Jar City ( 15) one (Baltasar Konnakur. Iceland. 2006) Ingvar Iiggert Sigurosson. Agusta liva iirlendsdottir. Bjorn Illynur Haraldssoii. 94min. Compelling Icelandic police procedural thriller about a jaundiced middle-aged cop on the trail of a decades-old mystery involving rape. corruption and murder. Writer/director (and leading Icelandic actor) Kormakur brings some really frein and haunting twists to the familiar narrative. Cameo. Edinburgh. Jesus, You Know (18) use (Ulrich Seidl. Austria. 2003) 97min. Filmed in Viennese Catholic churches. Seidl‘s documentary clinically records subjects as they tum to Jesus for therapy. friendship and fortunes. Part of Seidl season. Eilmhouse. Edinburgh.
Johnny Cash in San Quentin (IZA) one (Michael Darlow. UK. l969) 60min. The Man in Black serenades the men in orange in this recording of a live concert given by Johnny Cash to the inmates of San Quentin State Prison. 'lhis screening will be preceded by a short film
from the SMIIAFF film competition. Part of
Scottish Mental Ilealth & Arts Film Festival. Eilmhouse. Edinburgh.
Joy Division (I5) om (Grarit Gee. UK/US. 2007) 99min. Beautifully cut and imaginatively constructed documentary explaining the swift rise and abrupt cessation of Joy Division (and troubled singer Ian Curtis ) through rare footage. TV appearances. bootleg recordings. personal photographs and recollections. The film rubbishes the ludicrous rock'n‘roll myth of ‘live fast. die young' to tell the story with humour. warmth and often-painful clarity. The Filmhouse screening will be preceded by a short film from the SMIIAFF filrii competition. Part of Scottish Mental Ilealth & Arts Film Festival. ()deon At The Quay. Glasgow; Eilrnhouse. Edinburgh.
Kidnap ( 12A) .0 (Sanjay Gadhvi. India. 2008) Sanjay l)utt. lmran Khan. Minissha Lamba. l36min. See Also Released. page 47. Selected release. Kirikou and The Sorceress (U) .0. (Michel ()celot. France/Belgium/l.uxembourg. 2003) Voices ofAntoinette Kellerm. Fezele Mpeka.
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Konibisile Sangweni. Theo Sebeko. Mabutho ‘Kid' Sithole. 74min. Kirikou is impatient to get on with life. but as soon as he is born he learns a terrible truth: his family have been eaten up by the evil Karaba and the village is decimated. Btit fearless Kirikou is determined to fight her and rescue everyone. Charming animation. Part of Black History Month. (‘ineworld l’arkhead. (ilasgrm‘; Glasgow Eilm Theatre, Glasgow;
Kung Fu Panda (PG) «0 (Mark ()sborne. John Stevenson. USA. 2008) Voices of Jack Black. Jackie Chan. 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 fti master. Tai Lung (McShane). This is Dreamworks-does-manga animation. overlaid with an Iiastern version of the fated place-in-the-universe style philosophy originally trademarked iii The Liar: King. Vue Edinburgh ()cean. Edinburgh.
Lars and the Real Girl (12A)
oooo (Craig Gillespie. US. 2007) Ryan Gosling. limin Mortimer. Paul Schneider. I06min. Lars Lindstrom (Gosling) is a quiet and sullen young man. His brother Gtis (Schneider) and Gus’ pregnant wife Karin (Mortimer) try to integrate him into the community with no success until Lars gets an unusual new girlfriend. By turns tender. thoughtful and open hearted. Lars and the Real Girl manages to be both ridiculous and joyous. This screening will be precceded by a film from the SMHAFF film competition. Part of Scottish Mental Health & Arts Film Festival. Eilmhouse. Edinburgh.
Life Blood (Sangue vivo) ( IS) (Iidoardo Winspeare. Italy. 2000) Pino Zimba. Lamerto Probo. Claudio Giangreco. Addolorala Turco. 95min. This centres on two brothers brought tip as traditional musicians playing La Pizzica tambourine folk music from the south. However. their stniggles with drugs threaten to drive them apart. Glasgow Eilrn Theatre. Glasgow. Linha de Passe ( lS) ooo (Walter Salles/Daniela Thomas. Brazil. 2008) Sandra Corveloni. Joao Baldasserini. Vinicius de ()liveira. l l3min. The everyday struggles of four half-brothers and their single pregnant mother Cleuza ((‘orveloni) in Sao Paulo are the order of the day. complete with a search for a father and aspirations to be a footballer from l8-year- old Dario (de ()liveira). Less nihilistic than the City ofGod-like guns-and-drugs sagas. a mainly non-professional cast turn in credible performances. Glasgow l-‘ilm 'I’heatre. Glasgow; I-ilmhouse. Edinburgh. Little Miss Sunshine (IS) oooo (Jonathan Dayton. Valerie Faris. US. 2006) Abigail Breslin. Greg Kinnear. Paul Dano, Alan Arkiii. Toni Collette. l()l min. Probably the planet‘s most dysfunctional family embark on a road trip to that totem of American aspirations: a children’s beauty contest iii California. An amusing script. impressive acting and memorable fantasy sequences round otit the critique of the prevailing win-at-alI-costs culture. This screening will be preceded by a short film from the SMIIAFF film competition. Eilrttlmuse. Edinburgh.
Love and Other Disasters ( IS)
0 (Alek Keshishian. Fraiice/UK. 2006) Brittany Murphy. Matthew Rhys. Santiago Cabrera. 90min. Pitiftil London-set romantic comedy in which Murphy (with an appalling British accent) plays a 20- something fashionista desperate to bag her gay liatmate (Rhys) a boyfriend. livery bit as cliched and turgid as it sounds. the film turns into a genuine disaster when Dawn French. Catherine Tate and Richard Wilson turn up in unnecessary cameo roles. Avoid. Glasgow Eilrn Theatre. Glasgow.
Mad About Football ( l5) (Volfgaiigo De Biasi and Francesco Trenlo. 2006. Italy) l()liiiiii. Documentary following the Seagull team. which comprises players with experience of mental health issues in a football league for psychiatric patients. Eilmhouse. Edinburgh.
Make it Happen (PG) oo (Darren Grant. US. 2008) Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Riley Smith. Tessa 'lhompson. 90min. Indiana country girl Lauryn (Winstead)
comes to Chicago to study dance. bill when she fails the college audition she gets work in a mildly saucy nightclub instead. Tosh rites-of-passage drama from the man who brought you Save the Last Dance 1&2 and yes Step Up I &2. Selected release. Mamma Mia! (PG) 0 (Pliyllida Lloyd. UK/US. 2008) Meryl Streep. Pierce Brosnan. Colin Firth. 108mm. A bride-to-be tries to find out the identity of her real father in the lead tip to her wedding on a Greek 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. A Man Escaped (Un Condamne a Mort S’est Echappe) (PG) ooooo (Robert Bresson. France. 1956) Francois Leterricr. Charles Le (‘lainche. Maurice Becrblock. Jacques Iirtaud. l()2min. 'Ihe true story of a French Resistance fighter's escape front imprisonment by the Gestapo. Recently re-released. Bresson‘s account is both austerely straightfom'ard in its depiction of the story. and sublimer metaphysical in its implications of providence at work. A riveting experience. Edinburgh Eilm Guild. Edinburgh. Meet Dave (Pti) so (Brian Robbins. US. 2008) liddie Murphy. Elizabeth Banks. Scott (‘aan. 90min. liddie Murphy plays Dave Ming Chang. a spaceship made in the image of its miniature-sired captain (also Murphy) who has landed on liarth on a mission to save his planet. Now. one of the least eagerly anticipated reunions in cinema history - between Murphy and director Brian Robbins (Norbit) - invites tis to Meet Dave. You really shouldn’t bother. ('ineii'orld Par/(head. Glasgow; ('ineit'orld Edinburgh. Edinburgh. Mirrors ( l8) 0. (Alexandre Aja. US/Roiiiania. 2008) Kiefer Sutherland. Paula Patton. Cameron Boyce. l l()min. This Into the Mirror re-make features Sutherland in ftill Jack Batter mode as an ex-cop who turns security guard to patrol the scorched interiors of a fire-gutted New York hotel. Having accidentally shot his partner in the liiic of duty. alcoholic Carson soon begins to hallucinate that an evil force behind the hotel‘s mirrors is after his family. General t‘eleasejt‘tml ()(‘I .i 2008. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (l2A) C. (Bliarat Nalltiri. UK. 2008) Frances McDormand. Amy Adams. Lee Pace. ()2min. London governess Miss Peltigrew (McDormand) has just lost another job. Dumped by her agency. Miss Peltigrew manages to worm her way into the house of American wannabe starlet Delysia (Adams). Nalltiri's attempts to recreate a sparkling Mitchell Leisen style romantic comedy are undone by inferior performances and the complete predictability inherent in this kind of mentally painful experience. Selected release. Models (18) O... (Ulrich Seidl. Austria. l‘)‘)‘)) l l8min. A graphic depiction of the raw realities of the Austrian modeling industry. Part of Seidl season. Film/rouse. Edinburgh. Mutant Chronicles ( IX) 000 (Simon Hunter. US. 2008) 'I'homas Jane. Ron Perlman. Devon Aoki. l l lmin. Major Mitch lluiiter (Jane) leads a war against an army of necro-mutants. lmpressively dark and odd horror sci-ti adventure co-starring Ilellbov's Ron Perlman. Minor ctilt status of minor franchise series beckons. General releasefrom Eri If) ()ct.
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(Mike Ii Kaplan. UK. 2008) Malcolm McDowell. l l lmin. Fascinating record of McDowell's one man show about his friend and mentor. director Lindsay Anderson. Director Kaplan has also cut in some great archival footage featuring Bette Davis. Laurence ()livier and John Gielgtid among others. Glasgow l-ilrri Theatre. Glasgow: Eilrnhouse. Edinburgh. Night at the Museum (PG) ooo (Shawn Levy. US. 2006) Ben Stiller. Carla Gugino. Robin Williams. l08min. Broad. imaginative and fun adventure comedy
about a bumbling security guard (Stiller) who lets loose an ancient curse at a Natural History Museum. which makes the exhibits to collie to life. IMAX Theatre. Glasgow. Nights in Rodanthe (PG) 0
(George C Wolfe. [IS/Australia. 2008) Richard Gere. Diane Lane. Christopher Meloni. 96min. Unhappily married Adrienne (Lane) and an emotionally confused doctor (Gere) are drawn together when a storm closes in on the North Carolina hotel. Schmalt/y. dreary and tedious second-chance romancer based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks. General release
from Eri ll) ()ct.
Nim’s Island (l’) 0. (Jennifer Flackett. I'S. 2008) Abigail Breslin. Jodie Foster. Gerard Butler. 95min. Adapted from Wendy ()rr's popular book about what happens when agoraphobic atitlioress Alexandra Ryder (Foster) is contacted by winsome brat Nim (Breslin). whose scientist father Jack (Butler) has gone missing. Breslin and Butler adapt well to the frothy postmodern adventure btit Foster's attempts at slapstick are embarrassingly cnide and obvious. lessening any emotional impact. Selected release.
Persepolis ( IZA) ooooo (Vincent Paronnaud/Marjane Satrapi. l'rance/l'S. 2007) Chiara Mastroianni. Catherine Deneuve. Danielle Darrieux. 96min. This adaptation of Satrapi‘s autobiographical coming-of-age graphic novel is an exceptionally moving piece of animated filmmaking. (‘lironicling the liberal outlook of young Iranian Marji. Satrapi refreshingly manages to portray a love of Iran without being revisionist or disguising any harsh truths about the regime. Edinburgh Film Gui/d. Edinburgh.
Pineapple Express ( IS) oooo (David Gordon Green. US. 2008) Seth Rogen. James Franco. Bill llatler. l l lmin. Knocked Up star Rogen returns to play Dale. a permanently-baked legal process- server whose friendly weed-dealer Satil (Franco) sells him a rare strain of cannabis known as ‘Pineapple lixpress'. When Dale accidentally leaves a half-smoked joint at the scene of gangland murder. the pair are forced to go on the run. A loose. freewheeling and highly enjoyable action comedy. General release.
Project Ability Screening: Young Talent on the Big Screen (PG) (Various. UK. Various) 60min. A selection of short films. music videos and animations made by young filmmakers from Project Ability. a Glasgow-based organisation that supports people with disabilities who want to be involved in the arts. Glasgow Film Theatre. (ilaxgnlt'.
Psycho ( IS) ooooo (Alfred Hitchcock. US. l960) Anthony Perkins. Janet Leigh. Vera Miles. John Gavin. Martin Balsam. John Mclntire. l09min. llitch’s misogynistic masterpiece has a young secretary take off to hicksville with a bagful of her boss’ money. Unfortunately for her. she chooses to ptit tip at the Bates' Motel. run by that nice Norman boy. The ironic dialogue (‘Mother's not quite herself today") make it a joy to catch any time around. We liked it. didn’t we mother . motheri’. .S'cotsrnan .S'creening Room. Edinburgh.
Redbelt ( IS) ooo (David Mamet. US. 2008) ('hiwetel Iijiofor. Max Martini. limin Mortimer. 99min. Mamet goes Bruce Lee on our ass with a martial arts movie with a moral code. Mike Terry's (Iijiofor) jtijitsti academy is ailing and his honourable intentions are getting iii the way of making a profit. Cue trouble in the form of an action-star (Tim Allen) and a trite story of overcoming cynicism. Selected release. Righteous Kill ( l5) oo (Jon Avne. US. 2008) 50 Cent. Quinton Aaron. Alan Bltiiiienfeld. l()(liiiiii. New York police detective partners Rooster (Pacino) and Turk (De Niro) duke it otit over a series of cop killings while staring admirineg at each other as if they‘re celebrating a diamond-wedding anniversary. When they met in Michael Mann's Heat the anticipation was enormous btit 13 years and a loss of ktidos later. not so iiitich. General release.