Film INDEX
✽✽ Hanna (12A) ●●●●● (Joe Wright, US, 2011) Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett. 111min. See review, page 56. General release. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (12A) ●●●●● (David Yates, UK/US, 2010) Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint. 146min. The seventh installment of the wildly popular wizard franchise: atmospheric but emotionally hollow. Glasgow Film Theatre.
✽✽ Heartbeats (Les Amours imaginaires) (15) ●●●●● (Xavier Dolan, Canada, 2010) Monia Chokri, Niels Schneider, Xavier Dolan. 100min. See review, page 55. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. A History Lesson (15) (Hady Zaccak, Lebanon, 2009) 51min. Documentary examining the Lebanese state’s dysfunctional attitude to the teaching of history. Part of Reel Festivals 2011: Syria and Lebanon. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Hobo with a Shotgun (tbc) ●●●●● (Jason Eisener, Canada/US, 2011) Rutger Hauer, Pasha Ebrahimi, Robb Wells. 86min. Vigilante action-comedy in which a homeless man takes the law into his own hands and begins dispatching rough justice to the scum on the streets. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. Holy Rollers (15) (Kevin Asch, US, 2010) Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Bartha, Danny A Abeckaser. 88min. See Also Released, page 57. Selected release. Honeymooner (15) ●●●●● (Col Spector, UK, 2010) Gerard Kearns, Daisy Haggard, Chris Coghill. 75min. Articulately written relationship drama about a man on his honeymoon minus his fiancée, who has dumped him four weeks earlier. Macrobert, Stirling. Hop (U) ●●●●● (Tim Hill, US, 2011) Voices of Russell Brand, James Marsden, Hugh Laurie. 94min. Animated riff on the Easter Bunny myth in which the deliverer of eggs is hit by a car not long before the big day. General release. How I Ended This Summer (12A) ●●●●● (Aleksei Popogrebsky, Russia, 2010) Grigory Dobrygin, Sergei Puskepalis, Igor Chernevich. 124min. Thriller/drama about the travails of a meteorological team based in the Arctic. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre; Hippodrome, Bo’ness. Howl (15) ●●●●● (Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, US, 2010) James Franco, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker. 84min. Franco’s passionate and intelligent reading of Allen Ginsberg’s Howl is placed alongside a recreation of the obscenity trial of its publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The animated translation of the poem is overly literal, but kudos to the filmmakers for bringing Ginsberg’s work to a new generation. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Hubble 3D (U) (Toni Meyers, Canada, 2010) 44min. Leonardo Di Caprio narrates this IMAX space adventure. IMAX Theatre, Glasgow. The Illusionist (12A) ●●●●● (Sylvain Chomet, UK/France, 2010) Voices of Jean- Claude Donda, Eilidh Rankin. 83min. Set against delightfully recognisable Scottish
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backdrops, the story – an unfilmed script from Jacques Tati about an ageing magician whose star is fading – is carefully and emotively rendered here by master animator Chomet and his team. Paisley Arts Centre, Paisley. I’m Not There (15) ●●●●● (Todd Haynes, US/Germany, 2007) Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger. 136min. Six actors play seven interpretations of Bob Dylan in Haynes’ sleek, stylish, clever and wholly engrossing meditation on the life of the folk singing bard. Divided between black and white and colour, I’m Not There is a work of great emotion and minstrelsy. Part of Dylan at the Movies season. Glasgow Film Theatre. Inside Job (12A) ●●●●● (Charles Ferguson, US, 2010) Matt Damon, William Ackman, Daniel Alpert. 108min. The causes of the global financial crisis of 2008 are rigorously explored in this absorbing documentary from American filmmaker Ferguson. Narrated by Matt Damon, this elegantly shot documentary argues that the crash was in no way unavoidable. Combining archival footage and probing interviews, Ferguson’s approach is the antithesis of Michael Moore’s grandstanding. Macrobert, Stirling.
✽✽ Insidious (15) ●●●●● (James Wan, US, 2010) Patrick Wilson, Rose
Byrne, Ty Simpkins. 102min. See Also Released, page 57. General release. In the Loop (15) ●●●●● (Armando Iannucci, UK, 2009) Steve Coogan, James Gandolphini, Peter Capaldi. 105min. Foul- mouthed to the point of Tourette’s, In the Loop is a celebration of irreverence and a pin-sharp example of nigh-on apocalyptic satire. Macrobert, Stirling. Iron Giant (U) ●●●●● (Brad Bird, US, 1999) Voices of Jennifer Aniston, Harry Conick Jr, Vin Diesel. 86min. Animated film adaptation of Ted Hughes’ classic children’s story about a boy who befriends a 50ft robot from outer space. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Hippodrome, Bo’ness. I Saw the Devil (18) ●●●●● (Kim Jee-woon, Korea, 2010) Lee Byung-hun, Hoi Min-sik, Jeon Gook-hwan. 138min. Shocking and violent tale of murder and revenge from Korean filmmaker Kim Jee- woon (The Good, The Bad, The Weird, A Tale of Two Sisters). Selected release. Island (tbc) (Elizabeth Mitchell, Brek Taylor, UK, 2011) Natalie Press, Colin Morgan, Janet McTeer. 96min. A young woman, scarred by a lifetime in care, confronts the mother who abandoned her as a baby in a journey of revenge. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre. It Rains on our Love (12A) ●●●●● (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1946) Barbro Kollberg, Birger Malmsten, Gösta Cederlund. 95min. Bergman’s second feature film follows two strangers who meet at a railway station and fall in love, united in their mutual desire for a better life. Part of Bergman season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Jamie Cullum: Solo (E) (UK, 2011) 110min. The pint-sized easy-listening jazz maestro broadcasts his set from the Cheltenham Jazz Festival live via satellite. Selected cinemas. Jewish Film Club (tbc) (Various) 90min. Running since 2006, the Jewish Film Club brings a range of documentary, features and shorts to the CCA, with a focus on contemporary cinema. CCA, Glasgow. Jig (PG) ●●●●● (Sue Bourne, UK, 2011) 97min. See review, page 54. Glasgow Film Theatre. Julia’s Eyes (Los Ojos de Julia) (15) (Guillem Morales, Spain, 2010) Belén Rueda, Lluís Homar, Pablo Derqui. 112min. See Also Released, page 57. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre. The Kids are All Right (15) ●●●●● (Lisa Cholodenko, US, 2010) Annette Benning, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo. 106min. Original and insightful comedy of social dilemmas telling the story of lesbian couple Nic (Benning) and Jules (Moore) and the unpredictable events that unfold when their sperm-donated son Laser sets out to find his biological father. Macrobert, Stirling. Killing Bono (15) ●●●●● (Nick Hamm, UK, 2011) Krysten Ritter, Ben
Barnes, Robert Sheehan. 114min. Aspiring musician McCormick grew up in the shadow of schoolmates Paul Hewson and Dave Evans aka U2’s Bono and The Edge. Despite veteran scribes Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais behind the script, you’re left wanting to see a film about U2’s rise, rather than one about two mediocre chancers. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness. The Kingdom of Women (15) (Dahna Abourahme, Lebanon, 2010) 54min. This film traces how the women of the Ein El Hilweh refugee camp in Lebanon rebuilt both the camp and their lives after it was destroyed in the Israeli action of 1982. Followed by short Hold on my Glamorous. Part of Reel Festivals 2011: Syria and Lebanon. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Ko (tbc) (KV Anand, India, 2011) Jeeva, Ajmal Ameer, Karthika Nair. tbc min. Tamil political thriller. Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow. The Last Picture Show (15) ●●●●● (Peter Bogdanovich, US, 1971) Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd. 126min. Sex and depression in a West Texas town. Bogdanovich’s splendid 1971 debut returns on new print. DCA, Dundee. L’Elisir d’Amore (U) (UK, 2009) Ekaterina Siurina, Peter Auty, Alfredo Daza. 122min. A performance of Donizetti’s witty pastoral opera from the Glyndebourne Festival is broadcast on the big screen. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Léon (18) ●●●●● (Luc Besson, France, 1994) Jean Reno, Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman. 110min. When his neighbour’s family is wiped out by crooked cops on a bungled drugs bust, ice cool hitman Leon finds himself looking after the sole survivor – 12-year-old Mathilde. Glasgow Film Theatre. Lilo & Stitch (U) ●●●●● (Dean Deblois and Chris Sanders, US, 2002) Voices of Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere. 85min. Disney cartoon that pits a willful toddler against a genetically engineered space creature (Stitch) programmed for maximum mischief. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness. Limitless (15) ●●●●● (Neil Burger, US, 2011) Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish. 104min. Struggling writer Eddie (Cooper) becomes hooked on NZT, an IQ-enhancing wonder drug, writing his novel in four days, learning multiple languages and living the high life coming to the attention of vaguely threatening businessman De Niro. Then there’s the crippling come down – the blackouts, the memory loss and the paranoia as gangsters, the police and corporate sharks all start to circle. General release. The Lincoln Lawyer (15) ●●●●● (Brad Furman, US, 2011) Marisa Tomei, Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Phillippe. 118min. Adequate adaptation of Michael Connelly thriller. Selected release. Little Dieter Needs to Fly (PG) ●●●●● (Werner Herzog, Germany/UK/France, 1997) 80min. Extraordinary documentary focussing on German immigrant, Vietnam veteran and former prisoner of war Dieter Dengler as he narrates his sufferings and offers up his tips for survival. Herzog contrasts Dengler’s narration with Vietnam-era military training videos, managing to capture the experience of war in all its solemn strangeness. CCA, Glasgow. Little White Lies (Les Petits Mouchoirs) (15) ●●●●● (Guillaume Canet, France, 2010) François Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Benoît Magimel. 154min. French actor/director Canet returns with this rather overstretched ensemble drama. A man lies in intensive care after a motorcycle accident. His friends decide they should still go ahead with their annual summer holiday, where tensions and resentments quickly surface. Selected release.
Live at the Met: Il Trovatore (E) (David McVicar, US, 2011) Marco Armiliato, Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick. Production of Verdi’s intense drama, beamed live from the Met Opera in New York. Selected release. Live at the Met: Die Walküre (E) (Robert LePage, US, 2011) Bryn Terfel, Deborah Voigt, James Levine. The Met’s 2010/11 season comes to a close with some Wagnerian melodrama, broadcast straight from NYC. Selected release. Living in Emergency (15) (Mark Hopkins, US, 2008) 93min. Documentary about the work of Doctors Without Borders in Liberia and the Congo. Glasgow Film Theatre.
✽✽ Love Like Poison (Un Poison Violent) (15) ●●●●l (Katell
Quillévéré, France, 2010) Clara Augarde, Lio, Michel Galabru. 92min. See review, page 53. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Mars Needs Moms 2D (PG) ●●●●● (Simon Wells, US, 2011) Voices of Seth Green, Dan Fogler, Joan Cusack. 87min. Animated comedy in which a boy gains a greater appreciation of his ol’ mum after aliens abduct her. Selected release. Meek’s Cutoff (PG) ●●●●● (Kelly Reichardt, US, 2010) Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Will Patton. 102min. Belonging to the slender sub strata of the Western genre previously only inhabited by Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man, Reichardt adopts the myth-making framework in order to empty it out from within: this is subversive, highly intelligent filmmaking which certainly warrants and rewards multiple viewings. Grosvenor, Glasgow. Moulin Rouge (12) ●●●●● (Baz Luhrmann, US, 2001) Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, Jim Broadbent. 108min. Luhrmann’s follow-up to Romeo & Juliet is a wildly unrestrained, gloriously camp, lewd as hell musical love story which is by turns either nauseating, annoying or awesome depending on your tolerance for gay spectacle. Paisley Arts Centre, Paisley. Mother Krause’s Journey to Happiness (PG) (Piel Jutzi, Germany, 1929) 114min. The most successful interwar film production of the German Communist Party. A fusion of melodramatic narrative and Soviet propaganda depicts the living conditions of the German proletariat, with insertions of documentary footage from Berlin’s working class neighbourhoods. With live piano accompaniment by Forrester Pyke. Part of The New Objectivity: Realism in Weimar Cinema season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Muppet Fairytales (U) (US, Various) 70min. Two classic tales told in the inimitable Muppet manner: The Frog Prince and The Elves and the Shoemaker. Part of Muppets, Music & Magic: Jim Henson's Legacy. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. My Afternoons with Margueritte (15) ●●●●● (Jean Becker, France, 2010) Gerard Depardieu, Gisele Casadesus. 82min. An elderly woman (Casadesus) bonds with an illiterate man (Depardieu) over a mutual love of pigeons and decides to tutor him by reading aloud extracts from her novels. Sweet and moving French drama from veteran filmmaker Becker (Conversations with My Gardener, One Deadly Summer). Cameo, Edinburgh; Macrobert, Stirling.
✽✽ My Dog Tulip (tbc) ●●●●● (Paul Fierlinger, Sandra Fierlinger, US,
2009) Voices of Christopher Plummer, Lynn Redgrave, Isabella Rossellini. 83min. See review, page 53. Glasgow Film Theatre. Never Let Go (PG) ●●●●● (John Guillermin, UK, 1960) Richard Todd, Peter Sellers, Elizabeth Sellars. 90min. When a man tracks down the thieves who stole his Ford Anglia, he uncovers a car-stealing ring operated by a vicious criminal in this grimy and brutal thriller. Part of Projecting the Archive. Filmhouse, Edinburgh.
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