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Friday, February 03
cinema
18:00 A Dangerous Method (Opening night) @ The Flicks
 
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It's advised to make a reservation for tonight's screening.

99 min - Biography | Drama | Thriller |

A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis, starring Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender and Viggo Mortensen. Given his entire filmography is concerned with themes linked to man's identity and the complexities of human sexuality, David Cronenberg is, on paper at least, the ideal director for A Dangerous Method, a movie dealing with the birth of psychoanalysis.

What was the source of conflict which caused a gulf to form between Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung? When we examine their personal and professional lives, what turning points shaped their theories? What were the storms which blew through the lives of Jung and Sabina Spielrein? These are some of the questions this film attempts to highlight, and in fact begins to touch upon.

This movie can be seen as a play by Moliere with Jung and Freud as characters. Comedy and description of society, drama and piece of biographic way, mirror and childish trip: it is a "cake" with many spices.

A Dangerous Method is a brilliant , absorbing and thought provoking movie that boasts excellent performances by the three leading actors.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=664eq7BXQcM

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party
18:30 Thank God It's Friday! @ Kingdom Breweries
 
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Thank God It’s Friday at Kingdom Breweries.

Joins Kingdom Brewery for a free flow of the only premium Cambodian Beers, a tour of our Brewery and Meat on the grill from the best butcher in town.

Have you ever had beer directly from a tank? At Kingdom Breweries, enjoy the freshest beer in town on the banks of the Tonlé Sap River in the former Nestlé factory. Check out our state of the art brewery, learn how our beers are brewed and bottled and enjoy the traditional and classy interior of the TapRoom.

Only $12 per person for all. From 6.30 pm to 10.30 pm, food served from 7 pm to 9 pm. Brewery tour starts at 7 pm.

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cinema
19:00 The Most Secret Place on Earth @ Meta House
 
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THE MOST SECRET PLACE ON EARTH (2008, 90 mins) by German director Marc Eberle deals with the secret operation waged by the CIA throughout the 1960s and early 70s against communist guerrillas in Laos, particularly in the city of Long Chen.

The film features interviews with CIA and Air America officials, as well as the late Hmong general Vang Pao and some of his critics. Despite being the center of the covert operation and, at its peak, one of the world’s busiest airports with a population of 50,000 people, Long Chen’s location was never marked on any map. It remains off limits due to clashes with remnants of the Hmong army.

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19:00 Festival International du Film d'Animation d'Annecy @ Diamond Island
 
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A selection of movies from the Annecy International Animated Film Festival (France), the animation studio «1000 hands» of Phare Ponleu Selpak (Cambodia) , O3D ASIA (Cambodia) and the Ecole Pivaut (France) will offer an overview of animated short movies from all over the world. In partnership with CITIA and O3D ASIA.

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live_show
19:30 Si j'étais vous (If I Were You) @ Russian Cultural Center
 
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Booking highly recommended / pre-sell : 077 708 028 – Entrance fee : $4.00 Bar and tickets open from 6.30 pm

In ten French sketches, Hanokh Levin, a contemporary Hebrew author, describes and moves insidiously common situations to puzzling and meaningless relations. The characters will remind you some of your fellows, maybe yourself? But farcical or absurd laugh is the main objective of this black cabaret.

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20:00 The Rum Diary (Opening night) @ The Flicks
 
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120 min - Comedy | Drama | Romance |

Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) is a freelance journalist who finds himself at a critical turning point in his life while writing for a run-down newspaper in the Caribbean. Paul is challenged on many levels as he tries to carve out a more secure niche for himself amidst a group of lost souls all bent on self-destruction.

Don’t expect Depp’s humor from Pirates of the Carribean, don’t expect any big action scenes as in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or the romance from Chocolat. This movie was made for Hunter S. Thompson. That was really Johnny Depp's main focus. His goal is never to make the number one movie. He doesn't want to be a box office star. He wants to make movies that mean something to him and that is exactly what he did with The Rum Diary. With that said, he made a beautiful film for his late friend. He played Hunter S. Thompson so wonderfully and stayed true to his character. Johnny honored his friend in the best way that he could, and did a phenomenal job.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YUx36yLLug

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concert
21:00 Teaner Terners @ Mao's Club
 
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The Teaner Terners perform raw, gritty, and unassuming original indie rock. If you haven't caught their show before then come down and see what all the fuss is about. If you have had the chance to catch them play then they will see you there again on the dance floor this Friday, no doubt!

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21:00 Friday Night Live: Johnny Cassera's Route 66 @ Score Sports Bar
 
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Johnny Cassera's love of music started when he was about two years old. Before he could read, he identified his parents’ record albums by memorizing which labels matched his favorite songs. By the time he was eight years old, Johnny was playing music for his family and friends, and from the first time he got his hands on a guitar, he was hooked.

Inspired by his love of music, Johnny would watch American Bandstand every day. His first gig was with a high school rock band called the Chordaires, with buddy Sev Moro, and his career officially began at the age of 14 when he played for free sodas at the Sand Pike Inn in Colonie, New York. He and Sev also performed as The Dual Tones.

Over the years, Johnny has entertained thousands of people. He has a style of his own, playing drums and keyboard simultaneously as well as doing his own vocal harmonies. He also plays lead and bass guitar, drums, and is currently pursuing saxophone.

Johnny has always loved everything about legendary Route 66, so he came up with an idea of incorporating this love into his driving sounds of Doo Wop era music, combining his keyboard and talent to form Johnny Cassera’s Route 66 Band. Johnny sometimes performs solo and sometimes with other talented area musicians, but wherever Johnny appears, the Route 66 Band is there. He is the heart and soul of the Route 66 Band.

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party
21:00 Afro Latino Party @ Do It All Club
 

Every Friday the best African and Caribbean hits, all night long, with DJ Alcohol. Come and enjoy a special rhythm of music while in Cambodia.

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Regulars and reminders
sports
08:00 YOGA class @ The Flicks
 
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The highly experienced Rebecca Norton (replacing Oskar Nery in February) will be your yoga teacher for one hour, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8.00am and 12.30pm.

Classes take place in the air conditioned room of The Flicks Community Movie House on Street 95 (between Str 310 and 360) and costs only $5 per hour.

Please sign up for your desired class(es) through the website at www.theflicks-cambodia.com/classes.php as we can only have a maximum of 10 participants per class.

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exhibition
"My Selfish Family" @ Java Café & Gallery
 
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In a coded manner, Ben Thynal looks at the selfish nature of human relationships from the familial to the religious. By referring to his “family” Thynal immediately suggests something intimate and personal, but alludes to society as a whole. Unapologetically, he discards the “politically correct” view and looks critically at how families often manipulate and exploit each other for personal gain, the pretense of religious rituals and even the abuse of corruption.

“When even one person acts selfishly, it hurts everyone,” Thynal explains.

One painting, titled “Immoral,” depicts a mother with long snake-like arms trying to catch children out of the air while a “thought bubble” is filled with playing cards. The mother preys upon her own children to make money that she only wastes by gambling. Another shows a tightly wound group of people trapped in a circular formation—their smiling faces purposely misleading when paired with the title “Monster Family.” In “Balance” several intertwined figures that represent a network of self-serving individuals fill an egg-like shape that balances on another small egg and small red circle resting precariously on a thin line.

In each of the paintings, the cartoon-like figures belie the menacing subject and hint at the contradiction between one’s inner nature and the external expression.

Thynal, part of the new generation of outspoken and critical artists, has explored several themes that are socially-focused including landmines, the environment and the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge. He works as an art teacher at Mith Samlanh, one of the leading NGOs working with vulnerable youth and their communities. He graduated from Phare Ponleu Selpak (Battambang) in 2006 and his work has been exhibited in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. This will be his second solo show.

Viewing hours: every day 7am – 10pm

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"The Illusion of Permanence" @ Java Café & Gallery
 
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“The Illusion of Permanence” - Reflecting on Cambodia as it emerges from years of broken infrastructure and into a new economic and social future, Sallyanne Morgan’s sculptures are an observation of current lives and past traditions with an underlying uncertainty for what may yet come.

During times of change, we often turn to familiar customs and as an artist Sallyanne looks at the different symbols and rituals that define and guide the individual through this process.

Viewing hours: every day 7am – 10pm

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party
22:00 Friday Flava! @ Riverhouse Lounge
 
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Phnom Penh Recording artist and producer Peanut hosts and provides the concept for Friday Flava night's turntablism with DJ Dolla. Playing authentic hip-hop and their own self-penned material as well as some crowd pleasers.

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"Unnamed Pile" by Mea Sokhorn @ Insitut Français
 
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The artist Mea Sokhorn presents a work consisting in many colorful paintings while, at the center, a thick volume of paintings on each other flattens, so that these art works are transformed into a single one. Through this installation, he gives us a his contradicting view on art.

Open from 8am to 6pm.

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"Nature" by Em Riem @ Insitut Français
 
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Through his use of color, Em Riem renews, with brilliance, his artistic expression, whose eclecticism constantly nourishes his style, which skillfully mixes the creative freedom of the painter with the formal rigor of the designer.

Viewing hours: 11am - 7pm.

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"FutureBuild" by Kong Vollak @ Intercontinental Hotel
 
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On the occasion of the official opening of The Insider Gallery at the Intercontinental Hotel in Phnom Penh, we are proud to present in cooperation with Sa Sa Bassac Gallery a thought-provoking art exhibition entitled FutureBuild by Khmer artist Kong Vollak.

This exhibition will run from February 2 to the 26th on our Mezzanine, on the 2nd floor.

Come and discover a collection of drawings showing us not only fictional and fanciful cityscapes, but also illusory shapes and elemental constructions. Using charcoal and ink, Kong's vibrant and ominous drawings intend to create a feeling of uncertainty, wonder, pleasure in the viewer.

Ensuring you get an "In the Know" experience.

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"The Halo of the Omnipresent Eye" @ Sa Sa Bassac
 
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The Halo of the Omnipresent Eye by Than Sok is a solo exhibition presenting interactive sculptures and installations through which the artist seeks to provoke questions around the practice of monetary alms-giving in Cambodia while playfully drawing connections between the roles of monastics and artists.

Although some monks commit to permanent vows, monkhood in Cambodia is traditionally considered a right of passage in which young males are expected to serve temporary terms intended as merit-building activities for parents. Due in part to a shift in almsgiving practices in which laity replace food with cash offerings - a practice antagonistic to precepts meant to prevent monks from indulgences including the handling of money - many young men can now consider monkhood as an opportunity to escape poverty, relocate to urban centers, participate in secular education, and are seen as participating in laic life before disrobing. Still, alms remain a central practice and symbol of the sangha, or Buddhist community, and provide the opportunity for givers to earn merit for a better rebirth.

The Halo of the Omnipresent Eye stages the artist’s own alms scenarios in the gallery. To Give Is To Receive I and II (2012) reconfigure materials and forms used in exchanges between monks and laity. The pair of alms stations are presided over by representational halos associated with divine knowing – a reminder that intention, the source of good or bad action, which is invisible, is “visible” via its karmic effect.

Than Sok (born 1984, Takeo) investigates religious and spiritual beliefs, materials, and rituals through sculpture, installation, video and performance. Than graduated from Reyum Art School (2005), Reyum Workshop (2007) and is currently studying architecture.

Opening Hours: Thurs/Fri 2-6pm, Sat/Sun 10am-6pm Location: SA SA BASSAC #18 2nd Floor, Sothearos Boulevard Web: www.sasabassac.com

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