The Secret of Moonacre (t') coo ((iabor Csupo. Hungary/IfK/I-‘rance. 2009) Ioan (iruffudd. Dakota Blue Richards. Natascha McElhone. 103mm. When I3-year- old orphan Maria (Richards) uses an inherited book to enter a titagical kingdom she becomes involved iii an eco-mythical plot to destroy Moonacre Valley. Decettt if slightly over egged adaptation of The Little White Horse by Elizabeth (iotidge. ()demi At The Quay. Glasgow; ()demi unm- Hui/ex. Edinburgh.
The Servant ( 18) .0000 (Joseph Losey'. UK. I963) Dirk Bogarde. Jatnes I-‘ox.
Wendy Craig. I 15min. Bogarde found one of
his best screen roles itt this remarkable class drama as a manservant who forces a role- reversal iii the home of his decadent master (Fox). Absurdity aitd tension is heightened by Harold Pinter‘s inimitable dialogue. A real British classic front the best immigrant filmmaker the I.'K ever had the pleasure to host. Part of Joseph Losey season. I'll/IIIUHLW‘. Edinburgh.
The Seventh Veil (P(i) (Coiitptoit Bennett. I'K. I945) James Mason. Aitii Todd. Ilerbert Loin. 94min. A concert pianist with psychological hang-tips is cured by a shrink. who reckons her problems are rooted in unfulfilled romance (that is. sexuality). Freudian melodrama frotti the broody British school of filtn Iuvvics. Seats-mun Sereeniiig Roam. Edinburgh.
Shirin (PU) (Abbas Kiarostaitti. Iran. 2008) Golshifteh Farahani. Mahna/ Afshar. Niki Karimi. 90min. Kiarostami charts an audience immersed in a performance of a film version of the Persian fable of love and female sacrifice. Klmsmii' mid Shiriii. As the piece unfolds. I00 female faces react. producing a subtle and surprisingly touching study ()I‘ the social effects of art. (ilaxgmv Film Theatre. Glasgow:
Sholay (PG) (Rainesh Sippy. Ittdia. I975) Sanjeev Kumar. Dharmendra. Amitabh Bachchan. 228mm. Classic BoIIywood revenge plot featuring small-time crooks family feuds. aitd all the usual romance. comedy. music and dance. The all star cast dazzle and daze. Part of Classic Bollywood season. Film/muse. lz‘dinburgh.
Shortkut: The Con is On (PG) (Necraj Vora. India. 2009) Amrita Rao. Akshaye Khanna. Arshad Warsi. Bollywood film set in the world of Bollywood filmmaking. Cineworld Renfrew Street. Glasgow: Cineworld Edinburgh. Iidi'nbiujgh. Sleeping Tiger (PG) (Joseph Losey. t'K. I954) Alexander Knox. Dirk Bogarde. Alexis Smith. 88min. Psychiatrist Clive listnond (Knox) catches a young gunman red-handed. but rather than report the tearaway. he invites him to stay at his home so that he may treat
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him as a social guinea pig. The delinquent. however. has other plans and quickly becomes romantically entangled with the psy'chiatrist‘s wife. Part of Joseph Losey season. I’ilmliuuse. liduiburgh.
Snow Cake ( 15) 00 (Marc Iivans. lTK/Canada. 2006) Alait Ricktitait. Sigourney Weaver. Carrie-Anne Moss. 1 I litiiit. A man with a sorrowful past is involved it) a car accident. whiclt kills his teeitage hitchhiking passenger. Dealing with the emotional aftermath he undergoes a supposedly heartwarming awakening. In its bid to aflirtn life. and for its to see the world anew Snow Cake simply ends tip skating over the complex messiness of human emotions. Part of Science and Film season. Film/muse. lz‘dinburgh.
Soul Power ( I2A) C... (Jeffrey Levy-Hinte. CS. 2008) 93min. See review. page 47. I-‘i'lmhuuse. lidi'nburg/i.
Star Wek ( I2A) 0... (JJ Abrams. I'S/(iermany. 2009) Chris Pitie. Jennifer Morrison. Simon Pegg. I2(imin. A quirk in the space-time continuum allows both a sequel and prequel to the already vast Star Trek oeuvre. iit which Lust creator Abrams surpasses his previous filiit efforts to reinvent the wltole dynamic of the [SS Iinterprise. Iiitiotional struggles from Pine as Captain Kirk and Zachary ()uinto as Vulcan Spock mix with adrenaline packed adventure to ensure that Star Trek is that rare thing. blockbuster with humour attd guts. Selected release.
State of the World (0 Estado do Mundo) (Ii) (Various. Portugal. 2007) l0lmin. Multi-laycred omnibus filtii project frotn some of the world's finest filmmakers. 'I‘heusophieal Sneietv. lz'dinbitrgh. Sunshine Cleaning ( 15) 000 (Christine Jeffs. IS. 2008) Amy Adams. Iimily Blunt. Alait Arkin. 9lmin. 'l‘wo sisters (Adams and Blunt) set tip a business to disinfect crime scenes iii this small towit tragicomedy. A solid if unexceptioiial script by first time writer .Megaii Holley offers fodder for some well-tuned performances btit the devil is iii the details. with the bile and blood being too icky to generate laughs and a subplot disappointingly underdeveloped. Seleeted release.
Synecdoche, New York ( IS) 0000 (Charlie Kaufman. (K. 2008) Philip Seymour Hoffman. Catherine Keener. Samantha Morton. I23min. Detailing the later life of a gifted theatre director Caden ('otard (Hoffman) as he attempts to create a work of brutal realism by reslaging his own troubled life with an ensemble cast in a large warehouse in Manhattan. Svneedm'lie. New York is ait ingenious. ambitious conundrum that's underlined by thetiies of symbiosis. connectivity. deterioration and an understanding of our dream life selves that is at both beautiful and horrific. Cameo. lidinburgh.
A Taste of Honey ( 12A) 0000 (Tony Richardson. I'K. l9(il ) Dora Bryan. Murray Melvin. Rita 'I‘ushiiigham. Robert Stephens. l00min. Kitchen sink realism about a Salford girl wlto gets pregnant after leaving home. Adapted frottt Shelagh I)claney's play. Part of the British New Wave season. l'iliii/uiuve. Edinburgh.
Terminator Salvation ( I2.-\) 000 (Mc(i. IS. 2009) Christian Bale. Sam Worthington. Anton Yelchiii. 1 15min. Set iii 2018. 1-1 years after Judgment Day. Salvation exists in a world where 'l‘ei‘tttinator tiritties seek otit the last remnants of humanity while a resistance attempts to light back. Primary among them are John Connor (Bale). the man destitied to halt the rise of the robots. aitd Kyle Reese (Yclchin). the teenager who will later grow tip to become John's father. A gutsy attd sombre attempt to breathe fresh life into an ageing machine. ()eneral release.
* 35 Shots of Rum (35 Rhums) ( 12A) 0... (Claire Denis. I‘rance/(ieritiany. 2008) Alex Descas. Mali I)iop. (il'egoit‘c Coliii. l00min. See review aitd Stuart Staples profile. page 48. Cameo. lat/inburgh.
This Sporting Life ( 15) 0000 (Lindsay Anderson. I'K. I963) Richard Harris. Rachel Roberts. Alatt Badel. William Hartnell. I34min. Based on David Storey 's powerful novel (which Storey himself adapted for the screen). This Sporting Life
tells the dyspeptic. bitterly pessimistic tale of Frank Machin (Harris). a titean. tough. ambitious rugby player who wreaks havoc aitd bad humour in his small northern town. A stunning debut by anyone's standards. the film made stars out of then young Welsh actors Harris and Roberts. she in particular never surpassing the work she did here. Part of the British New Wave season. I"i'ltnlious¢'. Edinburgh.
To Each her Own ( IS) (Ileather ’I‘obin. Canada. 2008) Hannah Hogan. 'l‘racy Rae. Shauglinessy Redden. 109mm. Tobin scripted. produced. sltot atid edited her debut tiltn. a coming out tale of a young married woman who falls for otit and proud lesbiait Casey. Part of the London Lesbian and (lay I’ilm Festival on Tour. Film/muse. Edinburgh. To the Devil 3 Daughter ( IX) (Peter Sykes. t'K/(iermany. 1976) Christopher Lee. Richard Widmark. Denholm Iilliott. 93min. Satanic rituals abound as Hammer strays iitto the realm of Dennis Wheatley. Supernatural investigator Widmark takes on excommunicated priest Lee iii order to save the soul of a young attd extremely nubile Nastassja Kinski. Cameo. lidin/mrgh. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (12A) (Michael Bay. LS. 2009) Shia LaBeouf. Megan Fox. Josh Duhamcl. I-tomin. Sam Witwicky (LaBeouf) again
joins with the Autobots against their sworn
enemies. the Decepticons. (ieneral release. 2001: A Space Odyssey (t') .0000 (Stanley Kubrick. I'K. I968) Keir Dullea. (iary Lockward. Leonard Rossiter. I39min. Kubrick’s gloriously grand architecture sees prehistoric apes timelined into a space ballet featuring a lunar craft docking to the sound of Strauss. This scene prefigures an extended drama aboard a spacecraft bound for Jupiter involving the murderoUs AI computer and the giant embryo of a space child signifying .
. what‘.’ The next step in human evolution‘.’ An opaque masterpiece. which suggests so much. yet explains so little. Which is why it‘s a timeless classic. Part of ()ne Small Step and Kubrick season. Glasgow I‘ll"! Theatre. Glasgow.
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WALL-E (I7) 0... (Andrew Stanton. IS. 2008) Voices of Fred Willard. Jeff (iarlin. Ben Burtt. 103mm. Inspired by sci-Ii classics front the I9o0s and 70s, Pixar have created a post-apocalyptic story set in a future iit which the Iiarth has been abandoned by humankind. where a solitary robot nattted WALL-Ii executes his now pointless trash collecting programme. At its heart this is a very sweet romantic comedy. and that's what provides the emotional clout. Cinewurld I’arkhead. Glasgow; Cinewurld Edinburgh. Edinburgh.
Waveriders (PU) (Joel Conroy. I'K/Ireland. 2008) 78min. Documentary tracing the sport of sui'fing's little-known Irish roots. The film follows a group of champion surfers as they learn about the Irish connection and travel to Ireland iit search of sortie monster waves. which are represented on screen in all their thrilling. powerful glory. Narrated by Cilliait Murphy. (ilas‘gmv I'll/ti Theatre. (ilasgmv.
Whistle Down the Wind (t'i (Bryan Iiorbes. CK. 1961) Hayley Mills. Alan Bates. Bernard Lee. 99min. When young Kathy (Mills) discovers a wanted murderer iii her family barn he tells her that lie is Jesus. Falling for the story. Kathy and gang try to Itide him from the grown-ups. (ilasgow l‘i'lm Theatre. (ilaxgmv.
The Wicker Man ( 18) coco. (Robin Hardy. I.'K. I973) Iidward Woodward. Britt Iikland. Diane Cilento. Ingrid Pitt. Christopher Lee. I02min. A devoutly cclibatc policeman (Woodward) arrives at a remote Scottish island to investigate a schoolgirl disappearance atid becomes involved in local pagan rituals. A British classic. with some extremely scary and erotic moments. Cameo. lidinlmrgh.
Year One ( l2A) (Harold Ratitis. CS. 2009) Jack Black. Michael Cera. 96min. Lazy and inept cavemen Zed (Black) and ()Ii (Cera) are banished from their village aitd go on an epic journey into Biblical times. where they meet the Old 'I‘estainent gang. Sacrilcgious gruitt comedy. (ienerul release.
Kubrick’s existential masterclass in sci-ii falls into not one but two very appropriate seasons this fortnight. While featuring as part of the Kubrick Season (also featuring A Clockwork Orange this fortnight) the seminal work also appears in the GFT’s filmic celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Lunar Landing (alongside Moon and The Right Stuff).
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