list.co.uk/film Friday the 13th (18) (Sean S Cunningham, US, 1980) Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeanine Taylor. 95min. Precursor of a whole spate of slice’n’dice extravaganzas. Mad, dead and dangerous- to-know Jason goes on a spam-in-a-cabin frenzy. Dundead double bill with Friday the 13th Part II. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. Friday the 13th Part 2 (18) (Steve Miner, US, 1981) Betsy Palmer, Amy Steel, John Furey. 87min. Sequel set five years after the grisly murders at Camp Blood. Dundead double bill with Friday the 13th. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. Future of Hope (12) (Henry Bateman, UK/Iceland, 2010) 75min. This documentary examines how the collapse of Iceland’s banking system has encouraged a movement to reinvent the country’s society to be more transparent and sustainable. Glasgow Film Theatre. Future Shorts (E) (Various) 90min. This month the selection includes Amy Grappell’s documentary about polyamoury Quadrangle, Sam Taylor Wood’s Buzzcocks-inspired tale of young punk lover, Love You More, and Spike Jonze & Simon Cahn’s stop motion animation Mourir auprès de toi (To Die By Your Side). Inspace, Edinburgh. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (12A) ●●●●● (Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor, US/UAE, 2011) Nicolas Cage, Ciarán Hinds, Idris Elba. 95min. Cage returns as the skull-faced motorbiking spirit of vengeance in this action packed supernatural superhero sequel. General release. Godzilla (Gojira) (PG) (Ishirô Honda, Japan, 1954) Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada. 96min. The granddaddy of monster movies depicts the fears of a nation still reeling from nuclear attack. Glasgow Film Theatre. Goodbye First Love (Un Amour de Jeunesse) (15+) (Mia Hansen-Løve, France/Germany, 2011) Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Magne-Håvard Brekke. 110min. A tale of lingering and unforgettable first love, set across a period of eight years. Part of the Rendez-vous with French Cinema season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. GoodFellas (18) ●●●●● (Martin Scorsese, US, 1990) Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci. 145min. Liotta plays Henry Hill, a real-life mafioso, with De Niro as his mentor in crime. Scorsese asks: yes, it’s glamorous and lucrative to live this way, but can anyone really live with the consequences? Sloans, Glasgow. The Goonies (PG) ●●●●● (Richard Donner, US, 1985) Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen. 112min. Seven kids go in search of buried treasure and are hotly pursued by vicious villains vying for the loot. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness. The Gospel According to St Matthew (Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo) (U) (Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy/France, 1964) Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini. 137min. A depiction of the life of Jesus Christ. An innovative and anachronistic score comprising Bach and Billie Holiday sets this depiction of the much-told story apart. Chosen by artist Roger Ackling for the Ingleby film club and screening together with Ackling’s own short, Boat. Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh. Great Expectations (PG) ●●●●● (David Lean, UK, 1946) John Mills, Anthony Wager, Jean Simmons, Valerie Hobson, Alec Guinness, Martita Hunt, Finlay Currie. 118min. Lean’s adaptation of the Dickens novel remains cinema’s definitive version. Part of the Dickens on Screen season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Great White Silence (U) ●●●●● (Herbert 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. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Hadewijch (12A) ●●●●● (Bruno Dumont, France, 2009) Julie Sokolowski, Yassine Salime, Karl Sarafidis. 105min. A
twenty-year-old Catholic virgin and theology student is so excessively pious that her mother superior dismisses her from the convent. Elliptical, typically uncompromising drama patiently builds to a climax. Cameo, Edinburgh. Happy Feet Two (U) ●●●●● (George Miller, Australia, 2011) Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Hank Azaria. 103min. This sequel to the original sugary penguin animation follows Mumble’s son, Erik, as he tries to make his mark in the world. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. Hard Times (Tempos Difíceis) (PG) (João Botelho, Portugal/UK, 1988) Henrique Viana, Júlia Britton, Eunice Muñoz. 90min. This 1988 Dickens adaptation relocates the action to 1980s Portugal, shot in stark black and white. Introduced by Liz Hare. Part of the Dickens on Screen season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (12A) ●●●●● (David Yates, UK/US, 2011) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson. The end has arrived for Harry and happily the last installment really satisfies with its breakneck pacing, breathtaking set-pieces and a genuinely heart-warming ending. Glasgow Film Theatre. The Help (12A) ●●●●● (Tate Taylor, US/India/UAE, 2011) Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer. 146min. Follows one progressive young white woman as she befriends and records the experiences of abused black maids. Stone handles her role with a certain amount of warranted self effacement. Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh; Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow. House of Tolerance (18) (Bertrand Bonello, France, 2011) Hafsia Herzi, Céline Sallette, Jasmine Trinca. 122min. The final days of a fin-de-siècle brothel (or ‘house of tolerance’) in Paris, staffed by an elegant madame and frequented by highly vetted customers. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. How to Re-establish a Vodka Empire (tbc) (Daniel Edelstyn, UK/Ukraine, 2012) 75min. See Also Released, page 70. Selected release from Fri 16 Mar. Hubble (U) (Toni Myers, Canada, 2010) 44min. Leonardo Di Caprio narrates this 3D IMAX space adventure. IMAX Theatre, Glasgow. Hugo (PG) (Martin Scorsese, US, 2011) Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sacha Baron Cohen, Ray Winstone, Emily Mortimer, and Jude Law. 127min. A young orphan thief who becomes embroiled in a mystery involving a stolen key, a cryptic drawing and a mechanical man. Selected release. The Hunger Games (PG) (Gary Ross, US, 2012) Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth. tbcmin. See Also Released, page 70. General release from Fri 23 Mar. Hunky Dory (15) ●●●●● (Marc Evans, UK, 2011) Minnie Driver, Aneurin Barnard, Danielle Branch. 109min. See review, page 69. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre. I Just Didn’t Do It (Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai) (15) (Masayuki Suo, 2006) Ryo Kase, Asaka Seto, Kôji Yamamoto. 143min. When a man is accused of groping a woman on the train he is forced to sign a statement written by someone else. He must chose whether to settle out of court or fight the charges. Part of the Contemporary Japanese Auteurs season. Glasgow Film Theatre.
✽✽ I Was Born, But . . . (PG) ●●●●● (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan, 1932) Tatsuo Saito, Tomio Aoki, Hideo Sugawara. 89min. One of Ozu’s early works, this slow- paced silent film chronicles a family moving into a new home in a suburb of Tokyo. With live piano accompaniment from Forrester Pyke. Part of The Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness. If Not Us, Who? (Wer Wenn Nicht Wir?) (15) (Andres Veiel, Germany, 2011) August Diehl, Lena Lauzemis, Alexander Fehling. 124min. See Also Released, page 70. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. Il Divo (15) ●●●●● (Paolo Sorrentino, Italy, 2008) Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto,
Piera Degli Esposti. 117min. Darkly amusing and exhilarating political biopic about nonagenarian Italian PM Giulio Andreotti. Incident-packed drama is excellently anchored by Toni Servillo’s minimalist central performance. Double bill with The Consequences of Love. Cameo, Edinburgh.
✽✽ In Darkness (U) ●●●●● (Agnieszka Holland, Poland/Canada/
Germany, 2011) Robert Wieckiewicz, Bennu Fürmann. 145min. See review, page 68. Cameo, Edinburgh; Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee; Glasgow Film Theatre.
✽✽ In the Fields of Dreams (Unelma Karjamajalla) (15)
(Teuvo Tulio, Finland, 1940) Sirkka Salonen, Olga Tainio, Kaarlo Oksanen. 108min. Miss Europe 1938 stars as a farm girl who brews jealousy amongst her peers. Teuvo Tulio season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Inland Empire (15) ●●●●● (David Lynch, US, 2006) Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux. 180min. Lynch ventures into the excesses of split narrative, talking rabbits and an obscure storyline. Only die-hard Lynch fans will find merit in this tedious celluloid rune. Part of Into a World: The Films of David Lynch. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Into the Abyss (12A) (Werner Herzog, USA, 2011) Richard Lopez, Michael Perry, Damon Hall. 106min. Herzog explores a triple homicide case in Conroe, Texas in 2000 that led to the convictions of 2 teenagers. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (PG) (Don Siegel, US, 1956) Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates. 80min. Don Siegel’s anti-Communist propaganda was ranked ninth in the American Film Institute’s list of greatest sci-fi films. Part of the GFT’s Dark Days season. Glasgow Film Theatre. J Edgar (15) ●●●●● (Clint Eastwood, US, 2011) Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts. 137min. Biopic of
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former head of the FBI. This subject matter is handled sensitively, and the film is well acted but overall feels unfocused and lacking authority. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness. Jack and Jill (12) ●●●●● (Dennis Dugan, US, 2011) Adam Sandler, Katie Holmes, Al Pacino. 91min. Things go wrong for Jack (Sandler) when his sister Jill (also Sandler) visits. Even dedicated Sandler fans will choke on their popcorn at this witless atrocity. Selected release. Jewish Film Club (tbc) (Various) 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. Jodi Breakers (tbc) (Ashwini Chaudhary, India, 2012) Bipasha Basu, Madhavan, Omi Vaidya. Bollywood romcom. Odeon at the Quay, Glasgow; Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow. Joe Satriani: Satchurated (tbc) (Francois Lamoureux, Pierre Lamoureux, Canada, 2012) 120min. Concert film recorded on the innovative guitarist’s The Wormhole Tour at the Metropolis in Montreal. Selected screenings on Tue 6 Mar. John Carter (12A) (Andrew Stanton, US, 2012) Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe. 133min. See Also Released, page 70. General release from Fri 9 Mar. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG) (Brad Peyton, US, 2012) Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine. 94min. Action, adventure and angry lizards in this sort-of sequel to 2008’s Journey to the Center of the Earth. General release.
✽✽ The Keystone Connection (no cert) Rare silent classics from the
Keystone Studios. Introduced by film collector and broadcaster David Wyatt and accompanied by pianist Stephen Horne. Part of the Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness.
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