Film INDEX
Dersu Uzala (U) ●●●●● (Akira Kurosawa, Japan/USSR, 1975) Maksim Munzak, Yuri Solo. Unusual project for Kurosawa, who went to Russia due to lack of work in his native country. The film is beautifully shot, especially the eerie Siberian landscapes, but the plot — concerning the meeting between a ‘civilised’ Russian military captain and a ‘primitive’ Oriental trapper — smacks of simplistic Mosfilm party line. Introduced by writer and editor Mitch Miller. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow.
✽✽ The Descendants (15) (Alexander Payne, US, 2011) George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller. 115min. When his wife is seriously injured during a boating trip with her lover, an Hawaiian land baron takes his daughters on a trip to confront her beau. See review, page 64. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow; Cameo, Edinburgh. Don 2 (12A) (Farhan Akhtar, India, 2011) Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Om Puri. Moving from Kuala Lumpur to Berlin, Don must evade assassination and arrest in his quest to conquer the European underworld. Selected release. Dreams of a Life (12A) ●●●●● (Carol Morley, UK, 2011) Zawe Ashton, Neelam Bakshi, Jonathan Harden. 95min. After Joyce Vincent died in her North London bedsit, her body lay undiscovered for three years. Filmmaker Morley sets out to learn about this little-known woman in a film which speaks volumes about the profound mysteries of other peoples’ lives. Selected release. Drop Dead Gorgeous (15) (Michael Patrick Jann, US/Germany, 1999) Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards, Ellen Barkin. 97min. This mock-doc of a teen beauty pageant shows the ugly (and deadly) side of the competition as a former winner tries to ensure her daughter follows her footsteps. Brash, loud and funny. Lock Up Your Daughters screening, introduced by a
special guest. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow. Even Dwarfs Started Small (PG) (Werner Herzog, Germany, 1970) Helmut Doring, Gerd Gickel, Paul Glauer. 96min. Herzog’s brilliantly bizarre parable about a remote penal colony inhabited by dwarfs, who stage a revolution in the prison warden’s absence. This has to be seen to be believed, unmissable. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow. 50/50 (15) ●●●●● (Jonathan Levine, US, 2011) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick. 99min. Adam (Gordon-Levitt) is diagnosed with a spinal tumour but finds he can pour out his emotions to trainee therapist Katherine (Kendrick). The Wackness director Levine treats cancer with respect but also manages to make one of the funniest and most human films of the year. macrobert, Stirling; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Fitzcarraldo (15) ●●●●● (Werner Herzog, Peru/West Germany, 1982) Klaus Kinski, Jose Lewgoy, Claudia Cardinale. 158min. At the turn of the century, an eccentric Irish rubber baron, known to the natives as Fitzcarraldo, decides to build an opera house in the Peruvian jungle. To this end, his massive steamship has to be hauled over a mountain, resulting in a determinedly realistic South American odyssey that proved punishing for director, star, and the unfortunate hordes sucked into making their dreams a reality. But the result is damned impressive. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow.
✽✽ Fortune Teller (E) (Xu Tong, China, 2010) 157min. Documentary
about a charismatic fortune teller who suffers various hardships as he practises his technically illegal but nonetheless widespread trade and cares for his deaf and dumb wife. See caption, page 43. Part of Takeaway China. CCA, Glasgow.
✽✽ Fujian Blue (Jin bi hui huang) (tbc) (Weng Shou Ming, China, 2007)
Liu Haochen, Luo Jin, Chen Shu. 90min. Drama set in China’s Fujian province, one of the first to open its doors to the rest of the world in the 1980s, in which youths film wealthy ‘remittance widows’ in trysts with their lovers and then blackmail the women to fuel their wild nightlife. See caption, page 43. Part of Takeaway China. Gilmorehill Centre, Glasgow. Future Shorts (E) (Various, Various) 90min. An international initiative offering a monthly showcase of the finest short films from around the world, now expanding to include what it is hoped will be a regular event in Glasgow. Programme highlights include the Oscar-winner God of Love, BAFTA-winning The Eagleman Stag and Sundance-winner Deeper Than Yesterday. CCA, Glasgow. 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. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The General (U) (Clyde Bruckman/Buster Keaton, US, 1926) Buster Keaton, Glen Cavender, Marion Mack. 107min. A luckless engineer is caught up in a Civil War struggle in which he must fight to get both his favourite locomotive and his favourite girl back. Cameo, Edinburgh. Ghostbusters (PG) ●●●●● (Ivan Reitman, US, 1984) Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, Dan Aykroyd. 105min. Three wacky unemployed parapsychologists pursue a little private enterprise as exterminators in spook-infested New York. The movie is very of its time but still an enjoyably dated comedy. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow.
✽✽ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (18) ●●●●● (David Fincher,
US/Sweden/UK/Germany, 2011) Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Stellan Skarsgård. 157min. David Fincher’s adaptation of the bestselling Swedish book trilogy follows a journalist and a hacker on the trail of a woman who’s been missing for 40 years. General release. The Gold Rush (U) (Charles Chaplin, US, 1925) Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray. 95min. Chaplin’s classic comedy feature. Shoe eating never seemed so tempting. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow. Goon (tbc) (Michael Dowse, US/Canada, 2011) Alison Pill, Jay Baruchel, Seann William Scott. A bouncer turns around an underperforming semi-pro hockey team, beating the odds and the opposition. General release from Fri 6 Jan. Grease (PG) ●●●●● (Randal Kleiser, US, 1978) John Travolta, Olivia Newton John, Stockard Channing. 110min. Over 30 years on, Grease is still the word, and still the way we are feeling. Eastwood Park Theatre, Glasgow. The Great White Silence (U) ●●●●● (Herbert G Ponting, UK, 1924) 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; Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow. The Grey (tbc) (Joe Carnahan, US, 2012) Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo. An oil drilling team is stranded in Alaska following a plane crash. Then a pack of hungry wolves decides to attack. General release from Fri 27 Jan.
✽✽ Gu Nainai (Madame) (tbc) (Qiu Jiongjiong, China, 2010) 120min.
Stark black and white documentary on the last year of Madame Bi Langda, a legendary Chinese drag singer. See caption,
CINEMA INFORMATION
GLASGOW CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street. 0141 352 4900. cca-glasgow.com Prices vary (free–£6).
Cineworld Parkhead Forge Shopping Centre, 1221 Gallowgate. 0871 200 2000. cineworld.co.uk £6.40–£7 (£4.80–£5.20; family ticket £20.40); 3D supplement £2.10 (£1.50); glasses 80p per pair. Off peak prices Mon–Thu before 5pm. Cineworld Renfrew Street 7 Renfrew Street. 0871 200 2000. cineworld.co.uk £6.90–£8.30 (£5.70; family ticket £22–£23.40); 3D supplement £2.10 (£1.50); glasses 80p per pair. Off peak prices Mon–Thu before 5pm and Fri–Sun before noon.
Eastwood Park Theatre Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock. 0141 577 4970. £4.50 (£3.50). Empire Clyde Regional Centre, 23 Britannia Way. 0871 471 4714. empirecinemas.co.uk £5.20–£6.75 (£5; family ticket £20); 3D supplement
£1.50. Off peak prices Mon–Thu before 5pm; SaverDay Tuesday £3.95. Glasgow Film Theatre 12 Rose Street. 0141 332 6535. glasgowfilm.org/theatre £7 (£5.50).
Gilmorehill Centre 9 University Avenue, University of Glasgow. gla.ac.uk Free. Screenings at this venue are part of the Takeaway China festival organised by Ricefield Cultural Centre, call 0141 548 6978 or email info@ricefield.org.uk to book. Grosvenor Ashton Lane, Hillhead. 0845 166 6002. grosvenorcafe.co.uk/ cinema £5–£7.75 (£4–£6; sofa seats £15–£30). Various peak and off peak prices throughout the week.
IMAX Theatre Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay. 0141 420 5000. gsc.org.uk/imax Feature films £9.95 (£7.95); IMAX science films: add £2.50 to Science Mall admission. Odeon at the Quay Springfield Quay, Paisley Road. 0871 22 44 007. odeon.co.uk £7.20–£8.60 (£5.05–£6.45; family ticket
£20.20–£23.80); 3D supplement £2 (£1.60); glasses £1 per pair. Off peak prices Mon–Thu before 5pm. Odeon Braehead X-scape, Kings Inch Road. 0871 2244 007. odeon.co.uk £7.30–£8.60 (£5.40–£7; family ticket £21.60–£25.60); 3D supplement £2 (£1.60); glasses £1 per pair. Off peak prices Mon–Thu before 5pm.
Showcase Cinema Barrbridge Leisure Centre, Coatbridge. 0871 220 1000. showcasecinemas.co.uk £6.40–£7.70 (£5.55); 3D supplement £2; glasses £1 per pair. Off peak prices before noon. Showcase Cinema Griffin Avenue, Phoenix Business Park, Paisley. 0871 220 1000. showcasecinemas.co.uk £6.30–£7.70 (£5.65); 3D supplement £2; glasses £1 per pair. Off peak prices Mon–Fri before 6pm; Sat & Sun before noon.
Sloans 62 Argyle Arcade, 108 Argyle Street. 0141 221 8886. sloansglasgow.com/ eatfilm Free.
Tramway 25 Albert Drive. 0845 330 3501. tramway.org £4.50 (£3.50).
EDINBURGH Cameo 38 Home Street. 0871 902 5723. picturehouses.co.uk £5.30–£7.30 (£2–£5.80). Sunday double bills £7.30 (concessions £5.80; members free).Off peak price Tue–Fri before 5pm, all late shows and all day Mon; Wed first screening £2 for concessions.
Cineworld Fountainpark Fountain Park, 130/3 Dundee Street. 0871 200 2000. cineworld.co.uk £7.10–£8.30 (£5.40; family ticket £22.60); 3D supplement £2.10 (£1.50); glasses 80p per pair. Off peak prices Mon–Fri before 5pm.
Dominion 18 Newbattle Terrace. 0131 447 4771. dominioncinemas.net £6–£10.90 (£4.60–£7.90; seniors discount Sun–Thu only). Off peak prices before 6pm. Filmhouse 88 Lothian Road. 0131 228 2688. filmhousecinema.com £5.60–£7.50 (£2.60–£5.50). Off peak prices Mon–Fri before 5pm
(extra discount on Fri). Ingleby Gallery 15 Calton Road. 0131 556 4441. inglebygallery.com Free screening, but booking essential via film@inglebygallery.com.
Odeon 118 Lothian Road. 0871 22 44 007. odeon.co.uk £7.50–£8.85 (£5.65–£6.90; family ticket £22–£26); 3D supplement £2 (£1.60); glasses £1 per pair. Off peak prices Mon–Thu before 5pm. Odeon Wester Hailes 120 Wester Hailes Road, Westside Plaza. 0871 22 44 007. odeon.co.uk £6.60–£7.85 (£4.75–£6; family ticket £19.80–£23.40); premier seat upgrade £1.10 (family £4.40); 3D supplement £2 (£1.60); glasses £1 per pair. Off peak prices Mon–Thu before 5pm.
Scotsman Screening Room Scotsman Hotel, 20 North Bridge. 0131 556 5565. scotsmanscreenings.com Film only £10. Meal packages £39. Deluxe gourmet Christmas packages available for selected screenings. Vue Ocean Ocean Terminal, Ocean Drive, Victoria Dock, Leith. 0871 224 0240.
myvue.com £5.95–£8.40 (£4.50–£6.25; family ticket £18–£25); 3D supplement £2.60 (£1.95). Off peak prices all day Mon–Thu and Fri before 5pm (extra discounts Mon–Thu before 5pm). Vue Omni Omni, Greenside. 0871 224 0240. myvue.com £5.95–£8.40 (£4.50–£6.25; family ticket £18–£25); 3D supplement £2.60 (£1.95). Off peak prices all day Mon–Thu and Fri before 5pm (extra discounts Mon–Thu before 5pm).
OTHER INDEPENDENTS The Hippodrome 10 Hope Street, Bo'ness. 01324 506850. falkirk.gov.uk/ hippodrome £5.55 (£4.25; family ticket £15.20).
Macrobert University of Stirling, Stirling. 01786 466666. macrobert.org £4.75–£5.75 (£4.25–£5.25). Off peak prices before 6pm. Dundee Contemporary Arts Nethergate, Dundee. 01382 909900. dca.org.uk £5–£6.50 (£4). Off peak prices before 5pm (extra discounts Mon–Thu).
68 THE LIST 5 Jan–2 Feb 2012