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Lev, 93 mins_ Musical spoof of seven Oscars including Best Film and Best Prohibition-era gangster films. with an Director. with no less than twelve Fl l M all-child east. Family entertainment pure nominations. Set at a remote outpost and simple. and a true original with it. during the American Civil War. a time of Glasgow; GET, violent struggle between pioneering I The Cannes Heel (PG) 90 mins. A Yankees and Sioux lndians. it offers a programme compiled from the sensitive and intense analysis of both W International Advertising Awards factions. and of a man caught between two winners of1990, and including six Golden different cultures. Glasgow: Cannon Films screening this fortnight are listed l Lion-winning British commercials (the Sauehichall Street. Edinburgh: below. with certificate, credits. brief review 1 most ever won by one country). Among Dominion. UCI. Central: Regal. ano venue details. Full-length reviews at : the highlights will be the Molotov Strathclyde: La Scala. UCI Ciydebank. selected new releases can he found close to [ Brothers' Maxell Tapes campaign and UCi East Kilbride. WMR Film Centre. the appropriate entry. Programme details i famous ads for Harp lager, Carling Black I Dangerous Liaisons (15) (Stephen appear in the Listings section which follows. ; Label. British Rail and British Airways. Frears. US. 1988) Glenn Close.John Film Index compiled by Andrew Bumet. | Glasgow; OFT. Edinburgh; Filmhouse. Malkovich. Michelle Pfeiffer. Keanu . ~ . L _ ,_ l I Charlie Chaplin Triple-Bill (PG) KidAuto Reeves. 120 mins. Madame de Tourvel I Jules Et Jim (PG) I Al No Corrida In The Realm ()f The é Races At Venice (Henry Lehrman. US. and the Vicomtc de Vaimont (Close and Francois Truffaut‘s early Senses (18) (Nagisa Oshima. Japan. 1976) 1914) 6 mins; How To Make Movies Malkovich) are treacherous 18th century masterpiece. made in 1961 Tatsuya Fuji. Eiko Matsuda. 105 mins. At ; (Charles Chaplin. US. 1918): City Lights aristocrats weaving a web oferotic and now re-rcleased in a last deemed fit for certification. Oshima‘s E (Charles Chaplin. US. 1931) 87 mins. A duplicity around one another. Frears new print. StarringJeanne shockingly erotic film can now be publicly 2 unique chance to see Chaplin's great. if makes a notable Hollywood debut. Moreau. Oskar Werner screened. in the militarist Japan of 1936. a i sentimental. tramp comedy City Lights guiding his east through a difficult set of and Henri Serre, it tells couple enclose themselves in their own ! with a live score. written by Chaplin narrative pirouettes. Yet for all the the comi-tragic tale ofan sensual world. their passion escalating i himseifand performed by the Royal pent-up emotion on screen. little fervour eternal triangle straddling until only death can provide the next Scottish National Orchestra. conducted by seeps through. and the result is rather cold the First World War. and orgasm. Masteriy though necessarily Carl Davis. who has also written scores to and calculating. Glasgow: GET. 5 depicts a lasting friendship extremely explicit look at the powerof accompany the two support films. Kid I The Dead (U) (John Huston. UK/West between men who are sexual arousal. which has attracted Auto Races At Venice was filmed at a real Germany. 1987) Anjelica Huston. Donal rivals in love and enemies controversy throughout the world. juvenile sporting event in Venice. McCann. Helena Carroll. 83 mins. in war. See review. From Glasgow: GFT. Californiain January 1914. and featured Huston‘s final film isasuperb adaptation Fri7. I Awakenings ( 12) (Penny Marshall. US. Chaplin‘s first appearance as a tramp. ofone ofJames Joyce‘s [)ubliners stories. I Marked For Death ( 18) 1991) Robert De Niro. Robin Williams. while How To Make Movies is a Set during a traditional festive The return of martial arts John Heard. Julie Kavner. Penelope Ann light-hearted documentary which shows celebration. its skill and mellow tough guy Steven Seagal Miller. Max von Sydow. 121 mins. Based Chaplin the film executive setting up his perception draw you into another world in another action vehicle. on the book by psychiatrist Oliver Sacks. own studio. but never fully suppressing his Where the dinner conversation and this time centring on his A wakenings tells the story of a reclusive superb abilities as a performer. general merriment reveal universal truths attempts to control rival neurologist (Williams) whose new post at Edinburgh: Usher Hall. about death and the beauty of true love. Jamaican crack gangs in Bainbridge Hospital in New York is not I Cinema Paradiso (PG) (Giuseppe Glasgow: GF'T. Chicago. See review. the clinical experience he had anticipated. Tornatore. italy/France. 1988) Phillipe I Die Hard (18) (John McTiernan. US. From Fri 7. instead. he finds himselfdrawn toa Noiret. Jacques Perrin. Salvatore Cascio. 1988) Bruce Willis. Alan Rickman. ‘ - . ‘ . particular group ofstatue-like 123 mins. Tornatore‘s vision ofhis Bonnie Bedelia. 131 mins. On a Christmas eneephalitie patients. among them De movie-mad childhood is a wonderful love visit to his estranged wife in California. Niro‘s Leonard Lowe. As his obsession letter to the cinema itself. Told largely in New York cop Willis is trapped in a new with their unexpressed inner lives grows. flashback. it traces the young Salvatore’s tower block when the corporate party he's he develops a relationship with Lowe infatuation with his village cinema. and his attending is attacked by international which begins to release both Lowe‘s growing friendship with its projectionist terrorists after the big bucks in the ability to communicate and his own (played to perfection by Noiret). company safe. So it‘s left to Willis to bump repressed emotions. Edinburgh: Essentially. it‘s Tornatore‘s lament for the offthe baddies and save the hostages while Dominion. joyous movie-going experience ofhis the LAPD and FBI lauguish ineptly on the I The Best Of British Animation (PG)Total youth and a recognition ofthe price we sidelines. Unbearably tense actioner that running time: 85 mins. A programme of pay for our maturity. 1990 Oscar winner gets good mileage out of yawning .- ten animated shorts assembled by the for Best Foreign Film. Edinburgh: UCI . lift-Shafts and flying bullets. While Willis is I Mermaids (15) British Film institute. included are Nick Filmhouse. convincing as an ordinary guy trying to Intelligcm and distinctly Park‘s charming. Oscar-winning piasticine IThe Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her cope with it all. Strathclyde: UCl East Offibcatgrowjngup piece ‘Creature Comforts'. and other Lover(18) (Peter Greenaway. UK. 1989) Kilbride. comedy starring Winona multi-award-winning films. such as Mark , Michael Gambon. Helen Mirren. Alan I Die Hard 2: Die Harder ( 18) (Renny Ryder as a staid. Baker‘s ‘The ilili Farm‘. Andrew ' Howard. Richard Bohringer. Tim Roth. Harlin. US. 1990) Bruce Willis. Bonnie introverted teenager, McEwan‘s ‘Toxic‘. Peter Lord's‘War 120mins. Asuperb film which nonetheless Bedelia. William Athcrton. 122 mins. Chews hcrwacky‘ Story‘ and David Anderson‘s ‘Deadsy‘. contains something to offend everybody. Detective John MCClane (Willis) is uninhibited mom, and Glasgow: GFT. Beautifully photographed. directed. spending Christmas in Washington. but as Bob Hoskins as the decent I The Blues Brothers ( 15) (John Landis. written. acted and art-directed (with he waits at the airport for his wife‘sflight. cove who wants more than US. 1980) John Belushi. Dan Aykroyd. lavish costumes by Jean Paul Gaultier). its the whole place is taken over by terrorists. a fling when the famin Carrie Fisher. 130 mins. Bloated. subject matter is at once bizarre. Needless to say. action man Bruce jumps settles - briefly _ in overlong anarchic Chicago comedy with I repulsive. romantic and compelling. . in there to sort them out. but he'd betth Eastport Massachusetts. the two stars on a mission from God to 1 Centring on Greenaway‘s obsessions with be quick because the baddies life refusing See review. From Fri 31. salvage the imperilied fortunes ofan : food. decay and infidelity. it‘s an to let his missus” Plane land. Usual orphanage. Lots of guest stars. musical unforgettably stylish tale of forbidden love ' patterned sequel that‘s like the original. numbers and automotive destruction in a i and brutal revenge. Edinburgh: only more 80. with much moolah spent on typical product of over-emphatic Filmhouse. the explosions and superhero Willis
Glasgow: Grosvencr. Rappeneau. France. 1990) Gerard mediocrity. Strathclyde: UCi East l Kilbride. i I Dr No (PG) (Terence Young. UK. 1962) ; Sean Connery. Ursula Andress. Joseph
I BMX Bandits (PG) (Brian Depardieu. Jacques Weber. Anne
contemporary American humour. 3 I Cyrano De Bergerac (U) (Jean-Paul battling a screenplay oftowering ; i Trenehard-Smitb. Australia. 1983) David I Brochet. Vincent Perez. 135 mins. A ‘
Ague. Nicole Kidman. John Ley. 90mins. stirring adaptation of Rostand‘s classic.
Two young BMX bikers and a local romantic tragi-comedy. Full ofgrandly Wiseman. Jack Lord. 105 mins. The first i
supermarket check-out girl stumble across : mounted. bustling crowd scenes (Ezio i Bond movie. and a vintage one at that. A g
a stash of stolen walkie-talkies that agang i Frigerio and Franca Squarciapino won a ; very young-looking and Scots-sounding .
of villains have hidden for future use in a ! Felix for their production design). it ' Connery works his charming (and — in j
robbery and an exciting adventure begins. ! revolves around typically superb 3 hindsight — somewhat camp) way through -
Good BMX stunts in this somewhat dated l performance from Depardieu as the the diabolical back passageways of Dr I Silence m the Lamb; offering for younger audiences. I large-nosed hero. Although performed in ; No‘s evil empire and the requisite number - (18) Jonathan Dcmmc's Strathclyde: UCI East Kilbride. l rhyming verse throughout (with of floozies. pausing only to take outthe highly hyped set-a-scn‘a]- I Brazil (15) (Terry Gilliam. US. 1985) somewhat dodgy subtitles by Anthony ' occasional tarantula and take in the kjllcr-t0-catch-a-serjal- Jonathan Pryce. Kim Griest. Robert De Burgess). and a touch overlong. the film’s Caribbean scenery. To say nothing 0st killer shocker, starring Niro. Peter Vaughan. 142 mins. dramatic and cinematic qualities are Andress‘ spectacular appearance on the Anthony Hopkins as a Extravagantly designed and blackly I outstanding. Central: MacRobert Arts beach with that conch shell. . . They don‘t mad doctor with a humorous Orwellian vision ofthe future. Centre. make 'em like they used to. Edinburgh: penchant for humannvcr’ as modest bureaucrat Pryce battles the . I I Dances With Wolves ( 12) (Kevin UCI. . Jodie Foster as the novice forces of totalitarianism and fights for his i Costner. US. 1990) Kevin Costner. Mary _ I Doctor Petrol ( 12) (Christian De FBI agent and Sec“ dream girl. feisty trucker Griest. McDonnell. Graham Greene. Rodney Chalonge. France. 1991))MichelSerrault. Glenn as her boss. forced Overlong and ramshackle fantasia. with Grant. 179 mins. Costner‘s debut as g 102 mins. Preview screening to mark the to cmp1“), Hopkins to moments of sheer creative adrenalin and a director and co-producer. in which he also opening of GFT2 of a disturbing movie track down
classic ending. Glasgow: GFT. stars. has already been widely praised for about a serial killer at work in occupied w(,mun-skinncr Buffalo I Bugsy Malone (U) (Alan Parker. UK. its epic scale and its sympathetic depiction France during World War Two. Serrault is Big Scarcv as fuck From 1976) Scott Baio. Jodie Foster. Martin of Red lndian culture in the 1860. Itwon l reputedly excellent as the doctor who Fri 7. ’
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