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Events during Seattle’s hosting of the World Trade Organisation conference in 1999 are the subject of the film that opens the US city’s 34th international film festival, ‘Battle in Seattle’
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Pessimistic – and loving it
The world is in a state of anguish: Cannes isn’t doing “happy” this year, unless you take a Hollywood pill to watch ‘Kung Fu Panda’ or ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’. No, world cinema is pessimistic and loving it, writes Nigel Andrews
Hip-hop and happy dust
‘Porgy and Bess’ rarely pauses for breath, says Francis Carlin
Chicago Symphony/Haitink, Carnegie Hall, New York
The conductor brings out the best in this ensemble, writes Martin Bernheimer
L’incoronazione di Poppea, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, UK
The opening night of the season presented Monteverdi’s opera as one might expect in 2008, says Richard Fairman
The Flying Machine, Unicorn, London
Phil Porter’s likeable new play creates a bizarre comic world, writes Sarah Hemming
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