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Movies: Risk Books: The Red Hunter by Lisa Unger Music: Parking Lot Symphony by Trombone Shorty Macau Daily Times | Edition 2795 | 05 May 2017 Wine: Winemaking F & B: Lost Kitchen AP PHOTO NIGHT MARKETS MANIA FROM ASIA TO AMERICA X2 PÁTIO DA ILUSÃO illusion DRIVE IN Jocelyn Noveck, AP IMING COULDN T BE BETTER FOR T ’ AP PHOTO POITRAS DOC ON ASSANGE ith all the weighty and mo- as a rare light moment — a coun- why he trusts me, because I don’t mentous issues raised in terpoint to everything else — but think he likes me.” W“Risk,” Laura Poitras’ fascinating, it also gives us a sense of the man Whether he likes her or not, and thorny, and remarkably timely do- and his relationship with those whatever the changing nature of cumentary on Julian Assange, one who work for him. their relationship — there’s been of the more subtly illuminating It also shows, as do so many sce- talk of a falling out, but it’s murky scenes is about something as in- nes here, the seemingly limitless — the leeway Assange gave Poi- consequential as a haircut. access Poitras had to her subject, tras is what elevates this film to The WikiLeaks founder is getting whom she began filming about must-see viewing. Yes, Poitras, an his locks trimmed, and the rapt, six years ago. Just as in another Oscar winner for “Citizenfour” loving attention being paid to this recent, also excellent documen- about Edward Snowden, seems process by co-workers in the room tary, “Weiner,” a moment comes less aggressive at times than she — who, like a team of Hollywood where you just think, “Whoa, how could be in investigating what stylists, take turns with the scissors was she allowed to do this?” In- makes Assange tick. Lady Gaga, and offer suggestions — makes it deed, Poitras says the same thing. in a bizarre cameo, is freer with her look like he’s about to go accept a “Sometimes I can’t believe what questions. But it’s hard to quibble lifetime achievement Oscar. Poi- Julian allows me to film,” she says with the result. Sarah Harrison (left) and Julian Assange in a scene from the documentary "Risk" tras may have included this scene in voiceover. “It’s a mystery to me And it’s hard to imagine a docu- mentary could be more timely. On Tuesday, three days before the five years ago to avoid being ex- the camp that admires much else don’t have that many. So if you’re film’s opening, Hillary Clinton tradited to Sweden, where he’d about him. not fighting for things you care came out and said that but for two been accused of rape, accusations We see, for example, Assange about, then ... you are losing.” AP PHOTO factors — FBI director James Co- he denies. He has said he fears being counseled by his attorney, The current version of “Risk” is mey, and WikiLeaks — she’d be ultimately being extradited to the Helena Kennedy, in “getting your said to be much less flattering to president. As Poitras makes sure United States and being tried for mind around using language that Assange than the early one, and to point out in the final minutes of espionage. In March, WikiLeaks doesn’t sound hostile to women.” Poitras is upfront about the con- her film — one of its last lines is released nearly 8,000 documen- He argues that the whole affair is tradictions. “This is not the film I a newscaster announcing Donald ts that it says reveal secrets about “a thoroughly tawdry radical fe- thought I was making,” she says. Trump’s election — Assange has the CIA’s cyberespionage tools. minist political positioning thing.” “I thought I could ignore the con- become a key figure in the narrati- Previously it published hundreds Her frustration is palpable. Later, tradictions, I thought they were not ve of the 2016 campaign. And she of thousands of State Department Assange tells Poitras that if the two part of the story. I was so wrong. has gotten closer to him than any cables and U.S. military logs from women involved pursue a court They’re becoming the story.” filmmaker is ever likely to. Edi- Iraq and Afghanistan. case, “they’ll be reviled forever by However you feel about Assange ting right until the end, and nearly It’s with the sex accusations that a large section of the population.” — and about risk, secrecy, and a year after a version screened at the film gets thorny — that is, His self-image is clearly healthy. so many other things touched on Cannes, Poitras even rushed last if you’re trying to decide either At another point he tells Poitras by this film — it’s a story that de- week to incorporate remarks by how Poitras really feels about her that his “profile” didn’t really take mands watching. Attorney General Jeff Sessions that subject. The scenes that touch off, globally, until the sex case. arresting Assange is a priority. upon Assange’s attitude toward It’s hard to reconcile these scenes “Risk,” a Neon release, is un- Assange, of course, is still living in these accusations present him in with the reflective man who tells rated by the Motion Picture As- the Ecuadorean Embassy in Lon- a light that can only be deemed Poitras: “Every day you live your sociation of America. Running Julian Assange don, where he took refuge nearly unflattering, even if you’re in life, you lose another day. You time: 95 minutes. BOOK IT tTUNES TWO WOMEN FIGHT BACK AGAINST TROMBONE SHORTY ALBUM THE ODDS IN ‘THE RED HUNTER’ DISPLAYS ANOTHER GROWTH SPURT wo women who experienced trau- roy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews ma in their lives fight back against reinforces his commitment to New T AP PHOTO T the odds in Lisa Unger’s latest novel, AP PHOTO Orleans on “Parking Lot Symphony,” “The Red Hunter.” a rich, energetic collection of funk, Zoey Drake lost her parents in a R&B, and even dirges and pop. As is his home invasion, and she barely sur- calling card, Andrews broadens the ci- vived. She’s grown up tough and is ty’s musical traditions without straying determined to pursue justice — or is too far as his voice finds new hues and it revenge? Drake takes martial arts shades of expression. Andrews tips his hat to the city’s legends training and keeps hoping to find by covering The Meters’ “It Ain’t No answers to what happened that hor- Use” with that band’s Leo Nocentelli on rific day. acoustic guitar. The sparking celebration Claudia Bishop had a wonderful mar- of “Here Come the Girls,” Allen Tous- riage, but it fell apart after an attack saint by way of Ernie K-Doe, has Ivan in their home. Separated from her Neville on piano. husband, she and her teenage daugh- Instrumentals like “Fanfare” and “Tri- ter buy a house with a barn. The place pped Out Slim” also dig deep into An- is dilapidated, but fixing it up gives drews’ NOLA roots and along with the her inner strength. dirges bookending the album — the The house Bishop has bought has its first mournful, the closer hopeful — own set of secrets, including it being showcase his skills across an orches- “The Red Hunter” (Touchstone), by the same place that Drake’s life chan- Trombone Shorty, “Parking Lot Symphony” (Blue Note Records) tra of instruments, from trumpet and ged forever. The people responsible Lisa Unger keyboards to glockenspiel and vibra- were searching for a lot of hidden mo- phone. ney, and it hasn’t been found — yet. If “Where It At” sounds more than a bit like an ‘N Sync production, it’s on purpose but still creepy, and if you’re re- These two women will soon no longer gical aspects of what ruined Drake minded of Lenny Kravitz on “Dirty Water” or “No Good Time,” chalk it up to Andrews’ long-ago stint in his band. be strangers, and they must trust and and Bishop’s lives will soon come Part of a large and prominent musical family, Andrews’ involvement in his native city — he’s from its Treme rely on each other if they are going to to a head. Unger maintains a balan- neighborhood, a cradle of jazz and brass bands — goes far beyond his allegiance to its musical styles. There’s get out alive. ce between violence and redemp- his foundation and music academy, mentoring work as well as collaborations with a project to improve low-per- forming schools through arts programs. Unger knows how to write gripping tion while readers root for both of Should they pave paradise to put up a “Parking Lot Symphony,” you won’t hear a peep out of me. suspense while also delving deep into them to succeed. her characters’ minds. The psycholo- Jeff Ayers, AP Pablo Gorondi, AP 05.05.2017 fri TRAVELOG Beth J. Harpaz, AP Travel Editor AP PHOTO louds of white smoke rise into the black sky from outdoor grills. The night Cair is scented with the fragran- Sprawling Asian night ces of dozens of cuisines from around the world. Vendors in tiny stalls stir noodles, toss cre- markets popping up in the US pes and fill dumplings as lines of hungry customers stretch into the dark. food truck. Some of the events land. “Every single night, I wanted nett Place Mall in Duluth, featured neighborhoods: May 11 in Nor- That was the scene at the Queens even operate as non-profits with to go to the night market there,” he vendors selling food from around the theast Philadelphia’s Burholme nei- Night Market as it opened for proceeds going to charity.