NOW Works (PG) (Various) 90min. A showcase programme of works made since Dance: Film()7. guest curated by Gaia Meucci. Film/muse. Edinburgh.
Night at the Museum 2 (PG)
.0. (Shawn Levy. US. 2009) Ben Stiller. Amy Adams. Owen Wilson. 104mm. Silly but enjoyable sequel to 2006 comedy. Ben Stiller's night watchman joins characters from the first film in a battle to save the Smithsonian museum. General release.
North Face (12) 0.. (Philip Stolzl. Gemiany. 2008) Benno Furmann. Florian
l'siltirti Town Hall
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The Young Victoria (PG)
Sat 13th Jun 7:30pm
Mon 15th Jun 11am, 7:30pm
The Boat
That Rocked (1 5)
Fri 19th Jun 1:30pm, 7:30pm Sun 21st Jun 7:30pm
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58 TH. LIST 28 May—11 Jun 2009
The End of the Line
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Special early World Oceans Day preview screening of this feature documentary based on award winning journalist Charles Clover’s book The End of the Line:
How Overfishing is Changing the World and What We Eat. Howard Wood and Dr Sally Campbell from the Community of Arran Seabed Trust (COAST) will introduce this screening and lead a post film 0&A. This film is also on selected release from Friday 12 June and will be reviewed next issue.
I GFT, Glasgow and Cameo, Edinburgh on Mon 8 Jun.
Lukas. Johanna Wokalek. 121mm. Exciting historical adventure recounting the dangerous ascent of the Eiger in 1936 by two Bavarian soldiers. Think Touching the Void but with Nazis. ('anieo. Edinburgh. O’Horten (12A) 0... (Bent Hamer. Norway/Germany/France. 2007) Baard Owe. Espen Skjnnberg. Ghita Norby. 89min. ()dd Honen (Owe) is about to retire. But when a series of bizarre unexpected events force O'Horten to break his routine. he finds himself on a physical and mental journey of realisation and change. A delightful investigation of maturity. loneliness and the inherent freedoms of breaking with routine. Filmhouse. Edinburgh.
Obsessed (12A). (Steve Shill. US. 2009) ldris Elba. Beyoncé Knowles. Ali Larter. 108min. See review. page 54. General release from Fri 29 May.
‘3. Pierrot Le Fou (15) 0000.
't‘ (Jean-Luc Godard. France/ltaly. 1965) Jean-Paul Belmondo. Anna Karina. Dirk Sanders. Raymond Devos. Samuel Fuller. 110mm. Jean Luc Godard's delightful 1965 lovers on the run pastiche reissued on a new digital print. This politically astute homage to American genre cinema marked Godard’s departure from the new wave to more political forms of filmmaking. Filmhouse. Edinburgh. Pleasantville (12) 00. US. 1998) Tobey Maguire. Reese Witherspoon. William H Macy. Jeff Daniels. Joan Allen. l24min. Thanks to a dodgy plot twist. 90s kids David and Jennifer are zapped into Pleasantville. an I Love Lucy-style 50s sitcom. a monochrome world where sex. art and passion are unknown. if this was just a gimmick movie. it would be a brilliant one. but Pleasaniville is also a relentlessly inventive comedy. Scotsman Screening Room. Edinburgh.
17 Again (PG) 00. (Burr Steers. US. 2009) Zac Efron. Matthew Perry. Leslie Mann. 102min. Better than you might expect age reversal comedy in which a now frustrated and middle aged former teenage pregnancy dad (Perry) gets another chance when he is transformed back to his 17-year-old self (Efron). Selected release. .2, Sleep Furiousiy (PG) 00..
' ‘ (Gideon Koppel. UK. 2007) 94min. See review. page 52. Glasgow Film Theatre.
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‘3, Sounds Like Teen Spirit ( 12A) '6‘ 0... (Jamie Jay Johnson. (K. 2009) 93min. lindearing pop documentary about Junior liurovision which. while unheard of in the (K. garners 23 million viewers in continental Europe. In following four conlestants to the 2007 finals. Johnson reveals the competition to be as fierce. hilarious and downright weird as its grow n- up counterpart. An entertaining look behind the scenes that also gets beneath the surface. becoming a fascinating and moving exploration of these children‘s lives. Glasgow I'll/n Theatre; I'iilnihouse. lz'dinburgh.
Space Station 30 (t') (Toni Myers. Canada/LS. 2003) 47min. Narrated by Tom Cruise. this big screen IMAX presentation follows real astronauts into the big blue. Impressive. but not as awesome as it should have been. IMAX Theatre. Glasgow.
A Star is Born (U 000. (George (‘ukor. l'S 1954) Judy Garland. James Mason. 152mm. Part of Mason season. Fillnhouse. Edinburgh.
Star Trek (12A) 0... (JJ Abrams. L’S/Germany. 2009) Chris Pine. Jennifer Morrison. Simon Pegg. 126min. A quirk in the space-time continuum allows both a sequel and prequel to the already vast Star Trek oeuvre. in which Lost creator Abrams surpasses his previous film efforts to reinvent the whole dynamic of the LSS Enterprise. Emotional struggles from Pine as (‘aptain Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Vulcan Spock mix with adrenaline packed adventure to ensure that Star Trek is that rare thing. a blockbuster with humour and guts. General release.
State of Play ( IZA) .0. (Kevin Macdonald. LS. 2009) RUssell Crowe. Ben Affieck. Helen Mirren. 1 18min. Hollywood has got its hands on the acclaimed 2003 BBC TV' series. moved the action to the LS. and brought in a parliament of A-list stars. Mirren plays a newspaper editor struggling to maintain editorial principles.
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McAdams‘ cub reporter has built her reputation as an ace blogger and (‘row e is an old-school truth-seeking journalist An investigative journalism movie ftill of red herriiigs. surprising twists and corrupt ptillllclitns. .Seli'i'led release.
Stevenson College ( 15) (various. l'K.
2009) 120mm. liiitertaiiiiiig programme from the talented students of Stevenson (‘ollege litlinhurgh. l‘ilntllnlltt’. Edinburgh. ‘3, Synecdoche, New York ( IS) '6‘ O... ((‘harlie Kaufman. l'K. 2008) Philip Seymour llofliiian. ('atherine Keener. Samantha Morton. 123mm. Detailing the later life of a gifted theatre director (’aden (‘otard (Hoffman) as he attempts to create a work of brutal realism by restaging his own troubled life with an ensemble cast in a large warehoUse in Manhattan. Synerdoi'lie. New York is an ingenious. ambitious conundrum that's underlined by themes of symbiosis. connectivity. deterioration and an understanding of our dream life selves that is at both beautiful and horrific. Sl’ll’t'll‘d release.
Terminator Salvation ( 12A) 0..
(McG. l'.S. 2009) (human Bale. .Satn Worthington. Anton Yclchm. 115mm. .See reviCW. page 53. General release.
The Third Man (PG) ..... ((‘arol Reed. L'S/l'K. 1949) Joseph ('otton. Orson Welles. 100mm. Holly Martins has been invited to unstable. post-World War ll Vienna by his old chum Lime. who is now in the grand-scale drug dealing bUsiness. only to discover that he is dead. lixcept. he isn't of course. and a multilayered cat and mouse scenario is triggered. .So. what's so good about it‘.’ Well. you have a stirring zither score by Anton Karas. the ferris wheel and the 'cuckoo clock' speech yet possibly its greatest triumph is to cram so much wonder into so little time. Glasgow Film Theatre.
Thursday’s Fictions (PG) (Richard James Allen. Australia. 2006) 55min. Surreal dance fantasy in which a woman named Thursday discovers that she is to be reincarnated as Tuesday. I-‘ilnihoase. Edinburgh.
Timothy Neat - Film Retrospective 1965 - 2009 (E ) (Various) 90min. Review of work by award-winning Scottish writer and filmmaker Tim Neat. The Leith Agency's Mary of Guise Barge. Edinburgh.