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04/07/2008 - 14:32 - EVA BESNYOSTRAAT

By Peter Cleutjens

This week is Pride week and it’s a worthy celebration, encouriging an influx of tourists who’re infinitely more colourful than the usual bunch, as well as letting locals explore the other side.

But our cover feature wonders if perhaps the organisation forgot their condoms when it comes to this year’s huge influx of corporate, bank and police sponsors. In other circus-related news, a 17-year-old boy lost a chunk of his ear earlier this week in the east of the Netherlands while riding a Crazy Dinoride... Both the annual Parade and The Great Flying Circus of North Korea open this week in Amsterdam... Last week, the local TV station AT5 started running a new docu-soap, Het Circus, that follows the local kermis family Herman Renz and features the clowns Milko and Frenky. (Holy crap, they’re scary...) And last but not least, the bleached volkszanger Dries Roelvink announced last month that he was parting company with long-time manager Andre van Commenee. Roelvink cited irreconcilable differences. ‘Andre was on another level. I missed my old circuit,’ he said before continuing about how there’s nothing better than performing for 40 minutes at a small town circus... Whatever floats your boat.

Features Inbox Fantastic Lady . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Nature Calls Gay kingdom . . . . . . . . 4 News Preventative body search . . . . 5 Amstergraph Romantic spots. . . . . . 5 A Quick Bike Fix Anarchy . . . . . . . . 5 Street Fashion Carnival . . . . . . . . . . 6 Report Rita the pig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The People Versus Garbage. . . . . . . 6 Interview Remco Daalders . . . . . . . . 7 Main feature Corporate sex . . . . . . . 8 Three Questions DJ Maestro . . . . . 12 Lekker Bezig Low tech VJs. . . . . . . 16 Film Review Lemon Tree. . . . . . . . . 18 Film Open air screenings . . . . . . . . . 20

Agenda Short List 10 / Music 11 / Clubs 12 / Gay & Lesbian 13 / Stage 13 / Events 14 / Art 14 / Addresses 17 / Film 18 / Film Times 20

Plus Dining Italian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 A Night in the Life Chaos. . . . . . . . 21 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Eefje Wentelteefje . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

On the cover Collage by Tom Mason www.tommason.eu

Next week A South African in Amsterdam

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AROUND TOWN

Inbox

Furious over Fantastic Men

Nature calling

By Mark Wedin

Submitted by: Pierre Bouvier By: email Date: 24 July I note Amsterdam Weekly has no letters-to-the-editor section. Hardly surprising it would seek to avoid public feedback when it publishes such unadulterated pabulum as the lead article in Volume 5, Issue 28, the ‘Fashion Issue’. A more pathetic torrent of self-congratulatory drivel from two such talent-free, pretentious, air-headed, name-dropping idiots I have never had the misfortune to read. It’s a wonder those two can breathe with their heads so far up their own arses. A veritable two-man ambulatory Temple of Twat. Circlejerk inanity masquerading as avant-garde artistry. Very typical of (but sadly not limited to) the Amsterdam ‘art scene’. Provincials desperate to sound cosmopolitan.

‘Oh but it’s all ironic.’ Yeah right. They don’t even know the meaning of the word. And they believe every single one of theirs...

‘Prada is all about counter-culture.’ How can anyone say that and not projectile-vomit? The pope wears Prada shoes, for Pete’s sake. And from an editorial point of view, was the article writer, Mo Veld, desperately hoping for a shag from one or both of these wankers? Because that’s not an interview. It’s a blow-job in newsprint.

PS: What does ‘shaking some feathers’ mean?

Sticking a duster down your pants and going dancing?

Because the expression is ‘ruffling feathers’.

[Ed. Note: Writer Mo Veld does not want to further shake Mr Bouvier’s feathers by giving a response.]

I want my Ladywood Submitted by: Vladimir Lopatin By: email Date: 17 July I’ve been fascinated by Amsterdam Weekly and have been faithfully reading it since the moment I arrived in this beautiful city. I’ve been a witness of its being f@cked and unf@cked and growing into something bigger. I am still enjoying it, however it feels like there is a significant change, compared to what it used to be a couple of months ago.

Recently the newspaper has grown in size.

Before, it was an easy-reading resource—you read two or three main articles about life in the city, then about cultural events, then LadyWood and ‘weekly classifieds’. Done. Short, intense, easy. Now it’s more than 30 pages, feels more mainstream, and it definitely takes an effort to finish it.

And, last, but not least—what has happened to the ‘Ladywood’ column? It was one of my favorite pieces of Amsterdam Weekly—so open, free minded, diluted of any stupid taboos or stereotypes. I am really missing it a lot, as well as my room-mate and my girlfriend.

Could you please write a line or two why it was abolished, or maybe the author just quit?

[Ed. Note: Yes Ladywood is gone... No one sent in any questions so after she helped some friends and colleagues, we just assumed Amsterdam was already balanced sexually. But you can follow Ladywood’s film career at www.blueartichokefilm.com.]

Got an opinion? We want to hear it. inbox@amsterdamweekly.nl

Illustration by www.waynehorse.com

Animal style Newsflash: homosexuality is totally natural. Since sometime in the ’90s, sociobiologists have been documenting a rapidly growing number of species whose members range from harmless gay flirts to full-fledged flamers engaged in long, healthy relationships. In fact, the biggest challenge lately is to find a species that doesn’t have gay sects. So far, the exclusively straight list includes things like sea urchins and some aphids (but these creatures never copulate—they’ve got their own unique ways of propagation).

As for the gay list... Male flamingos will mate, build nests and even steal eggs from other couples to raise them as their own. Male black swans are somewhat more devious—they’ll mate with a female, and after she’s laid the eggs, chase her away and raise the chicks without her. (And it must work: a quarter of all black swans are raised by gay parents.) Female Kob antelopes engage in foreplay by rubbing each other’s genitals with their hoofs before mounting.

Some male giraffes are similar—enjoying hour-long foreplay before the main event. Opportunistic male bisons mate with females only during mating season, the rest of the year

they’re unabashed rump rangers. Same with walruses. And those naughty gray whales? Five-man orgies. Yep, they splash around rubbing against each other’s goods. And don’t even ask about the wood turtle. Meanwhile, female Japanese macaque monkeys rub genitals together—and they stick to their lesbian partners for some time. And let’s not forget the Bonobos, the chimp considered most closely related to humans. Nearly all of them are bisexual, and two thirds of the gay sex occurs among females. They even resolve most conflicts with sex. But, they also screw their brothers, sisters, fathers, uncles and aunts. So maybe, when expounding on the naturalness of gay affection, you might not want to use them as an example.

For gay animal tours, go to the Artis Zoo. See www.artis.nl and p. 9.

Got nature tips? naturecalls@amsterdamweekly.nl

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Privacy

AROUND TOWN

By Floris Dogterom

Have your body searched Random checks for weapons and drugs now in Amsterdam-Oost.

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‘een afgelikte boterham’ Amstergraph The most romantic spots according to city residents

‘Of course the police are installed cameras a going to especially check year or so ago it’s a Moroccans and Surimuch better place.’ namese. What do you Local resident think?’ The Moroccan Jolanda Huntelaar youths sitting outside of echoes his optimism. ‘I coffeeshop Warda 2 on have lived here for Javastraat in stadsdeel Zeetwelve years; I love this burg don’t have any doubts. neighbourhood. But And none of them are willwe have had a lot of ing to give their names. troubles with knifings, ‘And you know what the SWAT teams, you real pain in the ass is? If the name it. I even suspect police search you, even if a neighbour across the you have done nothing street of being a drug wrong, and people see this dealer. But that said, happening, they will autothe safety situation has matically assume that you improved a great deal actually did something in the last couple of wrong.’ years. As for the preSince the beginning of ventive searching: on this month the police are the one hand I think it’s allowed to carry out soa good idea, because called ‘preventive body the police are somesearches’ in parts of times powerless, but stadsdelen Oost-Wateron the other hand it is graafsmeer and Zeeburg. against my privacy Basically, they can stop any principles.’ passer-by and search him A Turkish jewor her for weapons and illeeller confirmed that gal substances. City Hall the Indische Buurt is said they took this meaon the up, but still he sure, as they’ve done earlier says, ‘at night there in Zuidoost, because the are young men hangneighbourhoods Indische ing around at every Buurt, Dapperbuurt and street corner. I don’t Transvaalbuurt have too know what they’re up many drug- and weaponto, but it must be Copping a feel Staged press photo by Coralie Vogelaar (thanks to www.alternatiefkostuum.nl) related violations of the drugs. The police public order. need to be tough on Ebe van der Land, spokesperson for much better in Zeeburg, in terms of these kids, so I fully support preventive the Amsterdam police, said the aforesafety,’ says Herman Huijzen, a member searching. But they shouldn’t discrimimentioned neighbourhoods are so-called of the Zeeburg council for the Groen- nate: Dutch kids can also be up to no veiligheidsrisicogebieden, or ‘safety risk Links party. ‘We actually have much good.’ The jeweller did not want to see areas’, so from now on ‘during certain more faith in the continued cooperation his name published, nor the street periods of the day you will not be between the many youth work initia- where his shop is located. ‘Maybe if allowed to carry a knife, not even a potatives that are already in place.’ But now these kids read this, they will come and to peeler.’ But strangely enough, Van der that it has been officially introduced, teach me a lesson.’

Land couldn’t say exactly when those Mo Hillic has run a shoe shop on the stadsdeel has no choice but to fully ‘certain periods’ will occur. ‘But I can Javastraat for the last 16 years, and feels cooperate in applying the measure. imagine that in the daytime, preventive Meanwhile on a rainy Saturday the measure is unnecessary. ‘The cambody-searching won’t be necessary,’ said afternoon, back on Javastraat, Oost’s eras are a big improvement already. And Van der Land, who also denied the main shopping strip, a multiculti now that the street has been renovated, charges of potential discrimination. ‘We crowd is doing their weekend shopping with broader pavements and all, you are not allowed to select. If an elderly in the many Moroccan, Turkish and have a much better overview of what’s couple is in the operational area, we will Surinamese shops. Tobacconist Fred happening out there. But what would search them too.’

Smit, a native Dutchman who runs a really help upgrade the street is subsidisThe two stadsdelen in Oost have business on Javastraat, says he has no ing entrepreneurs with classy shops. The always opposed the measure, but lack problem with preventive searching. ‘I’d better the shops, the better public you the power to stop it. Only Mayor Job empty my pockets if they asked me. If attract.’

Cohen has the authority to impose such So far, none of the interviewees you have nothing to hide, why worry?’ a measure. ‘It’s taken us by surprise, But Smit also observes a marked have actually seen the police in action. even more so because the recently pubimprovement in the neighbourhood. So it seems that in Oost you can still lished results of the city’s safety ‘There were knifings, parking prob- safely buy a potato peeler at the monitor indicate that things are going ___ lems, all sorts of trouble. But since they Blokker and bring it home.

Vondelpark - 22.6% / Leidseplein - 6.9% / Grachtengordel - 3.9% / Dam - 3.3% / Hortus - 2.2%.

Source: Onderzoek en Statistiek Amsterdam

Graph by Nicole Martens

A quick bike fix

By Pete Jordan

Anarchy Amsterdam fietsers have a reputation— both within the city and beyond its borders—for anarchist behaviour. No, we aren’t notorious for wearing black hoodies while smashing the state. Rather, we’re known—rightly or wrongly—for running red lights, riding at night without lights and parking our bikes anywhere we please.

This last behaviour turns some sidewalks into jungles where pedestrians must fight through tangled weeds of scattered bikes. So the success of the idea to steer parked bikes into demarcated spots on the sidewalk might seem as likely as a squatter anarchist wearing a pink Polo shirt to a riot.

But then the white-bordered boxes were recently implemented on the sidewalks of Muntplein and in front of the Albert Heijn on Jodenbreestraat. And guess what?

Turns out we cyclists aren’t such an uncivilised mob after all. On Jodenbreestraat, cyclists now stand their bikes parallel to each other in a tidy row. And on Muntplein, one afternoon when the marked off area was full, I watched cyclists patiently wait for others to vacate a spot so they could park their own bikes inside the box. In short, just give us a place to put our bikes and we’ll do so.

Of course, there’s always the chance that disarray may well reign again on the sidewalks. But before that happens, let’s say, ‘well done, Amsterdam fietsers’. Give yourselves pats on the backs!

React: bikes@amsterdamweekly.nl

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AROUND TOWN

The people versus...

Street fashion

By Floris Dogterom

By Mo Veld

Fashion Carnival

Illustration by Tomas Schats

Talking rubbish about garbage A system of underground garbage containers is slowing taking over the good old-fashioned technique of putting your garbage bags at the road side at set week days in order to be picked up by good old-fashioned garbage men. Mr P Kroonenberg (83) doesn’t like it.

Kroonenberg lives in an apartment building in Nieuwendam in Amsterdam-Noord, where, until summer 2007, he could bring his garbage bags to a communal room, from where they were picked up once a week. ‘You need a pass to open the underground garbage containers,’ he says. ‘Many people don’t have one, because they either couldn’t read the letter in which the stadsdeel announced the underground system, or didn’t bother to pick up it up. So they put their bags next to the container, thinking that [the bags] will be picked up—which doesn’t happen. Furthermore, people from suburbs, where you have to pay for every kilo of garbage that is collected, drop their bags at our containers as well. And if the system is jammed, it takes days before the situation is fixed. I think this garbage collection system contributes to the degeneration of the neighbourhood.’ Kroonenberg also objects to the distance to the containers. ‘Elderly people with mobility problems now have to go out on the street.’

Stadsdeel Noord alderman Kees Diepeveen, sitting in for his vacationing colleague for public space, Harm-Jan van Schaik, thinks that Kroonenberg is talking, well, rubbish. ‘The containers are checked on a daily basis. If they’re jammed or eighty per cent full, we are automatically warned. Furthermore, ninety-five per cent of the residents have a pass. As for “garbage tourism” by people from suburbs: in our experience it isn’t that bad at all. And for people with serious mobility problems we have an arrangement where we pick up their gar-bage at their homes.’

‘Diepeveen’s comment doesn’t surprise me,’ responds Kroonenberg. ‘I don’t expect him to admit that what I say is true. They adopted this system and now they stand behind it. He just wants to be re-elected.

But I see the bags being dropped off near the container, right in front of my window. I even have the pictures to prove it.’

So now who’s talking rubbish?

See: www.amsterdamweekly.nl/blog for Kroonenburg’s trashy photo.

Something to report? thepeopleversus@amsterdamweekly.nl

With fashion week sweeping our city, a certain group of professionals are experiencing a momentary sensation of relief. For a week or two they can at least pretend that dressing-up is the norm, knowing the crowd they are meeting would be both mirroring and recognising their efforts. No questions asked. And if they do get a funny look, at least they now feel confident enough to ignore it.

The funny thing is, even though as a city we normally tend to starve ourselves of the pleasure of extravagance, we are the first to go over-the-top when the right occasion presents itself in a safe environment created for the sole purpose of goofing around. Then, and only then, will we let go of our tendency towards ‘normalcy’.

The opening night of the IKIKIK exhibition at Mediamatic was just such an occasion. French fashion activism collective Andrea Crews— known for turning second-hand clothing into new fashion statements—set up a battery of sewing machines around a four-ton pile of well-selected Salvation Army clothing. After observing the example of the extremely wild-styled performance crew crawling over each other in the former ABNbank show-windows on Vijzelstraat, visitors started digging up pieces from the pile in order to have their own eccentrically cut-up Andrea Crews costume made on the spot. A couple of hours and

Proseccos later, the scene turned into a highly un-Dutch carnivalesque dress-up party. Let’s just say, the crowd loosened up. And because of the smoking ban, half of the hysterically outfitted scene ended up on the street, causing even more chaotic gaiety.

I myself had only nicked a pair of baby lederhosen (it would be criminal to cut those up). Sticking to my own outfit, I found myself thinking ‘What a waste!’ since the rag pile had some really good stuff in it (including a perfect powder-purple Pierre Cardin shirt that I rescued for a friend). Much of the pile got transformed into these quick ’n’ dirty—for the sake of this opening night performance only—crazy couture pieces that undoubtedly ended up in the trash the morning after. And like our hangovers, they will only fill us with an urge for a more toned-down lifestyle.

Fashion residue: less than zero.

There’s nothing wrong with a good Photo by Mo Veld dress up party and I know the Andrea Crews posse can actually sew together some seriously great stuff if they take the time. But I’m sure they’d love to bump into some of their creations in Albert Heijn on a regular weekday.

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The new economy

By Jaro Renout

Man kills and eats pet pig

If you’re planning on visiting De Parade (see Short List, p. 11) you might run into Rita, or at least a picture of her. Rita was a lovely Berkshire pig. She had a happy time running around with her brothers and sisters and is currently hanging in Andre Amaro’s mobile restaurant, Casa Isabel, neatly portioned off into hams, pates and sausages.

Amaro, a man with a passion for true food, reminisces... ‘Berkshire pigs were

practically extinct, not because we ate them, but because we didn’t, so there was no reason to preserve the species. We bought Rita from a hobby breeder last year and she stayed with her brothers and sisters in Best, near Eindhoven. After eight months we took her to a slaughterhouse, since you’re not allowed to do that yourself in Holland. She weighed about eighty-five kilos at the time.’

In his mobile restaurant, named after his deceased grandmother, a large picture of Amaro holding a very young Rita adorns the wall. For him it’s about knowing what you eat. ‘Here in Holland we are hypocritical about our food. We want our meat but we don’t want to know what it really looks like. We want it packed and sealed. There are as many pigs as there are people here.

Millions of unhappy pigs. That’s what you buy in the supermarket. Rita is not for sale, I just give it out to friends, customers and my staff. We want people to know what food looks like.

‘The butcher that helped me process her is a cousin of tattoo artist Henk Schiffmacher. Did you know Henk comes from a long line of butchers? We buried the meat in the soil, packing in sea salt.

We made some real Serrano ham and lots of other stuff. But I find smoked ham highly overrated; I think smoked products taste like Germany.’

Above the bar the pink face of a stuffed pig’s head is smiling down on us. Rita? ‘No, that’s Helga, a regular breeding pig. We already had two pigs, Helmut and Helga.

Our next pig will be living on my farm in France. We’re getting her in September, a little Pata Negra. I think I’m going to call her Margaret. After Thatcher...’

Indeed, it appears that politics have been a major source for finding a suitable pig’s name. Thanks Rita, you are delicious. ___

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hat does it mean to be a city ecologist?

We focus on the requests of the human residents. And they want green. It’s the first thing they ask for. They always say, I want green. I want trees, I want a little park for the children, a big park for longer walks and bike rides. After that they say they want a space to park their car and other things. But green is always first. And to make a nice green means a variety of plants and animals—that’s the end result.

But our initial focus is making a perfect city for the humans.

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PROFILE: REMCO DAALDER

Natural Punk City ecologist Remco Daalder talks about the need for trees, the magic of local punk rock, and where to find the fattest ducks in town.

By Mark Wedin

Remco Daalder Stadsecoloog and author of Baltsen tussen baksteen (2003), Stadse beesten (2005), and Grafherrie (2008)

nature is something very precious, very rare and interesting. A lot of Amsterdammers are great nature lovers. In fact, the greatest nature lovers, at least in Holland, are always found in the city, never on a farm. On a farm, farmers are shooting at rabbits. We don’t do that kind of thing.

While studying biology, you were also part of the punk scene, which inspired your new book, Grafherrie.

Yeah, it’s kind of an adventure novel. Labelled fiction, but it’s maybe ninety per cent autobiographical. The whole book plays in concert halls—which for punk, almost always means a squat. It follows this group of people who find their way in the underground scene and have to deal with other, sometimes aggressive groups. A core of the book is the love for music, especially very rough music. I wanted to explain why this music is important to me, and what it does with the mind and body. I also tried to make it a kind of history of those days, between 1980 and ’85. The punk scene here was very vibrant. In this city alone were maybe thirty, forty bands, most of them very good, in their style—a lot of them known worldwide. They played all over in all kinds of small venues. They never got real money or credit but they played. Bands like Balthasar Gerard Kommando, Frites Modern, and The Ex, who of course are still going very strong.

What are you working on now?

We’re making a new forest close to Diemen, the Diemen Bos. There’s a ten-year-old forest there, but no one goes. We talked to residents who live nearby, and they all said it’s boring, there’s nothing to do and you can’t find your way. It’s easy to get lost. It’s very wet and swampy.

It’s difficult to walk. So we’re making more paths for walking and biking and riding on horseback and some things for the children. And we’re making it bigger by forty hectares—that’s almost double the size of Vondelpark. But people also say, because it’s wet, because it’s wild, that’s a worthy quality. So you have to improve it, but you also have to keep the marshland intact.

And people also want more animals there.

How do you accomplish that?

Mostly through maintenance. For instance, shrubs are very important for birds. Without them, the birds will go elsewhere. Simple measures. If we dig some very small ponds, we get lots of frogs and newts—really a lot. If we don’t, we don’t. It’s just a matter of making the habitat nice for them, and they’ll come. We say, if you want frogs, ok, we can make frogs; if you want rabbits, ok, no problem. We just make the area so the rabbits will like it.

And what do rabbits like?

Short grass. They can’t eat long grass, so they need grass, which either we make short or cows make short. And they need trees in the neighbourhood so they can escape from predators. So it can’t be too wet.

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So what’s the link between punk and nature?

What always struck me, I met a lot of people there who did similar Photo Marnix Goosens things as myself. They didn’t want to merely earn money, they wanted to do something for the outside world, improve society. I met other biologists, and people from Greenpeace, and from animal rights movements. Feminists, vegans, left radicals. Lots of nice people. Then the music played and everyone fights in the mosh pit, getting very drunk, looking aggressive. It was a strange mixture. But on the inside, it was just insecure people trying to find their own way in society. Now, when I meet people from those days, none of them, for example, work at a bank. They’re journalists, painters, biologists, writers. They are still idealists.

‘The greatest nature lovers, at least in Holland, are always found in the city, never on a farm. On a farm, farmers are shooting at rabbits. We don’t do that kind of thing.’

Does it matter if people feed the animals?

In most cases, no. If you want to give peanuts to the tits, for instance, go ahead. But in some neighborhoods, there’s lots of feeding. In Oosterpark, you will see heaps of bread, and very fat ducks. The bread rots in the water, which stinks and can poison the water, and that attracts rats. So it can be too much.

the water plants at an enormous rate. And there’s a small shrimp, the killer shrimp [he holds his thumb and forefinger an inch apart]. They destroy mollusks, and ducks feed on mollusks. If mollusks disappear, then ducks can disappear.

Some people give cat food to the hedgehogs.

Yes, it’s not necessary, but it’s ok. They like it.

Except maybe the ones in Oosterpark.

Right [laughs].

Are there any noticeable pests?

Crabs and lobsters you could consider a pest. They eat

What first attracted you to nature?

I was born and raised in Amsterdam. For city people,

And they all like nature.

They all love nature.

Grafherrie with drawings by Peter Pontiac is published by Bas Lubberhuizen.

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F E AT U R E

Jumping on the bandwagon Even banks are bending over for this year’s Pride.

By Willem de Blaauw / Collages by Tom Mason

Gay Pride 2008 will see a remarkable number of business sponsors. And many will have their own boats during the Canal Pride parade. Even the local police, after years of debate, have got the green light for their own cruiser.

Then there’s the Company Pride Platform seminar, with such big names as ING, TNT, IBM, Philips and Cisco...

What the hell is happening?

T

he main sponsor of this year’s Gay Pride is ING, but in general, banks have had a reputation for being conservative, so one must assume that sponsoring Pride must have been a huge step for them...

David Pollard, Head European Affairs at ING and Chairman of ING’s Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA) explains: ‘Of course, this is not something that happened overnight. ING has had a supportive policy towards gay issues for over four years now, ever since I co-founded GALA. We now have over a thousand gay and lesbian ING members in twentyfive countries.’

Pollard says it first started internally, to support gays and lesbians in the company, but then two years ago, they decided to take it a step further, making themselves more visible outside the office walls. ‘It’s not just a question of having an international network, but we as a company are also focused on what’s happening around us as far as the community is concerned. Gay Pride is the most important LGBT [Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender] event in Amsterdam, as it is in many cities. For a long time GALA wanted to have a boat in the Gay Pride and eventually we were successful in getting approval two years ago. So for us, this move to support Gay Pride financially is a natural development.’

But of course this ‘natural development’ did not occur without some effort. ‘I have to say that, when we first started with all this, I learned from management that we had to take it as an evolution and not a revolution,’ says Pollard. ‘And it still does raise some eyebrows.’

Send me a postcard, baby!

Co-sponsor of this year’s Gay Pride is the national postal service TNT. ‘Us, ING and some other companies have been busy for a long time when it comes to diversity policies and especially the LGBT policy,’ says Paul Overdijk, Strategy Director at Royal TNT Post.

‘We both have very active LGBT networks that are focused on making gays and lesbians more visible within the company and supporting their position. We at TNT have also been taking part in Gay Pride for a couple of years now. Last year we had a big and very visible boat.’

Of course, he admits, sponsoring Gay Pride also means an opportunity for gay and lesbian marketing. ‘And not just for products,’ says Overdijk, ‘but also for getting potential employees interested in our company. We make it clear that benefits, perks, a pension scheme and so on are all equal for gays and straights.’

Laughing all the way to the bank The importance of gay marketing is also something that ING realises as David Pollard observes: ‘The gay community is important for us.

And to be honest, they are also important as potential clients. We are undertaking an advertising campaign targeting the gay and lesbian community and you’ll see lots of ads in gay media. Our financial planners have been trained and briefed, to make gays and lesbians feel more comfortable talking about their private situations.’

Apart from sponsoring Pride, ING also sponsors the Gewoon Anders exhibition at CoBra museum in Amstelveen which focuses on sexual diversity, featuring work by international LGBT artists.

ING, together with companies like TNT and IBM, is also organising a groundbreaking conference on 1 August at CoBra, called Company Pride Platform, where Ronald Plasterk, the minister for Education, Culture and Science, will be one of the speakers.

Paul Overdijk agrees that ‘it’s very important that big companies support the aim of Gay Pride. Our boat has gays and straights on it— everyone at TNT who supports our policy is welcome. We have people from England and Germany and even Bulgaria, ranging from managers to postmen. Homosexuality is still not accepted in every country. Therefore the message that big companies accept and even support gays and lesbians is a very important one.’

Naturally, as corporate cash rolls in, anti-groups increase.

Queers uit Nederland, a new underground collective, is planning a demonstration by the Homomonument at noon this Saturday, just prior to the Canal Parade. ‘The whole gay thing has just become too corporate,’ explains member Niruj (who prefers not to give his last name). ‘And in the process gay rights and issues get overlooked. So we organised this parody event, “Gays for Sale” where people will dress up as big business corporate types and bid against each other to buy gays.’

Sounds like fun. Whose side are you on? ___

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F E AT U R E

Pink Celebration

Top Pride events

The Gay Krant’s 600th issue has an unlikely guest editor and many ads. The editor looks back at 30 years of change...

Amsterdam Gay Pride 2008 festivities run from 29 July to 3 August. The high point is, of course, the Canal Pride, taking place 2 August between 14.00 and 18.00. The route runs along Prinsengracht, Amstel and Oude Schans, ending at Oosterdok.

Gay Krant has had a long life... This month, its 600th issue is hitting the shelves and next year they will celebrate their 30th anniversary. From AIDS to same sex marriage, to, yes, corporate sponsorship, they’ve covered it all.

When publisher Henk Krol looks back he sees change. ‘When we started, gay wasn’t something big companies wanted to be associated with. It was even very difficult to get people to grant us an interview. They all came up with excuses like “I would love to do it and personally I don’t have a problem with it, but I have to think of this... And consider that...”’

Krol says that now, this has changed almost full circle. ‘People are almost honoured if we want to interview them,’ he beams. ‘For our 600th issue we have three guest editors, Albert Verlinde [gossip queen], Dolly Bellefleur [drag queen] and Ronald Plasterk [Minister for Education, Culture and Science]. Twenty years ago, having a minister as guest editor of a gay magazine was just unthinkable.’

‘We have had numerous big and/or remarkable stories in those past years,’ recalls Krol. ‘Such as insurance companies that refused to insure gay bars. But the two most important things we wrote about were same-sex marriage and AIDS. We were the first magazine in The Netherlands to write about AIDS. In a journalistic sense we were very quick to pick that up. And it was us that started to discuss same-sex marriage. True, there were parties and groups in the world who were trying to get a gay marriage off the ground, but we said—and mind you, this was twenty-four years ago—if you really want to be treated equally you have to open the existing marriage for everyone. And as you know, on the first of April 2001 this country was the first to have its general marriage made possible for everyone. I always say that this is our country’s greatest export product.’

What has also changed is the magazine’s readership. ‘It’s remarkable how much the magazine is read in political Den Haag.

That’s a good feeling because then you realise that, as a magazine, you are doing something significant and not just bringing fun and entertainment.’

‘And it certainly helps that nowadays big companies also advertise in our magazine. They realise that gays and lesbians are a good target group,’ continues Krol. ‘Gays and lesbians might not earn that much more than straight people, but they are a bit more flexible in how to spend it. If you don’t have kids and both partners have a reasonable income, you can spend it on more luxurious items. And research shows that gays and lesbians set trends and are more willing to try out new products and services. Not to brag, but for our six hundredth issue, we have fifty-four full pages with ads.’ ___

Amsterdam Pride Exhibition Six galleries in the Jordaan are holding queer exhibitions, with work from photographer Wim de Roo, sculptor Patrice de Schaetzen and paintings from Rinaldo Hopf (Berlin) to name but a few.

Opening night 17.00, 31 July, Go Gallery.

Until 31 August.

— Homosexuality and animals Learn all about queer animals at Artis Zoo. Special tours about this intriguing subject start at 10.00, 12.00 and 14.00.

Friday 1 August, Artis, €17.50 — Jerusalem is proud Film by Nitzan Gilady about Jerusalem’s controversial 2006 Gay Pride.

Sunday 3 August, Joods Historisch Museum, 14.30, €7.50.

— Breakfast at bag and purse museum Bring your fave Gucci or Prada bag and show off while sipping champagne and eating delicacies.

Saturday 2 August, 10.00-12.00, Tassenmuseum Hendrikje, TBA. Reserve at info@tassenmuseum.nl.

— Black talk First ever black gay event during Pride with poetry, music, books and talks about sexual diversity. Line-up includes Dean Atta (London), Zulile and Clark Accord.

Friday 1 August, Nieuwe Kerk, 20.00, €5.

www.amsterdampride.nl

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Top Pride parties Corporate sponsorship, politicians, marketing strategies... One would almost think this year’s Pride is serious, and not about having fun. Well, think again. There’s loads of parties going on, plus the opening of a new bar, Church, where you can lose your religion.

The new cruise club in town...

The new club Church, on Kerkstraat, is not exactly new, but it does have a new name. Until last month it was called Club LA, where party organisers GALA (not to be confused with ING’s GALA) organised extremely popular parties like (Z)onderbroek and Ladz—so popular in fact that they completely took over the premises and baptised it ‘Church’.

‘It’s simple really,’ says Richard Keldoulis from GALA. ‘We named the venue after the street where it’s located. We’ll be open, to begin with, from Wednesday through Saturday. Our aim is to throw different theme parties, with a burlesque feel and twist.

Some parties will be erotic parties, some will be a bit kinky—but we definitely don’t label the club as a men’s club. We want to have a Hoerenball as well, where women can come too, plus we want to organise evenings for drags, transgenders and even for allochtonen. For example we are thinking of a Turkish-themed party. In short, Church will offer a whole range of parties and events, with a different decor for each one as well. It’s great that Amsterdam has a few new places, like Prik and De Engel van Amsterdam. But we hope to make Church the new thing for 2008.’ There’s just one thing to say to that: Amen.

Club Church, Kerkstraat 52, www.clubchurch.nl.

— Pride Galore!

Party for gays, straights, fags, hags, queers and dykes. From sexy and stylish to queer and underground, with DJs Diskokaine, Martijn & Lupe, and the queer underground band The Nuclear Family (Copenhagen/Berlin) playing electropunk and queerpop.

Friday 1 August, Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00 hrs, €10/€12.50.

— Girlesque Celebrating burlesque culture, this edition of the award-winning night consists of DJ Michelle from Edinburgh, local ladies DJ Fraulein Du Det and MC Zoe Xenia, and topping the bill, New York’s renowned ‘Park Avenue Playmate’, Pepper Minsky.

Saturday 2 August, Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €15.

— Rapido Yep, it’s those mean party geezers again, throwing a wicked dance party that attract a global array of beautiful bodies shaking their butt and showing their pecks. DJs include Dikky Vendetta, Fabio White (London), Manny Lehman (LA) and Gangi Cappai (Italy).

Hope you got tickets, because they sell muy rapido.

Sunday 3 August, Paradiso, 23.30-05.00, sold out!

— Bear Necessity It’s a four-floor fur-fest for both the (semi)hairy and a few smooth admirers. DJs include Binomio (Spain) and David Hernandez.

Saturday 2 August, Odeon, 22.00-05.00, €15/€20 — RoXY Colosseum Strictly for the young, hip and beautiful, this fabulous party knows how to cater for a wild up-for-it crowd who party like there’s no tomorrow—or until the afterparty. With DJs Benjamin, Antoine and Phil Romano.

Saturday 2 August, Marcanti, 23.00-05.00 ___

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AGENDA

SHORT LIST

Photo by Duc Sloerie

De Parade, starts Friday, Martin Luther Kingpark.

THURSDAY 31JULY Maps: Atlas Maior—De wereld van Blaeu The great thing about Amsterdam’s golden age: the city was full of rich bastards (yes, even more than today), and they were able to accomplish all sorts of unprecedented things (and increase the nation’s slave count, but well, that’s another thing). This exhibition displays the work of mapmaker Joan Blaeu, who maybe was not a rich bastard himself, but he certainly benefited from the many wealthy patrons in town. In fact, in those days, cartography was in full bloom, and Blaeu was the best of the best, producing some of the most intricate and lovely maps ever seen. Today, they offer a glimpse of how folks back then viewed the world, before planes, trains and hybrid cars. (Mark Wedin) UvA, Special Collections Library, Mon-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 13.00-17.00.

Hiphop: Lyrics Born One may as well begin with seeing what Wikipedia has to say about Tom Shimura. ‘Lyrics Born’s rhymes,’ it instructs us, ‘showcase a large vocabulary, deployed via regular use of complex rhyming technique, such as phonemes and internal rhyme.’ In other words, he’s got the flow. Born and raised in Tokyo, Lyrics Born started making music after having moved to the US. First album Later That Day immediately made him a name in the underground hiphop scene, and follow-up Same !@#$ Different Day, which featured collaborations with KRS One, Stereo MCs and E-40, catapulted him into an overground direction. Lyrics Born’s newest, Everywhere at Once, shows he hasn’t lost any of that internal rhyme. And since he’s been touring almost constantly during his career, this show shall be well worth attending. (Sarah Gehrke) Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 21.00, €14 + membership.

FRIDAY1AUGUST Festival: De Parade De Parade is back in Amsterdam, and that means fine music, thousands of gallons of rosé and of course strange and wonderful theatre, all with a touch of burlesque. Must-sees include the mighty Orkater with the very physical and rocking Koud Meisje, a homage to truckers called Scania featuring Amsterdam’s own Ricky Koole, Bob Fosko and Frank Lammers, and Frikandellen, because anyone who has never seen Dikke Dennis half naked has surely missed out. Don’t forget to take a ride in De Zweefmolen, a merry-go-round with

balls. Last round of the night is extra fast! But you can always just chill outside, where you can eat, drink and smoke. At the same time. (Jaro Renout) Martin Luther Kingpark, 18.00-2.00, various prices. Also Sat 15.00-2.00, Sun-Wed 15.00-1.00. Until 17 August.

Art: 13 Isolations Art which is made without freedom pretty much sucks. And though our time and place is quite alright in terms of supplying freedom, if you compare it, for example, to past eras of cruel empires or evil dictatorships, there’s still quite a few restraints to it. Poverty can be a means of restricting freedom, for instance, or illness, or fear, or ideology. It’s only logical, thus, that artists should ponder the topic. And the 13 Isolations project really sees things through. Thirteen artists will be put in isolation cells for 29 days, during which they’ll make, yes, art. Everyone can watch them online and see what effects the physical confinement, the isolation and the lack of exterior inspiration will have on them and their work. Work which, hopefully, will prove to be an exception to the rule— i.e., not suck. See www.13isolations.com. (Sarah Gehrke) Hoorn. Until 29 August.

Event: The Great Flying Circus There are many strange psychological conditions in our time and age. A number of people, for example, are very scared of things. Just look up ‘-phobia’, and you’ll find a very interesting list of things that people fear. One of the more common phobias is Coulrophobia: the fear of clowns. The existence of this fear might explain the success of the new-style circus. It all started out with Cirque du Soleil. Instead of guys with round, red noses and oversized shoes making jokes and falling down all the time, the new kind of circus focusses on artistes. One of the bigger events in that line of show is the North Korean Flying Circus, featuring, yes, many sporty Asian people flying through the air. They’ve won many prizes for that and are now gonna delight Amsterdam all through the summer. Guaranteed clown-free. (Sarah Gehrke) Carré (Thur-Sat, Tues, Wed 20.00, Sun 19.00, Sat, Sun also 14.00), €15-€49.

World: Son 5 Local internationals Son 5—they hail from Ecuador, Mexico, Chile, Russia, Switzerland and Holland—play an infectious Latin American mix of texmex and cumbia music. And any band that have been known to wear Mexican wrestling masks are obviously a band who know how to create a party. They certainly know how to entice people to their gigs: ‘Come and see our show if you wanna bounce around or just have some happy thoughts.’ And it’s 100 per cent true. You will bounce and you will have happy thoughts.

What are you waiting for? (Steve Korver) Badcuyp, Noordpool, 23.00, €8.

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MUSIC

AGENDA: MUSIC Must see: Jazz

Thursday 31July Opera: Il Segreto di Susanna A one-act opera by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari and librettist Enrico Golisciani, performed in the serene surroundings of the museum’s lush gardens. Museum van Loon, 19.30, €15 Hiphop: Lyrics Born This half-Japanese, half-Italian, allAmerican rapper’s large vocabulary flows in a style that sits somewhere between the likes of Sugar Hill Gang, Ice Cube and Jurassic 5. Melkweg, 21.00, €14 + membership

Friday 1 August Opera: Il Segreto di Susanna See Thursday. Museum van Loon, 16.00, €15 Rock: Bald Monkey Promotions Young Brit bands Revenue (indie) and Thee Vicars (punk) are both quickly climbing the right ladders of musical mayhem, winning all sorts of contests and new fans seemingly everyday. Support from similarly young and English outfits Bijoumiyo (improvised prog rock/jazz), Luken Layer (indie punk), Edelweiss Pirate (punk) and Umbrella Assasins (punk). Winston Kingdom, 19.00-00.00, €6 Pop: Vanessa da Mata Brazilian songstress famous back home for number one hit ‘Boa Sorte/Good Luck’, which she recorded as a duet with Ben Harper. Tonight, expect tunes from her third album, recorded in Jamaica with Sly & Robbie. Paradiso, 19.30, €20 + membership Heavy: Incarnate and Fate Comes Along Two deathmetal bands. The Cave, 22.00, free Rock: The Jailbirds German hill-billy rock for dancing feet. Molly Malone's, 22.00, free Blues: Wolfpin Maloe Melo, 22.00, free World: Son 5 Eight-member instrumental outfit that bust out a danceable mix of texmex and latin. Badcuyp, Noordpool, 23.00, €8

Saturday 2 August Opera: Il Segreto di Susanna See Thursday. Museum van Loon, 13.00, €15 Jazz: TWA kwartet Lead by bassist Thomas Winter Anderson. Cotton Club, 16.30-20.00, free World: Cristina Branco The Portuguese singer shares some of her most beloved fados, with support from a pianist and several guitarists. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €26.50 Rock: Daniel Lanois & Brian Blade Lanois, more known for producing albums by the likes of U2, Bob Dylan and Brian Eno, sings with a raspy voice while massaging his pedal steel guitar next to Blade, arguably one of the best modern jazz drummers alive—on one track he’ll lay down flyin’ grooves like no one’s business and on the next, perform with an oddly distinctive country feel, attributable to his common partnering with pedal steel players. This one’s worth the entry price. Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 20.30, €25 + membership Pop/Rock: Some Weird Sin Female-fronted indy/rock three-piece; with support from Kolbalk and shimmering melodies from local outfit Seeus. Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €6 Punk: Long Way Down and Question Mark The Cave, 22.00, free Rock: Poontang Riders Maloe Melo, 22.00, €5

Sunday 3 August Jazz: Jazzsessie With Faroek Abdoelrahman and Dennis Thomson II. Badcuyp, Zuidpool, 14.30, free Classical: Orgelconcert Henk Verhoef works the keys which work the pipes. De Duif, 16.00, donations Opera: Il Segreto di Susanna See Thursday. Museum van Loon, 16.00, 19.30, €15 Classical: La Venexiana Soothing Baroque and Renaissance sounds of Monteverdi performed by the vocal quintet. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €21 Singer-songwriter: Sunday Songs Weekly slot with

Photo by Sannah de Zwart

Benjamin Herman Trio Concertgebouw, Koorzaal, Friday 1 August One of the most famed Dutch alto sax players is known for hard blowing in both his threesome and the New Cool Collective. 19.00, repeat performance at 21.00. €13.50

surprise guests. Some days it’s sweet and touching, other days you get what you pay for. Take a chance.

Studio K, 22.30, free

Tchaikovsky. With Lilya Zilberstein tickling the piano.

Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €21v Jazz: Wouter Kiers Quartet Edgy saxophone with a rhythm section. Casablanca Muziek, 21.00, free

Monday 4 August Rock: Meat Loaf That’s right, I would do anything for love, even go to a Meat Loaf concert, assuming that it was truly the last possible option to maintain the affair, but dear God, please don’t let it come down to that. Heineken Music Hall, 20.00, €49 Classical: NJO Summer Academy The youth orchestra performs Mozart’s Overture to ‘The Marriage of Figaro’, Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto and Schubert’s Ninth Symphony. With Ronald Brautigam working the piano and Jos van Immerseel handling the conductor’s baton.

Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €21

Tuesday 5 August Classical: Malmö Symfonie Orkest Slip into the sounds of Sibelius, Mendelssohn, Alfven and Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite—parts of it, anyway. Led by Vassili Sinaisky and with violin soloist Isabelle van Keulen.

Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €21 Experimental: Jargon Composer Maurice Horsthuis’s orchestra performs tonight under the moniker Elastic Slang, with the fundamental element being a blend of percussion and electric guitars. Badcuyp, Noordpool, 20.30, €6 Singer-songwriter: Open mic Hosted by the Amsterdam Songwriter’s Guild. Cafe Sappho, 20.30, free Jazz: Hans Dulfer and friends Candy’s tenor sax blowing poppa. Casablanca Muziek, 21.00, free

Wednesday 6 August Classical: Malmö Symfonie Orkest Night two with the group brings out Stravinsky, Rachmaninov and

The hottest German rockabilly is always found in Irish bars. See Friday.

Listen

Our weekly mixtape amsterdamweekly.muxtape.com See Thursday 1. Lyrics Born - ‘Differences’ See Friday 2. Benjamin Herman - ‘Lamento’ 3. Vanessa de Mata - ‘Boa Sorta/Good Luck’ 4. The Jailbirds - ‘Pet Semetary’ See Saturday 5. Cristina Branco - ‘Redondo Vocàbulo’ 6. Daniel Lanois - ‘Sketches’ 7. Some Weird Sin - ‘Rooftop’ 8. Junkie XL - ‘Cities in Dust’ 9. Grandmaster Flash - ‘It’s Nasty’ 10. Sander Kleinenberg - ‘This is Miami’ See Sunday 11. Joy Disaster - ‘Critical Place’ See Tuesday 12. Jargon - ‘Teleur’ Uploaded every Wednesday. For more info see listings and our weekly blog.

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AGENDA: CLUBS 3 questions:

DJ Maestro Blue Note Trip, Melkweg, Thursdays, 23.30.

Many, many students cried bitter tears when DJ Maestro’s regular Blue Note Trip club night in Bitterzoet ceased to exist a few years ago. Mixing jazzy, funky tunes with live performances by varying musicians, the Blue Note Trips were the club nights that everyone could agree on. However, Maestro (AKA Martijn Bakhuis) has never abandoned his mission to bring the jazz to the people, having in the meantime landed himself two radio shows on Arrow Jazz, as well as continuously chucking out those Blue Note samplers. And now his weekly night is back at the Melkweg.

Music for rocking? Actually, I’m not a rock fan, however some funk records can really rock. ‘Expansions’ by Lonnie Liston Smith is six minutes of funky, percussive dance music with a brilliant vocal. Perfect for really late dance floor moments.

Music for mellowing? Marvin Gaye’s soundtrack for Trouble Man. This orchestral, purely instrumental, masterpiece takes you on a deep trip into blaxploitation soul. Recorded between What’s Going On and Let’s Get It On, this album gives a not well known example of the brilliance of Marvin Gaye.

Music for loving? The Dreamer by Jose James is a new jazz album with hiphop attitude in the tradition of singers like Gil Scott-Heron. It’s not the type of jazz your father played, but it’s fresh and exiting and is attracting a whole new generation to jazz.

CLUBS

Thursday 31July Boogie da Umpalumpa DJs Mr Ghilazghi and a few of his friends spin a slew of oldskool hits. Winston Kingdom, 21.00-03.00, €5 Blue Note Trip Weekly jazz and dance fusion. Tonight featuring trumpeter Rob van der Wouw. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 23.30-late, €8

Website: www.digthis.nl

Open cafe met DJ See Friday. Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina, 20.00, free

Monday 4 August

Welcome to the Future Afterparty Yep, the future is now, and this party comes later, with surprise acts from the festival popping in. Studio 80, 23.00, €15

Heartbroken Shed some tears over love with Franki D and guests spinning soul, jazz, funk and hiphop. Studio 80, 22.00, €5

Rocketfuel! Billed as a dance night with balls, we assume unequipped women are also welcome. DJ Arnold & Mareck spin the likes of Wolfmother, The Fratellis, The Automatic, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Kaiser Chiefs, Dirty Pretty Things, and on and on. Patronaat, Haarlem, 23.00-04.00, €5

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

Unofficial Partyafter The unofficial ones are always cooler. With Ille Bitch, Rauwkost and Brent Rozendaal.

Flex Bar, 23.00-05.00, €8 Gemengd Zwemmen Normally two rooms of swimmingly diverse noise, tonight the pool grooves reside only in the Oude Zaal, with alternative dance, pop, rock and indie hits. Melkweg, 23.59-late, €8 + membership

Friday 1 August Knockout Reggae/dancehall party with Malija performing live, supported by DJs Jah, Spitfire, Drivah and Royalee. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 00.00, €12.50 + membership Genesis Clubnacht With Beesmunt Soundsystem and Roger 72 & The Walk. Paradiso, 00.00-05.00, €10 Open cafe met DJ The bare bones setup. Not much happening in these dog days of summer. Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina, 20.00, free Haarlem Ordinair Serving up house, happy hardcore, hiphop and both good and bad ’80s and ’90s, coincidentally on the same night as the city’s big food fest Haarlem Culinair. Patronaat, Haarlem, 23.00, €8 Cosmic Disco Spacey grooves from Marco & Orpheo and Tom Trago. Flex Bar, 23.00-05.00, €8 Dirty Laundry Dance with suds busters Max Morel, Marc Benjamin, Chris Rox, Kenneth G, Nicky Romero, Basti Lourenz and MC Choral. Escape, 23.00-05.00, €10

Saturday 2 August Loveland Festival Commercial dance from home and abroad. More than 60 acts, five dance areas and idyllic setting—assuming the weather holds. If you’re looking for a snazzy grown-up dance party, there’s lots of varied sounds to be soaked up here.

Acts include Junkie XL, Aril Brikha and De Jeugd van Tegenwordig. See www.lovelandfestival.nl.

Sloterpark, 10.00-23.00, €52.50

Tuesday 5 August Funky Junkie DJ Koldun spins everything he considers to be smelling of funk, which can include acid jazz, breakbeat, hiphop, drum & bass and, yeah well, funk.

Live musicians will improvise over his mixes. Winston Kingdom, 22.00-03.00, €5

Wednesday 6 August Sunday 3 August Shape DJs Frederik Abas & Santito and Mc Yanto turn tunes for all the squares (and triangles, and hexagons...). Escape, 23.00-05.00, €15

Salsa danscafe With spicy DJs from Los Marchosos.

Badcuyp, Zuidpool, 22.00, €3 Katapult Electro from David Gilmore Girls, Tricky Disco and Bin. Studio 80, 23.00, €5 (students €3.50)

Underground: Music/Clubs

Living in Oblivion—2 Year Anniversary!

Winston Kingdom, Sunday 3 August Another year passes for nostalgia addicts to get their fill of ’80s wave, glam, rock and goth, tonight with live performances by Joy Disaster (FR), Charles De Goal (FR) and Bettina Koster; followed by DJs (and DJanes) Ms Fortune and CCCP and special guests Pinky Bloody Mary (FR), Yvonne (PL), Ghostmaniac (PL), Mark Splatter (DE), Franpire and more.

20.00-03.00, €7

After-parties: Loveland Festival, Welcome to the Future and Gay Pride. Dance all day then all of the night.

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GAY&LESBIAN

A G E N D A : G AY & L E S B I A N / S T A G E Must see: Dance

Edited by Willem de Blaauw.

Thursday 31July Party: Mr B Heaven New fetish (FF/SM) night at this cool new club, in collaboration with Mr B (that great fetish/sex shop). Church, 20.00 Party: Lezzie Chill Out The name says it all. Chat, chill, dance and/or flirt. And sip sexy cocktails. Cafe Sappho, 21.00, free

Friday 1 August Party: Love Pride Open-air street party at the Homomonument for fags, hags, lezzies, straights and bi-curious. Dance yourself dizzy. Homomonument, 14.00, free Party: Drag Playback Show Open-air party, roughly in front of bar Amstel 54, with lots of drag acts doing their best to lip-sync thier way through well-known gay anthems. Plus a performance by Snap!, famous for those dance ditties like I’ve Got The Power and Rhythm is a Dancer. Amstel 54, 19.00, free Party: Fashion Pop—Show Your Aware Show Open-air party, dedicated to Vera Springveer who recently passed away. Apart from pop and disco, there’ll be a wicked fashion show as well, plus performances. DJs include Manga, Wannabeastar and Joost van Bellen. Homomonument, 19.00, free Party: Women’s Street Party Open-air lezzie street party—also on Saturday—on the corner of Paardenstraat and Amstelstraat with different DJs and performances. Vive La Vie, 19.00, free Party: Gay Pride Street Party Open-air street party in front of Exit, April, Soho and these other gay boozers in Reguliersdwarsstraat. Line up includes drag acts (surprise....), and DJs like Elf, Amir Faye Guttman and Max Morel. For those who don’t want to head home at midnight—or haven’t scored a piece of ass—there’s always the after party in Club Exit. Exit, 19.00-01.00, free Party: P.O.P. S.O.S, P.O.P... these GALA boys know how to come up with abbreviations. P.O.P. stands for Pants Only Party, so take off that T-shirt and show those abs and pecks. Church, 22.00, free

Saturday 2 August

Loveland Festival Sloterpark, Saturday 2 August Commercial dance from home and abroad. More than 70 acts, six dance areas and an idyllic setting—assuming the weather holds. If you’re looking for a snazzy grown-up dance party, there’s lots of varied sounds to be soaked up here. Acts include Junkie XL, Aril Brikha, Grandmaster Flash, The Shapeshifters, De Jeugd van Tegenwordig and many more. If you can’t get enough dancing in, official after-parties take place at Westerunie and Westerliefde. See www.lovelandfestival.nl. 10.00-23.00, €52.50

STAGE

Party: Street Party Open-air street party outside De Engel van Amsterdam and The Queen’s Head. Divaturned-DJ Mayday spins classic gay songs. De Engel van Amsterdam, 17.00, free

Opening Sunday 3 August Party: Prosecco and Pie Have a chilled glass of Prosecco and some lovely pie, for €6 while you listen to Sweet Sunny Tunes. Rather drink a cocktail? They are €5 a pop. PRIK, 14.00, free Party: Pride Closing Party Official closing party of this year’s Pride, with (inter)national DJs Tara McDonald, CeCe Penniston and artists. Stopera, 14.00-23.00, free Party: Pool Party For those who have had enough of open-air street parties, and want to give their legs a rest, head to this sauna for a splash and some relaxing in-door (safe sex) fun. Thermos Day Sauna, 15.00-01.00, €19 Rainbow Cruise Cruise the canals and take this special boat tour that will show you all the important (historic) gay spots in town. It takes about 75 minutes and, for once, the commentary doesn’t come from a tape/CD. Boarding takes place opposite the Homomonument at Keizersgracht 181. Homomonument, 16.30-18.00, €14.50

Wednesday 6 August Film: Gay Movie Classic: Reinas Enough partying, time for some light culture. Spanish rom-com (2005) about the day when same-sex marriage became possible in Spain. Five mums prepare for their sons’ wedding, each mother having to deal with problems about money, organisation, love, illness and—of course—what (not) to wear. Pathé De Munt, 21.00, €9

Dance: Hanna de Vos and Damar Lamars ‘Fusion dance’ in two short performances: Okay, I Do That and Tiramisu. Vondelpark Openluchttheater, (Fri 20.30, 20.45), free Dance: 2 Move Dance Company Presenting Hondengeluk and Sisterhood, two short pieces performed by dancers Kevin Polak and Miquel de Jong. Vondelpark Openluchttheater, (Fri 21.00), free Performance: The Great Flying Circus Limber North Korean communists flying through the air. See Short List. Carré, (Thur-Sat, Tues, Wed 20.00, Sun 19.00, Sat, Sun also 14.00), €15-€49 Cabaret: Johann Goossens Cabaret. Vondelpark Openluchttheater, (Sat 20.30), free Cabaret: Jochen Otten More cabaret. Vondelpark Openluchttheater, (Sat 21.00), free Comedy: Hole in the Boat New, and English-spoken, comedy improv duo. Comedy Cafe, (Sun 21.00), €13 Theatre: Terra: Extremitas, The End of the Earth London’s theatre collective Foolish People have collaborated with various NDSM-based artists for this multidisciplinary show about the future. They have set the Apocalypse to take place in the year 2012. Gulp.

NDSM-werf, (Wed 20.00), €8

Ongoing Comedy: Boom Chicago There’s no summer stop on Leidseplein. See www.boomchicago.nl and take your

It’s the end of the world as we know it. At least at NDSM-werf on Wednesday.

pick from climate change comedy Last One to Leave the Planet, Turn Off the Lights! or Best of Boom 2008.

Also, a new show combining old faves and newly written scenes, called Metamorphosis, is starting Monday.

And in the whole of August, you can even get €5 off the ticket price by saying—sincerely—‘I love George Bush.’

Boom Chicago, (Daily), €20/€24 Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Show Weekly stand-up that’s primarily in Dutch. But some international guests do perform in English. Comedy Cafe, (Thur-Sat 21.00, Sat also 23.30), €16 Theatre: Zomergasten Every summer, theatre classics arrive in the open-air theatre at Amsterdamse Bos. This year it’s the turn of Maxim Gorky and his 1903 play Summerfolk, which is something of a commentary on the Russian bourgeoisie classes and the social and political changes occurring in that era. Michiel Bakker, Christine de Boer and Ian Bok star; direction by Frances Sanders. In Dutch.

Theater het Amsterdamse Bos, (Thur-Sat, Tues, Wed 21.30), €7.50/€10 Comedy: Comedytrain International Summer Festival English language stand-up over the weekend from Ross Bennett and Andy Hendricksen (US). From Wednesday, the line-up switches to Sean Collins (CAN) and Louis Katz (US). You can’t really go wrong with the CISF, but for more info about participants, see www.toomler.nl. Toomler, (Thur-Sat, Wed 20.30), €13.50 Comedy: International Comedy The Comedy Theater turns cosmopolitan for the summer, with the joke preference switching to English to accommodate tourists and those left to work through the tropical months.

Look out for international acts taking to the stage each weekend. Comedy Theater, (Fri, Sat 20.30), €12.50 Comedy: Burlesque FreakOut A weekly party where fetish meets vaudeville and glamour meets sleaze, falling somewhere between Moulin Rouge and a Tarantino movie. Featuring dancers and performers from around the world. Comedy Theater, (Sat 23.00), €12.50

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M.U.L.T.I.S.E.X.I.

Photo by Robbie Baauw

Paradiso, Saturday 2 August Three floors of non-stop music, with DJs Bin, Cleo, Delfos, Joost van Bellen, JBAG and Matthew Stone, plus F*cking PopQueers DJs Manga, Yuki, Mr & Mrs Cameron and JBAG. The basement will be taken over by people (read: founders Gert and Jop) from that fab fag mag BUTT, turning it into a—by no doubt—sexy surpise zone. 23.00-05.00, €24.50

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Music/Theatre/Party: De Parade The big travelling theatre/dance/music/performance/absurdities circus that is De Parade comes back to Amsterdam to mark, like every year, the height of the summer. Come, see, marvel. See Short List. Martin Luther Kingpark, (Fri 18.00-02.00, Sat 15.00-2.00, Sun-Wed 15.00-1.00), various prices

Opening

Performance: Vondelpark Openluchttheater Summer fun 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. See www.openluchttheater.nl. Vondelpark Openluchttheater, (Thur, Fri, Sat 20.30; Sat, Sun 14.00), free Festival: Welcome to the Future Festival Big dance fest with too many DJs to fit in this little column. But you can find their names on a very pretty website called www.welcometothefuture.nl. Het Twiske, Oostzaan (Sat 11.00-late), €65 Procession: Muzikale Botenparade A good reason to head to Utrecht for the day. Seven boats with highly varying live music performances slowly float along the Utrechtse Oudegracht occasionally stopping for the crowds. Musicians include jazz/rock/pop outfit Dez Mona; funky soul singer Derick; Balkan beat masters Mala Vita; DJs from A Reggae Bomb with band Jah Storm; and honest rock from Claw Boys Claw. Various locations in Utrecht, (Sun 14.00-17.00), free Walk: Meeting Point Monthly walk through the forest.

More info at 545 6100. Amsterdamse Bos Bezoekerscentrum, (Mon 13.00), free Festival: Summer Darkness Billed as an ‘underground lifestyle event’, this could mean a lot of things. But judging from the lineup—and its official status as the meeting point for ‘European vampire freaks’—it’s safe to expect lots of goth kids, teenage witches and mostly straight men wearing shiny black leather. See www.summerdarkness.nl. Various locations, Utrecht, (Daily from Wed), various prices until Sunday 10 August

Pink with Pride Six galleries in the Jordaan link hands and pull out their pinkest art of the year. GO Gallery exhibits work from Marc de Vries, Juan Carlos Tajes, Yvonne Zomerdijk, Fred, Karol Bak, James Davidson and Rinaldo Hopf. While Galerie Buuf boasts the photography of Rotterdammer Wim de Roo, images from Patrice de Schaetzen and paintings from Yvonne Boelens. Other galleries involved are Galerie KochxBos, Apart, Galerie George Cent and Rock Archive. A great break from all the loud festivities, this offers loud and lovely feasts for the eyes. Various locations, Jordaan, various times, opens Thursday, until 31 August Adrian Blanca European Art Tour This is about skate gear and sneakers. But also about art.

Barcelona-based designer/artist Adrian Blanca presents his large-scale artwork, which he will continue to work on during the opening.

Arrival/Departure (Thur-Sat, Wed 11.00-18.00, Sun 12.00-18.00), opens Friday

Museums The Best Designed Books 2007 This year 33 books have been selected out of all those published in the Netherlands in 2007. As in previous years, the museum is supplementing the selection on show with a separate category: this time, children’s books of exceptionally good design. Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), closing Sunday Olaf Klijn Twenty-three photos from the book Architectuur & Wonen in Broek in Waterland. ARCAM (Tues-Sat 13.00-17.00), until 9 August 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

From Wednesday, goths gather in Utrecht.

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Opening: Happy To Be

Happy to Be ABC Treehouse, opens Thursday, until 31 August Following the wildly successful exhibits ‘Happy’ (2006) and ‘Happy II Tease’ (2007), it is now time for ‘Happy To Be…’ Eleven artist will show a wide range of styles—from intimate to teasing, from subtle to provoking, from modest to exuberant.

These artists will, figuratively speaking, paint the three floors of the ABC Treehouse in rainbow colours for the occasion.

Opening on August 3rd, 16.00-18.00

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 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 examples from the period. Hermitage Amsterdam (Daily 10.00-17.00), until 24 August Cary Grant Original screen-printed posters, photos, film compilations and a documentary, which accompany the Cary Grant film series throughout July and August. Filmmuseum (Mon-Fri 09.00 -22.15, Sat, Sun one hour prior to show-22.15), until 27 August FLY—My World Twelve photos and a short film, which are to be included in an upcoming digital fashion magazine. The exhibited content follows the traditions of noir. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 27 August 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 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 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 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 So Blue, So Blue—Edges of the Mediterranean Dutch photographer Ad van Denderen presents photos which look at the political, social, economic and ecological changes occurring around the Mediterranean.

Nederlands Fotomuseum (Tues-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 11.00-17.00), Rotterdam, until 31 August Domingo Milella: Paesaggi The past six years, Milella has concentrated on an ongoing project, which takes as it’s central focus the postmodern landscape, from dwellings to urban periphery. His perspectives offers us a fresh interpretation of the changing face of our surroundings. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 31 August Anne Frank—A History for Today Travelling exhibition about the life of Frank, set against the background of the persecution of the Jews during WII. Featured are family photos and an overview of the books she read while in hiding. Centrale Bibliotheek (Daily), until 31 August Gilian Schrofer: Models of Concern Models and designs by Schrofer, who’s to design the interiors of the four refreshment areas of the renovated Stedelijk Museum. Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), until 31 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 Marc Camille Chaimowicz: ...In The Cherished Company of Others... One hundred works by Chaimowicz, including drawings, decorative and functional objects, wallpapers, maquettes, sculptures, paintings and a revisited installation. These sit along-

Anne Frank: No queuing with tourists. Head to the OBA.

side architectural models, bookplates and artworks by other international artists with whom the artist feels empathy with. De Appel (Tues-Sun 11.00-18.00), until 7 September The Shadow Cabinet: No More Reality.Step 3: SHARED FOLDER Video and audio installations, screenings, magazines, books, newspapers, posters and leaflets. De Appel (Tues-Sun 11.00-18.00), until 7 September Beyond Paradise Group exhibition which highlights the interaction between tourism and contemporary art. This includes travel brochures, postcards, advertisements, films and so on. Artists include Bik van der Pol, Patricia Esquives, Arnout Killian and more.

Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00), until 7 September 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 Kors van Bennekom—Kors’s Choice An exhibition celebrating the 75th birthday of the Amsterdam photographer Kor van Bennekom, the street photographer, theatre photographer and family photographer, whose remarkable oeuvre reflects the history of the Netherlands in the second half of the 20th century. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 14 September Me! Me! Me! An interactive exhibition that touches on self representation on the internet and fashion, on the far reaching consequences of modern communication and on our self image and the way we experience the world around us. The exhibition also highlights our own cultural potential with a minimal ecological footprint. In the process, art and fashion activists Andrea Crews will transform Mediamatic’s new location into a world fashion centre. Mediamatic Tues-Sat 11.0017.00, Sun 12.00-17.00, until 14 September 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

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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), 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 The Vincent Award 2008 Do artists improve if you dangle €50,000 in front of them? Artists short-listed for this biennial European award include: Francis Alÿs (Belgium), Liam Gillick (UK), Deimantas Narkevicius (Lithuania) and Rebecca Warren (UK). Working with diverse media, their works remain on display through summer, with the prize ceremony on 12 September.

Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), until 30 September

Museums

Black is Beautiful Nieuwe Kerk, until 26 October A journey of discovery though the history of art, which for the first time aims to highlight the attractiveness of the black person in the art of the Lowlands. It turns out, many great masters have portrayed black people.

Their fascination will be illustrated in 135 paintings, drawings and manuscripts from collections here and abroad, including artists like Rembrandt, Breitner, Sluijters, Appel and Dumas. (Fri-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur 10.00-22.00)

Presence of Mind—A Choice from the Collection

by Wolfgang Tillmans The Stedelijk Museum regularly invites artists to select from the collection, coloured only by their own artistic perspective. This time, the German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans (1968) offers a fresh perspective amidst the context of his own oeuvre. Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), until 30 September Snap Judgments—New Positions in Contemporary African Photography An exhibition of work by 35 contemporary African artists and photographers with unique perspectives on their own continent. It reveals how artists are using photography to respond artistically to the enormous changes currently taking place in African economic, social and cultural life, but the artists also break away from lingering stereotypical images of their cultures, histories and countries.

Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), until 30 September De Kabbala—Graven van Safed Photos of the cemetery in the Israeli city of Safed. Nederlands Uitvaart Museum Tot Zover (Mon-Fri 13.00-17.00), until 12 October ‘Druksel prints’ by Werkman A presentation by the Stedelijk Museum dedicated to the ‘druksel prints’ of Hendrik Werkman, who, in the ’20s, developed the technique of printing parts of a print one at a time to compile the total image on a page. Van Gogh Museum (Mon-Thur, Sat, Sun 10.00-18.00, Fri 10.00-22.00), until 12 October 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), until 15 October

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 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 24-hour Indonesia Glimpse the daily life of contemporary Indonesia. Eight different crews across Indonesia filmed during a 24-hour period. Tropenmuseum (Daily 10.00-17.00), until 16 November Atlas Maior. De wereld van Blaeu Exquisite examples of Joan Blaeu’s maps, made in Amsterdam’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), until 23 November Art of the State Photographs and video works by six-

teen artists from Israel. Through their works they reflect upon their country: the community in which they live, the numerous cultural and religious differences among Israel’s population and the current political situation. Joods Historisch Museum (Daily 11.00-17.00), until 30 November Hendrik Werkman: The Blue Barge Exhibition containing Werkman’s preparatory studies for the suites of prints he made as an act of resistance for The Blue Barge during WWII. The most famous of these is Chassidische Legenden. Joods Historisch Museum (Daily 11.00-17.00), until 30 November 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

Galleries Lloyd History Just what the title suggests: documentaries, photos and documents show the many faces of the hotel, including its time as a refugee station and juvenile prison. Lloyd Hotel (Daily) Nosmo King Niels Shoe Meulman’s self-styled calligraffiti, which addresses the loss of various freedoms that Amsterdam was famous for—spurred on by the recent smoking ban. De Duivel (Fri 20.003.00), closing Saturday Fresh Paint A special selection of 4 bright young Dutch painters: Maurice Braspenning (Rotterdam), Bas Coenegracht (Maastricht), Johan van Dijke (Leiden) and Jeroen Witvliet. Ronmandos (Wed-Sat 12.30-17.30), closing Saturday

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Lekker Bezig

By Luuk van Huët

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Flex Bar Pazzanistraat 1, 486 2123 Foam Keizersgracht 609, 551 6546

The Low Tech VJs

Fotogram Korte Prinsengracht 33, 624 9994

‘Our names are Armand Verspeek and Marcel van der Drift.

Marcel is a programmer by trade and I’m an animator and illustrator and we have mutual arts projects, but at parties and festivals we operate as the Low Tech VJs. It started out three years ago when I bought an overhead projector and while playing with sheets I discovered it was easy to make animations. We wrote a plan and sent it to a dozen of festivals, and we landed our first gig at a drum ’n’ bass party my next door neighbour organised.

‘We use an overhead projector and a waterproofed glass frame for our performances. We start by pouring in some water, which already looks interesting when it’s magnified and projected on a wall, and for instance we pour in glittery little stars from the HEMA. Then we add olive oil, paint, soap or figurines, and we use cardboard cut outs, straws to suck away excess water and sticks to manipulate the action. Our most memorable performance was at Lowlands. We basically just wanted a free ticket, and ended up doing a set on a special stage. We made some short films in advance at my place, and incorporated the names of artists performing at the festival. We also used insects in that show: spiders, crickets and worms, which provoked some anger from concerned vegetarians. But they shouldn’t have worried, because we released all the critters back into the wild.

‘We prefer showing what we do instead of yakking about it. We’re constantly amazed at the results of our performances, and we love the fact that people get in touch with their playful side and spontaneously participate.

‘We don’t have great ambitions and we don’t feel a lot of peer pressure. We just want to allow it to grow naturally.’

Galerie Jos Art KSNM-laan 291, 418 7003 Galerie Louise Smit Prinsengracht 615, 625 9898 Gemeentemuseum Stadhouderslaan 41, Den Haag, 070 338 1111 Heineken Music Hall ArenA Boulevard 590, 0900 300 1250 Hermitage Amsterdam Nieuwe Herengracht 14, 530 8751 Homomonument Westermarkt Huis Marseille Keizersgracht 401, 531 8989 Hup Gallery Tesselschadestraat 15, 515 8589 Imagine IC Bijlmerplein 1006-1008, 489 4866 Joods Historisch Museum Jonas Daniel Meijerplein 2-4, 531 0310 De Kunstfabriek Polonceaukade 20 (Westergasfabriekterrein), 488 9430 De Levante Hobbemastraat 28, 671 5485 Lloyd Hotel Oostelijke Handelskade 34, 419 1840 Maloe Melo Lijnbaansgracht 163, 420 4592 Mediamatic Vijzelstraat 68, 638 9901 Melkweg Lijnbaansgracht 234A, 531 8181 Melkweg Galerie Marnixstraat 409, 531 8181 Molly Malone's Oudezijds Kolk 9, 624 1150 Museum Het Schip Spaarndammerplantsoen 140, 418 2885 Photo by Joost Benthem

Museum of Bags and Purses Herengracht 573, 524 6452 Museum van Loon Keizersgracht 672, 624 5255

Get trippy: www.low-tech.nl

NDSM-werf TT Neveritaweg 15, 330 5480 Nederlands Architectuurinstituut Museumpark 25, Rotterdam, 010 440 1200 Nederlands Fotomuseum Wilhelminakade 332, Rotterdam, 010 213 2011

Offline #4 (Sur)realistic paintings by young talents Andro Semeiko and Stephanie Jansen.

ArtOlive (Mon-Fri 11.00 -17.00; Sun 12.00 -17.00), closing Sunday

El blanco perfecto Paintings and installations that explore Dominican artist Miguel Rivas’s relationship with femininity. CEDLA (Mon-Fri 10.00-17.00), until 28 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

Videozomer Diverse works by video artists, which can be viewed from outside of the project space. A new artist is screened each week until 29 August.

For schedule see www.petersburgprojectspace.org.

Petersburg Project Space (Daily, evenings till 01.00), until 29 August

Paul Blanca: Mi Matties & Kristal Two new black-and-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 New Geographies A new media mapping exhibition that aims to show a visible path of personal migrations. Imagine IC (Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat 11.00-17.00, Thur 11.00-21.00), until 17 August Stacked and Scattered Diverse works by George Korsmit, Federico Campanale, Constant Dullaart, Frank Mandersloot, Henny van Overbeek, Boris Tellegen and Nico W Jungmann. W139 (Sun-Thur 11.00-20.00, Fri, Sat 11.00-22.00), until 17 August Free and Untamed Beings Six ambitious artists and designers get fashionistic for a month. The participants are: Meredith farmers, Claire Fons, Py Tswang jin, Jessie Mak, Niki Mens, Quoc Thang and Jenske Dijkhuis.

Arguably, if they were more ambitious they’d be in a more commercial gallery, but this place is great. De Service Garage (Wed-Sun 13.00-18.00), until 18 August Finnish Bitches Jewellery by Eija Mustonen, Helena Lehtinen, Tarja Lehtinen, Tarja Tuupanen, Anna Rikkinen, Terhi Tolvanen and Janna Syvanoja. Finnish bitches, indeed. Galerie Louise Smit (Wed-Fri 14.0018.00, Sat 13.00-17.00), until 21 August Summer exhibitions Paintings of palaces, castles and grand estates. What more do you expect midsummer? De Kunstfabriek Tues-Fri 12.00-18.00, Sat, Sun 12.00-17.00, until 22 August Eindexamenexpositie voorjaar 2008 Graduating photo students present their works. Fotogram (MonThur 09.30-21.00, Fri, Sat 09.30-17.00), until 23 August 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 27 August

ADDRESSES

Nederlands Uitvaart Museum Tot Zover Kruislaan 124, 694 0482 Nieuwe Kerk entrance on the Dam, 638 6909

ABC Treehouse Voetboogstraat 11, 423 0967

Pacific Parc Polonceaukade 23, 488 7778

Allard Pierson Museum Oude Turfmarkt 127, 525 2556

Paradiso Weteringschans 6-8, 626 4521

Amstel 54 Amstel 54, 623 4254

Pathé De Munt Vijzelstraat 15, 0900 1458

Amsterdams Historisch Museum Kalverstraat 92, 523 1822

Patronaat Zijlsingel 2, Haarlem, 023 517 5858

Amsterdamse Bos Bezoekerscentrum Bosbaanweg 5

Petersburg Project Space Frans de Wollantstraat 84

De Appel Nieuwe Spiegelstraat 10, 625 5651

Planetart Weteringschans 179

ARCAM Prins Hendrikkade 600, 620 4878

Platform 21 Prinses Irenestraat 19, 344 9449

Arrival/Departure KNSM-Laan 301

PRIK Spuistraat 109, 06 4544 2321

ArtOlive Polonceaukade 17, 675 8504

Rembrandthuis Jodenbreestraat 4, 520 0400

Badcuyp 1e Sweelinckstraat 10, 675 9669

Ronmandos Prinsengracht 282, 320 7036

Bijbels Museum Herengracht 366-368, 624 2436

De Service Garage Stephensonstraat 16

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

Bitterzoet Spuistraat 2, 521 3001

Skek Zeedijk 4-8, 427 0551

Blow Up Gallery Hazenstraat 67, 665 3435

Stadsarchief Amsterdam Vijzelstraat 32

Boom Chicago Leidseplein 12, 530 7300 Bourbon Street Leidsekruisstraat 6-8, 623 3440

Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam Rozenstraat 59, 422 0471

Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina Veemkade 576, 419 3368

Stedelijk Museum CS Oosterdokskade 5, 573 2911

Summer in the City Photo exhibition from four established snappers: Anne Marie Trovato, Reinier Gerritsen, Martijn de Jonge and Alex ten Napel.

Melkweg Galerie (Tues-Sat 13.00 -18.00), until 31 August

Cafe Sappho Vijzelstraat 103, 423 1509

Stopera Waterlooplein 22, 551 8117

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), until 30 August Dutch Nudes Dutch photography, encouraging models to get their kit off. Blow Up Gallery (ThurSat13.00-18.00), until 30 August

I Pity Inanimate Objects Freaky sculptures and installations by Jaap de Vries. Planetart (see www.planetart.nl), until 31 August Frans Westers Oil paintings with themes such as human nature, mother & child and young children as fairy tale figures. Maybe if you ask, you can see all the artist’s darker, more cynical works round the back of the gallery. Galerie Jos Art (Wed-Sun 11.00 -17.30, Sat, Sun 11.00 -17.30), until 3 September

Paule Carre Cornelis Schuytstraat 44, 675 6800

Carré Amstel 115-125, 524 9452

Studio 80 Rembrandtplein 17, 521 8333

Casablanca Muziek Zeedijk 26, 06 1220 0519

Studio K Timorplein 62, 692 0422

The Cave Prinsengracht 472, 626 8939

Sugar Factory Lijnbaansgracht 238, 627 0008

CEDLA Keizersgracht 395-397, 525 3498

Theater het Amsterdamse Bos Amsterdamse Bos 1, 640 9253

Centrale Bibliotheek Oosterdokskade 143, 523 0900 Church Kerkstraat 50-52 CoBrA Museum Sandbergplein 1-3, Amstelveen, 547 5050 Comedy Cafe Max Euweplein 43-45, 638 3971 Comedy Theater Nes 110, 422 2777

Thermos Day Sauna Raamstraat 33, 623 9158 Toomler Breitnerstraat 2, 670 7400 Tropenmuseum Linnaeusstraat 2, 568 8200 Het Twiske, Oostzaan

Concertgebouw Concertgebouwplein 2-6, 671 8345

UvA: Special Collections Library Oude Turfmarkt 129, 525 2141

Consortium Veemkade 570, 06 2611 8950

Van Gogh Museum Paulus Potterstraat 7, 570 5200

Walking in Rome with Bernini, Michelangelo and Leonardo Retrospective of Italian artist Mario Padovan’s work in Rome from 1963-1997. Paule Carre (Mon 13.00 -18.00; Tue, Wed, Fri 10.00 18.00; Thur 10.00-20.00; Sat 10.00-17.00), until 10 September

Cotton Club Nieuwmarkt 5, 626 6192

Van Zijll Langhout Brouwersgracht 161, 06 2825 9620

De Engel van Amsterdam Zeedijk 21, 427 6381

Verzetsmuseum Plantage Kerklaan 61, 620 2535

De Duif Prinsengracht 756

Vive La Vie Amstelstraat 7

De Duivel Reguliersdwarstr 87, 626 6184

Vondelpark Openluchttheater, 673 1499

Dwaze Zaken Prinshendrikkade 50, 612 4175

W139 Warmoesstraat 139, 622 9434

Homo Urbanus—Homo Sapiens? An outdoor exhibition promoting young artists from Latvia.

Westergasfabriek (Daily 12.00 -20.00), until 15 September

Escape Rembrandtplein 11, 622 1111

Westergasfabriek Haarlemmerweg 8-10, 586 0710

Exit Reguliersdwarsstraat 42, 625 8788

Winston Kingdom Warmoesstraat 129, 623 1380

Filmmuseum Vondelpark 3, 589 1400

Witzenhausen Gallery Elandsstraat 145, 644 9898

Virtual worlds: Checking reality at Platform 21 has been extended to 27 August.

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Film review

By Massimo Benvegnù

Lemon Tree Opens Thursday at Rialto

A FILM FILLED WITH ‘OPSSIMISM’ By telling a multilevelled, and human, story, this film goes much deeper than a mere political lesson.

Through the years, dark stories coming from the Middle East have filled the screen countless times. Various films, ranging from the political to the personal,

FILM Amsterdam Weekly recommends.

Festival Gay & Lesbian Filmmarathon The pink summer film fest continues, with ten new gay and lesbian flicks every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Highlights this weekend include Eating Out about a straight man pursuing a girl who’s more interested in his gay roommate, and Puccini for Beginners, a romantic comedy featuring an opera-loving, commitment-phobic lesbian novelist. See www.rialtofilm.nl. Rialto

New this week Married Life A macabre comedy of manners with the sting of dry ice, this 2007 ensemble piece captures the social climate of America in the late ’40s, when a new anxiety and restlessness began to undermine the postwar optimism. A New York businessman (Chris Cooper) becomes smitten with a young widow (Rachel McAdams) and decides to bump off his devoted wife (Patricia Clarkson). Pierce Brosnan enlivens the convoluted story as Cooper’s best friend, who also serves as the narrator. 90 min. Pathé Tuschinski, De Uitkijk The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor A belated third instalment to the horror franchise that began with The Mummy (1999) and continued with The Mummy Returns (2001). Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious) directed; with Brendan Fraser, Jet Li and Maria Bello. 114 min. Pathé ArenA The Children of Huang Shi Inspired by true events, this film is a would-be epic about young British journalist George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), who ‘adopts’ and rescues 60 Chinese orphans from a 1930s war-torn China. To escape both Chinese and Japanese atrocities, Hogg leads his pupils on an odyssey along the Silk Road through snow covered mountains and a blistering desert. This trek ought to be the pinnacle of the story, but it never quite reaches

from the grittiness of a stolen documentary short to more lavish, agenda-filled productions, have tried to enlighten us on the struggle of living in those countries

the peak it could have. And with two-dimensional characters and the Hollywood cliché of the heroic white man saving non-whites, The Children of Huang Shi just isn’t the sweeping film it pretends to be, especially in regards to any emotional impact. Still, the subject matter of Hogg’s selflessness is appealing and the cinematography by Zhao Xiaoding is ever so beautiful. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode. In Mandarin, Japanese and English with Dutch subtitles. (GR) 120 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé Tuschinski, Studio K WALL-E It goes without saying that the new offering by the animating geniuses at Pixar is a marvel to behold and an example of old school Hollywood storytelling at its finest. But while they succeed in infusing the two most inanimate characters in cartoon history with compelling, cute and lovable personalities—-which was Pixar’s stated goal—-you can’t help but wonder if you’re in the middle of an animating far-pissing contest. It’s very impressive that you end up feeling for these two robots, but it leaves you wishing for a more human touch. Pixar has more than proven themselves, now they need to focus on great stories. That said, you owe it to yourself to go, fall in love with the sights and clanking sounds, and hold back a little tear when things get all gushy. Go on, treat yourself. (LvH) 98 min. The Movies, Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski

Open Air The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert This nicely made 1994 comedy-drama could be described as an Australian Easy Rider, with Sydney drag queens instead of bikers and no apocalyptic ending. Terence Stamp brings a certain suave integrity to his role as a transsexual who takes two queens crosscountry in a drag show. Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith in The Matrix and the blind photographer in Proof) and Guy Pearce are almost as good, and writer-director Stephan Elliott keeps things watchable. (JR) 104 min.

Overhoeks Casino Royale Blond, very blond. A lot of fans were left gasping for air after Daniel Craig was tapped to come shake—not stir—things up as the new James.

But Mr Craig does a wonderful job bringing Bond back to basics. Casino Royale isn’t another part of the franchise, it’s a whole new beginning. Bond has just received his 00 status and is on the tail of a banker

The Blond Bond is out in full view at the Overhoeks Open Air screening.

torn by political, religious and cultural debate—and, yes, a war or two.

Among the political manifestos and attempts at real life depictions, Israeli film-maker Eran Riklis decided instead to speak in a lighter, bittersweet tone, through allegorical stories that put human drama in the forefront—even making room for an honest laugh or two.

His latest film, Lemon Tree, is yet another good example of his ‘opssimism’—optimism mixed with pessimism, a term coined by Riklis himself with the remark, ‘It’s a good way to survive in the Middle East!’ He showcased this outlook earlier in his previous international hit, 2004’s The Syrian Bride.

Lemon Tree tells the story of Salma (Hiam Abbass), a Palestinian widow whose lemon grove stands dangerously close to the new country house of the recently appointed Israeli Defence Minister, in that green stretch of land that is the border between Israel and the West Bank. The security forces promptly ask themselves what menaces and weapons could be hidden behind the ripe yellow fruit. In reality, the trees simply cover the loneliness of the sad but utterly strong Salma, attached to her traditions and memories. Salma tries to manage the lemon grove, even though her husband’s gone, and her kids have moved on to a different life elsewhere. But when the order is issued to uproot the trees for security reasons, she hires a lawyer to take matters into court, and the personal

who finances a lot of nasty people around the world.

There are bad guys, there are Bond girls and there are spectacular stunts; it’s all just a bit more rough, tough and gadget-less. This start-over does takes some time getting used to, but after the last few instalments, that’s a small price to pay for the pleasure. (SG) 144 min. Overhoeks Cat People Like most people with a cat phobia, Val Lewton, the legendary producer of RKO’s horror cycle, was fascinated by them. His first film, eerily directed

by Jacques Tourneur, is dedicated to his fetish. Based on a wholly fabricated Serbian legend, Cat People describes the effects of superstition on the mind of a New York fashion designer (Simone Simon) who believes herself descended from a race of predatory cat women. This 1942 classic demonstrates what a film-maker can accomplish when he substitutes taste and intelligence for special effects. (DD) 73 min.

Filmmuseum Open Air Rumble Fish In this Francis Ford Coppola film, made in an expressionist moment in 1983, Matt Dillon plays a searching, confused teenager in a near-future city, trying to come to grips with the influence of his older brother, Mickey Rourke. The action is murky, despite a moment or two of amazing naturalism from Dennis Hopper. (DK) 94 min. Cavia Open-Air Cinema Some Like It Hot In many ways, the ultimate Billy Wilder film (1959), replete with breathless pacing, transvestite humour and unflinching cynicism. With Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe. (DK) 119 min. Overhoeks

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story quickly takes on a bigger, yet more intricate shape, with unexpected results that end up having a worldwide resonance.

In the meantime, witnessing the ‘lemon fight’ from behind her curtained windows is Mira Navon (Rona LipazMichael), the Defence Minister’s wife.

Her story is also one of loneliness, and the unspoken dialogue between those two women—physically and emotionally so close, yet confined to be relatively far away—is the moral backbone of the film. Around them, a well-constructed cast of supporting characters help shape the story and give a multi-faceted perspective to the matter, providing the right mix of comedy and drama. Much like The Syrian Bride, it takes only a minute of screen time to understand what is the everyday struggle of these people, and where they stand among the political chaos they’ve grown up in. The director here is clearly supported by an amazing cast, and above all is the incredible Hiam Abbass, whom we could refer to as the Anna Magnani of the Middle East, if it were fair to seclude her toplevel talent to just one region.

By putting the audience through the tragicomic tribulations of its characters, Lemon Tree succeeds in many levels where sometimes political lessons don’t.

Riklis confirms himself as one of the most interesting Middle Eastern storytellers, and one to refer to for the pulse of the current matters. ___

Still playing Ennie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens A torrent of

sensational shots by rock’s, and now fashion’s, foremost photographer keep this documentary flowing. Annie Leibovitz has always had timing: she grew up at Rolling Stone magazine, snapped Richard Nixon as he slinked off in shame and posed Arnold Schwarzenegger when he was better known as Mr Universe. She was also one of the last people to see John Lennon alive, when she took the iconic nude portrait of him curled up like a foetus next to Yoko Ono. Photography fans and old hippies will delight in every frame, unlike Keith Richards who mutters, ‘...uh, no, I don’t remember that’, when shown a photo of his drugged-out ’60s self splayed on the floor.

Made by Barbara Leibovitz, the sister of, the film isn’t exactly critical, but who cares? (IM) 90 min. Rialto De Brief voor de Koning Sixteen-year-old shield-bearer Tiuri (a completely miscast Yannick van de Velde) is about to be knighted when he meets a man who gives him a letter that is to be delivered to the king. The knight originally intended for the job is dead and Tiuti has to carry the letter himself. But some parties don’t want the letter to reach its destination. A dull looking film, De Brief voor de Koning suffers from that all too common disease among literary adaptations: being a slave to the source. Be it knight Edwinem’s death, Tiuri’s developing friendship with Piak or the mysterious Jorak trying to kill Tiuri, most scenes feel obligatory and add up to little more than a random series of events loosely connected in this unconvincing comingof-age-story. In Dutch. (MP) 110 min. Het Ketelhuis, Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski, Studio K

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People Will Talk Writer-director Joseph L Mankiewicz at his most pontifical, personal and oddball, with Cary Grant as a surgeon and music conductor serving as his principal mouthpiece. Occasionally the hero stops talking long enough to court Jeanne Crain, one of his patients. Finlay Currie, Walter Slezak, Hume Cronyn and Sidney Blackmer are around in character parts to kibitz as well. Comedy, drama, romance and lots of opinions about the state of the world circa 1951. What more could you want? 110 min. Filmmuseum

Special screenings 4:30 The Previously Unreleased programme at the

Filmmuseum doesn’t seem able to miss. In his languid yet mesmerising second feature, Singapore film-maker Royston Tan transports us into the environment of the cheeky eleven-year-old Xiao Wu. Every morning at 4:30 he sneaks into his uncle’s apartment, like an explorer of uncharted territory. His uncle doesn’t do much. Usually we see him asleep, or sick, or busy with his pathetic attempts at taking his own life. Yet slowly, the two outsiders develop some kind of rapport. Not much happens in 4:30 (although there is a funny returning gimmick with Xiao Wu and a group of morning exercisers), still the movie’s impact lingers on long after screening. In Korean, Mandarin and English with Dutch subtitles. (BS) 93 min. Filmmuseum

Aaltra There’s not much talking in this beautifully shot black and white road movie. Its pleasures are almost all visual, from subtle gestures to big slapstick scenes. Directors Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern play two obnoxious Frenchmen in wheelchairs who travel to Finland to get compensation for the accident that paralysed them. The landscapes are as empty as the two men’s lives, and they terrorise anyone who tries to help. A special treat in this Belgian black comedy is the cameo appearance by its spiritual father: the Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki. In English/Finnish/French/German with Dutch subtitles. (RR) 90 min. Ketelhuis Open Air ABBA, The Movie The Swedish pop quartet tours Australia in this 1977 documentary, an early effort by film-maker Lasse Hallstrom (The Cider House Rules, Chocolat). Today’s screening is a restored version of the original. 97 min. Pathé Tuschinski Earth This full-length documentary version of the British TV series Planet Earth follows a polar bear family, a herd of elephants and two humpback whales in their daily struggle for survival. Directed by Alastair Fothergill (Deep Blue) and Mark Linfield. 96 min. The Movies Eating Out If this 2004 movie is any guide, today’s college kids speak in an incomprehensible argot of pop-culture references and spend an inordinate amount of time with their shirts off. The frequently shirtless hero (Scott Lunsford) inexplicably falls for a

Comandante The first film of a projected trilogy on doctrinaire political leaders, Oliver Stone’s documentary about Fidel Castro was culled from 30 hours of footage shot over three days. Constructed as a series of dialectical exchanges between the two men. Stone’s casual, indirect interview style yields some fascinating details— like Castro’s admiration for Charlie Chaplin and Brigitte Bardot—but he’s also strangely passive, almost protective of his elderly subject. Richard Boyle, the muckraker who collaborated with Stone on Salvador, might have been more willing to ask Castro about Cuba’s thriving teenage sex trade, its prosecution of political dissidents, and its horrifying treatment of homosexuals. In English and subtitled Spanish [check!] 93 min. Kriterion

The Dark Knight There is nothing camp about The

Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan’s second (and vastly superior) outing in the Batman franchise—although Christian Bale’s slightly ridiculous, husky voice as Batman could still use some fine tuning. Gone are the days of Burtonesque villains and nippled crusaders.

This is as grim and realistic as it gets. In Nolan’s Gotham City there are no superheroes or supercrooks, just very disturbed people. Like Batman’s nemesis the Joker, who, in late Heath Ledger’s incarnation, has never been more deranged nor more menacing. (His inventive pencil-disappearing-trick probably won’t find it’s way to children’s parties anytime soon.) A haunting (and haunted) masterpiece. (BS) 152 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski Dunya & Desie A reasonably entertaining parade of ethnic and class stereotypes, based on the TV series and directed by Dana Nechushtan (Nachtrit). With Eva van de Wijdeven as kaaskop teenager Desie and the award-winning Maryam Hassouni as her Moroccan best friend Dunya. In Dutch. 96 min. Het Ketelhuis Le Fils de l’épicier A road movie of sorts, with a very French twist. The story is a bit flimsy: a young man (the grocer’s son of the title) helps his parents when they’re in trouble and sorts himself out along the way.

The film’s strength is in its humane view of its characters and painterly eye for the landscape. As Antoine (Nicolas Cazalé) grudgingly drives his dad’s delivery van around, his brusqueness doing little for his sales or relations with the old clientele, we’re treated to breathtaking wide-angle shots of Provence. Close friend Claire (Clotilde Hesme), former femme fatale Lucienne (Liliane Rovère) and increasingly senile father Clément (Paul Crauchet) play crucial, and

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Plata quemada (Burnt Money) Three Argentinean killers, two of them lovers (Eduardo Noriega and Leonardo Sbaraglia), hide out in Uruguay after a bank heist with a heavy body count and wait for false passports. Under the strain, things start to come apart.

Marcelo Piñeyro’s slick, homoerotic 2000 thriller, set in 1965, aims to be as hot as possible; some might feel it succeeds, while others may be reminded of commercials for cologne. In Spanish with Dutch subtitles. (JR) 125 min. Rialto

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made a fascinating contemplation on loneliness and on man and his surroundings. Part of the Previously Unreleased program at the Filmmuseum. Spanish with English subtitles. (BS) 110 min. Filmmuseum

Puccini for Beginners Maria Maggenti follows her debut feature, The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love, with this smart romantic comedy about an opera-loving, commitment-phobic lesbian novelist (Elizabeth Reasor). Dumped by her lover, she gets involved with a philosophy scholar and, unwittingly, his fragile girlfriend. Fresh Manhattan locations prove as photogenic as the leads, and the supporting actors—especially Tina Benko as a glacial, impeccably dressed amazon—don’t miss a beat of Maggenti’s snappy dialogue. (AG) 82 min. Rialto

rably soothing languid. That’s the general feel of José Luis Torres Leiva’s feature film debut (which translates to: The sky, the earth, and the rain), winner of the Fipresci-prize at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam. On a remote island along the Chilean coast the camera silently observes the lives of three young women and one man, all caught up in their own kind of isolation. With the same meditative quality he showcased in his earlier documentaries, Torres Leiva has

Lilja 4-ever The 16-year-old title heroine (Oksana Akinshina), living in the former Soviet Union, is abandoned when her mother leaves for the States, befriended by an equally desperate 14-year-old boy and ultimately lured into prostitution in Sweden. Writer-director Lukas Moodysson lays on the misery and the tear-jerking dream sequences (complete with angel feathers), seldom bothering with character nuance or social analysis. The production company was the one behind Lars von Trier’s Breaking the Waves and Dancer in the Dark, and one finds here a similar kind of sadism posing as humanism. In Russian/Swedish with Dutch subtitles.

109 min. De Uitkijk

The Savages Why The Savages, a deliciously acerbic familial comedy, never made it to the Dutch theatres is beyond me. Thankfully, the Filmmuseum gives this film and many others a home in their summer programming, under the common denominator Previously Unreleased. Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman are superb as Wendy and Jon Savage, whose father is suddenly dumped back into their lap. But a lot of the credit has to go to the script. Writer/director Tamara Jenkins doesn’t go for the big emotions in her second feature film, but shows us the humour and drama in small, casual details and offhand remarks. English with Dutch and French subtitles (BS) 113 min. Filmmuseum

sometimes very funny, roles while Antoine adjusts to his new life. Eric Guirado directed this feel-good film with an eye for the individual. In French with Dutch subtitles. (KE) 96 min. Cinecenter

might be too much to stomach for the faint of heart, as every ounce of innocence is squeezed from the film throughout the two hours of running time. In Spanish with Dutch subtitles. (LvH) 118 min. Cinecenter, Kriterion

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall Jason Segel scripted and stars in this solidly funny romantic comedy. The setup isn’t much: after getting ditched by his TV star girlfriend (Kristen Bell), Segel checks into a Hawaiian resort hotel and finds her there with her absurdly hot pop-star boyfriend, Aldous Snow (Russell Brand). But in producer Judd Apatow’s usual style, Segel mines a mother lode of painful personal memories for his breakup gags, and the vanity of entertainment people proves to be another rich vein. Nicholas Stoller directs; with Mila Kunis, Bill Hader, Paul Rudd and Jonah Hill.

English, Hawaiian 112 min. Pathé De Munt

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. De Uitkijk

ABBA, The Movie Pathé Tuschinski young woman who has a thing for gay men; his gay roommate (American Idol reject Jim Verraros) convinces him to chase after her frequently shirtless gay roommate, which leads to wacky mix-ups and a stunningly unfunny climax. Q Allan Brocka wrote and directed. Showing in the Gay & Lesbian Summer Tour. (HS) 90 min. Rialto

El cielo, la tierra, y la lluvia Languid. A memo-

Hancock Will Smith stars as an embittered superhero who leaps tall buildings in a single bound while cursing and slugging down bourbon. After he rescues goodhearted PR man Jason Bateman from an oncoming freight train, Bateman offers to return the favor by giving him an image makeover. As popcorn movies go, this is fleet, funny and even thoughtful: its central question, nicely underplayed by director Peter Berg, is why power and altruism never seem to intersect. With Charlize Theron. 92 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

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) Kriterion, Studio K, De Uitkijk La Noche de los girasoles If you had plans to visit the lovely Spanish countryside for your summer holidays, you might reconsider after watching this grim and downbeat Hitchcockian Spanish art house thriller. A rape and murder in a rural town set up the Rashomon-like structure in which six characters are followed in six seperate chapters, with each chapter cleverly expanding the audience’s knowledge and deftly expanding our point of view. The depravity and dark view of human nature

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 New York female foursome will flock to theatres as fast as when a new collection hits H&M. If you’re sentimental and have a soft spot for Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha, bring your hankies. (MB) 144 min. The Movies, Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski, Studio K The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian One thing that is sorely missed in both the recent ‘Narnia’ and the ‘Lord of the Rings’ adaptations is their delicious sense of whimsy. The characters in the films usually take themselves much too seriously, a flaw that is virtually non-existent in the books. Prince Caspian, Andrew Adamson’s second outing for the ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ franchise, is even more grim and violent—although not a drop of (visual) blood is spilled—and less cute, despite the presence of a talking badger and a very heroic mouse (voiced by Eddie Izzard). This time, the four Pevensie siblings have to save the Narnians from the despotic clutches of King Miraz while simultaneously learning a valuable lesson about keeping the faith. English (BS) 147 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt Then She Found Me An elementary school teacher (Helen Hunt) is ditched by her husband (Matthew Broderick) after only months of marriage and faces the prospect of turning 40 without children. This emotional crisis is heightened by the sudden appearance of her birth mother (Bette Midler), who gave her up for adop-

Love that twilight hour? 4:30 has been extended for one more week at Filmmuseum.

Castro on Bardot and Chaplin Comandante, Kriterion

tion years earlier and is now the expansive host of a morning TV talk show. This adaptation of an Elinor Lipman novel is Hunt’s feature directing debut, and under the circumstances she might have been wiser to give the lead role to someone else. Her crabby performance weighs on the film, though it’s nothing compared to Colin Firth’s scenery-chewing turn as her self-lacerating new beau. English 100 min. Pathé Tuschinski 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. 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

Edited by Julie Phillips. This week’s films reviewed by Massimo Benvegnù (MB), Angela Dress (AD), Don Druker (DD), Kate Eaton (KE), Sven Gerrets (SG), Andrea Gronvall (AG), Luuk van Huët (LvH), JR Jones (JJ), Dave Kehr (DK), Iris Maher (IM), Mike Peek (MP), Reece Pendleton (RP), Julie Phillips (JP), Gusta Reijnders (GR), Jonathan Rosenbaum (JR), Ronald Rovers (RR), Hank Sartin (HS) and Bregtje Schudel (BS). All films are screened in English with Dutch subtitles unless otherwise noted.

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Film ideas

By Luuk van Huët

Control, Ketelhuis Openluchtbios

FILM TIMES Thursday 31 July until Wednesday 6 August. Times are provided by cinemas and are subject to last-minute changes.

Cavia Open-Air Cinema Spaarndammerplantsoen, 475 0924, Rumble Fish Sat. Cinecenter Lijnbaansgracht 236, 623 6615 Le Fils de l'épicier daily 16.30, 19.15, Sun also 11.15 Il y a longtemps que je t'aime daily 16.15, 19.00, 21.45, Sun also 11.00, 13.30 In Bruges daily 16.30, 19.30, 22.00, Sun also 11.00, 13.45 Lemon Tree daily 16.50, 19.15, 21.45, Sun also 11.00, 13.30 La Noche de los girasoles daily 21.45, Sun also 13.30.

Filmmuseum Vondelpark 3, 589 1400 4:30 daily 17.10 A Summer Evening with Cary Grant Sun 19.30 El cielo, la tierra, y la lluvia daily 21.45 His Girl Friday Sun 14.30 I Was a Male War Bride Fri 17.00 None but the Lonely Heart Wed 19.30 North by Northwest daily 19.00, Sat also 14.30

FILMMUSEUM: SUNSETS What: This might be your last chance to watch outdoor screenings in the Vondelpark, since the Filmmuseum’s move to the other side of the IJ is planned for 2009. Its future site on the Overhoeks terrain will in fact start this summer with a helping of screenings, as will the Oostelijke Handelskade during the Uitmarkt.

When: Every Friday, after sundown, until 12 September.

Films: The classy classic horror film Cat People, the Beatles musical Across the Universe, and the nihilistic Flemish film Ex-Drummer all come highly recommended.

Price: €3, includes a vaasje.

Website: www.filmmuseum.nl PLUK DE NACHT OPEN AIR FESTIVAL What: It’s the fifth edition of the biggest outdoor extravaganza in Amsterdam and this year, it has grown bigger and better. Besides the urban beach at Stenen Hoofd, a satellite edition will also take place at Studio K. It also boasts art-filled caravans, beach chairs, camp fires, blankets for hire, pizzas and afterpartying goodness with DJs. When: 7-23 August.

Films: No titles are available yet, but expect a wide array of interesting independent films that haven’t graced our silver screens yet.

Price: Nada.

Website: www.plukdenacht.nl

OUT OF CAVIA ZOMERFESTIVAL What: Rather than staying cooped up in their charming little cinema, the Cavia crew set up shop at various locations in the Westerpark neighbourhood for some open air adventures.

When: Every Saturday night until 16 September.

Films: Check out the first outdoor Future Shorts screening. The Commitments is preceded by a live performance by the band Junkman’s Choir, and the gypsy madness in Black Cat, White Cat is always a hoot.

Price: Bring your own seating arrangement.

Website: www.rialtofilm.nl

Website: www.ketelhuis.nl

For this week’s Open Air screenings see p. 18.

Plop en de Kabouterschat daily 10.10 Sex and the City: The Movie daily 20.20, Sat also 23.20 Sneak Preview Tues 21.30 Snuf de Hond in oorlogstijd daily 11.50 The Strangers daily 18.10, 20.10, 22.15, Sat also 0.40 Wall-E daily 11.50, 14.20, 16.40, 18.55, 21.15, Sat also 23.40 Wall-E (NL) daily 9.55, 11.20, 12.10, 13.45, 14.30, 16.10, 16.45 You Don't Mess With the Zohan Sat 23.45.

Pathé De Munt Vijzelstraat 15, 0900 1458 21: Las Vegas daily 15.00, Thur-Mon also 20.15 De Brief voor de Koning daily 11.45, 14.30, 17.00 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian daily 20.35 The Dark Knight daily 10.30, 13.45, 17.15, 21.00, Thur, Fri, SunWed also 12.45, 16.15, 20.00, Sat also 11.15, 14.50, 18.45, 22.15

Hancock daily 10.15, 12.30, 14.45, 18.00, 20.30, Sat also 23.10 Hoe overleef ik mezelf daily 11.30, 14.00

Sylvia Scarlett Sat 19.30, Mon, Wed 17.00

In Bruges daily 20.45, Sat also 23.35

This Is England Thur 22.00, Fri-Wed 21.30.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull daily 17.45

Ketelhuis Open Air Westergasfabriek, Haarlemmerweg 8-10, , Aaltra Sat 22.00.

Het Ketelhuis Haarlemmerweg 8-10, 684 0090

Kung Fu Panda daily 11.20, 13.40, 16.10, 18.45, 21.10, Sat also 23.25 Kung Fu Panda (NL) daily 10.20, 12.00, 12.40, 14.15 Mamma Mia! The Movie daily 10.20, 13.15, 16.00, 19.00, 21.45

De Brief voor de Koning daily 12.30, 14.45, 19.15

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor daily 12.15, 15.15, 18.15, 21.30, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 19.15, 22.00, Sat also 20.00, 23.00

The Bubble Fri-Wed 21.45

Plop en de Kabouterschat daily 10.15

Dunya & Desie Thur, Sat-Wed 17.00

Reinas Wed 21.00

Hoe overleef ik mezelf daily 14.30 Il y a longtemps que je t'aime daily 16.45, 19.00, 21.30

Sex and the City: The Movie daily 12.20, 15.30, 19.45, Sat also 22.50

Kung Fu Panda (NL) daily 15.00, 17.15, 19.30

Sneak Preview Tues 21.45

Morrison krijgt een zusje daily 12.45

The Strangers daily 16.45, 19.30, 21.50

Le Voyage du ballon rouge daily 21.15.

Wall-E daily 13.00, 15.45, 18.30, 21.15, Sat also 23.45

De Avonturen van het Molletje daily 13.15

Kriterion Roetersstraat 170, 623 1708

Wall-E (NL) daily 11.00, 13.30, 16.30.

Comandante Thur-Mon, Wed 22.15

Pathé Tuschinski Reguliersbreestraat 34, 0900 1458

The Darjeeling Limited daily 19.45

ABBA, The Movie Sat 11.00

Happy-Go-Lucky Thur, Sat-Wed 19.15

De Brief voor de Koning daily 12.15

Horton (NL) Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 14.45

The Children of Huang Shi daily 12.10, 21.30

Into the Wild daily 19.30

The Dark Knight daily 17.00, 20.30, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 13.30, Sat also 12.45

Lang leve de Koninging daily 15.15 Loose Change Sat 14.45 Manufacturing Dissent Fri 20.00 La Noche de los girasoles daily 16.45, Thur, Sat-Wed also 21.45, Fri, Sat also 0.00

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull daily 17.30 Into the Wild daily 21.00 Kung Fu Panda daily 15.00

Roger & Me Fri 22.15

Kung Fu Panda (NL) daily 12.00

Sneak Preview Tues 22.15

Mamma Mia! The Movie daily 16.00, 18.45, 21.15, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 13.15

Wall-E (NL) daily 15.00, 17.00.

Married Life daily 14.45, 17.00, 19.15 Sex and the City: The Movie Thur, Sat-Wed 20.40, Fri 20.30 Then She Found Me daily 15.30, 18.30

Dialogue avec mon jardinier daily 14.45, 21.45

Wall-E daily 18.15, 20.45

Earth daily 14.45, Mon-Wed also 16.45

Wall-E (NL) daily 13.00, 15.45.

Heure d’été, L daily 19.45, Sun also 12.45 In Bruges daily 21.15, Thur-Sun also 16.45 Into the Wild daily 19.00, 21.45 Kung Fu Panda daily 14.30 Das Leben der Anderen daily 17.00, Fri, Sat also 23.15, Sun also 12.30 Sex and the City: The Movie daily 18.45, 21.30 Then She Found Me daily 16.30, Sun also 12.15 Wall-E daily 19.30.

Overhoeks Tolhuistuin, , The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Sat 21.45 Casino Royale Fri 21.45 Some Like It Hot Sun 21.45.

KETELHUIS OPENLUCHTBIOS What: The bastion of Dutch film culture enriches the evening with their own openair cinema.

When: Every Saturday until 23 August.

Films: Control by Anton Corbijn is the only film with a truly Dutch connection.

And another chance to see the Danish existential black comedy Adam’s Apples, and the wonderful romantic comedy 2 Days in Paris.

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Never Back Down daily 22.00, Sat also 0.20

The Savages Sat, Sun 14.00

The Movies Haarlemmerdijk 159-165, 638 6016

RIALTO IN DE OPEN LUCHT! What: Sixth edition of Rialto’s open air screenings on Marie Heinekenplein, as always, focuses on world cinema.

When: 20-23 August.

Films: Visit the favelas with Brasilian Mar(—Nossa Hist(ria de Amor and witness Malaysian teenage angst in the award-winning Muhksin.

Price: Zilch.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor daily 11.45, 14.15, 16.45, 18.30, 19.15, 21.00, 21.50, Sat also 23.30, 0.45

People Will Talk Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues 19.30, Sat, Sun 17.00

Tropa de Elite daily 17.30, 22.00, Fri, Sat also 0.15

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Mamma Mia! The Movie daily 14.00, 16.20, 18.50, 21.20

Forgetting Sarah Marshall Thur-Mon 17.40, Sat 23.05, Tues, Wed 18.20

Cat People Fri 21.30.

Another soggy and tempestuous excuse for a summer, another season of outdoor screenings... This list is by no means complete, but it should get you started on your quest for superior cinematic sustenance after sundown. With the exception of Sunsets (because of the terrace), feel free to bring your own food and drinks.

Kung Fu Panda (NL) daily 11.30, 12.30, 13.40, 14.50, 16.00, 17.00

Once Upon a Honeymoon Thur, Tues 17.00

Filmmuseum Open Air Vondelpark, ,

The great film outdoors Open your mind to this summer’s open air cinema programmes.

Kung Fu Panda (Imax) daily 10.00

Pathé ArenA ArenA Boulevard 600, 0900 1458 21: Las Vegas daily 17.30 De Brief voor de Koning daily 10.15, 12.40, 15.00 The Children of Huang Shi daily 15.30, 18.00, 20.30, Sat also 23.00 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian daily 16.15, 19.10 The Dark Knight (Imax) daily 12.00, 15.10, 18.20, 21.40

Rialto Ceintuurbaan 338, 676 8700 Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens daily 21.15, Thur also 19.15, Fri, Sat, Mon-Wed also 19.30, Sat also 15.00 Eating Out Sun 18.45 Gay & Lesbian Filmmarathon daily Lemon Tree Thur 17.00, 19.30, 22.00, Fri-Wed 17.00, 19.15, 21.30, Sat, Sun also 14.45 Nina's Heavenly Delights Sun 16.00 Paul dans sa vie Thur-Sat, Mon, Tues 17.15 Plata quemada (Burnt Money) Fri 23.00 Puccini for Beginners Sat 23.00 Pudor daily 19.45, Sat, Sun also 15.30.

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The Dark Knight daily 11.00, 14.10, 17.20, 20.40, Sat also 0.00

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull daily 19.20

Lilja 4-ever Mon-Wed 21.30

De Kronieken van Narnia: Prins Caspian daily 10.20, 13.15

Paris Sun 19.00

Kung Fu Panda daily 10.50, 13.00, 15.10, 17.25, 19.30, 21.45, Sat also 0.10

Pettson & Findus: De Brief aan de Koning daily 15.30

Fucking Åmål Thur, Fri 17.00, Sat, Sun 21.30

Married Life Thur-Sat 19.00, Sun 17.00, Mon-Wed 19.30

Waterlilies Fri 21.00.

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DINING/DRINKING

The Undercover Glutton

The Italian taste Del Italiano Runstraat 1, 625 3070 Open daily 10.00-23.00 Cash only Some nights ago, Dear Readers, your Glutton decided to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday. The weather was lousy—and to actually cook felt out of the question—so takeaway seemed the bright solution to a dull day.

After parading through my ‘letterbox collection’ which I always keep at hand to peruse, I plucked up the folder for Del Italiano, located on Runstraat. And Mamma Mia!, among their list of pizzas galore, I began to recognise something ‘authentic’ about it all. My fingers began to glow, as if I had discovered a hidden masterpiece in some forgotten attic.

Not only did they advertise a wood fire stone oven to bake the pizzas and breads in, but the prices also seemed very reasonable (€6.50-€10.50). But what did my growing excitement end up choosing in the hopes of having my taste buds break out into Italian opera? I ignored the lovely lunchtime sandwich combinations, and chose the classic ‘golden oldie’ Spaghetti Bolognese (€6.50)—the ultimate comfort food.

Meanwhile, Nelson’s frail visage spoke from my TV screen, causing a lump to ripple through my triple chins.

I also ordered a salad, to balance the pasta’s richness. The Insalata Del Italiano promised extra virgin Sicilian olive oil, (their own import) black olives, red onions, pomodori tomatoes, cheese, nuts, rucola, iceberg lettuce and green paprika slices. The price of

€3.50 seemed too good to be true. A dessert, the Tiramisu Colosa Lungha, priced at €2.75 also sounded very cheap. But then again, so am I. I phoned in my order to a polite Italian lady and within half an hour or so it was delivered by a polite young Italian man who said: ‘Enjoy, it’s really good.’

He was correct. The spag-bol was perfectly mixed together with a tangy Italian cheese melted over it. There wasn’t much meat in the sauce, but enough to state its presence. And the overall texture wasn’t oily at all. The salad was exactly as advertised and only needed a personal touch of salt and pepper to pep it up. A four sliced piece of fresh stone oven baked olive ciabatta in foil just added to my already ample meal.

Meanwhile the rain pelted down, making a mockery of July. But I didn’t care; I was holidaying in sunny Italy.

The tiramisu was a great boozy surprise. Eureka! This was authentic stuff indeed. My endorphin rush gushed high like the Tivoli fountains, and my throbbing taste bud baritone rose, filling my own personal La Scala with fainting women and eye-dabbing men. Dame Fortuna had truly smiled upon my choice...

And I will certainly pay my respects in person sometime to try their lunch. ___

My endorphin rush gushed high like the Tivoli fountains, and my throbbing taste bud baritone rose.

Ciao, Dear Readers, for this is my last print review. But do stay tuned for Glutton—The Musical. I’m sure the Weekly will keep you abreast. And I have full faith in my replacement: her belly might be much smaller but her mouth is much bigger.

A night in the life...

By Sarah Gehrke

BBQ chaos Cafe Chaos Lijnbaansgracht 206 Sun-Thur 12.00-1.00, Fri-Sat 12.00-3.00 Cash only They have carried some chairs and little benches outside, next to the canal, and now sit in a circle around their little barbecue. It’s Thursday night, around 10 pm, the weather’s lovely, and the next-door neighbours of Cafe Chaos are impatiently waiting for their burgers to be done. And so is Chaos’s bar lady: ‘Is the meat ready yet?’ she screams over to them, before she brings them another round of beer.

The outside tables of Cafe Chaos are fully occupied, mostly by people that were probably here the night before as well. And the night before that. An old man arrives and squeezes in on one of the benches. Soon he’s engaged in a conversation with the couple that is sitting next to him. He tells them that he lives in a senior residence. ‘So, don’t you have a bar there, too?’ the woman asks. ‘Yes, of course,’ he answers. ‘But it closes at eight!’ He wrinkles his nose, exuding utter contempt for such a policy, before taking another sip of beer.

Beer price: €2.20 for a vaasje Amstel.

Emergency food: Sandwiches and snacks all day, dinner from 18.00-20.00, peanuts for free at all times. And on an especially lucky day, you might even be able to pinch some of the neighbours’ barbecue.

Special interior feature: Angels. The whole bar is full of them! Angels over angels. Angels everywhere. And then some more.

Predominant shoe type: Everything goes—as long as it’s comfortable.

Typically ordered drink: Beer. In fact, beer probably is the only drink ordered here. Ever.

Smoking situation: Lovely little terras by the water.

Since this is the kind of bar only smokers go to, it can be hard to find a table outside. Inside: no one.

Tune of the night: Creedence: Best of....

Mingling factor: High!.

State of toilets near closing time: Besides a few stray peanut shells, perfectly clean.

Meanwhile, the bar lady crosses the street for yet another check-up on the meat. In her hand she has a cigarette holder which is about 30 centimetres long. When she returns, she has exchanged it for a meat skewer. Bliss!

The inside of Cafe Chaos is quite cosy. It’s small and brown, with a red plush sofa in one corner, and the floor is littered with peanut shells. Every available space is filled with angels: statuettes, pictures, badges. Unfortunately, it’s completely empty in here due to summer weather and the smoking ban: all the action’s outside.

Back there, the contact between the different groups of punters increases as it gets later. A girl wearing, despite the falling dusk, a large pair of white-rimmed Ray Bans has caught the attention of a middle-aged man. ‘On your way to the clinic, Bette?’ he says and laughs. Turning around to his female companion, he offers to buy another round of beer.

She protests. He insists. ‘Well,’ she’s still pretending to try to get out of it, ‘are you gonna go to work for me then tomorrow?’ And that was just a little bit too much for him. ‘You’re such a kitty,’ he drawls. ‘But I’m not gonna clean up your litter.’

Time to leave. It’s getting dark. And the barbecue already cooled down ___ quite a while ago.

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