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female parliamentarian in Afghanistan. But how far will she get'.’ Winner of the Sundance Jury Prize for World (‘inema Documentary. Part of Take One: Action! festival. I’ilrnhouse. Edinburgh.
Erin Brockovich ( IS) .000 (Steven Soderbergh. I'S. 2000) Julia Roberts. Albert Finney. Aaron Iickhart. 133mm. Unemployed single mother Iirin (Roberts) shoeborns her way into a filing clerk position with Finney‘s California law firm. where she accidentally uncovers a conspiracy leading to the largest direct action lawsuit in American history. Based on a true story and with Soderbergh and Roberts on faultless form. it proves that mainstream American cinema can he truly great. Part of Take One: Action? festival. l'ilrnhouse. Edinburgh.
The Experiment (Das Experiment) (18) .0. (Oliver Hirschbiegel. Germany. 2002) Moritz. Bleibtrcu. Justus von Dohnanyi. Andrea Sawatzki. l ISmin. Although Hirschbiegel's film is adapted from Maria (iiordano‘s novel Blue}; Box. its basis lies in true fact - the infamotIs l97l Stanford L'niversity psychology department experiment in which a group of men became guinea pigs in a prison simulation scenario. With shocking speed they lose their sense of identity and assume the role of guards and prisoners. the former abusing the latter and the latter accepting their lot. Hirschbiegel's film finds a disturbing parallel in the rise to power of Na/ism. and the director effectively maintains an oppressive atmosphere and building sense of dread. althouin early scenes are overly concerned with style. Cameo. Edinburgh. Far from Heaven ( 12A) 0000 (Todd Haynes. LS. 2003) Julianne Moore. Dennis Quaid. Dennis Haysbert. l07min. In style and content. Haynes~ film intentionally resembles the tearful melodramas made by Douglas Sirk in the l950s. In these films. reputation takes precedence over emotion and feelings of love are consequently stamped out by the critical moralising of friends and family. Such is the case in llaynes' homage when (‘athy (Moore) and Frank (Quaid) find themselves tempted by forbidden fruit in their particular (iarden of Iiden. Ilaynes uses the seeming innocence of the 50s to explore a topically resonant theme of how people are restricted by sexist and racist bigotry in a climate of complacent stability. A film of great depth and tragedy. ('arneo. Edinburgh.
Flow: For Love of Water (PG)
0.. (Irena Salina. LS. 2008) 93min. From Africa. where plumbers are forced to reconnect water pipes illegally. to India. where big dams are putting the world's resource in the hands of a few companies. this documentary casts an eye towards politics. pollution and corporate abuse. Part of Take One: Action? festival. Film/rouse. Edinburgh.
The Foot Fist Way ( IS) 000 (Jody Hill. LS. 2006) Danny McBride. Ben Best. Mary Jane Bostic. 82min. See review. page 48. General release.
For a Few Dollars More (PG) 0... (Sergio Leone. Italy/Spain/(iermany. I965) (’lint liastwood. Lee Van ('lcef. Gian Maria. l30min. Two bounty hunters (Iiastwood and Van (‘lecf) join forces to hunt down a crazy bandit and his gang. The second of the Man With No Name series. with the usual stylish camerawork and Morricone score. Eilrnhouse. Edinburgh. Forbidden Planet (P( i) O... M Wilcox. l'S. I956) Walter l’idgeon. Anne Francis. Leslie Nielsen. Warren Stevens. 98min. A classic sci-fi version of The 'Iern/rest in deep space. Nielsen arrives on the remote planet and encounters the Prospero figure of l’idgeon. his daughter and their robot (Ariel). Soon all are plunged into the struggle against Caliban. (iet the picture'.’ Iixcellent special effects and acting make it worth seeing. Part of Sonic Fusion Festival. I-ilrnluruse. Edinburgh.
The Fox and the Child (If) .0. (Luc Jacquet. France. 2007) Voice of Kate Winslet. Bertille Noel-Bruneau. Thomas Laliberte. 92min. A giggly eight-year-old French child (Noel-Bruneau) strikes up a
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friendship with a fox she meets on the way home from school. This marks a step forward in narrative storytelling for Jacquet. who successfully depicts the fox as a wild and uncontrolled force in a rioti- Disney manner. An often beguiling account of how mankind and animals can exist in harmony. ('ineworld Par/(head. Glusgmt‘. Get Smart ( 12A) 000 (Peter Segal. LS. 2008) Steve (‘arell. Anne Hathaway. Dwayne Johnson. I l0min. Segal's tent-pole blockbuster revamp of l960's spy spoof Get Smart features (‘arell as an over- prepared secret agent whose clumsiness often leads to the apprehension of enemy spies. (liven his chance to shine. Smart is sent to Moscow where he elicits the support of co-spy Agent 99 (Hathaway) as they attempt to thwart the terrorist schemes of KA()S megalomaniac Siegfried (Stamp). Selected release. The Golden Compass ( 12A) .00 ((‘hris Weitx. l'S/I'K. 2007) Nicole Kidman. Dakota Blue Richards. Ian McKellen. Sam Iilliott. l05min. Based on the novel by Phillip Pullman. this fantasy adventure follows Lyra (Richards). who has been entrusted with the last remaining ‘alethiometcr'. or golden compass. which she intist keep from the power-crazed Magisterium. The world Weit/ has created is beautifully designed and fascinating. but choppin structured and lacking in much of what makes the book so complex and provocative. It's Paradise Missed. (.lllt’il'tll'ld Par/(head. (r'luxgoti': (‘llll’ll'nl'ltl Edinburgh. Edinburgh. Grease (PG) 0... (Randal Kleiser. I'S. I978) John 'I‘ravolta. Olivia Newton John. Stockard ('hanning. l l0min. 'l‘wenty- seven years on. Grease is still the word. and still the way we are feeling. New dlgllitl print. Selected release. Hellboy II: The Golden Army ( 12A) 0.. (Guillermo del Torro. LS. 2008) Ron Perlman. John Ilurt. Selma Blair. l20min. (iuillermo del Toro returns to Hollywood with a second blockbuster adaptation of Dark Horse (‘omics' cult supernatural title. A new storyline pits the hell-spawned hero against a mighty mechanised legion of unstoppable warriors. The sequel has more of everything monsters. action. humour. character development. supporting cast and mythology but it suffers from an overabundance of riches. General release. I’ve Loved you So Long (12A) .0. (Philippe (’laudel. France. 2008) Kristin Scott Thomas. Iilsa Xylberstein. Serge Ha/anavicius. l l7min. See review. page ~14. Glasgow l’ilrn Theatre. Impressionism: Revenge of the Nice (ti) ((‘hris Rodley. 18.2004) 105mm. Written and presented by art critic Matthew (‘ollings. this acclaimed (‘hannel Four documentary reappraises the work of the Impressionists with a renewed focus on the work of (‘ourbet. Manet. Monet and (‘e/anne. ll'eston Link. Edinburgh.
Is That All There Is? (Ii)
0... (Lindsay Anderson. I'K. I993) 52min. Monorail Film (‘lub presentation of Anderson's last completed film. Is That All There Is." is an absurdist documentary style self-portrait that Anderson tnadc for BB(‘ Scotland and has been rarely shown since. The film will be shown with his classic I953 Free (‘inema Movement short () Dream/am]. Glasgow l’ilrn Theatre. Glasgow.
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Kormakur. Iceland. 2006) Ingvar Iiggert Sigurosson. Agusta Iiva Iirlendsdottir. Bjorn lllynur Haraldsson. 94min. See profile and review. page 47. Glasgow I’ilrn Theatre. Glasgow: ('arneo, Edinburgh.
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(Wayne Wang. ITS. I993) Tsai (’bin. Mitig- Na Wen. 'I‘amlyn Tomita. I39min. lntertwining tales of four ('hinese women and their ('hinese-.»\merican daughters which use elements of ethnicity and the immigrant experience to highlight the more universal themes of mother/daughter relationships. Manipulative and tedioUs adaptation of Amy Tan's novel. .S'eotsrnan Ser‘eening Roorn. Edinburgh. Koyaanisqatsi (t') 0000 (Godfrey Reggio. I'S. I983) 87min. Philip (ilass’ soundtrack and Ron Fricke’s cinematography are the twin pillars of the narrative voice in this first film of Reggio‘s ‘qatsi' trilogy. It opens with a single deep red word. some archaic cave drawings and a mournful hum. All of which represents our collective ‘Iife out of balance‘. a translation from the Hopi Indian word ‘koyaanasqatsi’. This is scrapbook filmmaking in harmony with the creative elements. Part of Take One: Action! festival. l'ilrnhottse. Edinburgh.
Kung Fu Panda (PG) .00 (Mark ()shorne. John Stevenson. L'SA. 2008) Voices of Jack Black. Jackie (‘han. Angelina Jolie. 91min. ()verweight panda Po (Black) joins his heroes. the Fierce Five. in a butt-kicking adventure when the valley of peace is threatened with the return of bad kung fu master. Tai Lung (McShane). This is I)reamworks-does-manga animation. overlaid with an Iiastern version of the fated place-in-the-universe style philosophy originally trademarked in The Lion King. l'ue Edinburgh ()(‘t’tlIL' (iluxgott' I-‘ilrn Theatre.
Linha de Passe ( IS) 000 (Walter Salles/Daniela Thomas. Brazil. 2008) Sandra (‘orveloni. Joao Baldasserini. Vinicius de ()liveira. l I3min. See review. page 46. Glasgow I'ilrn Theatre. Glasgow: l'ilrrtltott.\('. Edinburgh.
Love Letters and Live Wires (1?) (Various. I'K. l936-l939) 80min. New digital prints of many films created
throughout the l930s as part of the General Post ()ffice's groundbreaking film production strand. including classic documentary ."Vight Mail. avant-garde animation work Trade 7211100 and musical comedy The Fairy of the Plume. Introduced by Dr Melanie Selfe from the University of Glasgow. Glasgow l’ilrn Theatre. Glasgow; Cameo, Edinburgh.
Mad About Football ( 15) (Volfgango De Biasi and Francesco Trento. 2006. Italy) l01min. Documentary following the Seagull team. which comprises players with experience of mental health issues in a football league for psychiatric patients. Part of the Scottiin Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 2008. I’ilrnhouse. Edinburgh.
The Magic Lantern (ti) (Various) 90min. A screening of artists‘ shorts in response to the Stills' current exhibition The Martha Ros/er Library. Featuring Rosler's I975 Sernioties of the Kitehen alongside films by Miranda July. Ilito Stey’erl. Iirica Iiyres and more. Stills. Edinburgh. Mamma Mia! (PG) 0 (Phyllida Lloyd. I'K/I'S. 2008) Meryl Streep. Pierce Brosnan. (‘olin Firth. l08min. A bride-to-be tries to find out the identity of her real father in the lead up to her wedding on a (ireek island. Depressineg faithful film adaptation of abominable Broadway and West Iind ABBA song musical mega hit. The popularity of films like this certainly make one wonder about the rampancy of mental illness in our culture. General release.
Man on Wire ( IZA) 00.. (James Marsh. (K. 2008) 94min. ()n the 6 August 1974. French artist. performer and hire wire walker. Phillipe Petit committed the biggest victimless an crime of the century. The story of that daring caper. the practice events that led up to it (Notre Dame ('athedral and Sydney Harbour Bridge) and the genesis of this the maddest of living performance artists is told in this engrossing and thrilling film. .Seleeted release.
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