Film
Films screening this fortnight are listed below with certificate, star rating, credits, brief review and venue details. Film index compiled by Paul Dale
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert« I.x'I .000 ISIcphan l'.||IolI. .'\ll\ll'.!|l.l. I‘Nll ‘lcrcncc Slamp. Hugo \\ca\ mg. (in) l’caI‘cc. Ill-1mm. 'l‘uo II'aIIxxcxIIlcx and a lI'.IIIxxc\IIa| lcaIII up loI' a II‘Ip .IcI'oxx llIc '\ll\ll.l|l.lll onlhack lor a drag; xlIIm III .r\lIcc SpI'IIIgax ScI‘Ioux Ixxucx pop up Irom IIIIIc lo IIIIIc. lIuI Ihc cmphaxIx Ix on Ihc camp humour ol llIc III hux hIlchIncxx and oulragcoux InIIxIcal xcl plcccx. (.(ll'l IIII. /' 'lIIl/llllg'll
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The Battleship Potemkin
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Excellent opportunity to see Eisenstein’s extraordinary 1925
silent film about the 1905 mutiny by the crew of the Prince Potemkin ship and the support given to them by the local civilian population in Odessa. This is truly a lesson in montage and history.
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Edinburgh's oldest cinema showing the best in arthouse to commercial cmema.
Hot and cold snacks served in the bar.
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The Amityville HorrorI ISI 0. l.'\lldl'L‘\\ [)ouglax. l'S. 21K)5Il{_\;III
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Another Time, Another Place I ISI 0.. (\llchacl Radiol'd. l'K. Nb")
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The Assassination of Richard Nixon I ISI 0... I.\'Iclx Mucllcr.
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