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=3: Four American Composers: John Cage (ii) .000 (Peter (ireenaway. t'ls') 92min. The screening ol a documentary hased on perlormances in honour ol (‘age's 70th birthday. The programme includes 4 '33": The Documentary. which looks at ('age’s houndary stretching composition. l’art ol a season ol lilm works relating to John Cage. film/muse. Iii/inlmrg/i.
3%: 4:30 ( 18) (Royston Tan. Singapore. 2005) Young-jun Kim. Xiao l.i Yuan. 93min. A melancholy tale lrom the director of 15. locuss‘ing on the relationship between an I l-year-old (‘hinese boy and his lamily's Korean tenant. Jung. Part ol the London l.eshian & (iay Film Festival on Tour. Film/muse. lidiriliiu'gl).
=3: The Golden Door ( 12A) .00. (Iimanuele ('rialese. ttaly/(iermany/lirance. 200p) (‘harlotte (iainsbourg. \‘incen/o Amato. Aurora Quattrocchi. 120mm. See preview. page 38 and Also Released. page 41. ('umen. lz'ilirilnu'gli.
Grow Your Own (PG) 00
(Richard Laxton. t'K. 2007) Benedict Wong. liddie Marson. ()mid [)jalili. 07min. Previously a documentary project. this story ol allotment strile has race issues. the threat ol a mobile phone mast and a non-too suhtle metaphor lor contemporary British society in place. Simplistic characterisation. predictahle plotting and a prosaic televisual style hayc resulted in a mediocre. triumph-against- the-odds British comedy. Selet‘letl release. The Hitcher ( 18) 0 (Dave Meyers. t'S. 2007) Sean Bean. Sophia Bush. Zahary Knighton. 83min. A psycho hitchhiker (Bean) plays tile and death games with a young couple (Bush and Knighton) in this blood-soaked hut predictable and meaningless remake that lacks the delicious amhiguity ol Rohert Harmon’s IOXo genre classic. ()(lt’UII l-in'I Klnnulnl. Iz'illiilimjeli.
Hostel: Part "(18)... (till Roth. US. 2007) Bijou Phillips. Lauren (ierman. Roger Bart. ‘Bmin. See Also Released. page 4 l. .S‘eleelerl I'eleu.y’ell‘(m1 Fri 2‘) Jun.
An Inconvenient Truth (t') 00. (Davis (iuggenheim. l'S. 2000) Al (iore. ()(imin. The lormer next president ol the t'nited States hrings his global warming ‘slideshow' lo the big screen. (iore presents a compelling PowerPoint presentation ol the planet’s impending environmental catastrophe in what is a sometimes manipulative hut generally sober and intelligent lilm. (’umen. lz‘iliiilmrgli.
Irresistible ( 15) .0. (Ann 'l‘urner. Australia. 2007) Stisan Sarandon. Sam Neill. limily Blunt. ()Smin. Impressive. tightly wound. paranoia-tilled thriller in which Sophie Hartley (Sarandon) hecomes convinced that her htishand's (Neill) heautilul co-worker. Mara (Blunt). wants her children. her husband and her tile. Part ol Australian lilin season. (iluxgmr I-ilm 'l'lteuire. (ilusgmv.
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The Death of Mr Lazarescu (15) Thurs 2 73! June 7.30
An Inconvenient Truth (U) Tues 26th June I 7 . 003m. 730, 7 . 30
Becoming Jane (PG) Thurs 28th June 7 7.00807, 7.30. 7.30
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=31 Jan Svankmajer Shorts ( IS) 0... (Jan Svankmaier. Czechoslovakia. l‘NiS-SS) month). The I’lul. A Quie! Week in the Home. Dun .lmm. Leonardo's Diurv. Dime/lynth of Dialogue and Down In Ille ('e/ler hy innovative director Sumktnajer. l’art ol sziiikiiiaiiei' season. (i/mgmr I'll/n Theatre. (ilusgun': l-i/m/iuuse. [Jilin/Hugh. Jhoom Barabar Jhoom ( 12A) 0... (Shaad Ali. lndia. 2007) Ahhishek Bachchan. l’reity Zinta. l.ara l)utta. l.‘\linin. See Bollywood round-up. BRIE—'0 3‘). Si'lt’t‘lt'd release.
:3: Jindabyne ( l5) .000 (Ray
l.aw rence. .-\ustralia. 2000) Laura l.inney. (iahriel Byrne. ('hris llatwood. 123mm. Based on the Raymond ('aryer short story. So .llllt‘lt Hitler Sn (line lit Home. tltis fascinating. emotionally truthlul drama shows how one hoy 's lishing trip brings on the complete erosion ol (‘lairc (Linney ) and Stewart‘s (Byrne) already trouhled marriage. The third lilm in 20 years lrom the leted Australian director is a heatin matel. ('umen. [film/Hugh.
Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten ( 15) .00. (Julie!) Temple. (K. 2007) l2-tmin. l-'rom diplomat's son to hippy to punk revolutionary through to his untimely death aged 50. Temple strings together a phenomenal cast list ol laces. archive intery iews and archiye lootage to tell the story ol the ('lash l'rontinan. This loy ing lilm hy a passionate lilmmaker is a lascinating troy c (it unseen nuggets lor lans that manages to capture Strummer's ragged. lree llowing energy. ('u/m'u. Iziliiilmrgli.
JOUI“ De Fete (l'l .... (Jacques Tali. l‘rance. I‘MS) Jacques Tali. (iuy Decomhle. Sthnin. A rural I-‘rench postie sees a lilm about the elliciency ol the American mail sery ice and decides to
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smarlen up his act. This dehut leature hy' Tali. ellot‘tlcssly builds \ istlal set-pieces and estahlishes the amiahle duller ol a central role that was later to hecome the unlorgettahle .\l llulot. l’art ol the lidinhurgh Bike Week l‘ilm l-‘estival. I'i/m/muye. lz‘iliiiliurgli.
Kurt and Courtney ( Is) 000
(Nick Broomlield. t'K/t‘S. l‘)‘)7) (limit). Was Nirvana main man Kurt (‘ohain‘s death suicide or something more sinister'.’ (‘ourtney I.o\e's lather reckons (‘ourtney hersell had a hand in her husband's untimely demise and that allegation was enough to get Broomlield’s documentary into a lot ol hot water on hoth sides ol the Atlantic. llow eyci‘. the inter\ le\\ ces are too drug-addled to he coherent. let alone cony incing. and Broomlield seems too keen to get his own tanned mug into the shot. (iilmureliillU/l (iluyeim‘.
The Last Mimzy (Po) 0..
(Rohert Shay e. [-5. 2007) Joely Richardson. Timothy Hutton. Rainn Wilson. (‘hris ()‘.\'ei|. ‘Mmin. A brother and sister deyelop special powers alter they lind a mysterious hos ol toy s. Soon they lind themselves dragged into a strange and terrily'ing world. Ahoy e ayerage children‘s ad\enture which keeps things nicely incongrous and odd. SeleeIeil I'('/('(l.\('.
The Leader, his Driver 8. the Driver’s Wife ( 12) 0... (Nick Brooinlield. IR. 2005) S‘hnin. A look at the tile ol South Alriean Boei'-.\'eo—.\'a/i liugene 'l‘errehlanche in Broomlield's trademark style. taking in his equally ruthless entourage (the ‘t)ri\ei" and the ‘\\'ile' ) to depict the idiocy ol the country 's lar right when the lilm was made. (ii/mureltillU/2. Glasgow;
:1: Little Otik (Otesanek) l 15) .0. (Jan Syankmaier. ('Iech Repuhlic. 2000) Veronika Xilkova. Jan
llartl. Jaroslaya Kretschmeroya. 131mm. l'tilising an old (‘Iech lolk tale. Syankmajer locuses on a barren couple who go to extreme lengths to hecome parents. ('oming on like a cross hetwecn Iziuserlieml and The liens! In The (‘e/lur. Syaiikiiiaiefs eye lor a heautilully lramed image is llaw'less lor the lirst 20 minutes. l‘tll wears thin as soon as the o\ erlong. repetitiye story takes hold. l’art ol Syankmaier season. l'lll)!ll(Hl.\e. lat/inlmrg/i.
Lucky You (PG) 00 ((‘tit'tis llanson. t'S. 2007) liric Bana. Drew Barrymore. Rohert Duvall. 123mm. See rey iew. page 3‘). Seleelerl I'('l('(l.\(’.
=2= Lunacy ( is) 0000 (Jan Syankmajer. ('/.ech Repuhlic. 2005) Pay el l.iska. .lan Triska. Anna (ieislerova. l23min. live action. stop-motion. sex. violence and gallows humour as Jean trayels through modern day (’/ech Republic and meets the Marquis who lives as il it’s the 18th century. Based on two short stories by lidgar Allan Poe and the works ol the Marquis de Sade. l’art ol- Svanktnajer season. Him/muse. [calm/Hugh.
Meet the Robinsons (l') 00. (Stephen Anderson. ['3. 2007) Voices ol Angela Bassett. l)anicl Hansen. Jordan liry. l0lmin. Lewis. an orphan. dreams ol linding a lamily. When mysterious stranger \Vilhur Rohinson takes him to the luture. may he he w ill lind one. linioyahly relerential screw hall animated comedy with good voice work. (ilusguw‘ I‘ilm 'I‘lieulre. (ilrlygmi:
Mr Bean’s Holiday (Po) 0.
(Steve Bendelack. l'K. 2007) Rowan Atkinson. \Villem l)aloe. S‘hnin. Wordless mislit Mr Bean (Atkinson) goes to the l‘rench Riy iera and becomes ensnared in a hroad liuropean adyenture. A silly. occasionally lunny. mildly \enophohic
Fifteen years after his death, John Cage’s daring, mad, deeply experimental musical compositions remain unsurpassed. Programmed to coincide with an exhibition of Cage and
his partner Merce Cunningham’s drawings at Edinburgh’s lnverleith House, this really fascinating collection of challenging film works relating to his life and work includes early performance films 9 Evenings Trilogy and Variations V (pictured) excellent 1993 documentary Revenge of the Dead Indians and Cage’s sole directorial effort (along with Henning Lohner) One11.
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