Film INDEX
Gallivant (15) ●●●●● (Andrew Kotting, UK, 1996) Gladys Morris, Eden Kotting. 104min. Director Kotting takes his grandmother and daughter around the entire coast of mainline Britain, catching various eccentrics en route and charting a growing relationship across the generation gap. Villages and seascapes whiz by at high speed as Kotting concentrates on the mundane and the incidental, but allows a delicious sense of silliness to perk up interest. CCA, Glasgow. Gone With the Wind (PG) ●●●●● (Victor Fleming, US, 1939) Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard. 220min. This new print has restored the original colour to the classic, 53-year-old tale that brings alive the era of the civil war through gripping narrative and characterisation, remaining faithful to Margaret Mitchell’s powerful novel. Eastwood Park Theatre, Glasgow; DCA, Dundee. GoodFellas (18) ●●●●● (Martin Scorsese, US, 1990) Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino. 145min. While the bullets, fists and carving knives fly, Scorsese brings us back to that unavoidable question – yes, it’s glamorous and lucrative to live this way, but can anyone really live with the consequences? Glasgow Film Theatre. The Great Escape (PG) ●●●●● (John Sturges, US, 1962) Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough. 173min. The classic WWII escape drama, featuring a fine ensemble cast trying to get out of the Nazi stalag. Glasgow Film Theatre. The Great White Silence (U) ●●●●● (Herbert G Ponting, UK, 1924) 108min. This documentary follows the fateful British Antarctic Expedition led by Captain Scott, filmed by official photographer Herbert Ponting and now restored by the BFI National Archive. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; DCA, Dundee. Green Lantern (tbc) (Martin Campbell, US, 2011) Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Mark Strong. Summer superhero blockbuster as Reynolds is bestowed the power of the Green Lantern in this sci-fi action romp. General release. Gulliver’s Travels 2D (PG) ●●●●● (Rob Letterman, US, 2010) Jack Black, Jason Segel, Chris O’Dowd. 87min. Tiresome ageing man-child Black plays himself in this film that doesn’t so much deviate from Swift’s landmark work of satire as transform it into a flimsy piece of pop culture-obsessed fluff that is unfunny and lacking cohesion. Glasgow Film Theatre. Half Moon (Niwemang) (15) ●●●●● (Bahman Ghobadi, Austria/France/Iraq/Iran, 2006) Golshifteh Farahani, Ismail Ghaffari, Hedye Tehrani. 114min. Celebrated Kurdish filmmaker Ghobadi’s new film is the moving story of an aged Kurdish musician’s attempt to leave Iran and play one last concert in his homeland of Iraqi Kurdistan. Powerful, bleak and full of double meaning and suggestion, Ghobadi proves that he has lost none of the lyricism exhibited in his brilliant earlier films. Part of Journeys of Courage season. Glasgow Film Theatre. Hall Pass (15) ●●●●● (Bobby Farrelly/Peter Farrelly, US, 2011) Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Jenna Fischer. 105min. The Farrelly brothers take on wife- sanctioned adultery in their latest crude sex comedy. Macrobert, Stirling. The Hangover Part II (15) ●●●●● (Todd Phillips, US, 2011) Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Jamie Chung. 101min. Hair of the dog anyone? Those bad boys from The Hangover head to Thailand for more rum, sodomy and the lash. Reviewed in full at list.co.uk General release. Hanna (12A) ●●●●● (Joe Wright, US, 2011) Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett. 111min. The story of the eponymous 16 year-old (Ronan), trained in the arts of combat and survival by her ex- CIA father (Bana). It mutates into a chase movie, but really this is a coming-of-age story, and one of the strangest you’re ever likely to see. General release. Heartbeats (Les Amours imaginaires) (15) ●●●●● (Xavier 90 THE LIST 26 May–23 Jun 2011
Dolan, Canada, 2010) Monia Chokri, Niels Schneider, Xavier Dolan. 100min. The story of best friends who both fall in love with a beautiful newcomer. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre; DCA, Dundee. Hell on Wheels (Höllentour) (PG) (Pepe Danquart/Werner Schweizer, Germany, 2005) 123min. Up close and personal account of the 2003 Tour de France, focusing on the German team with a little sensationalism and a lot of admiration. Macrobert, Stirling. Honey 2 (12A) (Bille Woodruff, US, 2011) Katerina Graham, Audrina Patridge, Mario López. 110min. See Also Released, page 86. General release. 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. Selected release. How I Ended This Summer (Kak ya provyol etim letom) (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. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness. I Am Number Four (12A) ●●●●● (DJ Caruso, US, 2011) Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer. 109min. Action-packed thriller based on the book by Pittacus Lore about a young man, John Smith (Pettyfer), who is a fugitive on the run from ruthless enemies sent to destroy him. Decent enough adventure thriller for younger viewers. Macrobert, Stirling. I Killed My Mother (15) ●●●●● (Xavier Dolan, Canada, 2009) Anne Dorval, Xavier Dolan, Francois Arnaud. 95min. Directing debut from 20-year-old acting prodigy Dolan, in which he stars as a young man with a turbulent relationship to his mother. DCA, Dundee. In a Lonely Place (PG) ●●●●● (Nicholas Ray, US, 1950) Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Martha Stewart. 94min. This restoration of a classic film noir shows Bogart in one of his most impressive roles, and the suspense will keep you pegged until the very end. Filmhouse, Edinburgh.
✽✽ Incendies (15) ●●●●● (Denis Villeneuve, Canada/France, 2010)
Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette. 130min. Set in the Middle East and dramatising an endless cycle of violence and retribution, this slow-burning detective story dispenses with large chunks of dialogue from the very talky play and replaces them with a series of striking and very cinematic images. Selected release from Fri 24 Jun.
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In This World (15) ●●●●● (Michael Winterbottom, UK, 2003) Jabal Udin Torabi, Enayatullah. 88min. Twelve-year- old Jamal and his cousin Enayatulla set out from the infamous Shamshatsoo refugee camp in Pakistan for London. Their lives are in the hands of the people smugglers. Elements of correspondence commentary are mixed up with nauseating naturalism, but the sense of genuine fear is so immediate one is never in doubt of the importance of the work. CCA, Glasgow. Insidious (15) ●●●●● (James Wan, US, 2010) Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins. 102min. An obvious homage to Poltergeist that delivers a solid dose of horror before exploding into a wild ride of demons, phantoms and phantasms. General 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. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness; DCA, Dundee. Jewish Film Club: Keeping the Kibbutz (E) (Ben Crosbie/Tessa Moran, US/Israel, 2010) 54min. Documentary about the challenges and changes faced by the kibbutz community. CCA, Glasgow. Jig (PG) ●●●●● (Sue Bourne, UK, 2011) 97min. Though undoubtedly a work of intense research and hard work, this documentary about the Irish dancing World Championships lacks context and conflict and drags when it ought to have you rooting for the winners. Glasgow Film Theatre. Julia’s Eyes (Los Ojos de Julia) (15) ●●●●● (Guillem Morales, Spain, 2010) Belén Rueda, Lluís Homar, Pablo Derqui. 112min. A woman investigates the death of her twin sister while slowly losing her sight. Produced by Guillermo del Toro. Reviewed in full at list.co.uk. Selected release. Jumping the Broom (tbc) (Salim Akil, US, 2011) Angela Bassett, Paula Patton, Laz Alonso. 112min. Two African- American families from different economic backgrounds come together for a wedding at Martha’s Vineyard. General release. Justin Bieber: Never Say Never 2D (U) ●●●●● (Jon Chu, US, 2011) Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Jaden Smith. 105min. Teen phenomenon’s tedious tour documentary. Macrobert, Stirling.
✽✽ Kaboom (15) ●●●●● (Gregg Araki, US/France, 2010) Thomas
Dekker, Haley Bennett, Chris Zylka. 86min. See review, page 86. Selected release from Fri 10 Jun. Knock on Any Door (PG) ●●●●● (Nicholas Ray, US, 1949) Humphrey
Don’t miss this brief chance to see the restored print of Herbert Ponting’s remarkable 1924 documentary record of the early stages of Captain Scott’s ill-fated 1912 race to the South Pole. Painstakingly cleaned up using digital techniques, and with a new score by composer Simon Fisher Turner, the film is an archival wonder. ■ Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Fri 3–Wed 8 Jun.
Bogart, John Derek, George Macready. 100min. Bogart launched his own production company, Santana, with this tautly-crafted melodrama about an attorney persuaded to represent an underprivileged teen who’s charged with murder. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Kung Fu Panda 2 (PG) ●●●●● (Mark Osborne/John Stevenson, USA, 2008) Voices of Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Angelina Jolie. 91min. See Also Released, page 86. General release. La Boheme (PG) ●●●●● (Robert Dornheim, Austria/Germany, 2008) Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon, George Von Bergen. 114min. Decent film version of classic opera. Macrobert, Stirling. 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. Macrobert, Stirling. The Last Resort (15) ●●●●● (Pawel Pawlikowski, UK, 2001) Dina Korzun, Paddy Considine. 76min. In a rundown seaside resort on England’s south coast that resembles a Siberian concentration camp, refugees seeking shelter in Britain are held at the Government’s pleasure, facing interminable imprisonment or eventual deportation. Into this shameful xenophobic mess blunders Tanya, a young woman arriving from Moscow with her ten-year-old son. This is tough, politicised cinema, reminiscent of the waking nightmares of Orwell and Kafta. Part of Journeys of Courage season. Glasgow Film Theatre. Laputa: Castles in the Sky (PG) ●●●●● (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, 1986) 124min. Rollercoaster animated adventure set in a 19th-century fantasy world concerning two children on a quest to discover the legendary flying castle of Laputa. DCA, Dundee. Leith Short Film Festival (E) (Various) 90min. A selection of local and international shorts ranging from documentaries to thrillers. The Granary, Edinburgh.
✽✽ Life, Above All (12A) ●●●●● (Oliver Schmitz, South
Africa/Germany, 2010) Khomotso Manyaka, Keaobaka Makanyane, Harriet Lenabe. 105min. See Also Released, page 86. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre. Life in a Day (12A) ●●●●● (Kevin Macdonald, US, 2011) 95min. See review, page 83. Selected release. 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 sprawling 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. Alongside some enjoyable comic moments the real strength of this film lies in the performances. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness. Living in Emergency (15) (Mark Hopkins, US, 2008) 93min. Documentary about Doctors Without Borders in Liberia and the Congo. Macrobert, Stirling. London International Animation Festival Screening (U) (Various) 66min. A programme of short animation for all the family. Macrobert, Stirling. Love Like Poison (Un poison violent) (15) ●●●●● (Katell Quillévéré, France, 2010) Clara Augarde, Lio, Michel Galabru. 92min. Anna (Augarde) has come home from boarding school for the holidays to find that her home life in a small town in Brittany has been turned on its head. A confident depiction of the conflicting emotions of a young teenager. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre; DCA, Dundee. Made in Dagenham (15) ●●●●● (Nigel Cole, UK, 2010) Sally Hawkins, Miranda Richardson, Rosamund Pike. 112min. Entertaining crowd-pleaser made in the mould of British comic dramas such as director Nigel Cole’s other feature