| FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2019 | THE STRAITS TIMES | happenings life D7

FILMS Ten Years Thailand (M18) John Lui Film Correspondent recommends The anthology comprises four dystopian short films set in Thailand’s not-so-distant future: Sunset by Picks Marriage Aditya Assarat, Catopia by Wisit Story stars Sasanatieng, Planetarium by Scarlett

Chulayarnnon Siriphol and Song Of Film Johansson, The City by Apichatpong Azhy Weerasethaku. In Thai with English Robertson subtitles. and Adam WHERE: Redrum, The Projector, Driver. PHOTOS: 05-00 Golden Mile Tower, 6001 Beach ENCORE FILMS, Road MRT: Nicoll Highway GOLDEN VILLAGE, WHEN: Tomorrow, 8pm NETFLIX ADMISSION: $9.50 - $13.50 (concessions available) INFO: theprojector.sg

Gorillaz: Reject False Icons (Rating to be advised) In his debut feature, director Denholm Hewlett followed the band’s every move for three years, covering the making of two critically acclaimed albums, Humanz (2017) and The Now Now (2018), as well as the band’s most ambitious world tour to date, bookended by their own Demon Dayz Festivals in the United Kingdom and United States. The result is the first all-access immersive journey into the world of Gorillaz and their extended family – featuring never-before-seen footage, where the virtual meets the real – to capture the wondrous chaos of life under the watchful eye of Murdoc Niccals (bass), Noodle (guitar), Russel Hobbs (drums) and 2D (vocals). WHERE: Green Room, The Projector, MARRIAGE STORY (M18) Off-Broadway playwright Charlie, played by Adam Driver, 05-00 Golden Mile Tower, 136 minutes/Netflix/ and his wife and muse, the actress Nicole, played by 6001 Beach Road MRT: Nicoll Scarlett Johansson, are a couple at a crossroads: One of Highway WHEN: Tue, 8.30pm Writer-director Noah Baumbach (The Squid And The Whale, them wants change and the other does not. ADMISSION: $18 2005; Frances Ha, 2012) has a screenplay here that is Baumbach, at his best, creates indispensable characters, INFO: theprojector.sg tipped as the one to beat at coming awards and it is a thing especially in the supporting roles. Viewers will remember of beauty. Nicole’s sister Cassie (Merritt Weaver) as much as they will A Christmas Special – Family The story moves from comedy to drama and back again remember the couple’s lawyers, played by Laura Dern, Alan Mini-carnival Experience At without effort, as does the size of the story’s focus. Alda and Ray Liotta. All are wonderful as the three people Capitol Singapore In a flash, it transforms from intimate character study to you meet in divorce hell. Play games and munch on free-flow a satire of how the adversarial nature of the law in In this painfully funny and tragically sad story, Driver and popcorn and candy floss at BYKidO’s California and New York turns the most amicable of Johansson deliver outstanding performances as the Christmas carnival. Each ticket also uncouplings into knock-down, drawn-out, tooth-and-nail couple who find that love is only the start; the rest takes comes with a nine-piece nugget fights. practice and luck. serving from Burger King and there will be a free movie screening under the stars. WHERE: Outdoor Plaza, Capitol WET SEASON (M18) Singapore, 13 Stamford Road 103 minutes/ MRT: City Hall WHEN: Dec 27 & 28, 5 - 9pm ADMISSION: $15 a parent/a child Film-maker Anthony Chen’s follow-up INFO: bit.ly/2YBD7H4 to Ilo Ilo (2013) finds him less interested in how doing the right Movies By The Beach – thing can drive people into the wrong KNIVES OUT (PG13) The Grinch (2018) places, a theme he explored in the 130 minutes/ This is part of a free outdoor movie earlier film. series by the beach which takes place Instead, he is out to shove The comedy-tinged murder mystery is a star-studded on selected Saturdays. Gather your anyone who thinks they have him affair that could have been that most awful of friends and head to Sentosa for an pegged far, far out of their comfort creation: A party in which everyone, except the viewer, engaging theatrical line-up of zones. is having a good time. popular favourites, classics and This is a character study of a woman But writer-director Rian Johnson loves cinema too Hollywood blockbusters. stoically struggling with questions much to let that happen. WHERE: Palawan Green, Sentosa about her place in the world. These This new work expresses Johnson’s fondness for the MRT: HarbourFront questions include who she is as a Agatha Christie flick, featuring a “gentleman sleuth of WHEN: Dec 28, 7.30pm sexual person. great renown”, Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig, above, ADMISSION: Free Yeo Yann Yann’s Ling is a Wet Season stars Yeo Yann Yann, Yang Shi Bin and Koh Jia Ler. deploying an outrageously broad Southern accent), INFO: www.sentosa.com.sg Chinese-language teacher in a called in to investigate a murder in a mansion that is system that treats her subject as a “practically a Clue board”, according to one nuisance, an inconvenient roadblock veteran Yang Shi Bin. Lun (Koh Jia Ler). guest-suspect. PETS on the path to academic success. She While remaining ever the steadfast Chen lulls the viewer by creating a This is a film-maker having fun and who is too smart SOSD Shelter Tour struggles to conceive with husband teacher and dutiful wife on the sense of the familiar – the routines of and empathetic to let things become too clever or What are dog fostering and adoption Andrew (Christopher Lee). outside, inside she teeters on the school, chores of the family home, the nerdy. An array of A-listers, from Toni Collette to Chris processes like? Where do all the dogs Impregnation has become a job edge of a breakdown, but Chen downpours that soak the streets – Evans to Jamie Lee Curtis, play the suspects. They come from? Find out more about Save and a source of stress, as is taking is too good a storyteller to make but he then makes the camera linger, never look too smugly in on the joke, each turning in care of her paralysed father-in-law, it a straightforward story of without judgment, on scenes of earnest performances. Our Street Dogs (SOSD) and the played with deep, wordless pathos therapeutic emancipation after she intimacy that are joltingly painful to activities at its shelter on this education and outreach tour hosted by Chinese-language theatre forms a friendship with student Wei watch. by its volunteers. WHERE: The Animal Lodge, Level 2 Main Building, 59 Sungei Tengah Road MRT: Choa Chu Kang WHEN: Dec 29, noon - 1.30pm ADMISSION: $3 INFO: sosd.org.sg and try your hand at making a paper freshwater (river) and salt water (sea). Southern Ridges, a sanctuary of OTHERS society; Building Memories and Last KIDS boat. Presented in conjunction with Singapore used to have large areas of greenery that is steeped in history. Train From Tanjong Pagar, where Koh An Old New World: From The East mangroves, but lost most of them to Highlights of the tour include the Christmas Wonderland At uses his drawings and text as a form Indies To The Founding Of Singapore, coastal development. Sungei Buloh Henderson Waves, Sembcorp Forest of record of Singaporeans’ shared Playdates Holiday Camp: Gardens By The Bay 1600s-1819. Wetland Reserve is one of the few of the Giants, Forest Walk and Singing history; and Coalition Of The Savoury Hunter Series Revel in the festivities at Singapore’s WHERE: Entrance of the Exhibition mangrove areas left. Forest. Spare Parts and The Prodigy, which Hunter Series is a four-session camp year-end event Christmas Galleries, Basement Level, National WHERE: Sungei Buloh Wetland WHERE: Entrance of Henderson draw inspiration from the themed on biodiversity and animals, Wonderland at Gardens by the Bay, Museum of Singapore, 93 Stamford Reserve, Visitor Centre, 301 Neo Tiew Waves (Mount Faber Park side) where one can meet Santa, sword-fighting and fantasy comics of designed to foster friendships his youth. Road MRT: Dhoby Ghaut Crescent MRT: Kranji WHEN: Dec 21, MRT: HarbourFront experience snow in the tropics, enjoy between children with and without WHERE: Mulan Gallery, 01-07, 36 WHEN: Dec 21, 2 & 3.30pm 9.30 - 11am ADMISSION: Free; WHEN: Tomorrow, 9 - 11am carnival games and rides, sing along special needs. It brings together art, Armenian Street (off Loke Yew Street) (30 minutes a session) registration required INFO: E-mail ADMISSION: Free; to Christmas carols and shop at the nature and animal conservation MRT: City Hall WHEN: Tomorrow, ADMISSION: Free [email protected] registration required Festive Market. through a creative process that 3 - 4pm ADMISSION: Free (limited to INFO: nationalmuseum.sg INFO: E-mail Titia_leong@nparks. WHERE: Gardens by the Bay, culminates in an excursion to wildlife 25 seats) INFO: E-mail enquiry@ Gardeners’ Day Out At HortPark gov.sg or [email protected] 18 Marina Gardens Drive conservation group Acres. mulangallery.com Sci-sational Christmas: Gardeners’ Day Out offers an entire MRT: Bayfront WHERE: The Invincible Room by The Elves’ HQ day of gardening and lifestyle National Museum Building Tour WHEN: Till Dec 26, 7pm - midnight Superhero Me, Multimedia Lab 2, SSO Pops: The Music Celebrate Christmas with science activities for everyone, including a For Families (daily) ADMISSION: From $6 Playground Block, Enabling Village, Of Star Wars demonstrations and activities as marketplace, free talks and Join a learning journey and discover INFO: www.christmaswonderland.sg 20 Lengkok Bahru MRT: Redhill The programme, helmed by quirky elves take visitors on a tour to demonstrations, free garden tours of interesting gems about the WHEN: Wed & Dec 20, 10am - noon Australian conductor Christopher the headquarters of their Christmas HortPark and kids’ activities like 132-year-old building. ADMISSION: $55 INFO: shmhunter LAST CALL Dragon, includes some of the Star Village. storytelling and handicrafts. WHERE: Rotunda, Level 1 National playdates. peatix.com/ Wars movies’ most popular scores WHERE: Annexe Hall 1, Science Centre WHERE: HortPark, Visitor Services Museum of Singapore, PheNoumenon By T.H.E Dance such as The Imperial March, Princess 93 Stamford Road Fun-tastic Fridays Singapore, 15 Science Centre Road Centre, 33 Hyderabad Road Company Leia’s Theme and Across The Stars. MRT: Jurong East WHEN: Till Dec 25; MRT: Labrador Park WHEN: Dec 21, MRT: Dhoby Ghaut The latest creation by founding The performances will also include The Asian Civilisations Museum has 11am, noon, 1.30, 2, 2.30, 3, 3.30, 4 & 9am - 3pm ADMISSION: Free WHEN: Dec 21, 10.30am artistic director of T.H.E Dance themes from recent films in the series kid-friendly lunchtime concerts, 4.30pm ADMISSION: $15 INFO: E-mail nparks_hortpark@ ADMISSION: Free Company Kuik Swee Boon examines such as The Force Awakens (2015) drama performances and craft INFO: www.science.edu.sg nparks. gov.sg INFO: sagg.info/event/ the relationship between man and his and The Last Jedi (2017). activities for an immersive afternoon. national-museum-building- natural surroundings and what WHERE: Esplanade Concert Hall, For adventure seekers, there are A Mammoth Adventure tour-for-families/ people can learn from the political, 1 Esplanade Drive special interactive kids’ tours around NATURE Back In Time technological and climate chaos MRT: City Hall/Esplanade the museum and they can embark on Travel back in time this school Back-of-house Tour – Former enveloping the world. WHEN: Thu & Dec 20, 7.30pm a quest to free Mr Dragon. Plant Guided Walk At Jurong holidays at the Singapore Zoo with Supreme Court: Unseen, WHERE: Esplanade Theatre Studio, ADMISSION: $25 - $98 WHERE: Asian Civilisations Museum, Lake Gardens more than 15 life-like prehistoric Unheard 1 Esplanade Drive INFO: ticketing.sso.org.sg 1 Empress Place MRT: Raffles Place Join a walk to appreciate the plants giants such as the woolly mammoth This tour offers a glimpse into MRT: Esplanade/City Hall WHEN: Dec 20, noon - 5pm and trees in Jurong Lake Gardens. restricted areas of the former and saber-toothed tiger and an array WHEN: Today, 8pm; tomorrow, 3 & ADMISSION: Free The walk will be hosted by APSN Supreme Court, usually out of bounds of fun-filled activities. 8pm ADMISSION: $38 • The listings on these Happenings INFO: www.acm.org.sg (Association for Persons with Special to the public. Go behind the scenes WHERE: Singapore Zoo, 80 Mandai INFO: www.sistic.com.sg pages are free. Write to Life Needs) Delta Senior School students. and find out more about courtroom Lake Road MRT: Ang Mo Kio Happenings, Life, The Straits Times, Storytelling Sessions: Orang WHERE: Jurong Lake Gardens, Leaf proceedings and the experience of WHEN: Till Dec 29 (weekends & public Artist Talk By Koh Hong Teng – 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore Laut Tales By MoonShadow Shelter (South Carpark & The Oval), people on trial. holidays only), 10am - 4pm From Social Realism To 318994 or e-mail Stories 104 Yuan Ching Road MRT: Lakeside WHERE: Level 1 Tours Desk, Padang Speculative Fiction And ADMISSION: $18 - $35.10 [email protected] at least two Climb on board a magnificent ship WHEN: Mon, 9.30 - 10.30am Atrium, National Gallery Singapore, Silkpunk INFO: www.wrs.com.sg weeks ahead. Include the name of the deck and discover An Old New World ADMISSION: Free; registration 1 St Andrew’s Road The artist will be touching on various event, organiser, venue, date and through the eyes of some of required INFO: E-mail ruth_tan MRT: City Hall titles published between 2009 and time, ticket prices and nearest MRT Singapore’s earliest inhabitants, the @nparks.gov.sg TOURS WHEN: Every Fri, 5.30 - 6.45pm this year and how he collaborated station, as well as your name, address Orang Laut. Be enthralled by the ADMISSION: $15 with different writers. These include and contact number. seafaring life of these skilled sailors What’s In My Mangrove? Fun Walk Along (general admission Gone Case, Ten Sticks And One Rice We reserve the right to edit or reject and navigators who guided trading Join a guided walk of the mangrove The Southern Ridges ticket required) and Manja, stories that explore social items. Go to www.straitstimes.com ships through the Straits waterways wetlands located at the border of Take a leisure stroll through the INFO: www.nationalgallery.sg issues in contemporary Singapore (click on Lifestyle) for more listings.