FILM INDEX
IlathaFfl(15)(JoelC0en. US. 1991)]0hn Vaughan. 142 mins. Extravagantly designed and House. Turturro,JohnGoodman,Judy Davis,Michael blackly humorous Orwellian vision ofthe future. Ilium WMWotm=8nda|E¢|flqn(Is)(Kcvin Lerner. 1 17 mins. When socially-committed as modest bureaucrat Pryce battles the forces of Costner. US. 1991) KeVin COStnel’t Grahame Playwfiaht Barton Fink (Turturro) isconsigned by totalitarianism and rights for his dream girl. feisty Greene. Mary McDonnell 235 mins. Costner‘s the Hollywood machine to write wrestling films, trucker Griest. Overlong and ramshackle epic-tale of a US soldier . conung to terms With the he slumps into a writer's block as large ashis fantasia. with moments of sheer creative nobility of thenatlve American tribes before their . mysterious next-door neighbour (John adrenalin and a classic ending. Glasgow: GFl”. massacre by his people. regains the 52 minutes cut Goodman). Unprecedented winner of best film. . least (13) (33117 LeVinson. US. 1991 ) Warren at the-editing stage. New material adds actor and direction awards at 1991's Cannesde Beatty. Annette Bening. Harvey Keitel. Ben surpnstngly little to the overall impact of the Festival shows the Coen’s at their most menacing Kingsley. 135 mins. Levinson‘s version of the life story. although some more confusing issues - the Fun“ mu." mu mum gr. II“ and absurd best. Central: MacRobert Arts of gangster Ben ‘Bugsy' Siegel is a glossy package abandonment of Fort Sedgewick - are cleared up. Ml" Willi certificate NIB, Mid "Vi" cenm- that's rather empty when unwrapped. Beatty is On the whole. however. it has nothing that the ’ ‘0“"8 Full-length [MM 0' . W M m m Varalaa (i8) adequate in the title role. but is outclassed on three-hour long Oscar Winner didn‘t have already. “a "nu ' MM d m (Jean-Jacques Beineix, France, 1986) screen by the feisty Bening as his actress moll. A Edinburgh: Odeon- ”leele‘ 00' film” “"l” m Jean-Hugues Anglade.Beatrice Dalle,Gerard violent.ifglamourised.twisttothe American thMMWWGNPctchciLUS. I989) ill. 8W.“ entry. WWW “um Damon. 180 mins. The story remains the same- cinema‘s obsession with “men of vision'. General Robin William-a. Robert Scan Leonard. Ethan I”!!! in iii! Wm WM ahlehtollows. boy mg, 8m. 8m mpg om _. bug W cm 60mins release, Hawke. 129 mins. in a staid private boys' school in gum "in" mun“ by N." "m, 0mm foot.“ 3 a mixed bu. some new . My. (15) (Maria Luisa Bembcrg, Argentina, Fifties NewEngland. an unconventional teacher scenes help give a creditable timescale to Betty's 1984) Susu Pecoraro. 105 mins. A woman falls in (Williams) interests his charges in literature and I the Addams Family (PG) (Barry Sonnenfeld. descent into insanity. while others are distracting, love with a Jesuit priest and flees to a remote Philosophy ‘0 sueh 8" eXtem that they form 3 US. 1991) Anjelica Huston. Raul Julia. 2.": ' " .T; . .1-..: f ‘ _“ ' village, but the scandal is used as a political tool secret club to investigate them (along with booze Christopher Lloyd. Dan Hedaya. 100 mins. When on the face of a well-loved friend. Edinburgh: ‘ against the repressive dictator who then tries to and girls) furthef- A seflSitiVe . tense and moving long-lost Uncle Fester returns from 25 years in the Filmhouae. kill the lovers. A wonderfully tense film from the study of the conflict between passion and Bermuda Triangle. it disruptstheidyllic lifestyle Ililaiaa'slagauawaaflPGXPeter Hewitt, director of], The WorstofAll. Edinburgh: authority.evcn if the plot is something of acliche. of the Addams clan. But is this Festera US, 1991) Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter. George Filmhouse. Flfei New Picture House. fortune-grabbing imposter? Big budget movie has Carlin.Joss Ackland. 93mins. Evil robotversions ICaIiilaM(PG)(Brun0 Nuytten.France. IDMbW(Is)(John Ruanc.Ausualia. all of the macabre sense of fun of the TV seriesand of that most excellent duo totally kill our heroes, 1988) Isabelle Adjani. Gerard Depardieu. I99! ) Sam Neill. Zoe Carides. John Clarke. 105 the original New Yorker cartoons. as well assets causing them to take on the Grim Reaper at party Laurent Grevil. 175 mins. Despite its slightly mins. Carl. a cook in a sleazy Melbourne dive. and design that any self . r " g; " L games. make a quick visit to Heaven and forbidding length, this account of the troubled and gets involved in a crazy mix of household would die for. Literally. Edinburgh: eventually win the day. A triumphant sequel, eventually tragic life of French sculptress Camille scx‘n‘druss'n‘rock 'n'm" When he falls for 8 fellow UCI. Strathclyde: Odeon Ayr. UCl Ciydebank. slightly more coherent than the bodacious original Claudcl (Adjani). and her relationship as both Waitress- False')’ susPCCled 0‘ murdef and 3’30" - Imus-two) (Jim Abrahams.Jerry andDavid -inBillandTed terms, at least.Edinburgh: pupil and lover with Auguste Rodin (Depardieu) hccnds upon the run in what has to bethc Zucker. US. 1980) Robert Hays. Julie Hagerty, Filmhouse. UCI. boasts a feast of memorable images and goes to strangest. blackest. most hilarious oddity to come Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges. 87 mins. Ted Striker llilaiaa’sEaealaatM(i5)(Stephen prove that France's biggest stars are also two of its from Down Underin recent years. Edinburgh: endeavours to overcome his problems and fly Herek, US, 1990) Keanu Reeves. Alex Winter. 91 best actors. Glasgow: GFI‘. Filmhouse. again when the pilots Rodger and Underflakeout mins. Bill andTed'sdreamofformingaband leanFurm) (Martin ScorseselJS. I991) loflmfllsflDamian Harris.US. 199:) on him in this hilarious spoof of every old cliche in called the ‘Wyld Staliyns’ is haunted by the spectre Robert De Niro. Nick Nolte. Jessica Lange. Goldie Hawn. John Heard. AShleY Pe'don- '08 every old disaster movie ever made. The of dunking their history exams and being packed Juliette Lewis. 127 mins. Scorsese‘s stunning mins. Given the title . it's fairly obvious that laughca-rninute pacing keeps it flowing along and off to military academy. However. courtesy of a remake 0f the 196 Him/“'5 we“ and IOVing hUbbY (Heard) Will tum helps keep the groaning to a minimum. time-travelling telephone booth, the twodudes original leaves Silence Oflhe Lantbs pallid by 0‘" ‘0 be a raving PSYChO» and guess What? A Strathclyde: UCl Clydebank. canter through the centuries on a breakneck comparison. De Niro is terrifying as white trash suspense-free thriller . General release. I Animation bruit ( 15) Claymation. refresher course where they meet up with the likes psycho Max Cady. out of prison and stalkingthe stopoframe . puppetry and animation make up a of Genghis Khan and Beethoven. And save the family of the lawyer who suppressed evidence to varied programme of eight shorts with themes future of the universe. A most excellent cinematic put him away. Disturbing sexual undertones. more suited to an adult audience. Edinburgh: experience. Fife: Glenrothes. centring on 15-year-old Danny (Lewis). make this Filmhouse. I the Ilaas Ma (15) (John Landis. US. 1980) an even more uncomfortable. but unmissable. I At Play In the Flalas atlas Lard ( r 5) (Hector John Belushi. Dan Aykroyd. Carrie Fisher. 130 top-notch scare-fest. General release. Babenco. US. 1991) Tom Berenger. John mins. Bloated, overlong anarchic Chicago I W Laotian (i8) (Constantine Giannaris. Lithgow. Daryl Hannah. Kathy Bates. 185 mins. comedy with the two stars on a mission from God UK. 1990) 35 mins. Originally made for Channel «t *‘ " Hector (Kiss of the Spider Woman) Babenco's to salvage the imperilled fortunes of an 4’s Out. this short feature — an exploration of gay monumental rainforest epic has American orphanage. Lots of guest stars, musical numbers male fantaSieS based around 8 Virtual reality mercenaries and fundamentalist missionaries and automotive destruction in a typical product of computer game - was deemed too suggestive for clashing over the future of the primitive Niaruna 31‘s: , ‘ " ‘ t y American humour. mid-evening viewing. Also with Steve Guy‘s wry ‘ lndians. Special one-oft preview screenings across Edinburgh: Cameo. lesson on life Waiting and John Greyson‘s weird I Ogllcflguu ( [5) (Jean.Picnc Jenner/Marc the country. Watch out for director interview in I Until (15) (Terry Gilliam. US. 1985) Jonathan ice hockey movie The Making of Monsters. Caro, France, .991) Dominique Pinon, the next issue of The List. Edinburgh: UCl. Pryce. Kim Griest, Robert De Niro. Peter Glasgow: GFI‘. Marie-Laure Dougnac, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, 99 I m (Roman P 013m“. US. 1974) leek mins. in a sepia wasteland somewhere in the NiChOISOII. Faye Dunawayt 10"“ Huswn- l3| future. a butcher feeds his neighbours with the min!» “Vale eye Jake Glues takes 0" 1’ fouline juicy joints of his lodgers. But when former clown I o casein 1937 LA and ends uP “WVC'J'HB more Louison (Pinon) arrives and falls for his daughter. or"; man he W833)“ ‘0'“ splendid wnsplfacy an underground vegetarian resistance group come V thfiuel’ With 8 handsome P°fi°d '00k and a (lime to the rescue. Hilarious blend of bizarre “ .o ' “Film” C85“ Despite "mom's sPlead by. . characters. slapstick and comic tension makes for s Nicholson and Polanski.thoush. the nose-slitting the first true cult item of the '9os. Edinburgh: 3‘ we“ “'35 faked- Edinburgh: cameo- Cameo. Fife: New Picture House.
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Mafia Doyle- l 18 mins.- s°d U3“ When Would'be Max von Sydow. Philippe Noiret. 148 mins. Set in ms" Jimmy Rabbme (Atkins) Pills l°8elhef a military fort on the Steppes. this adaptation of
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of good music and with some relevent social . n. can.“ ,5) (Randa Haynes. us. 199.) I comment to bOOt- Edinbutshl CameO. William Hurt. Christine Lahti . Mandy Patinkin. 1 1 .25 , 1 filmmuee- sualhdydei Odeon A)“; Elizabeth Perkins. 123 mins. A top surgeon - W m" “m (U) TWO different develops throat cancer and is given a taste of his PWammes “'0‘” the ManChCSlCKanlmatlon own medicine. Soft but not sickly examination of company famed for “5 W0“ for Chl'dl'efi's _ the bureaucratic insensitivity of the hospital ‘ teleViSiQfl- The fin“ :Ofilamls W530" system . coupled with a Total Bastard Becomes v 300 m m c“ m 0f the Cinderella 3" ed P“ 31W“! CS 3“ Caring Human Being sub-plot. well handled by 0 er events fro the .‘ ’ episodes of Ciggehe” 12131201131!” 02d the William Hurt. See review. General release (Week so ome $3.0'. “e a. ‘|. Wheelia and Magic . secon centres 2). nu “0 and b to 01160pr Nolahffichnmgs 200 82d”: I‘ihaExoreiaiUB) (William Friedkin. us. rim) - T alkins Pam wi Pieces apwin remnwn Linda Blair. Ellen Burstyn. Max Von Sydow. I 10 demonstrations and talks on m”, m :rndlanu'e and the Magic Torch. Edinburgh: mins. Earnest priest Von Sydow steps in to save . “film‘m- poor little possessed girl in this hugely effective and m m”, a major (kth on I M 3'0 (PG) (30'1" Hughes. U5. l99018915 scarefest. Dead good. dead scarey. dead priest. . . Belushi. Kelly Lynch. Alisan Porter. John Getz. Edinburgh; uc], Science & Religion (With the Archbishop of York and 102 mins- Father and daughter eon team (with IFacaa(15)(John Cassavetes. us. i968) John beam 0‘ 8°|do “Quinn” "1C" 3" “WEN lady Marley. Gina Rowlands. Lynn Carlin. Seymour author Dr mom?! W0 takms C3"? 0‘ “mm and end “P Cassel. 130 mins. Cassavetes on familiar ground - mending "CWMY'S “(law “335- Towermsly an L. A. executive struggles with middle age and a P mbktrm 3 53¢“ lady W11; 5 ‘33:“! disintegrating marriage — told in familiar fro ' c" 0" in ‘m e“ “"3553 Sim“ 8 Ship Cassavetes's style - overlong. probing. ultimately m . 10ml”? “'58th and”! in PCPPCMW Balk compelling. Receiving three Academy Award
Edinbm'Gh‘ UCI- suamdydei MOlheNe" nominations. Faces became the first truly cam, :heatte- D. (U) (J P m independent American feature to reach a national w m ean- all appeneaui audience. Glas 0w: OFT. Central: MacRobert
31-33 Waverley Bridge Edinburgh Fmrwcmrdmmkumws mesme- 8 , Weber. Anne Brochet. Vincent Perez. 135 mins. I Fm om. Bride (PG) (Charles Shyer. US. EH 1 1 B A stirring adaptation of Rostand‘s classic. 1991) Steve Martin. Diane Keaton. Kimberly Q romantic tragi-comedy. Full of grandly mounted. Williams. Martin Short. 105 mins. Stepping into bustling crowd scenes. it revolves around typically the shoes worn by Spencer Tracy in the 1950
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over-protective father. unwilling to accept that his
rhyming Verse ‘hTWEhON (With “Wiles by baby girl is all grown up. Slushy and barely funny. Alimony Butte”). 30“ a touch overlong. the it's another step by Martin along the caring comic mm" (“mm “"1 “mimetic qualifies ate route of Parenthood rather than the inspired outstandins- 0'3580‘": Gn- File 2 New Plume madness of his early days. General release.
“The List 10-23 April 1992