Welcome to Zurich's going-out guide!

This is the site dedicated to the leisure hours of English speakers living in the greater Zurich area. We offer you tips on what's on in Zurich, for English-language movies & events, as well as our humble opinions about where to eat, drink, party and play. We are travel writers who endlessly stumble around town, finding new venues, going to movie premieres - so we’re in a position to know. No one has paid us to include any of these entries, so you can count on our opinions as being of the purest nature. Enjoy!

New in theatres this week: Up in the Air
Plot: Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) is a corporate downsizing expert, which means he travels around the country firing employees for other companies. He lives mainly on flights and in hotels all around the US, and loves the fact that he has little baggage and less real friends. His goal is to collect 10 million frequent fly miles and he’s just met the woman of his dreams (Vera Farimiga). Then his company hires a young overachiever (Anna Kendrick) who develops a way to fire people by video conferencing, which means he’s about to be grounded.

Review: What looks like a comedy on the outside is actually a sad story about people who get the short end of the stick in a bad economy and how pervasive loneliness is in our society.
Anna Kendrick brilliantly stands out as a jittery, young up-and-coming exec who’s not as fearless as she wants to be; and George Clooney is charming as usual.
A comedy that’s very well done, with a message that’s sometimes a little too politically correct.
(Katrin Gygax)

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ewz.stattkino
Not your usual film festival. Movies are enhanced depending on their content, potential for providing an innovative experience, according to the festival directors' whim, or all of the above – by new soundtracks, dance troupes, magic shows, or even the Bokomo head massager.
The following movies will be shown in English with German subtitles: Cabaret, The Prestige, Mamma Mia, The Hours, Vanishing Point, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Beach, The Great Gatsby, and Kill Bill.
The festival runs February 17 to 27. See festival site for details.
ewz.stattkino.com