FILM & STAGE
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What's On... Stage
Made in China: Return of the SoulThe Jin Xing Dance Theatre is rapidly gaining a reputation for staging beautiful, high-caliber dance shows. Made in China looks to continue in this vein with their latest performance. It’s based on an act from Kunqu opera “The Peony Pavilion” called “Dream in the Garden”. 50-380 RMB. Mar 13th @ 7.15pm. Shanghai Grand Theatre, 286 Huangpi Lu. www.shgtheatre.com
Film reviews
Film Review: Nine
You can remake a classic, but you can’t repeat it. So director Rob Marshall (“Chicago”) threw a smart curveball with his retelling of Federico Fellini’s 1963 autobiographical masterpiece “8 1⁄2”—he chose instead to adapt its 1982 musical spin-off, “Nine.” And the result, though flawed in many ways, is rather entertaining.
Film Review: Precious
“Precious” is an important film, and one you should probably go and see. It’s important because it holds a magnifying glass up to the small and seemingly insignificant human tragedies that happen every day. That said, it’s not by any means an enjoyable film per se, and you might want to seriously consider whether your mind frame can cope with such an onslaught of unrelenting misery before attempting to see this. In short, be in a dark mood.
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