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Syyaha
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Syyaha
Inside Riyadh's Most Luxurious New Brunch Experience at Café Boulud
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 2025– Café Boulud at Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh is elevating the brunch scene in Riyadh, with the launch of a refined and indulgent Friday brunch experience. Seamlessly blending the charm of a New York weekend with the finesse of classic French cuisine, this new offering invites guests to unwind, indulge, and savor every bite in one of city's most elegant dining destinations. From the moment guests step into the stylish, naturally lit interior of Café Boulud, they are welcomed into a warm and refined space where every detail is designed to elevate the dining experience. The curated menu, served as a bottomless à la carte brunch, brings together signature dishes, luxurious mains, and made-to-order specialties—each crafted with the precision, creativity, and flair that define Café Boulud's unique culinary signature. The experience begins with handcrafted cocktails like classic Mimosas, zesty Limoncello Spritz, and a daring Jalapeño-infused Vermouth—each designed to awaken the senses. Cold starters set the tone for indulgence like delicately plated shrimp cocktails, and a caviar supplement for those seeking elevated luxury. Egg lovers can revel in a variety of delicacies at the dedicated egg station, including perfectly executed Eggs Benedict, Florentine, or Royal, creamy Avocado Toast topped with poached eggs, and custom-prepared eggs with seasonal garnishes. Brunch adventurers will find joy in the hot starters and mains—from Chicken & Waffles drizzled with maple syrup to Lobster Rolls on buttered buns, Roasted Black Cod with lemon butter, and Wagyu American Burgers served with all the trimmings. Dessert is an event of its own. Guests can select from the Classic Cheesecake Trolley with customizable toppings, the tangy and sweet Key Lime Pie, a rich chocolate Brownie with Brazilian nuts, or a nostalgic Banana Split layered with ice cream, whipped cream, and chocolate sauce. Every dish is thoughtfully prepared to evoke delight. Café Boulud's new Friday brunch is already becoming a favorite for locals and visitors alike, offering standout cuisine in an atmosphere that's both vibrant and inviting. Whether you're celebrating something special or just looking to enjoy the best brunch in Riyadh, this experience is the perfect way to slow down and enjoy your weekend. Brunch is served every Friday from 12:30 PM to 4:00 PM, priced at SAR 375 per person. For more information or bookings please visit:
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Sirat' Review: Oliver Laxe's Beguiling Film Is a Desert-Set, Techno-Infused Meditation on Death and Grief
At some point in Oliver Laxe's beguiling new film Sirat, a character asks a fellow traveler their thoughts on what the end of the world might feel like. The friend considers the question before responding, somewhat half-heartedly: 'It's been the end of the world for a long time.' This sentiment haunts Sirat, which seemingly takes place in a near-apocalyptic future and follows a group of ravers as they journey through the Moroccan desert in search of one last party. Home for this crew is a worn-out caravan, stocked with food, water and other provisions. Community is anyone they meet either at or on their way to dance parties. And on the occasion they turn on the radio, the news warns of escalating wars, depleting resources and a breakdown in diplomatic relations. The harshness of this world, conjured by Laxe with his signature painterly vision, feels a lot like our own. More from The Hollywood Reporter Planes, Trains and Everything's a Mess for Upfronts and Cannes Travelers at Newark Airport Colombia Is Thriving, But Locals Worry About Tariffs Luke Evans Joins Noomi Rapace in Thriller 'Traction' Premiering at Cannes in competition, Sirat marks Laxe's fourth time on the Croisette. His debut You Are All Captain earned him an award in Directors' Fortnight in 2010; he won a prize for his 2016 Critics' Week film Mimosas and another for the gorgeous Fire Will Come, which premiered in 2019 in the Un Certain Regard sidebar. Sirat is the director's first film in competition, a charged meditation on grief and possibility in a world edging toward collapse. It is a beautiful film (Pedro Almodóvar is a producer) filled with those unhurried landscape shots the director loves so much. But the movie's message can be punishing and oddly muddied at times. Working from a screenplay co-written with his usual collaborator Santiago Fillol, Laxe crafts a story about itinerant characters negotiating the realities of different losses — on both societal and interpersonal levels. The desert is the perfect setting for this reflection, as the arid location functions as both a repository for overwhelming feelings and a reminder of our own smallness in the grand scheme of things. The last few years of global history, marked by the twin forces of a viral pandemic and an accelerating climate crisis, have underscored a discomfort with death. In the United States, at least, collective mourning is not a part of the culture, and the idea of death is met with avoidance rather than affirmation. Laxe, a French-born filmmaker of Galician ancestry, has been steadily confronting that in each of his projects. Mimosas was framed around the delivery of a body to an ancestral resting place, and while Fire Will Come principally observed an arsonist recently released from prison, it also meditated on the idea of cultural extinction. Sirat begins and ends with different kinds of losses. The film opens with Luis (an excellent Sergi Lopez) and his son Esteban (Brúno Nuñez) searching the grounds of an outdoor rave for his daughter Mar. Laxe indulges in languorous shots of people dancing to techno, blasted from a set of large outdoor speakers, in a small pocket of the desert. Their bodies sway to the rhythmic thumps of the hypnotic music, composed by the French artist Kangding Ray. His score is complemented by Laia Casanova's stellar sound design, which turns the ambient noises of the desert into their own soundtrack. Laxe displays a considered understanding of the cathartic self-expression inherent to techno and raves specifically. The kind of experience now associated with out-of-touch thrill seekers at Burning Man adopts deeper meaning here. Luis and Esteban snake their way through this crowd, handing out flyers of Mar in hopes that someone has seen her. The pair eventually come upon a group who wonder if Mar might be at the next dance party. Driven by desperation, Luis and Esteban follow the two vans carrying Stef (Stefania Gadda), Josh (Joshua Liam Henderson), Tonin (Tonin Janvier), Jade (Jade Oukid) and Bigui (Richard Bellamy) from this gathering to another one. At first, the veteran ravers try to get rid of Luis and Esteban, but the father and son duo are persistent. This journey of reluctant alliances at times reminded me of the one in Octavia Butler's novel Parable of the Sower, another work that deals with the forced itinerancy brought on by the end of the world. Sirat is at its most familiar as a Laxe-ian work in the middle, when this crew traverses the scorched landscape. Laxe revels in the beauty and imposing scale of the Sahara desert (where Sirat was filmed) with scenes of the cars rolling up steep mountains or getting lost in impromptu sand storms. The geographical isolation imbues the film with a haunting, almost otherworldly atmosphere. Ironically, Sirat gets muddled near the end. Although the last act is in many ways the liveliest — viewers will be jolted by a series of bleak twists — it's also where Laxe relinquishes narrative coherence in the service of making his metaphors more literal. The filmmaker leans into a sort of spectacle typically associated with genre works to wrestle with his theories about death as well as to actualize the film's title (which roughly translates to 'path' in Arabic), but his ideas — in part because of the sheer quantity — seem more embryonic here. There's also a dubiously judged scene in which more obviously racialized characters are used in a way that comes off as more aesthetic than meaningful. Despite these flaws, Sirat is an energizing film — a project determined to wake us up. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'The Goonies' Cast, Then and Now "A Nutless Monkey Could Do Your Job": From Abusive to Angst-Ridden, 16 Memorable Studio Exec Portrayals in Film and TV The 10 Best Baseball Movies of All Time, Ranked
Time Out
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Here's everything you'll eat at the Windy City Smokeout this summer
Barbecue season is nearly upon us and though there's certainly a seasonal novelty in firing up your own grill at home, why not let the professional pitmasters do it for you? The annual Windy City Smokeout is returning to Chicago this summer—on Thursday, July 10 through Sunday, July 13, to be exact—and it's bringing together a stellar lineup of both local 'cue favorites and national smokehouses outside the United Center. A smokin' good time will be had courtesy of the finger-licking barbecue being fired up by this year's participating pitmasters, each of whom will offer two different dishes during the festival. The full 2025 food lineup includes: Bub City (Chicago) Chef Art Smith's Reunion (Chicago) Dayne's Craft BBQ (Aledo, Texas) Gene's BBQ (Atlanta) Green Street Smoked Meats (Chicago) Heritage Barbecue (San Juan Capistrano, California) Hogapalooza (Wayne, Arkansas) Hoodoo Brown BBQ (Ridgefield, Connecticut) Hurtado Barbecue (Arlington, Texas) Joe's KC BBQ (Kansas City, Kansas) Lexington Betty Smokehouse (Chicago) Little Miss BBQ (Phoenix) Meat Mitch Barbecue (Leawood, Kansas) Operation BBQ Relief (Joplin, Missouri) Panther City BBQ (Fort Worth, Texas) Pappy's Smokehouse (St. Louis, Missouri) Pig Beach BBQ (Astoria, New York) Smoque BBQ (Chicago) Soul & Smoke (Chicago) Sugarfire Smoke House (St. Louis, Missouri) Ubons BBQ (Yazoo City, Mississippi) Wright's Barbecue (Johnson, Arkansas) And if that's not enough 'cue for you, there will also be a bottomless barbecue brunch on Sunday, powered with free-flowing Mimosas, build-your-own Bloody Marys, plenty of juicy pitmaster barbecue, live acoustic music and more. And speaking of music, the festival will feature live country-music performances from both up-and-coming acts as well as renowned bands, including Megan Moroney, Shane Smith & The Saints, Angel White, Maggie Antone, Kane Brown, Josh Meloy, Kashus Culpepper, Ella Langley, Riley Green and Sam Barber, among others. Multiple cashless bars will be conveniently set around the festival grounds so you can quench your thirst with a cold glass of beer from top American breweries, including Chicago's own Goose Island. You can grab tickets (ranging from general admission to premium VIP experiences) and find out more information at the Windy City Smokeout website.
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Celebrate mom with mimosas, music at this inaugural event
HONOLULU (KHON2) — The founders of Moms, Mimosas and Music, Mandy Soken and Tran Phuong, are excited for their inaugural event which is just in time for Mother's Day. The duo created this exciting event as a heartfelt tribute to moms. Presented by Luna Events and Catering, this special celebration will feature a delightful morning of gourmet brunch offerings, sparkling mimosas, and outstanding live music. Attendees will be treated to performances by Na Hoku Hanohano Award winner Kalaʻe Camarillo and the talented Nick Laʻa, ensuring a fun and memorable experience for all. Guests can join the celebration on Sunday, May 12, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Guests can enjoy brunch, sip on mimosas and browse a curated selection of local jewelry and gifts — with some items featured as exclusive giveaways. To follow along with their journey, visit their social media for updates on Instagram (@lunaeventsandcatering). Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KHON2.
