5 films to see on the week of September 20 — September 26, 2019

AN OFT-REPEATED legend about Queen Marie Antoinette of France is that when she was told that the people had no bread, she replied, “Then let them eat cake.” The phrase has gone down in history as a marker of the indifference that the wealthy give to the poor.

WHATEVER YOU’RE concerned about — oceans, rhinos, cardiovascular research, hunger, oysters, injured dogs, salmon, veganism, art projects, politics, climate action — there’s a wine out there for you. (And no, not just to forget your woes.)

TWO Downton Abbey fans will soon get the chance to live like a Crawley for a night when Highclere Castle, the main filming location for the Emmy Award-winning drama, lists on Airbnb.

SEOUL — The owner of a North Korea-themed pub being renovated in South Korea took down a North Korean flag and portraits of the isolated country’s late leaders on Monday after complaints from neighbors who feared he was violating a Cold War-era law.

THE Center for Culinary Arts (CCA, Manila) will be conducting “Wine and Learn” exclusive masterclass cooking sessions Spanish culinary master, chef Juan Carlos “JC” de Terry on Sept. 23 and 30, 3 to 6 p.m., at Terry’s Bistro in Pasong Tamo Ext., Makati City. Assisting him will be chef Raul Avila.

FOR THE 3^rd year, Crimson Hotel Filinvest City, Manila holds a campaign about breast cancer awareness.

ART JAKARTA moved to new digs for its 11^th edition, the first one under fair director Tom Tandio, who quit Art Stage Singapore in January 2018. Mr. Tandio moved the Indonesian fair out of the plush ballroom of the Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Pacific Place -- which the event called home for a decade, with its chandeliers and conspicuous red-and-yellow carpet -- and into the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), a concrete-floored high-ceilinged venue possessing the look preferred by art fairs everywhere.

JUST because Repertory Philippines (Rep) has been around a long time -- it is currently on its 82^nd season -- that does not mean that it is an old dog that can’t do new tricks. Case in point, its closing show in its current season is its very first original musical adaptation of a Filipino classic -- The Quest for the Adarna, produced through Rep’s Theater for Young Audiences (RTYA).

ANDY WARHOL portraits of Muhammad Ali, Tom Seaver, Chris Evert and other star athletes from the 1970s will be sold at auction in November.

BAYEUX, FRANCE -- The French town of Bayeux has been home for nearly a millennium to a tapestry depicting a bloody battle for power.

CINE EUROPA opens its 22^nd edition in Metro Manila on Sept. 20 at its new venue at Cinema 1, Greenbelt 3 in Makati City. It runs until Sept. 24.