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Somewhere between low-brow movies and art-house fare is a sweet spot occupied by films that explore weighty subjects while still managing to entertain in a populist sense. Indonesian director Nia Dinata hit that spot in 2002 with Ca-bau-kan (The Courtesan), which looked at Chinese-Indonesian identity during the republic's early years. Since then, she has directed two more films, Arisan! (The Gathering, 2003) and Berbagi Suami (Love for Share, 2006), and co-directed another, Perempuan Punya Cerita (Chants of Lotus, 2007). Each one depicts subjects rarely discussed in Indonesian society, such as homosexuality and polygamy...
Good ol’ Soviet intrigue just doesn’t entertain like it used to. In “Chess,” two world-class players at the end of the Cold War find themselves caught within an ever-growing game of politics and trickery, a game that fails to amuse. Though propelled by strong individual singing and the occasional catchy tune, “Chess,” which ran this weekend at the Adams House Pool Theater, never escapes the boring confines of its rigid and outdated black-and-white plot...
Chichi Chinese Food. Michelin has published its first ever guide to Hong Kong and Macau. It includes two three-star restaurants, if you've got a client to entertain; or if your expense account can't swing that, there are 26 restaurants where you can get three courses for less than $40. (See 10 things to do in Hong Kong...
...opening moves fast and humorously; Luhrmann knows he is crafting an epic and wants the audience to know it too. As Lady Ashley herself comments, “It’s all very Outback adventure.”The first half of the movie is therefore quite entertaining: it’s a joyful romp across the Outback with lots of humor and action, and plenty of minor characters. But when the droving team reaches Darwin and things take a more serious turn, whatever fun the movie once had quickly vanishes, and we suddenly get 40 minutes of Hugh...
...much of the past year, most Democratic lawmakers have supported Obama's plan. But with Obama's election, two key Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee have begun to entertain the possibility of another solution: Developing a new government-wide policy different from the field manual to regulate interrogation techniques, a plan that appears to be drawing support within the intelligence community but some concern from human rights groups...