FILM & STAGE
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In The Mood for Love
This ballet adaptation of Wong Kar Wai’s 2000 movie is set, like the film, in Hong Kong in 1962. It charts the story of two neighbors who find solace in each other’s company when their respective spouses are busy doing other things. Expect scenery and costumes evocative of 1960s Hong Kong, plus some incredibly talented dancers. 280-680 RMB. Sep 3rd – 4th @ 7.15pm. Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Lu. www.shoac.com.cn
Film reviews
Film Review: I Love You Phillip Morris
The last time we saw Jim Carrey this good, it was in “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” Since then, he’s been, well, less than impressive (“23,” people!). After six years as a restrained and boring leading man, he’s back in full force with an unexpected role as a conman in love with... Ewan McGregor? Yup, he’s here—and he’s queer. In writing duo Glenn Ficarra and John Requa’s directorial debut, Carrey is living up to all the promise he had on display in his seminal work, “The Truman Show.”
Film Review: The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
The “Private Lives of Pippa Lee”, the new film from indie director Rebecca Miller, opens with a dinner party in a tastefully decorated apartment, where a writer is toasting his editor, Herb Lee (Alan Arkin), who has just moved into a retirement community with his wife, Pippa, who is 30 years his junior. In the early scenes, Pippa is the kind of nice woman who is best described as bland, and she seems nearly comatose during family dinners and visits with the other residents of the retirement community. Who can blame her? She is mired in tedious conversations with her husband about gourmet supermarkets, and has to constantly monitor his blood pressure, lest he suffer a fourth heart attack. It’s enough to turn a single person off of the idea of marriage, especially to a much older man.
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