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“Oddity,” the latest stab at supernatural unease from director Damian McCarthy (“Caveat”), is an undeniably unique little tale, not far from living up to its title and instead walking a line between conventional horror tropes and a handful of attempts to set itself apart from the crowd in ways that fall ever short in crossing the finish line. It’s a film that wears its potential on its sleeve, with messages somewhat buried under a story that shifts direction as if to suggest a series of deliberate screenwriting pivots or indecision as to the core plot and a slight disappointment as there’s nary a poor performance to be had, nor any editing missteps or difficulty making it to the end.

“Oddity,” the latest stab at supernatural unease from director Damian McCarthy (“Caveat”), is an undeniably unique little tale, not far from living up to its title and instead walking a line between conventional horror tropes and a handful of attempts to set itself apart from the crowd in ways that fall ever short in crossing the finish line. It’s a film that wears its potential on its sleeve, with messages somewhat buried under a story that shifts direction as if to suggest a series of deliberate screenwriting pivots or indecision as to the core plot and a slight disappointment as there’s nary a poor performance to be had, nor any editing missteps or difficulty making it to the end.

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Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticIn “Mad Men,” Jon Hamm had his corner office: the room with a view, overlooking Madison Avenue, where Don Draper could work, drink and brainstorm in peace. Maybe that’s why the actor was drawn to playing a lowly paper-pusher with a bad mustache and big dreams of occupying such a space in “Corner Office,” a low-key, screw-loose workplace satire that offers audiences a side of Hamm they’ve never seen before — and might not be in such a hurry to experience again, unless the toil-from-home blues of the pandemic have made them receptive to the call of cubicle life.Premiering at the Tribeca Festival, “Corner Office” is director Joachim Back’s slightly taxing cinematic take on “The Room,” a slender novel by Swedish actor-cum-author Jonas Karlsson, unread by me, that bills itself as “a short, sharp and fiendish fable in the tradition of Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett and Charlie Kauffman.” Check, check and check, insofar as those three absurdist writers are concerned, though I’d quibble with the other descriptors in that pitch.

$85,000 per week. It was refitted in 2020 with some newer upgrades to include a fresh paint job and a new teak deck.It was designed and built by Italian boatbuilding company, Benetti.The interior of the yacht features a mahogany finish with paintings and art installations. It can accommodate up to 12 guests with over six cabins — including a master suite, two VIP staterooms, one double cabin and two twin cabins. Giulio Riggio at Fraser’s Palma office holds the listing.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBritish guitarist John “Hutch” Hutchinson, a key collaborator in David Bowie’s early career who performed on the original version of “Space Oddity,” died over the weekend after a long illness, according to a report on Bowie’s official website.Ours thoughts are with the family and friends of John Hutchinson who passed in hospital yesterday after a long illness.

Read more: Pink goes offline as Covid takes the shirt off its backThe film is loosely based on an ill-fated 1971 American tour to promote The Man Who Sold The World, which would see the beginnings of his Ziggy Stardust persona. Johnny Flynn stars as Bowie, the enigmatic artist yet to reach his full potential and intent on stardom (“I need to be known” he pleads at one point).

In a year of ill-timing, there have been few pop contretemps as jarring as the release of Lady Gaga's sixth studio LP Chromatica, which was postponed due to the pandemic and eventually dropped on May 29th during the height of civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd. Since its release, Gaga has kept uncharacteristically quiet, saving her first live performance of the new material for the VMAs a few weeks back.