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Classic Italian Horror Weekend
Weekend of cult Italian horror programmed to coincide with the launch of Arrow Films new Masters of Giallo DVD label. Rarities
include Lucio Fulci's The House by the Cemetery and Lamberto Bava's Macabre. Ticket offers available.
I GFT. Glasgow, Sat 27 and Sun 28 Jun.
Things turn for the worst. however. when her father is reported missing in action and. pcnniless. she is subjected to the cruelty of schoolmistress .Miss Minchin. A movie with a sense of real magic and love of storytelling. that is beautifully designed and intelligently acted. l-i/mlmuxe. Edinburgh. Looking for Eric ( l5) .0. (Ken Loach. l‘K. 2009) Steve Iivets. Iiric (‘antona. Stephanie Bishop. 146mm. Shot without frills. this sentimental. feel good comedy is much less conspicuously political than I.oacb's previous films. It centres upon protagonist Iiric Bishop (livets). a middle- aged Mancunian postman. who is prone to panic attacks. (ia/ing tip one night over a spliff at a bedroom poster of ('antona. Iiric is amazed to see the Frenchman appear. and (’antona proceeds to act as a life coach to the mixed-up Iiric. (ieneral release. Macabre ( l8) 0... (Lambeno Bava. Italy. 1980) Bernice Stegers. Stanko Molnar. Veronica Zinny. 89min. Atmosphere and suspense take the place of gore and splatter in this Italian horror about a woman who keeps the head of her lover in her fridge. and her bed. Part of short Italian IIorror season. (ilasgaw Film Theatre.
Marley 8 Me (PG) 0. (David I-‘rankel. l'S. 2008) Owen Wilson. Jennifer Aniston. Alan Arkin. l20min. A revoltingly reactionary tale of a schizophrenic dog. the model American aspirations of his blandly uninteresting owners and the compulsion to ignore the community and move to suburbia to make your brood safe in today‘s world. Based on it bestselling book. ()deml :It The Quay. (ilasgmv; ()deon. Edinburgh. Mediterraneo ( 15 ) COO ((iabriele Salvatores. Italy. I992) Diego .»\batantuono. (‘laudio Bigagli. (iuiseppe (’ederna. 90min. A group of WW2 Italian sailors find themselves stranded in the (ireek village they were supposed to be ransacking. and settle down to an idyllic life with the locals. A tribute to the kinship of the Mediterranean peoples. this 1992 Oscar winner carries sentimentality and knowing humour in equal amounts. Seats-man Sereening Rmnn. Edinburgh.
Mo’ Better Blues ( 18) 0... (Spike Lee. ITS. I990) l)en/.el Washington. Spike Lee. Joie Lee. ('ynda Williams. 130mm. Iixuberantly shot. enterprisingly designed and
evocatively scored. Lee's jazz flick scores on the incidenlals but neglects the basics with a central storyline that moves at a snail‘s pace and was never that interesting in the first place. Den/el Washington is the self-absorbed trumpet star Bleek (iilliam. involved with both teacher Joie Lee and aspiring singer Williams while failing to notice manager Spike's gambling habit and the discord in his band. Worth seeing all the same. but patience is required. (imsrenmz Glasgow. Momma’s Man (15) O... (Ala/cl Jacobs. LS. 2008) Matt Boren. Ken Jacobs. Richard lidson. 98min. Moody. touching and ultimately moving comedy drama about one man's attempt to reconnect with his adolescent self on a drawn out visit to his parents house. Low budget gem beholden of sortie very universal truths and concerns. (ilaxgmr Film Theatre. Mother India (ti) 00000 ( Mchboob Khan. India. 1957) .\'argis. Raaj Kumar. Sunil Dutt. I72min. Arguably the pioneering mother of all Bollywood cinema this epic. Oscar-nominated film is the story of a village woman who marries into a poor family. but fights against all odds to make her new life with her beloved husband work. A cultural touchstone if ever there was one. Part of (‘lassic Bollywood season. Film/muse. Edinburgh. My Sister’s Keeper ( 12A) 00
(Nick (‘assavetes. LS. 2009) (‘ameron Dial.
Alec Baldwin. Abigail Breslin. l()9min. See Also Released. page ~15. (ieneral release. Mystery Movie. New monthly mystery screening at \"tie. If you're not completely satisfied. you can claim your money back during the first 20 minutes of the film. We Edinburgh ()eean. Edinburgh.
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(Richard Jobson. (K. 2008) Dougray Scott. James Pearson. 98min. Sean (Pearson) reluctantly agrees to play a sinister game of tag with a pair of private bankers. If he can evade his pursuers for 12 hours overnight he'll win £12,000; if he's caught. he quickly discovers to his horror. he won't see the morning light. Jobson's Iidinburgh-set credit crunch thriller makes excellent use of the city. shooting in the nooks and crannies between its overly familiar picture postcard views. ('ineii'orld Renfrew Street. Glasgow; li’ue Edinburgh ()mni. Edinburgh.
New York (12A) (Kabir Khan. India. 2009) John Abraham. Rizwan Alvi. 127min. Fish-out-of-water culture clash Bollywood comedy thriller. Cineimrld Renfrew Street. Glasgow: Cineii'orld Edinburgh. Edinburgh. Night at the Museum 2 (PG)
0” (Shawn Levy. LS. 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.
Nighthawks ( 15) 0... (Ron Peck. L'K. I978) Ken Robertson. Stuart Craig Turton. Rachel Nicholas James. 1 13min. The first British gay feature to deal unapologetically with homosexuality. Peck's 1978 film centres on the life of a gay teacher living in London. Part of the London Lesbian & (lay Film Festival On Tour. Film/muse. Edinburgh.
Nim’s Island (L') 0. (Jennifer l-‘lackett. US. 2008) Abigail Breslin. Jodie Foster. Gerard Butler. 95min. Adapted from Wendy ()rr‘s popular book about what happens when agoraphobic authoress Alexandra Ryder (Foster) is contacted by winsome brat .\'im (Breslin). whose scientist father Jack (Butler) has gone missing. Breslin and Butler adapt well to the frothy postmodem adventure but Foster‘s attempts at slapstick are embarrassingly crude and obvious. lessening any emotional impact. Empire ('lvdebank. ('lydebank.
North by Northwest (PG) .0... (Alfred Hitchcock. L'S. I959) Cary Grant. Eve Marie Saint. James
Mason. Martin Landau. 136mm. Hitchcock's evergreen I959 thriller starring Cary Grant. James Mason and Eva Marie Saint on a new digital print. Film/muse. Edinburgh.
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One Million Years BC (1940/1966) Hal Roach and star Victor Mature created the template for many future cinematic evocations of the prehistoric era with their original tale of exile, volcanoes and gigantic beasts. Don Chaffey's now iconic remake gave the world Raquel Welsh in a shabby chic bikini. Both were milestones in stop frame animation and historical inaccuracy. 7966 version currently available on DVD (Optimum).
Teenage Cave Man (1958) Future Man From UNCLE. Robert Vaughn made his cinema debut as a wandering caveman with a bouffant in Roger Corman's exploitation quickie. Basically a remake of Roach's film with then in vogue allusions to mysticism and youth culture. Vaughn plays the titular youth in search of new pastures. Corman kept the budget tight on this interesting addition to his directed works and it shows. Not currently available on DVD.
Caveman Ringo Starr and wife Barbara Bach joined a youthful Dennis Quaid and Shelley Long in this pre-histerical (sic) comedy of Neanderthal rivalry and romance. TV comedy legend Carl Gottleib (Saturday Night Live. Mork and Mindy) directed. The ‘intentional' caveman comedy was born. Ugg ugg. Not currently available on DVD.
Quest For Fire (1981) French anthropological hobbyist and filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud strips things back with this earnest adaptation of .JH Rosny Sr’s novel about the journey that may have led to prehistoric man's most important discovery. The film spawned cro-magnon epic The Clan of the Cave Bear starring Daryl Hannah. Available on DVD (Second Sight).
California Man (1992) The caveman finally got to go to high school in this amusingly dumb teen comedy which gave the world the talents of Brendan The Mummy Fraser who played defrosted neanderthal Link. The film did reasonable box office before becoming a cult hit on VHS. A proposed sequel was shelved a few years later because prehistoric man comedies had become so passe. Not currently available on DVD.
I Year One is on general release from Fri 26 Jun. See Also Released, page 45.
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