Amsterdam

“Amsterdam is a global city—with a population of less than 1 million,” says Ferdinand Goetzen, CEO of Amsterdam-based digital customer-insight business, Reveall. That, in a nutshell, is how Amsterdam has become a tech powerhouse, boasting unicorns such as Booking.com and Adyen, and an impressive crop of sustainability-focused startups. The city has the benefits of being medium sized—efficient public services, bikeability, and a tight-knit business community—but in the same breath, is instinctively outward-looking,…

By Mark Kennedy | Associated Press The stars appear one after the other — a banquet of talent, a glut of inventiveness — and yet nothing clicks. Hollywood’s most famous squirm in a slog. Welcome to “Amsterdam,” writer and director David O. Russell’s answer to the question: Can some of the top actors in the world mange to elevate poor material? The answer is a dull no. It becomes a slaughterhouse. Just look at this lead cast: Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington. Russell wastes them with pointless…

Dir: David O Russell. Starring: Christian Bale, John David Washington, Margot Robbie, Robert de Niro, Rami Malek. Cert 15, 134 minutes“A lot of this really happened” goes the title card for David O Russell’s starry, stylish, caper-ish Amsterdam. Emphasis on “a lot”. In its relentless, pinballing plot, there’s a fascist coup, an unsolved murder, an entire world war, shady figures aplenty, many cunning plans, and… a love story. It runs to just over two hours, but I felt like I’d been watching it for three days. Which,…

With a big name like David O. Russell at its helm, and a ridiculously stacked cast featuring John David Washington, Christian Bale and Margot Robbie among many others, it’s impossible to not be intrigued by Amsterdam. Details about the mystery/comedy/thriller (Russell’s first film since 2015) were kept pretty well under wraps for a while. But with the film being one of this fall’s big releases, critics have had the opportunity to screen the movie and give us a better idea of what to expect.What we do know about Amsterdam…

International travel may still have its challenges.But finding a solid hotel for a business trip isn't one of them.     CNBC Travel and the market data firm Statista today release a ranking of the "Best Hotels for Business Travelers" in Europe.This is the first ranking of its kind between CNBC and Statista, who are also releasing hotel rankings in the Middle East today. Asia-Pacific rankings were published in September.In total, we analyzed more than 10,000 four- and five-star hotels in 117 locations to produce lists…

Last Updated: September 30, 2022, 13:48 ISTAmsterdam's Schiphol Airport is Limiting Passenger Flow Until March 2023 (Photo: Reuters)Passengers at Schiphol have faced long lines for security checks for months due to a shortage of workers, causing many travelers to miss their flightsAmsterdam’s Schiphol airport on Thursday said it would continue limiting the daily number of passengers in the coming months as it struggles to find a way to solve its ongoing shortage of security staff. Schiphol, one of Europe’s busiest…

Margot Robbie revealed how filming on the upcoming David O Russell movie came to an unusual end.Robbie, Christian Bale and John David Washington star in Amsterdam, as a nurse and two soldiers who, years after an incident in the Dutch capital, find themselves at the centre of a murder investigation.While onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday (27 September), Robbie said that the production on the movie had to be shut down after they ignored their curfew.“You get a permit to shoot somewhere. We were in Pasadena…

Margot Robbie revealed how filming on the upcoming David O Russel movie came to an unusual end.Robbie, Christian Bale and John David Washington star in Amsterdam, as a nurse and two soldiers who, years after an incident in the Dutch capital, find themselves at the centre of a murder investigation.While on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday (27 September), Robbie said that the production on the movie had to be shut down after they ignored their curfew.“You get a permit to shoot somewhere. We were in Pasadena…

There’s usually a no more heart-sinking way of starting a movie than with the larky, slippery announcement: “Based on a true story – mostly!” or “What follows is all accurate – kinda!” It usually means the film will fall between the two stools marked “creatively interesting” and “factually informative”. However, David O Russell begins his elaborate screwball mystery Amsterdam by declaring: “A lot of this actually happened.” He means the film is a wacky riff on the little-known 1933 “White House putsch” in which a cabal of…

Christian Bale has revealed the reason why he had to “isolate” himself from Chris Rock on the set of their 2022 film Amsterdam.The 48-year-old actor said that Rock’s jokes were “so bloody funny” that it prevented him from getting into character.“I remember his first day, I was excited to meet him, I’m a big fan of his standup,” Bale told IndieWire. “Then he arrives, and he’s doing some things… David told him to tell me some stories that I didn’t know he was gonna tell me, which is the way David works often. And I was…