YOUR PAGE, YOUR STAGE! There’s probably a photographer hidden in each of us, looking out for a platform. Community invites you to grab your chance and send your contributions with contact details and complete description of the images to [email protected] — PHOTO ESSAY, Page 10 Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Dhul-Qa’da 7, 1440 AH Doha today: 330 - 430 HHitsits aandnd nnearear hhitsits COVER STORY Film critics Justin Chang and Kenneth Turan pick the best movies of 2019. P4-5 MAKING AN IMPACT: Zhao Tao in a scene from Ash is Purest White. GLAMOUR BACK PAGE Pakistani stars sizzle on ‘Find your why’. A cancer memorable award night. survivor’s story. Page 8-9 Page 16 2 GULF TIMES Wednesday, July 10, 2019 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 3.20am Shorooq (sunrise) 4.52am Zuhr (noon) 11.41am Asr (afternoon) 3.05pm Maghreb (sunset) 6.29pm Isha (night) 7.59pm USEFUL NUMBERS Kakshi:Amminipilla no opinion about anything in life is suddenly forced into DIRECTION: Dinjith Ayyathan a marriage by his family and a few months later he seeks CAST: Asif Ali, Shibla, Ashwathy Manoharan, Ahmed divorce? Emergency 999 Sidhique, Srikant Murali, Basil Joseph, Nirmal Palazhi Worldwide Emergency Number 112 SYNOPSIS: What would it be like when a man who has THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444 Humanitarian Services Offi ce (Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies) Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372, 40253369 Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364 Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 Qatar Airways 40253374 Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion a druid to whom Miraculix can pass the mystery of the potion DIRECTION: Alexandre Astier, Louis Clichy onto. While the three seek a worthy successor, the evil Heretix CAST: Christian Clavier, Guillaume Briat, Alex Lutz works out a dark plan to get hold of the recipe. SYNOPSIS: Asterix, Obelix and Miraculix set out to fi nd THEATRES: Landmark, The Mall, Royal Plaza ote Unquo u te Q “We shall The Mall Cinema (1): Spider-Man: Far 11:15pm. never know all the good From Home (2D) 2:15pm; Spider-Man: Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (1): O.P Far From Home (2D) 4:30pm; Spider- 160/18 Kakshi: Amminipilla (Malayalam) that a simple smile can do.” Man: Far From Home (2D) 7pm; Spider- 2:15pm; Spider-Man: Far From Home — Mother Teresa Man: Far From Home (2D) 9:15pm; The Magic Potion (2D) 4:30pm; O.P (2D) 4:45pm; Spider-Man: Far From Spider-Man: Far From Home (2D) 160/18 Kakshi: Amminipilla (Malayalam) Home (2D) 7pm; Spider-Man: Far From 11:30pm. 6:15pm; Oh! Baby (Telugu) 8:45pm; O.P Home (2D) 9:15pm; Spider-Man: Far The Mall Cinema (2): Toy Story 4 (2D) 160/18 Kakshi: Amminipilla (Malayalam) From Home (2D) 11:30pm. 2:30pm; Asterix: The Secret Of The 11:30pm. Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (2): Magic Potion (2D) 4:15pm; Spider-Man: Landmark Cinema (2): Spider-Man: Spider-Man: Far From Home (2D) Far From Home (2D) 6pm; Spider-Man: Far From Home (2D) 2:15pm; Spider- 2:15pm; Asterix: The Secret Of The Magic Far From Home (2D) 8:30pm; El Mama Man: Far From Home (2D) 4:30pm; Potion (2D) 4:30pm; Malaal (Hindi) (Arabic) 11pm. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2D) 7pm; 6:15pm; El Mamar (Arabic) 8:45pm; O.P The Mall Cinema (3): Oh! Baby (Telugu) Spider-Man: Far From Home (2D) 160/18 Kakshi: Amminipilla (Malayalam) Community Editor 2pm; One Day: Justice Delivered (Hindi) 9:15pm; Spider-Man: Far From Home 11:30pm. Kamran Rehmat 4:45pm; Aladdin (2D) 7pm; Raatchasi (2D) 11:30pm. Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (3): e-mail: [email protected] (Tamil) 9:15pm; O.P 160/18 Kakshi: Landmark Cinema (3): Oh! Baby Kalavani 2 (Tamil) 2:15pm; Toy Story 4 (Telugu) 2:15pm; Toy Story 4 (2D) 5pm; Telephone: 44466405 Amminipilla (Malayalam) 11:30pm. (2D) 4:45pm; Oh! Baby (Telugu) 6:30pm; Landmark Cinema (1): Raatchasi Toy Story 4 (2D) 6:45pm; El Mamar One Day: Justice Delivered (Hindi) Fax: 44350474 (Tamil) 2pm; Asterix: The Secret Of (Arabic) 8:30pm; Kalavani 2 (Tamil) 9:15pm; Raatchasi (Tamil) 11:30pm. Wednesday, July 10, 2019 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY Summer Camp for Special Needs Hobby Classes WHERE: Step by Step Centre for Special WHERE: Mamangam Performing Art Needs Centre WHEN: Ongoing till August 1 WHEN:Wednesday – Monday TIME: 8:00am – 12:30pm Mamangam Performing Art Centre, is a During this time, all therapists and holistic performing arts institution and a one teachers will be working together, running stop solution for adults as well as children individual, peer and group sessions within looking to explore their talents in various classes. The children will continue learning art forms. We off er classes in contemporary, age-appropriate concepts, work on social Bollywood, hip hop, indian classical dance, skills, life skills training, arts and crafts, music (Hindustani and Carnatic), arts and craft, music, and fun activities such as water play. karate, yoga, percussion (Chenda, Thimila, Elathalam and Madhalam), violin, harmonium, Career Guidance public speaking. 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E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Wednesday, July 10, 2019 COMMUNITY COVER STORY The big screen Film critics Justin Chang and Kenneth Turan give the lowdown on the fare this year, rounding up with the list of their favourites he Times’ fi lm critics, Kenneth Turan and Justin Chang, sat down for a midyear conversation on the state Tof movies and moviegoing, and to list their favourite fi lms of 2019 so far. Their conversation ranged from worthy studio hits (Us, Toy Story 4) and pictures that deserved wider audiences (Late Night) to exceptional documentaries (Apollo 11, Black Mother). Kenneth Turan: The calendar may say we’re halfway through 2019, but in terms of the fi lm year it doesn’t quite feel that way. Rather, the vibe is more like “Is that all there is?,” a lyric that Peggy Lee made famous. There’ve been good fi lms, that’s for sure. But so much has been unsettling, from the agents-writers imbroglio to the eternal concern about the threat streaming services pose to the theatrical experience, that despite some big numbers for select fi lms a malaise seems to have settled over everything.