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Tuesday, 24 May 2022

Everything, Everywhere All at Once is kind of crazy in a kind of amazing way + Cairo Cinema Days 5 is kicking off at Zawya Cinema tomorrow

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One of the craziest films we’ve seen that surprised us with how much we enjoyed it: Everything, Everywhere All at Once is a sci-fi absurdist drama that has a Marvel-esque multiverse theme. The film follows a Chinese-American family consisting of Evelyn and Waymond, and their daughter Joy. The family runs a struggling laundromat that is being investigated by the IRS — which is just one of the problems plaguing the main character Evelyn. Here’s where things get weird, with her husband from another universe showing up to seek her help to save the world from a shocking villain. This sparks the beginning of a crazy adventure that takes the characters to different bizarre universes to defeat the villain. Don’t let the randomness fool you — the film is full of metaphorical and at its core explores themes of love, family, and friendship.

No kora for you all today.

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Zenzoo takes Taiwanese bubble tea to new heights: Located in Sheikh Zayed’s Walk of Cairo, the recently opened bubble tea shop offers a ton of flavors for the iconic drinks. There’s more to choose from than just tapioca, with the choice of jellies, poppings, and aloe vera as wonderful surprises in your cup. You can also choose flavors such as mango island, pink lemonade, matcha, hibiscus, black tea, and green tea. For a fun snack, Zenzoo offers a selection of mochi ice cream balls in vanilla, chocolate, mango, yogurt and blackberry, and more.

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Cairo Cinema Days 5 is kicking off at Zawya Cinema tomorrow: The initiative features films which premiered at regional and international film festivals over the past year in efforts to showcase Arab cinema. The Cairo Cinema Days is a chance to see the latest feature-length productions to come out of the Arab world and its diaspora, with films out of Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.

This year’s edition of the Breaking Walls Festival looks at “arts in the age of climate change”: The festival will take place tomorrow at the Italian Cultural Institute, with the program including a live performance and a panel discussion on art and climate change. The speakers of the panel are: theater performer Sarah Rifaat, Greenish Brand Manager Alaaedeen Tawfik, and Hazem Header, the art director for NÜT Dance Company as well as the Breaking Walls Festival.

Marwan Pablo is performing tomorrow at Cairo Jazz Club 610 at 9pm.

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A sinister story that begins with a young boy’s drawings: Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak follows Mallory who escapes a dark past and begins a new life as a live-in babysitter for five-year-old Teddy. She enjoys the calm and stability the job gives her and she enjoys shy and sweet Teddy’s company. However, one day Teddy’s drawings of trees and flowers turn into a drawing of a man dragging a woman’s lifeless body. From there, Teddy’s artwork becomes increasingly sinister and his stick figures quickly evolve into lifelike sketches well beyond his ability. Mallory is thrown into the midst of what she suspects is a supernatural phenomenon that hints at an unsolved murder.

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