, Mon, Tues 19.30 Belle de jour Sat 19.30 Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie Sat 14.00 Fanny & Alexander daily 20.30, Sat, Sun also 16.00, Wed also 17.00 Le Fantôme de la liberté Wed 17.00 El Gran Calavera Thur, Fri 17.00 Le Journal d'une femme de chambre Wed 19.30 La Joven Mon, Tues 17.00 Kirikou en de heks Sun, Wed 14.00 L'Age d'or & Las Hurdes Sun 17.00 La mort en ce jardin Thur, Fri 19.30 De muze Sat 14.15, Sun 15.00 Simón del desierto & Un chien andalou Sat 15.45 Stellet Licht Thur, Fri, Tues, Wed 21.30, Sat 17.00 Tricks Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues 17.30 You, the Living Sat, Sun, Mon 21.30 Zandkasteel, Het & De Notenkraker Sun, Wed 13.45. Het Ketelhuis Haarlemmerweg 8-10, 684 0090 African Bambi Sat, Sun, Wed 14.45 De Avonturen van het Molletje Sat, Sun, Wed 13.00, Sun also 11.30 Blackwater Fever daily 21.15 Caótica Ana daily 21.30 Deining Sun 17.00 Dunya & Desie Thur-Sat, Mon-Wed 17.15, 19.15, Sat, Sun, Wed 12.30 Il y a longtemps que je t'aime daily 17.00, 20.30, Sat, Sun also 14.30 Juno daily 17.15 Morrison krijgt een zusje Sat, Sun, Wed 13.30, Sat, Wed also 15.00, Sun also 11.45 Zomerhitte Thur-Tue 19.30 ’N Beetje Verliefd Sun 19.30. Kriterion Roetersstraat 170, 623 1708 Be Kind Rewind Thur-Tues 19.45 City Lights Mon 22.00 De Gebroeders Leeuwenhaart Wed 15.00 Happy-Go-Lucky daily 20.00, Thur-Mon, Wed also 22.15, Sun also 15.00 Nederlandse Animatie Tour 2008 daily 18.30 El Orfanato daily 17.30, Fri, Sat also 0.00 Pippi in Taka Tuka Land Sun, Wed 15.15, Sun 13.15 Reclaim Your Brain daily 19.15, 21.45 Sneak Preview Tues 22.15 De Spiderwick-Kronieken Sun, Wed 14.45, Sun also 12.30 Tropa de Elite Thur-Tues 17.00, Thur-Sun, Tues, Wed 22.00, Fri, Sat also 0.15 The Way I Spent the End of The World Wed 17.00. Melkweg Cinema Lijnbaansgracht 234A, 624 1777 Control Wed 19.00 Fados Mon 19.00 Lou Reed's Berlin Sun-Tues 19.00 Once Fri, Tues 19.00 Tango Sat 19.00 Winners and Losers Thur 19.00. The Movies Haarlemmerdijk 159-165, 638 6016 Funny Games (US) daily 16.45 Happy-Go-Lucky daily 19.15, 21.30, Sat also 14.45, Sun also 12.15 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull daily 17.00, 19.30, Thur-Tues also 22.00, Sat, Sun, Wed also 14.30, Sun also 12.00 Into the Wild daily 18.45, 21.40, Sat, Sun, Wed also 13.45 Sex and the City:The Movie daily 16.15, 19.00, 21.45, Sat, Sun, Wed 13.30, Sun also 10.45 De Spiderwick-Kronieken Sun, Wed 14.45 Le Voyage du ballon rouge daily 16.30, Sun also 11.30. De Nieuwe Anita Frederik Hendrikstraat 111, 06 4150 3512, Don't Look Now Mon 20.30. OT301 Overtoom 301, 779 4913 Land and Freedom Tues 20.30 Sprocket Sounds Sun 20.30. Pathé ArenA ArenA Boulevard 600, 0900 1458 All the Boys Love Mandy Lane daily 12.40, 17.10, 21.50, Sat also 0.00 Alvin en de Chipmunks Fri-Sun, Wed 11.50, 14.20

Dunya & Desie daily 12.10, 14.20, 16.30 Fool's Gold daily 14.45, 19.10 The Happening daily 12.10, 14.10, 16.10, 18.10, 20.10, 22.10, Sat, Sun also 10.10, Sat, also 0.10 Horton (NL) Fri-Sun, Wed 12.50, 15.10, 17.20, Sat, Sun also 10.40 How She Move daily 19.20, 21.40, Thur, Mon, Tues also 17.00, Thur, Mon also 12.15, 14.20, Sat also 23.50 The Incredible Hulk Sat 21.30, 0.00 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull daily 13.15, 14.00, 16.00, 16.45, 19.40, 20.45, Thur-Sun, Tues, Wed also 18.45, Thur, Fri, Sun, Tues, Wed also 21.30, Sat, Sun also 10.30, 11.15, Sat also 22.20, 23.30 Iron Man daily 17.50, 20.50, Thur, Mon, Tues also 12.20, 15.10 Made of Honour daily 12.30, 14.50, 17.20, 19.45, 22.00, Sat, Sun also 10.15, Sat also 0.20 Morrison krijgt een zusje Fri-Sun, Wed 16.40 Notes on a Scandal Tues 13.30 Over Her Dead Body Thur-Sun, Tues, Wed 18.50, 21.10, Thur, Mon, Tues also 12.00, 14.20, Thur, Tues also 16.40, Sat also 23.20 Sarkar Raj daily 13.00, 15.40, 18.20, 21.00, Sat, Sun also 10.30, Sat also 22.30, 23.30 Sex and the City: The Movie daily 11.30, 13.30, 14.30, 16.30, 17.30, 19.30, 20.30, Sat, Sun also 10.30, Sat also 22.30, 23.30 Sneak Preview Tues 21.00 Speed Racer (Imax) daily 11.45, 14.40, 17.40 Taken daily 19.00, 21.20, Sat also 23.30 What Happens in Vegas daily 11.50, 14.10, 16.20, 18.30, ThurMon, Wed also 20.40, Sat also 23.00 Winx Club en het geheim van het verloren rijk 21. Pathé De Munt Vijzelstraat 15, 0900 1458 All the Boys Love Mandy Lane Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 18.00, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 13.10, Sun also 10.15, Sat 17.00 Be Kind Rewind daily 18.45, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 16.00, Sat also 16.20 The Bucket List Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 21.40, Sat 20.45 Dunya & Desie Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 16.15, Sat also 15.10 Fool's Gold Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 19.00, Sat also 17.45 Funny Games (US) Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 15.20, Thur, Fri, Sun, Mon, Tues also 20.15, Wed also 21.20, Sat 14.30, 19.20, 22.15 The Happening Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.15, 14.30, 17.00, 19.30, 22.00, Sun also 10.15, Sat 11.40, 14.00, 16.15, 18.30, 21.00, 23.30 How She Move Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.25, 14.40, 17.10, 19.20, Sun also 10.15, Sat 10.40, 12.50, 15.15, 18.20, 23.20 The Incredible Hulk Fri 20.45, Sat 20.30 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.10, 12.30, 14.45, 15.30, 17.30, 18.30, 20.30, 21.30, Fri also 21.10, Sat 10.15, 11.15, 13.00, 14.15, 15.45, 17.15, 19.00, 20.15, 21.15, 22.00, 23.15 Iron Man Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.00, 14.50, 17.45, Thur, Sun, Mon, Wed also 20.45, Tues also 21.35, Sat 10.30, 13.30, 16.30, 19.45, 22.45 Leatherheads Thur, Fri, Sun-Tues 13.30, Thur, Sun-Wed 21.10, Sat 13.40 Made of Honour Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 13.15, 15.45, 18.20, 21.00, Sun also 10.50, Sat 11.00, 13.45, 16.45, 19.15, 21.45 Morrison krijgt een zusje Sat 11.30, Sun 11.20, Wed 13.30 Over Her Dead Body Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 13.45, Thur, Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed also 21.50, Sun also 11.30, Sat 12.15, 23.10 Sex and the City:The Movie daily 12.00, 15.00, 18.10, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 13.00, 16.30, 20.00, 21.20, Sat also 12.45, 16.00, 19.30, 21.30, 23.00 Sneak Preview Tues 21.45 Speed Racer Sat 11.20, Sun, Wed 12.20 Taken Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 15.10, 17.15, 19.45, 22.10, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 12.45, Sat 15.30, 18.00, 20.40, 23.10 What Happens in Vegas Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.00, 14.15, 16.45, 19.15, 21.45, Sat 10.15, 12.30, 14.45, 17.30, 20.00, 22.30 Winx Club en het geheim van het verloren rijk 21. Pathé Tuschinski Reguliersbreestraat 34, 0900 1458 Ascenseur pour l'échafaud Sun 10.30 Cassandra's Dream Thur-Mon 13.15 Happy-Go-Lucky daily 21.30, Fri, Mon also 13.15, Sat, Sun, Wed also 13.50 Il y a longtemps que je t'aime daily 12.45, 18.30, 21.15 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull daily 12.00, 15.00, 18.00, 21.00 Into the Wild daily 14.00, 17.15, 20.30 Leatherheads daily 15.45 Das Leben der Anderen Thur, Tues 13.30 Morrison krijgt een zusje Sat, Sun 12.00 Paris daily 12.30, 18.15 Sex and the City:The Movie daily 13.30, 17.00, 20.30 Tropa de Elite daily 15.30, 21.40 What Happens in Vegas daily 16.30, 19.00. Rialto Ceintuurbaan 338, 676 8700 Funny Games (US) daily 22.00 La Graine et le mulet Thur-Mon, Wed 18.15, 21.15, Sat, Sun also 15.00 Hundstage Tues 19.45 La León daily 19.10, Sat also 16.30 Paul dans sa vie daily 17.30, 19.45, Sat, Sun also 15.15 Le Voyage du ballon rouge daily 21.00, Sun also 16.30 The Wedding Crashers Fri, Sat 23.15. Studio K Timorplein 62, 692 0422, Be Kind Rewind For times, see www.studio-k.nu Dunya & Desie For times, see www.studio-k.nu Horton (NL) For times, see www.studio-k.nu I'm Not There For times, see www.studio-k.nu El Orfanato For times, see www.studio-k.nu Shine a Light .For times, see www.studio-k.nu De Uitkijk Prinsengracht 452, 623 7460 Un Baiser s'il vous plait Fri, Sun, Tues 16.45 Le Ballon Rouge & Crin-Blanc Sat 15.15, Wed 14.45 Closing the Ring Thur-Tues 18.45, Wed 16.30 Joaquin Sabina: 19 días y 500 noches Thur, Sat, Mon 17.00 Nederland - Soviet-Unie Wed 21.30 Paris Thur-Tues 21.15, Wed 19.00.

Ladywood by Jennifer Lyon Bell

RUTH VAN BEEK

12-18 June 2008

THE POLITICS OF FAKING My boyfriend makes me come all the time, but very occasionally when he’s trying to please me, I just can’t focus. So I fake it, since I’m pretty aroused anyway. Is this horrible of me? -Faking It, Not Making It It sounds like you have a good guy on your hands (or, inside you, as it were). And white lies sometimes have a place in a healthy relationship. If your boyfriend has a smooth chest but you generally like furry, you could fudge the truth about that. It’s not like he’s going to get a chest follicle replacement, unless he’s an idiot millionaire. But faking an orgasm is a dangerous lie. Of course your orgasms are equally as important as his, and he should be psyched to give them to you every time. But sweetheart, where is it written that you’re a failure if you can’t orgasm (or multiple orgasm, or female-ejaculate, or whatnot) every single time? You have the right to come, and you have the right not to come. No matter what the media machine tells you, sexual liberation doesn’t require being cranked up to 11 every moment of the day. You might start out horny, but peter out. Sometimes it’s hormones (your cycle or the pill), or perhaps you’ve had a truly hideous day. No matter what tricks your guy pulls out of the bedside table, it’s just not going to happen. You might need a break, or a whisky on the rocks, or just to stop entirely. Alternately, switch the dynamic to take the pressure off you. You might ask him to masturbate for you. Watching him writhe might arouse you again without over-stimulating your pussy. Or do something just for him that turns both of you on, like playing with his ass. Once you change gears, you’ll both feel freer. And then more orgasms come tumbling your way before you know it. And, FYI, even if you’re turned on, it’s a terrible idea to fake it. As a film-maker dedicated to capturing real orgasms on film even though the fake ones are a hell of a lot cheaper and easier to engineer, I can tell you that a real orgasm manifests in a thousand tiny ways, the noises you make, heat flushes on your skin, the subtle spasms and the grand ones. Do you really want to teach him to read your body wrong? And aren’t you secretly upset when he can’t tell the difference? Stick to real orgasms: accept no substitutes. Sex questions? Email to ladywood@amsterdamweekly.nl

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