PHOTO MISS PHILIPPINES 2016 ORG MISS PHILIPPINES 2016 PHOTO Macau Daily Times | Edition 2640 | 09 Sep 2016 Movies: Sully Books: The Pigeon Tunnel by John le Carre Music: Schmilco BY Wilco Wine: The Quintessence of Japan VII Food & drink: Beef, cheese, poblano and beer – an addictive burger emerges SANDRA FROM MACAU Beauty with a cause Born and raised in Macau to a Philippine mother and a French father, Sandra Lemonon left the city four years ago. Now she’s running for Miss Philippines 2016 as part of her project “Beauty with a Purpose” X3 MDT EXCLUSIVE X2 PÁTIO DA ILUSÃO illusion DRIVE IN Jake Coyle, AP Film Writer ASTWOOD S ULLY E ’ ‘S ’ AP PHOTO STUBBORNLY REFUSES TO SOAR n “Sully,” Clint Eastwood’s film’s climactic grilling of haunted and sterile do- Sullenberger at a public hea- Icudrama of Capt. Chesley ring was referred to in news Sullenberger’s 2009 landing reports as “gentle, respectful of Flight 1549 on the Hudson, and at times downright con- Eastwood has drained away genial.” all the superficial, rah-rah he- But Eastwood and screenwri- roism of Sullenberger’s great ter Todd Komarnicki working feat, but he has also sucked off of Sullenberger’s book the life out of it. “Highest Duty: My Search for “Sully” is every bit an Eas- What Really Matters,” had to twood picture. Instead of the find drama somewhere. The rush of euphoria that the “Mi- entire flight lasted less than racle on the Hudson” swept six minutes. It was just 208 through a New York accusto- seconds from bird strike to the med to only tragedy from the frigid Hudson. air, we get a weary parable How do you make a film out that, as Eastwood has often of mere moments, handled done, pulls the curtain away with preternatural calm? Eas- from a celebrated public figu- twood lingers in its afterma- re and reveals the inner trau- th, as Sully remains holed in ma and sense of responsibility a Manhattan he has little love that lies inside a regular man for. The narrative is fractu- thrust into an unwanted spotli- red, flashing backward and ght. forward, into the pilot’s past Sullenberger, played with and occasionally into his ni- typical dignity and sensitivity ghtmares. Hanks, white haired by Tom Hanks, is not cele- and subdued, finds Sullenber- brated here with a parade of a ger’s essence not in the mira- Tom Hanks (right), and Aaron Eckhart in a scene from "Sully" movie. He is beset by demons culous but in the mundane: A and anxieties, and the almost man just doing his job, not so the landing but gives it its full is how the pilot explains his “Life’s easier in the air,” In testimony, Sullenberger comically harsh scrutiny of an unlike his “Captain Phillips.” due. Filmed on IMAX, his intuitive response, built up Skiles and Sullenberger criticizes the simulators for aviation safety panel, which, And though the film bears big, clear images nevertheless over 42 years of flying. It’s agree. Eastwood, of course, “taking all the humanity of relying on automated flight si- his name, “Sully” is really a remain somber — as does Eas- not hard to feel Eastwood’s does too. Only being aloft for the cockpit.” Eastwood has mulations, believes Sullenber- two-hander. With Sullenber- twood’s own quiet score — in own identification with him is to be in the director’s put it back in. But the story ger could have safely returned ger throughout is his co-pilot the big, awaited moment. the man. He, too, is an old chair, far from other con- of Flight 1549 was bigger to LaGuardia or made it over Jeff Skiles (a top-notch Aaron Nowhere is much of a sense hand who works quickly: cerns. His focus in “Sully” than that. the New Jersey shoreline to Eckhart), his partner in flight of New York or the cathartic workmanlike and instinc- is both its greatest attribute Teterboro. and on the ground. They hud- relief that lifted the city. tually, “eyeballing” it. You (this is, after all, a serious “Sully,” a Warner Bros. relea- Their snide, judgmental pre- dle together in midnight runs Instead, “Sully” remains, can imagine Eastwood, too, and thoughtful film that sees se, is rated PG-13 by the Motion sence is there throughout and in testimony, leaning on stubbornly, a refraction of up there on the stand respon- a universally known event Picture Association of America “Sully,” as they try to second each other through the surreal Sullenberger’s interior, as ding to what computers say through a fresh perspective) for “some peril and brief strong guess his decision-making. media storm. filtered through Eastwood’s he should have done diffe- and the reason for its disa- language.” Running time: 96 It’s an exaggeration. The Eastwood moves slowly to elegiac lens. “I eyeballed it,” rently. ppointing emptiness. minutes. BOOK IT tTUNES SPY NOVELIST LE CARRE ‘SCHMILCO’ IS MEDITATION RELATES STORIES FROM HIS LIFE ON LOSS, LONELINESS f stories to dine out on, David Cornwell drinking Richard Burton, cast as the hard- ilco’s “Schmilco” has an abundance. Or should we say drinking lead in "The Spy Who Came in finds the Chicago OJohn le Carre has? Cornwell's pen name from the Cold," the 1965 film adaptation Wsextet in a mostly acoustic overshadows the title on the cover of this, of le Carre's early best-seller, needs a pal to "The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My mood, musing on happiness, his first memoir, "The Pigeon Tunnel." The keep him steady, it is Cornwell whom direc- Life" (Viking), by John le Carre loneliness, isolation and name "John le Carre" attracts the audience, tor Martin Ritt summons to the set. loss. but it's David Cornwell confiding in us here, Sober-minded Alec Guinness, who plays Not exactly arena rock an- as if over dinner, then chatting long into the George Smiley in two BBC miniseries ver- tgun fire. them material. evening over snifters of brandy, or, as he sions of le Carre novels, encounters an actor It's a troubling image. Does it haunt him And that should hearten unspools memories of Russia, glasses of showing up drunk and "the poor man might into his 80s because he's trapped by his own even the most hardened Wil- vodka. as well have gone to sleep on sentry duty," inherited nature? His father, Ronnie, looms, co fan. He is nearing his 85th birthday, so he reflects Cornwell recalls. But Guinness' anger gives at last fully formed, in "Son of the Author's “Schmilco” takes a break on his brief stint as a British spy during the way "to an almost desperate kindliness." Father," a chapter saved for late in the book. from Wilco’s last three re- Cold War and long career as a revered espio- When Sydney Pollack, Francis Ford Co- Roguish Ronnie cheats, lies, runs cons, cords that saw them delving nage novelist who does his own fieldwork. ppola and Stanley Kubrick call, Cornwell sends others to prison for his crimes, beds Wilco, “Schmilco” (dBpm Records) heavily into loud electric Fans of le Carre's fiction will use this as a jets off to discuss impossible projects. "One women, goes to prison himself and still ma- rock in sometimes brilliant code book where they will match up charac- day, I trust, it will be recognized that the best nages to send his sons to the best schools. fashion. Instead, it feels more akin to “Sukierae,” the 2014 side ters from "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," ''The films of my work were the ones that were Later in life, Ronnie takes advantage of his project by lead singer and songwriter Jeff Tweedy and his son. Little Drummer Girl" and other titles to the never made," he laments. son's fame whenever he can. The songs are still melodic, although sometimes dissonant and real people who inspired them. The title "The Pigeon Tunnel" comes from In these pages, Cornwell becomes one of in minor chords, perfectly matching with the biting lyrics lon- To research the Palestine-Israel conflict for a much earlier memory. His conman father his most fascinating characters — the son gtime Wilco followers have come to appreciate from Tweedy. "Drummer Girl," for example, Cornwell (the inspiration for le Carre's autobiographi- who learns to dissemble at his father's knee, He’s described the record, Wilco’s 10th, as “joyously negati- works his way into the world of Palestinian cal novel, "A Perfect Spy") has taken him joins the British intelligence service and ve,” and it is. liberation fighters and eventually wins an on a gambling spree in Monte Carlo, Mo- rounds out his life creating false worlds as “I always hated those normal American kids,” Tweedy sweetly sings audience with Yasser Arafat. He interviews naco. At a sporting club, the teenager David a novelist. on the opener “Normal American Kids,” one of the standout tracks. a Russian mafia boss to gather material for sees "well-lunched sporting gentlemen" "Sometimes I walk round him, sometimes And on the ironically titled “Happiness,” Tweedy delivers this gut- "Our Kind of Traitor." For "The Mission shooting pigeons. He learns the surviving he's the mountain I still have to climb," he punch: “Happiness depends on who you blame.” Song," he seeks out warlords in east Congo. birds fly back to their home on the casino writes of Ronnie. We listen and nod, sipping “Schmilco” will make a lot of music fans happy, and you can blame Film offers came early, so there are actors roof where they are doomed to be trapped with pleasure, intoxicated by his words.