Movie Review: TechNews | Tuesday, April 15, 2014 ‘Grand Budapest Hotel' a grand experience with seasoned director, star-studded cast Kyle Stanevich BUSINESS MANAGER With the new Captain America movie overtaking box office records, it might have been easy to miss an even higher-rated movie, “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” This has been one of the best movies I have seen in a long time, from the plot, to the cinematogra— phy, everything was amazing. Directed by Wes Anderson, this movie takes on his usual style. The camera movements were calculated and crisp allowing the finest details in each scene to be seen by the audience. At points, there are so many details that it warrants another viewing just to take in little bits of humor and background that was undoubtedly missed the first go around. Plus, unlike most movies today, Anderson goes old fashion and uses meticulously crafted minia- tures instead of computer—generated imagery (CGI) shots. This clever use of camera work yields a very stunning image, accenting the de- tails included by the rest of the movie. There is one skiing scene in particular that switches be- tween miniature and real, making the already humorous shot even more so. While most critics find Anderson’s work lost in the details, this film has evolved so that the details are there but not always integral to understanding the plot. Also, the characters of so many of his films have been regarded as Restaurant Review: hard to relate to. Most authors usually make the characters vague enough so the audience can usually find a way to connect themselves, but Anderson has been able to give very fine details about the characters, and the audience is still able to empathize with them. “The Grand Budapest Hotel” is a recount from an author of a story told by the aged owner of the world-renowned, but fic- tional, Grand Budapest Hotel. It follows the story of the young lobby boy, Zero Moustafa, and the hotels concierge, Gustave, through their odd series of adventures. Gustave, not only the exquisite concierge, is also a good friend (sometimes more than a friend) to all the elderly women who stay at the hotel. After one of them dies, he becomes the owner of a valuable piece of art. In order to claim this from the fam- ily it previously belonged to, Zero and Gus- tave go through many escapades to ensure the safety of the painting and their lives. There are secret societies, a blood hungry assassin, a supposedly inescapable prison, all while at the same time, a war is going on. There is humor, romance, drama, and action, all cumulating is one fantastic movie. If you want something to do, go see this movie. And after you have seen it, go see it again and again to pick up on all the details and humor you missed the first time around. This big name actor-packed film with an artsy twist, will not disappoint. Image courtesy of anticool.com Chi Café brings authenticity to classic Chinese dishes Shireen Gul COPY EDITOR Being a student is not an easy task, especially here at IIT. You will seriously. start hating your life when finals are near and you are packed up with a hell of a lot of assign- ments, projects and research papers. All you can think of is studies, studies, and studies. While you are studying you can skip your sleep time but not your meal, because if you won’t eat properly you won’t be energetic enough to work. But again, who has the time to eat? Most of our assignments are due at mid— night (after a week of the given date) and we start working on it in the morning or some- time even in the evening. So now we have submitted our as- signment exactly on time and we feel like cel— ebrating our accomplishment by having a good meal. But guess what? It already midnight and everything is closed except for 7-Eleven. I am sure none of us would like to have 7-Eleven food after a long hungry day of hard work and stress. As they say, where there is a will there is a way. So the other day, I found this awesome place in Chinatown named Chi Café, which is open from 8 am. to 5 am. As one of Image courtesy ofchicafeonlinetom the only restaurants in Chinatown open 24 hours (and most of the Southside, for that matter), I love it. Food is tasty, quick, and reasonably priced. Maybe not stunning, but at 3 am. or 4 a.m., damn, it hits the spot! This is one of my favorite late—night spots, which gets packed pretty quickly during the weekend nights. The other day, I went there with my friends and ordered the crab wontons as an appetizer. They were a good appe— tizer to get us started, but skip the sauce that is served with it because it can spoil the taste of the wontons. You may need to do some pointing at the pictures to express your dish choice to the waiter. They all know both Mandarin and Cantonese but their English can be lacking sometimes, which makes it all the more authentic. We ordered chicken garlic fried rice, Kung Pao Chicken and beef briskets with steam noodle rice. The rice was awesome, the Chicken was good too, but had a lot of peanuts in it; whereas the beef briskets didn’t actually taste good. The good part is that the portions are a good size and very flavorful. Even though there were three people, we still saved some rice for our lunch. The service was fast and very friendly, even when they are really busy— which includes all hours of the night, especial- ly the weekends. The place is comfy and you will see many friendly faces around you. It is located at 2160-A S. Archer Av- enue. The place can be a little tricky to find be— cause it’s in between the two buildings halfway in the mall it’s located inside of, and there’s a million different shops just like every other Chinatown I’ve known. But if you don’t want to go there then you can also order the food online on: www. chicafeonline.com.