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Films screening in the next four weeks are listed below with certificate, star rating, credits, brief review and venue details. See list.co.uk for the most up-to- date list of films screening. Film index is compiled by Paul Dale and Laura Ennor. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner (15) ●●●●● (Zacharias Kunuk, Canada, 2001) Natar Ungalaq, Eugene Ipkarnak, Peter Henry Arnatsiaq. 172min. This remarkable and singularly beautiful film is the first to be performed entirely in the Inuit language. When an unknown shaman puts an evil spell on a group of nomadic Inuit living off the Canadian Arctic it takes 20 years before two brothers emerge to challenge the evil order. Part of Environmental Dialogues season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Avan Ivan (TBC) (Bala, India, 2010) Surya Sivakumar, Arya, Singampuli. 125min. Light hearted Tamil language comedy about mischevious siblings. Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow. Bad Teacher (15) ●●●●● (Jake Kasdan, US, 2011) Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Justin Timberlake. 91min. A foul- mouthed young teacher (Diaz) causes chaos when she tries to seduce a colleague. Directed by Kasdan (Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox Story). General release. ✽✽ Bal (Honey) (PG) ●●●●● (Semih Kaplanoglu, Turkey, 2010) Bora Altas, Erdal Besikçioglu, Tülin Özen. 103min. See Also Released, page 64. Glasgow Film Theatre. The Beaver (12A) ●●●●● (Jodie Foster, US, 2011) Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin. 91min. After an accident, Walter (Gibson) believes that a beaver hand puppet is an extension of his personality, able to voice what he feels and maybe turn things around. Some genuinely funny
Deep End
Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski’s not-so-swinging sex comedy set in London at the tail end of the 1960s is given a new lease of life in a new digital print. One of the great, almost forgotten films of the period, Deep End is well worth running into. See feature, page 25. ■ Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Mon 27-Thu 30 Jun.
moments and a committed performance from Gibson really sell the idea. Selected release. Black Swan (15) ●●●●● (Darren Aronofsky, US, 2010) Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis. 107min. Aronofsky’s follow-up to The Wrestler is an intense and gripping portrayal of psychological meltdown. Young ballerina Nina (Portman) finds herself
thrown into a maelstrom of conflict, backstabbing and mental manipulation when she is cast as both the white and black swans in a lavish production of Swan Lake. Dark and powerful. Brunton Theatre, Edinburgh. ✽✽ Bobby Fischer Against the World (12A) ●●●●● (Liz Garbus, US/UK/Iceland, 2011) 93min. See review,
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page 61. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. ✽✽ Bridesmaids (15) ●●●●● (Paul Feig, US, 2011) Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne. 125min. When her newly-engaged best friend Lillian (Rudolph) asks her to be chief bridesmaid, Annie (Wiig) is delighted, until she meets Lillian’s new best friend; a beautiful, rich bitch. The cast list overflows with comedy talent and the jokes are very funny. General release. Carla’s Song (15) ●●●●● (Ken Loach, UK, 1996) Robert Carlyle, Oyanka Cabezas, Scott Glenn. 127min. Carlyle plays Glaswegian bus driver George, who gives up everything to help refugee Carla return to Nicaragua and find her boyfriend. The love story aspect of the first (Scottish) half of the film is its strongest point; the revelations in central America don’t hold surprises nor does the director seem totally at home with the ‘action’ elements. Carlyle, however, is excellent – mildly tough and totally charming. Macrobert, Stirling. ✽✽ Cell 211 (18) ●●●●● (Daniel Monzón, Spain/France, 2009) Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann, Antonio Resines. 113min. See review, page 61. General release. Children of Paradise (E) (José Martinez, France, 2011) 144min. Magical ballet set in 19th-century Paris, broadcast live from the Paris Opera Ballet. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. Comradeship (Kameradschaft) (12A) ●●●●● (GW Pabst, Germany/France, 1931) Alexander Granach, Fritz Kampers, Ernst Busch. 93min. A film about solidarity as German miners go to the aid of their French counterparts. Part of New Objectivity: Realism in Weimar Cinema season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Conspirator (12A) ●●●●● (Robert Redford, US, 2010) James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Kevin Kline. 122min. See review, page 64. General release.
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