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Tuesday 2 OcTOber 2018
A very intimate quest shown in 'Private Life'

By MARK KENNEDY, bad medical news. As they
Associated Press scroll through online profiles
The three things most cou- of potential egg donors,
ples fight about are said Rachel cracks that it's like
to be sex, money and kids. "eBay for ova."
Tamara Jenkins has man- Others in the cast include a
aged to up the ante for terrific Molly Shannon and
one stressed-out husband John Carroll Lynch as rela-
and wife by combining all tives facing their own crises,
of them in her latest movie. and a simply perfect Denis
"Private Life " is a deeply O'Hare as a slightly creepy
personal — perhaps even and blithe fertility doctor.
invasive — look at the chal- "OK, let's get pregnant,
lenges facing one privi- shall we?" he says more
leged, artsy New York cou- than once.
ple: Rachel and Richard, Jenkins' music is inspired.
played perfectly by Kath- A character suspects she's
ryn Hahn and Paul Gia- "a broken toy" and soon a
matti, who are hoping to version of "Nobody Wants
get pregnant via assisted a Broken Toy" plays. The
reproduction. varied soundtrack has Mo-
They're trying to have a town, Johann Sebastian
child late in life and do Bach, Brian Eno, Billie Holi-
virtually everything — IUI, This image released by Netflix shows Kayli Carter in a scene from "Private Life." day and also includes a
IVF, egg donation, sperm Associated Press brilliant sequence that uses
boosts and adoption. That Steve Miller's "Quicksilver
means tests, injections, 11 years and she has said thetic humor pervades the ume on clinic-offered porn Girl."
probes, pills, more tests and it was inspired in part by film, with shots of anxious while exam table paper is At times, Rachel and Rich-
more injections. It takes its her own struggles to have couples marooned in doc- stuck to his bottom. ard's quest for children
toll, both emotionally and a child. That has clearly tor waiting rooms, bumpy Hahn's Rachel is both glee- seems to be an end in and
financially. One of their rel- informed her wonderful New York taxi rides or quiet fully neurotic and deeply of itself. They offer no real
atives derisively calls them knack for capturing the moments with Rachel and anguished, and Giamatti's overt adoration of chil-
"fertility junkies." various absurdities when Richard padding around Richard is resigned and dren, no cooing over baby
Jenkins ("Slums of Beverly cold medicine meets inti- in those ridiculous hospi- exhausted. Both are word- onesies. They haven't even
Hills" and "The Savages") mate biology. tal gowns. One fabulous lessly wonderful as they worked out where they will
both wrote and directed Though at times meander- scene has Richard trying in fight to remain optimistic deliver, if they get so lucky.
"Private Life," her first film in ing, a knowing and sympa- vain to turn down the vol- in the face of repeatedly q

Nile Rodgers returns with

Chic to make us boogie

tively into the camera fid- Elton John, Hailee Steinfeld
dling about with whistles? and Craig David — and
For those old enough to added elements of hip-hop
know, it's the promise of to craft a bubbly, infectious
boogie. album that seems old and
A similar magazine cover- new at the same time.
inspired photo graced the The first song — "Till the
debut album of Chic in World Falls," co-written by
1977 and co-creator Nile Anderson .Paak — is a wel-
Rodgers signals his intent come hit of pure Rodgers,
to go back to his roots and employing his trademark
yet update his sound by re- funky, choppy guitar work
This cover image released by interpreting that old cover that fueled such disco hits
Virgin EMI Records shows "It's
About Time," a release by Nile for "It's About Time," the as "Le Freak" and "Good
Rodgers & Chic. cheekily titled first Chic al- Times." The new song clocks
Associated Press bum since 1992. in at over five minutes but it
If you doubted Rodg- should be three times that
By MARK KENNEDY ers wants to get down in length for the sheer happi-
Associated Press 2018, just look at some of ness it delivers. "The world
Nile Rodgers & Chic, "It's the song titles — "Do You has gone mad," the lyrics
About Time" (Virgin EMI) Wanna Party," ''Dance With go, "we might be safer on
The cover of the new Chic Me," ''I Dance My Dance" the dance floor."
album might be familiar. and "Boogie All Night." In these days when EDM
Does anyone else vaguely Rodgers has invited a is all over the pop charts,
recognize the image of bunch of well-known sing- Rodgers' blast of disco-funk
two models gazing seduc- ers — including Lady Gaga, fits perfectly. q