Community Community ISL Qatar Glober organises Shapers P6sixth annual P16 Doha Hub International Family launches ShapeX. a Food Fair featuring platform for young various activities people to come up and games. with unique ideas. Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Jumada II 29, 1440 AH Doha today: 170 - 280 COVER Marvellous STORY Captain Marvel directors draw on indie cred to tell an empowering tale. P4-5 GLITZ & GLAM SHOWBIZ Power-packed Insta week. Leo DiCaprio, Riverdale cast mourn Luke Perry’s death. Page 14 Page 15 2 GULF TIMES Wednesday, March 6, 2019 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 4.38am Shorooq (sunrise) 5.54am Zuhr (noon) 11.45am Asr (afternoon) 3.07pm Maghreb (sunset) 5.40pm Isha (night) 7.10pm USEFUL NUMBERS Emergency 999 Captain Marvel the galaxy’s mightiest heroes and joins Starforce, an elite Kree Worldwide Emergency Number 112 DIRECTION: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck military team, before returning home with questions about Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 CAST: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn her past and identity when Earth is caught in the centre of a Local Directory 180 SYNOPSIS: O Set in 1995, the fi lm follows Carol Danvers, galactic confl ict between two alien worlds. International Calls Enquires 150 a former US Air Force fi ghter pilot, as she turns into one of THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Gully Boy Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 DIRECTION: Qatar General Electricity and Zoya Akhtar Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 CAST: Alia Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 Bhatt, Ranveer 44593363 Singh, Kalki Qatar Assistive Technology Koechlin Centre 44594050 SYNOPSIS: Qatar News Agency 44450205 The film is about 44450333 a 22-year-old Q-Post – General Postal boy Murad from a Corporation 44464444 ghetto in Mumbai, India. The son of a Humanitarian Services Offi ce driver, his parents (Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies) worked hard to get Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372, him educated so 40253369 that he could have Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364 a white collar job. Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 Meanwhile, Murad Qatar Airways 40253374 realises his calling to be a rapper. THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza te Unqu uo ot Q “Laughter e The Mall Cinema (1): Marvel (2D) 9pm; Captain is not at all a bad Lonappante Mammod1sa Marvel (2D) 11:15pm. (Malayalam) 2:30pm; Total Royal Plaza Cinema Palace beginning for a friendship, and Dhamaal (Hindi) 5pm; Escape Landmark Cinema (1): (1): Total Dhamaal (Hindi) it is far the best ending for one.” Room (2D) 7:15pm; Luka Lonappante Mammod1sa 3pm; Luka Chuppi (Hindi) — Oscar Wilde Chuppi (Hindi) 9:15pm; Gully (Malayalam) 2:30pm; Toys 5:30pm; Captain Marvel (3D) Boy (Hindi) 11:30pm. (2D) 5pm; June (Malayalam) 8pm; Captain Marvel (3D) The Mall Cinema (2): Toys 6:45pm; Alone/Together 10:30pm. (2D) 2:15pm; Alone/Together (Tagalog) 9:15pm; Kodathi Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (Tagalog) 4:15pm; Alone/ Samaksham Balan Vakkeel (2): L.K.G. (Tamil) 3pm; Together (Tagalog) 6:15pm; (Malayalam) 11:15pm. Total Dhamaal (Hindi) 6pm; Captain Marvel (2D) 8:15pm; Landmark Cinema (2): Captain Marvel (2D) 9pm; Captain Marvel (2D) 10:45pm. Sonchiriya (Hindi) 2:30pm; Captain Marvel (2D) 11:15pm. Community Editor The Mall Cinema (3): Luka Luka Chuppi (Hindi) 5:30pm; Royal Plaza Cinema Palace Kamran Rehmat Chuppi (Hindi) 2:15pm; Captain Marvel (2D) 8pm; (3): Toys (2D) 2:30pm; Gully e-mail: [email protected] Thadam (Tamil) 4:30pm; Alita: Captain Marvel (2D) 10:30pm. Boy (Hindi) 4:30pm; Alone/ Telephone: 44466405 The Battle Angel (2D) 7pm; Landmark Cinema (3): Together (Tagalog) 7:15pm; Fax: 44350474 Captain Marvel (2D) 9:15pm; Thadam (Tamil) 3pm; Gully Total Dhamaal (Hindi) 9:15pm; Captain Marvel (2D) 11:30pm. Boy (Hindi) 6pm; Captain Thadam (Tamil) 11:30pm. Wednesday, March 6, 2019 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY Ballet Lessons Hobby Classes WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier WHERE: Mamangam Performing Art WHEN: Ongoing Centre TIME: 4pm – 8pm WHEN:Wednesday – Monday For more info e-mail at registration@ Mamangam Performing Art Centre, is atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839. a holistic performing arts institution and a one stop solution for adults as well as children looking to explore their talents in various art forms. We offer classes in contemporary, Bollywood, hip-hop and Indian classical dance forms, along with classes for music, art and crafts, karate and yoga. Additional services include dance education and choreography. For details, call 33897609. EVENTS Cycling: Losail Circuit Sports Club Grand Prix of Qatar 2019 WHERE: Losail Circuit WHERE: Losail International Circuit WHEN: Ongoing Artistic Gymnastic Classes WHEN: March 8 – 10 TIME: 5pm WHERE: Qatar Academy Msheireb TIME: 1pm – 9pm Losail Circuit Sports Club, in association WHEN: Today The opening race will be held under the with Qatar Sports For All Federation, invites TIME: 3:15pm – 4:15pm floodlights. Tickets can be purchased on- all cyclists, runners and walkers to train The olympic sport using horizontal bar, line. under the floodlights of Losail International rings and floor exercises on mats for the Circuit every Wednesdays. children from age 4 till 16. New Media + New Museum WHERE: Education City Dance and Instrument Classes WHEN: March 12 WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf MIA Park Bazaar 2019 TIME: 7pm – 9pm Times Building WHERE: Museum Of Islamic Art Storytelling in exhibitions has become WHEN: Wednesday – Monday WHEN: Ongoing increasingly important, and melded with After School Activities Learn the movements of dance styles in TIME: 12pm – 8pm technology can create immersive, active WHERE: Atelier Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the musical MIA Bazaar will be having a vibrant spaces for visitors, a far cry from the passive WHEN: Ongoing instruments such as Piano, Guitar, Keyboard mix of 350 stalls. MIA Park Bazaar is a viewing of objects often thought of as a Music and arts activities for students for adults as well kids and move in the world modern version of the old souq tradition. typical museum experience. taking place after they finish their day in of music. For details, contact 66523871/ The stalls are going to offer a wide range school includes Group Music lessons, Hip- 31326749. of gastronomies from all over the world. A R Rahman Concert hop, Ballet, Drawing and Painting, Drama You can also browse and grab handcrafted WHERE: Khalifa Stadium Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and artefacts, accessories, canvases, fashion WHEN: March 22 10 years old after school hours. wears, designer ornaments. TIME: 6pm – 11pm Music maestro A R Rahman is going to be performing on the 22nd of March at the Khalifa Stadium. Arabic Calligraphy Workshop WHEN: Saturday – Wednesday TIME: 6pm Syria Matters Exhibition Arabic Calligraphy workshop is back. Come and learn the artistic practice of Arabic Where: Museum of Islamic Art handwriting and calligraphy at Music and Arts Atelier. When: Ongoing till April 30 The lessons will take place every Saturday, Monday and Wednesday at 6pm. For more Time: 9am – 7pm information, contact [email protected] Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) in Doha presents a major exhibition, co-curated by MIA Director Dr Julia Gonnella and Rania Abdellatif, as part of the MIA ten-year anniversary celebrations. Mehaseel Festival WHERE: Katara Cultural Village WHEN: Ongoing till March 31 Mehaseel Souq will be open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday until 31st of March. It is a perfect market to get amazing local fresh produce. Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Wednesday, March 6, 2019 COMMUNITY COVER STORY The female captain It was the relatable and feminist qualities of Captain Marvel’s journey that initially hooked writer-directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck on the story of Carol Danvers, writes Jen Yamato TWO’S A COMPANY: Directors Anna Boden, left, and Ryan Fleck. irectors Anna Boden They auditioned several cat and Ryan Fleck had actors before casting an uncannily a lot of fun pouring expressive four-legged thespian a dizzying array of named Reggie as Goose, the scene- zippy zingers and stealing furry feline companion Dsci-fi action into Captain Marvel, to future S.H.I.E.L.D. boss Nick When you’re doing something that the 1990s-set Marvel Cinematic Fury (Samuel L Jackson sporting you really care about and you put Universe prequel starring Oscar- a digital facelift, de-aged 30 winner Brie Larson that marks the years to suit the Avengers prequel all you have into it, you experience 21st instalment in Marvel Studios’ timeline). multibillion-dollar comic-book “We just knew,” Boden joked, a lot of emotions: self-doubt, fear, all franchise. seated next to Fleck in a Beverly For starters, the pair mined Hills hotel during a recent press of these things. It was so lovely to be the ’90s setting for a bounty of stop, of the pivotal moment they making a movie about a character nostalgic needle-drops — enough cast their Goose. “He had star to make those who recognise power.” who learns to embrace all that them feel downright ancient — Three other orange tabbies who from the painstakingly replicated share the role with soon-to-be fan Blockbuster video store that favourite Reggie, she said, were Larson’s titular outer space hero more like “stunt doubles.” “There — Anna Boden, director crash-lands into in Los Angeles should have been an arbitration for circa 1995, to the Game Boys and credit on that,” Fleck said. grunge music she encounters But it was the relatable and wandering the ’90s MCU like a feminist qualities of Captain ‘ super-powered alien fi sh out of Marvel’s journey that initially ’ water.