The Front
Brittany Murphy in Spun at Glasgow’s UGC
Top films head west
The Edinburgh International Film Festival Comes to Glasgow. t l
Edinburgh International Film Festival, 13-24 Aug, www.edfilmfest.org.uk
4 THE LIST
Jane Hamilton
Top 5
Five of the best
1 Alan Moore
Comics Time to catch up with the high priest of the comic book as his work is celebrated in hardback before The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen hits the big screen. See feature. page 6.
2 SPL
Sport Only seems like yesterday smce last season's dramatic climax. but Celtic and Rangers now embark on another two—horse campaign. See Sport. page 36. Various venues.
3 Elbow
Records We give a fat five stars to Cast of Thousands. a dark. euphoric record that puts Radiohead on par with Busted. See Records. page 39. V2.
4 Wall of Sound
Clubs A very happy tenth birthday to the label that has given us tracks from Royksopp. Propellerheads and Zoot Woman. See Clubs. page 26. Arches. Glasgow.
5 Respiro
Film A prize winner at Cannes. this smalltown drama merges Italian neo-realism and Latin magic realism to stirring effect. See Film. page 8. UGC. Glasgow & Edinburgh.
THE QUOTES
‘I feel this band. the five of us as musicians playing
together, never really made any mistakes musically.‘
‘l‘d rather be a pimp than a gang banger, because I grew up being a gang-banger and I tell you, you live longer being a pimp.‘
‘Really, we were quite pleased.‘
‘There are plenty of people out there that think I‘ve been crackers for a long time, so I am glad I‘ve proved them right by making this hilarious ad for Walkers.’
‘God, I could sit in a pub all night in Ireland. I’d sit and knit and be fantastically
happyf
‘My father wanted to take a souvenir from Hitler. He first wanted to cutoff his head, but later decided to cut off his penis.’
‘This is getting on my fucking tits now. I never accused anybody of anything. This
case has nothing
to do with me.’