The Next 48hOURS ≈ My City
Taylor might look at the menu, but he eats at home...
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TUART TAYLOR will be joined
by Carl Weber, Dalin Oliver
and Oliver Booth at On
Broadway for their show
‘Intimate Comedy Sessions’ until
June 11. He spoke to RAFIEK MAMMON about his likes and dislikes
of The Mother City.
In as many words as you’d like,
complete the following sentence: “I
love Cape Town because...”
It’s home. It’s where I grew up and
will always feel like the place that I
belong.
The beauty of this city though
is that you can’t help but feel like
you’re in holiday mode.
What a pleasure to call your ‘holiday spot’ home.
Now, continue those thoughts but
complete this sentence instead:
“However, there are times when
Cape Town...
Is a little bit slow. I know it’s the
stereotype but our sister city in the
north does have an energy that helps
me feel more productive.
My absolute favourite place to eat
in Cape Town (or surrounds) is...
My kitchen...my wife is a great cook
and it’s difficult to take 2 little boys
to a restaurant.
And very close second places are...
Café Manhattan for its great atmosphere and the best ‘skinner’. And
a restaurant in Hout Bay. The drive
there alone makes you feel like you
are heading out of town.
Describe your perfect night out in
the Mother City
Pre dinner drinks, dinner and post
dinner drinks. The venue doesn’t
really matter because all of Cape
Town’s eateries/ bars have the same
great laid-back vibe.
An undiscovered gem in the city is
undoubtedly...
A place called ‘Leaf’ – killer sushi at
killer prices.
About the arts & entertainment
scene – theatre, music etc. I would
say Cape Town is...
In a love hate relationship with artists.
Sometimes it’s great and sometimes I
throw my hands in the air shouting
‘I’m moving to Jo’Burg”.
One (or some) of my very favourite “Capetonian” things/persons
is/are...
Kalk Bay harbour visits on a random
Tuesday morning/The bergies in Obz
who seem to know all the comics by
name.
How, in your opinion, does Cape Town
compare to big cities abroad like
London or New York (or any other
city you may have visited?)
It’s just as amazing and holds its own
against any city... except maybe for
that public transport thingy.
On a scale of 1 to 10 (where 10 is a
thumbs up, and 1 is a thumbs down)
how would you rate Cape Town?
Why?
My Cape Town will always get a 10
from me!!!!
* To book, call 021 424 1194/5 or go to
www.onbroadway.co.za
Stuart Taylor
Fugard to host Winter Classic Film Festival
The new Fugard Theatre Bioscope
will be hosting a month-long Winter
Classic Film Festival from June 20 to
July 16. This follows this past week’s
screenings of classic films based on
the plays of Athol Fugard that runs
until June 11, in honour of his Tony
Lifetime Achievement Award which
he receives in New York next week
on June 12.
The four week Fugard Theatre
Bioscope Winter Classic Film Festival
will have four different themes. The
film screenings will start at 8pm every night, with hot soup, fresh garlic
bread, Thelema Wines and a warm
atmosphere awaiting patrons at the
Fugard Theatre from 7pm each night.
The theatre has recently been fitted
with new cinema-style seats, high
definition cinema quality projection
and surround sound systems which
should make this a unique cinematic
experience. Film fans will be able to
re-live some of the best cinema classics ever made. The Winter Classic
Film Festival has been programmed
by Fugard Theatre founding producer Eric Abraham, who also produced
the Academy Award-winning film
‘Kolya’.
Week 1 of the Winter Classic Film
Festival, from June 20 to 25, will
showcase A Season of AwardWinning German and French
Thrillers:
Monday 20 June: ‘Z’ - Oscar Winner (Recipient of multiple Academy
Awards, New York Film Critics Circle
and Golden Globe Awards for best
Foreign Language Film and Best Film
Editing) - Starring: Yves Montand
and Irene Papas. Directed by Costa
Gavras (1969). French.
Tuesday 21 June: ‘The Baader
Meinhof Complex’ - Oscar Nominee
(Academy Award Nominee: Best Foreign Language Film) - Starring: Martina Gedeck and Moritz Bleibtreu.
Directed by Uli Edel (2008) German.
Wednesday 22 June: ‘The Lives of
Others’ - Oscar Winner (Multi-Award
Nominee and Academy Award win-
10 June - 16 June 2011
Gael Garcia Bernal in ‘Bad Education’
ner: Best Foreign Language Film)
- Starring: Ulrich Muhe & Martina
Gedeck. Directed by Florian Henckel
Von Donnersmarck (2006) German.
Thursday 23 June: ‘Carlos’ - Golden Globe Winner (Multi-Award Nominee and Golden Globe winner: Best
Motion Picture made for TV) - Starring: Edgar Ramirez and Alexander
Scheer. Directed by Olivier Assayas
(2009) French.
Friday 24 June: ‘A Prophet’ - Oscar
Nominee (Academy Award Nominee:
Best Foreign Film) - Starring: Tahar
Rahim and Niels Arestrup. Directed
by Jacques Audiard (2009) French.
Saturday 25 June: ‘Mesrine’ Part
1 & 2 - French Cesar (Oscar) Winner
(Cesar Award Recipient: Best Actor,
Best Director, Best Sound. Nominated for 10 Cesar Awards) - Starring:
Vincent Cassel and Ludivine Sagnier.
Directed by Jean-Francois Richet.
The schedule for Week 2, from
June 27 –July 2, will see A Season
of Classic Political Thrillers:
Monday 27 June: ‘Seven Days in May’
- (Multi-Award Nominee. Recipient of the Golden Globe Award for:
Best Supporting Actor) - Starring:
Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Ava
Gardner. Directed by John Frankenheimer (1963).
Tuesday 28 June: ‘The Day of
The Jackal’ - (Multi-Award Nominee. Recipient of BAFTA Award: Best
Editing) - Starring Edward Fox and
Michael Lonsdale. Directed by Fred
Zinneman (1973).
Wednesday 29 June: ‘The Conversation’ - (Multi- Award Nominee.
Recipient of BAFTA Award: Best Editing) - Starring Gene Hackman and
John Cazale. Directed by Francis Ford
Coppola (1974).
Thursday 30 June: ‘Three Days of
the Condor’ - (Multi-Award Nominee. Recipient of the Motion Picture
Sound Editors Award: Best Sound
Editing) - Starring Robert Redford
and Faye Dunaway. Directed by Sydney Pollack (1975).
Friday 1 July: ‘All The President’s
Men’ - Oscar Winner (Multi-Award
Nominee. Recipient of Academy
Awards for: Best Actor, Best Art Direction, Best Sound, And Best Screenplay. New York Film Critics Circle
Awards for: Best Director, Best Film
& Best Supporting Actor) - Starring
Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford.
Directed by Alan Pakula (1976).
Saturday 2 July: ‘Network’ - Oscar
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Winner (Multi-Award Nominee. Recipient of Academy Awards for: Best
Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting
Actress and Best Screenplay. Recipient of Golden Globe Awards for: Best
Director, Best Actor, Best Actress
and Best Screenplay ) - Starring Peter Finch, William Holden and Faye
Dunaway. Directed by Sidney Lumet
(1976).
A Season of Classic Gay Movies is
scheduled for Week 3, from July
4 to 9:
Monday 4 July: ‘Brokeback Mountain’
- Oscar Winner (Multi-Award Nominee and Recipient of three Academy Awards for: Best Director, Best
adapted screenplay and best original
score. Recipient of four Golden Globe
Awards for: Best Film, Best Director,
Best Screenplay and Best Song) Starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath
Ledger. Directed by Ang Lee (2005).
Tuesday 5 July: ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ - Oscar Winner (Multi- Award
Nominee and Recipient of the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay) - Starring: Al Pacino, John Cazale and Charles Durning. Directed by
Sidney Lumet (1975).
Wednesday 6 July: ‘Philadelphia’
- Oscar Winner (Recipient of the
Academy Award for Best Actor: Tom
Hanks) - Starring: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington and Antonio Banderas. Directed by Jonathan Demme
(1993).
Thursday 7 July: ‘Bad Education’
(Multi-Award Nominee) - Starring
Gael Garcia Bernal and Fele Martinez.
Directed by Pedro Almodovar (2004).
Friday 8 July: ‘Sunday Bloody
Sunday’ - (Multi-Award Nominee
and Recipient of BAFTA Awards for
Best Film and Best Director) - Starring Peter Finch and Glenda Jackson.
Directed by John Schlesinger (1971).
Saturday 9 July: ‘Milk’ - Oscar
Winner (Multi- Award Nominee and
Recipient of the Academy Award
for: Best Actor and Best Screenplay)
- Starring: Sean Penn, James Franco
and Josh Brolin. Directed by Gus Van
Sant (2008).
The final week of the Classic Film
Festival, from July 12 to 16, will
screen A Season of Classic Rock
Concerts:
Tuesday 12 July: ‘Woodstock’ – The
Classic Film of the Event. Starring:
Joan Baez, Jimmy Hendrix, Joe
Cocker, the Who and Stills and Nash.
Wednesday 13 July: ‘Pink Floyd
Live In Berlin’ (1990). Starring: Pink
Floyd, Bryan Adams and Tim Curry.
Thursday 14 July: ‘Simon & Garfunkel – Concert In Central Park’
(1981). Starring: Paul Simon and Art
Garfunkle.
Friday 15 July: ‘The Last Waltz
– The Classic Scorsese Directed Rock
Sensation’. Starring: The Band, Bob
Dylan and Neil Young.
Saturday 16 July: ‘Gimme Shelter
– The Rolling Stones’ (1969). Starring: The Rolling Stones and Jefferson Airplane.
* Tickets for the screenings are R40
per night. Book at Computicket, or at
the Fugard Theatre Box Office on 021
461 4554.
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