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Extra 2293 – Jewels in the Cinema Crown Macau Daily Times | edition 2293 | 17 April 2015 Jewels in the cinema crown Greenaway and Makhmalbaf. Two internationally acclaimed auteurs reveal very different approaches to filmmaking — one as art for art’s sake, the other as an agent for social change — in exclusive interviews and through their latest movies reviewed in Extra Times. X6-7 Movies: Clouds of Sils Maria Books: Adult Onset by Ann-Marie MacDonald Music: Into the Wild Life by Halestorm Wine: The Latino-Slavic Crossroad II jack black by Paulo Coutinho Food: Imperial Cuisine at Jade Dragon technology: Analyzing medical data times square by rodrigo travel: European vacation cheaper due to euro tea leaks by talkers X2 PÁTIO DA ILUSÃO illusion DRIVE IN Jocelyn Noveck, AP INOCHE TEWART EXCEL IN B , S AP PHOTO AssAyAs’ meditAtion on Age he aging actress has always gle with young Chloe Grace tion to the mix. been a deliciously potent Moretz as an of-the-moment But Maria realizes it’s an Tsubject for movies, from Nor- Hollywood starlet who seeks opportunity she can’t pass ma Desmond in “Sunset Bou- more serious acting cred. up — especially with the pu- levard” to Margo Channing Binoche plays Maria Enders, blicity that Jo-Ann Ellis (Mo- in “All About Eve” and way a 40-something French actress retz) will generate; a Lindsay beyond. who’s found success both in Lohan type, she’s a TMZ re- It’s clear why: The struggle to serious European work and in gular and utter catnip to the remain young and vital is so Hollywood blockbusters (much paparazzi. universal, yet especially urgent like Binoche herself). “I’m ti- So she agrees, and the lengthy for a movie star. It’s also becau- red of acting hanging from wi- middle section of the film finds se playing an aging star is such res in front of green screens,” her — hair now cut unglamo- a wonderfully juicy role for — she tells her assistant, Valentine rously short, with no more well, an aging star. (Stewart). “I’ve outgrown it.” makeup or sleek gowns — ho- Which brings us to gorgeous All the more reason, Valentine led away to rehearse lines with Juliette Binoche, who, at 51, is will argue, that Maria should Valentine in a remote Swiss hardly what we’d call aging — accept an offer to star in a Lon- Alps chalet, near where one even if she looked her age, whi- don revival of the play — and can occasionally spy that eerie- ch she doesn’t, we all know 50 then film– that made her a star but-beautiful cloud formation. is the new 30. Still, in “Clouds two decades earlier. In “Malo- In these increasingly intense of Sils Maria,” her luminous, ja Snake,” named after a mys- scenes, the line often seems expressive face becomes an tical Alpine cloud formation intentionally blurred between ideal canvas for director Olivier that signals bad weather, Ma- the two women’s real-life in- Kristen Stewart, left, and Juliette Binoche in a scene from “Clouds of Sils Maria” Assayas to meditate on the in- ria once shone as the ingenue teraction and the roles they’re terweaving forces of time, age, Sigrid, whose potent charms reading. lentine insists, to which Maria contrasting with Assayas’ own, and patience, and it’s not all identity, self-worth, art, and oh, drive her older boss, Helena, to Amid all the subtext about simply bursts out laughing. stunning views from today that clearly marked. But by a few other things. suicide. aging, there’s also an explora- Assayas is purposely playing (all the Alps scenery is breath- the end, you’re left with quite Assayas also makes excellent But now, Maria’s being asked tion of what constitutes art. Ma- here with Stewart’s “Twilight” taking.) a view. use of a compelling Kristen to play not Sigrid, but Hele- ria and Valentine check out Jo- history, and Stewart seems to In many ways, “Clouds of Sils Stewart, moving yet further na. She hates the character for Ann’s latest Hollywood film, enjoy playing along. Maria” is very similar to the “Clouds of Sils Maria,” a Sun- from her “Twilight” days (and her weakness and desperation. watching her zap an opponent In another striking moment, mountain path that Maria and dance Selects release, is rated R slyly mocking them) as a ce- Making things worse, the ac- with her superpowers, and then we’re treated to dramatic bla- Valentine hike one morning, by the Motion Picture Association rebral, doubt-plagued personal tress who first played the role share a lively debate. “There’s ck-and-white footage of the hoping to catch a peek at the of America “for language and assistant. Assayas completes ended up dying soon after in a no less truth there than in a Maloja Snake taken in 1924 ominous snaking clouds. It’s brief graphic nudity.” Running his intriguing actress trian- car accident, adding supersti- supposedly serious film,” Va- by mountaineer Arnold Fanck, winding, and it sure takes time time: 123 minutes. BOOK IT tTUNES NARRATIVE OF ‘ADULT ONSET’ HALESTORM DELIVERS TIGHT, FEELS INTENSELY PERSONAL YET VERY BASIC ROCK nn-Marie MacDonald’s latest novel, “Adult On- Aset,” tracks a week in the life of Mary Rose Ma- AP PHOTO cKinnon. AP PHOTO A famous author of YA novels, Mary Rose is stalled on starting the last book of a popular trilogy and taking care of her two young children while her partner, who is focusing on her career, is directing a play out of town. To that end, it’s the most accurate description of solo parenting I’ve ever read, not so much juggling a num- ber of tasks from the seemingly simple (answering one email) to crucial (keeping scissors away from a toddler) as trying to keep from drowning under them. MacDonald nails both the hilarity and the crippling anxiety of day-to-day life, revealing they’re not neces- sarily mutually exclusive, as well as the internal strug- gle between needing help and believing one should be capable of handling all this without it. The novel starts with an email from Mary Rose’s fa- ther, which triggers the memory of a childhood bone injury. As her week progresses, Mary Rose comes to Halestorm, “Into the Wild Life” (Atlantic) wonder how reliable her memories are, and her fear about what’s behind this memory continues to affect rammy-winning rock band Halestorm is out with its third studio album, her relationships with her parents, siblings and chil- “Into the Wild Life,” 13 tracks of edge-free power rock, spurred on Lzzy dren. GHale’s strong vocals — if anything else. The narrative feels intensely personal, and in fact Mac- It’s not that Halestorm doesn’t have musical chops — it’s there in spades Donald drew from her own experiences in writing and the band is varied, accomplished and tight, but the songs themselves are “Adult Onset.” Her writing is dizzying and brilliant highly formulaic and rely on too many tired tricks of the big rock trade. and often disorienting, which beautifully supports the Hale’s voice is the centerpiece, strong and raging at times, and gravelly and novel’s themes, perfectly capturing how it feels to be full of emotion at others. On “Dear Daughter,” Hale plays it perfect while unmoored and seemingly alone. Equally moving are pitching individuality and perseverance to her “daughter” in the lyrics. flashback passages centering on Mary Rose’s mother, But mostly we’ve got Hale delivering vocal bombast. She screams on “Sick herself suffering through postpartum depression. “Adult Onset” (Tin House Books), by Ann-Marie MacDonald Individual,” shrieks on “Mayhem” and comes on brass and bawdy on “Apo- Less effective are excerpts from Mary Rose’s YA no- calyptic,” an over-the-top track that is perhaps the album’s best since it is so vels — they feel more like interruptions but do serve dily for Mary Rose, and the novel wades into very in sync with the band’s aim. to bridge the transition between chapters and to break dark territory, but ultimately bears a message of light Halestorm is powerful enough to play a big hit earworm song, but remains some of the rising tensions in the main story. Both the and hope, remembrance and forgiveness. unlikely to pen one. “Into the Wild Life” isn’t nearly as wild as it thinks it is. external and internal pressures build slowly yet stea- Michelle Scheraga, AP Ron Harris, AP 17.04.2015 fri jack black by Paulo Coutinho times square by rodrigo Secretary Tam appointed his adviser medical doctor Kuok Cheong U, this week as director of the Central Hospital and vice director of the Heal- th Bureau to replace incumbent Dr Chan Wai Sin by early next month. The director-to-be is consi- dered a guru in his field of medical imageology and is highly respected by his fellow physicians. Some observers say that Dr Kuok is on the lad- der to climb to “number one” in the Health Bureau in town, as soon as current director Dr Lei Chin Ion steps down which is expected to be in less than a year. And from then on, Kuok will oversee the construction of the Islands hospital set to start in the last quarter of this year – another novelty that Alexis intro- duced this week. The secretary-general of Caritas, Paul Pun, is against the idea of sending our elderly citizens to high-end nursing homes in Hengqin, saying that “it would not meet the imminent needs of Macau seniors.” The move to the neighboring island, ac- cording to Mr Pun, would make them lonely and isolated, as the venues are outside Macau.
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