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laughable with the moments of electrifying fear. Part of Into a World: The Films of David Lynch. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Muppets (U) ●●●●● (James Bobin, US, 2011) Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper. 103min. When Muppet fans Gary, his girlfriend Mary and brother Walter (a puppet) learn of plans to demolish the Muppet theatre, it’s time to reunite the original cast. Guest stars, self-referential humour and old-school bonhomie raise a smile. Discovery Family Film Club screenings. General release. The Muppets Take Manhattan (U) (Frank Oz, US, 1984) Jim Henson, Frank Oz. 94min. The Muppets try to break into Broadway with their college show. Amusing use of New York locations and guest appearances mark this out as superior fun for the family. Glasgow Film Theatre. My Reincarnation (12A) (Jennifer Fox, Various, 2011) 82min. Shot over 20 years, this follows the Tibetan Master as he tries to persuade his western-born son to keep the family’s spiritual legacy alive. Followed by a Q&A with director Jennifer Fox. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. My Week with Marilyn (PG) ●●●●● (Simon Curtis, UK, 2011) Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh. 101min. This adaptation of Colin Clark’s memoirs from the set of The Prince and the Showgirl focuses on the one week he spent with Marilyn Monroe (Williams). The Hippodrome, Bo’ness. Mystery of Edwin Drood (PG) (Stuart Walker, US, 1935) Claude Rains, Douglass Montgomery. 87min. Adaptation of Dickens’ final, unfinished novel focuses on a murder investigation. Introduced by Liz Hare. Part of the Dickens on Screen season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Naachle London (PG) (Neville Raschid, UK, 2012) Sofia Hayat, Raj Ghatak. ‘BollyBrit’ drama about British Asians competing in a dance festival at the London Mela. Odeon at the Quay, Glasgow; Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow. Negativnights (no cert) Experimental film works by various artists, distorting the usual tropes of narrative and meaning. Screenings followed by discussion with the artists. Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh.
✽✽ New Found Sound (U) (Various, UK) 75min. Secondary school pupils
from the Falkirk Council present new scores to accompany some rare silent films selected from the Scottish Screen Archive. Part of the Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness. A Night at the Opera (PG) ●●●●● (Sam Wood, US, 1935) The Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont, Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones, Walter Woolf King. 96min. The Brothers (minus Zeppo) were at the height of their comic powers when they made this masterpiece. Double bill with A Day at the Races. Glasgow Film Theatre.
✽✽ Night Train (Pociag) (12) (Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Poland, 1959) Lucyna
Winnicka, Leon Niemczyk, Teresa Szmigielówna. 99min. This Polish Hitchcockian thriller follows two people on the run, one of whom may be a murderer. Part of the touring KINOTEKA Polish Film Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Nine Muses (tbc) (John Akomfrah, Ghana/UK, 2010) 90min. Experimental film combining archive imagery with Alaskan landscape footage to examine experience of immigrants to the UK since the 1960s. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. NT Live: She Stoops to Conquer (E) (Jamie Lloyd, UK, 2012) David Fynn, Harry Hadden-Paton, John Heffernan. A man attempts to set his daughter up with the son of an old pal, only to find mistaken identity and misdemeanour all around. New production of Oliver Goldsmith’s comedy broadcast live from the National Theatre. Selected screenings on Thu 29 Mar. NT Live: The Comedy of Errors (E) (Dominic Cooke, UK, 2012) Lenny Henry, Chris Jarman, Lucian Msamati. Lenny Henry stars in the National Theatre’s version of Shakespeare’s comedy of two sets of twins and many cases of mistaken identity. Selected screenings on Thu 1 Mar. Oliver Twist (U) (Frank Lloyd, US, 1922) Jackie Coogan, James A Marcus.
Fashion In Film Festival
The Fashion in Film Festival comes to Glasgow for a weekend of cinema showcasing films where spectacular costumes and elaborate styling take centre stage. Highlights include a newly restored version of La Danseuse Orchidée (a lavish example of silent European melodrama) and Dreams of Darkness and Colour, a collection of silent films about journeys into darkness with live piano accompaniment. There’s also the Kinoscope Parlour in the GFT foyer – three peepshow machines playing dance and trick films from the early days of cinema. ■ GFT, Glasgow, Fri 16-Sun 18 Mar
74min. Once thought lost, this film was rediscovered in Yugoslavia in the 1970s and features Lon Chaney donning one of his thousand faces. Part of the Dickens on Screen season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Oliver Twist (U) ●●●●● (David Lean, UK, 1948) Alec Guinness, Robert Newton, Kay Walsh. 116min. A classic screen version of the Dickens’ novel. Instead of making it a light children’s story (as in the musical version), Lean taps into the darker side and captures it all in crisp black-and- white images which still look superb. Part of the Dickens on Screen season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh.
✽✽ Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da) (15)
●●●●● (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011) Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan,Taner Birsel. 157min. See review, page 69. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. One For the Money (12A) (Julie Anne Robinson, US, 2012) Katherine Heigl, Jason O’Mara, Daniel Sunjata. 106min. Romcom as a newly unemployed Heigl sets herself up as a bounty hunter, based on the book by Janet Evanovich. General release.
✽✽ The Orchid Dancer (La Danseuse Orchidée) (U) (Léonce
Perret, France, 1928) Louise Lagrange, Ricardo Cortez, Xenia Desni. 120min. Expressing post-war cultural internationalism, this silent film follows the mysterious Orchid and the man who loves her. Part of Fashion in Film: Birds of Paradise. Glasgow Film Theatre. Ordet (The Word) (12A) (Carl Theodor Dreyer, Denmark, 1955) Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen, Preben Lerdorff Rye. 126min. See Also Released, page 70. Part of the Filmhouse’s Carl Dreyer season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Page One: Inside the New York Times (15) ●●●●● (Andrew Rossi, US, 2011) David Carr, Carl Bernstein, Bruce Headlam. Page One covers a year at the New York Times, as the paper is challenged by online competitors and slumping revenue. The film focuses more on personalities than on matters of finance and ownership, leaving important questions unanswered. Double bill with Tabloid. Cameo, Edinburgh. Patience (After Sebald) (12A) (Grant Gee, UK, 2012) 90min. Explores the work of writer WG Max Sebald and features
contributions from contemporary writers. Followed by Q&A with producer Gareth Evans. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Payback Season (12A) (Danny Donnelly, UK, 2012) Adam Deacon, Anna Popplewell, Nicola Posener. tbc min. See Also Released, page 70. Selected release from Fri 9 Mar. The Pickwick Papers (U) (Noel Langley, UK, 1952) James Hayter, James Donald, Nigel Patrick. 109min. Dickens’ classic dispatches Mr Pickwick and his friends across England where they keep bumping into the troublesome Mr Jingle. Part of the Dickens on Screen season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh.
✽✽ Pink Narcissus (18) (Don Brooks, Bobby Kendall, US, 1971) James
Bidgood. 71min. Photographer Bidgood made this in his bedroom over seven years. A series of homoerotic fantasies, it was not edited by the director himself who lost control of his footage in the 1970s. Introduced by writer Michael Gillespie. Part of Fashion in Film: Birds of Paradise. Glasgow Film Theatre. Play On (tbc) (David Story, US, 2010) Adam Gray-Hayward, Gillian Dodds. 99min. A young rugby-playing Scot in America sets out to earn fame and fortune. A special charity screening with special guest appearances by Gavin Hastings and other Scottish rugby legends, organised by the Eric Liddell Centre in Mornginside to mark the 110th anniversary of Eric Liddell’s birth. Dominion, Edinburgh. The Princess Bride (PG) ●●●●● (Rob Reiner, US, 1987) Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin. 99min. William Goldman’s heavily ironic fairy tale is given a spirited treatment by the director of Stand By Me. Sloans, Glasgow. Project X (18) (Nima Nourizadeh, US, 2012) Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown. 88min. See Also Released, page 70. General release from Fri 2 Mar. Rampart (15) ●●●●● (Oren Moverman, USA, 2011) Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Sigourney Weaver, Steve Buscemi. 108min. Dave Brown (Harrelson) is a racist, bigoted cop in the Rampart division of the LAPD, whose life goes out of control when he’s caught on video beating a suspect. Compelling, but could’ve been even better. Selected release.
INDEX Film
The Raven (15) ●●●●● (James McTeigue, US, 2012) John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans. 111min. See review, page 68. General release from Fri 9 Mar. Red Dog (PG) ●●●●● (Kriv Stenders, Australia, 2011) Koko, Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor. 92min. Lucas excels as a drifter who arrives into a mining town, takes a job as a bus driver and is chosen by a rebellious mutt to be his master. A dog’s tale that will make more than animal lovers happy. Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow. Repo Man (18) (Alex Cox, US, 1984) Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Vonetta McGee. 92min. Cult fave blend of social satire and offhand sci-fi, as naive punk Estevez gets a job repossessing cars and old hand Stanton shows him the ropes. Cameo, Edinburgh. Restless Natives (PG) ●●●●● (Michael Hoffman, UK, 1985) Vincent Friell, Joe Mullaney, Teri Nally. 89min. Quaint but silly Scottish comedy of dubious morals, in which a couple of lads from a housing scheme set out to make their fortune as highwaymen. Worth seeing, if only to spot local landmarks and actors. Part of Glasgow Comedy Festival. Vespbar, Glasgow. Roads to Koktebel (Koktebel) (12A) (Boris Khlebnikov/Aleksey Popogrebskiy, Russia, 2003) Gleb Puskepalis, Igor Chernevich, Yevgeni Syty. 100min. A father and his son are travelling to a better life when the father is distracted by women and drink. The stoic youngster is determined to not let his father’s ways ruin their chance of happiness. Introduced by Dr Pasquale Iannone. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Robert Mugabe . . . What Happened? (12) (Simon Bright, UK/France/South Africa, 2011) 84min. This combination of archival footage and interviews sheds light on how a man who brought hope turned into a ruthless dictator. Glasgow Film Theatre. Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet (E) (UK, 2012) 132min. The Royal Ballet performs what has become one of its signature works since its première in 1965, Kenneth MacMillan’s staging of the great romantic tragedy. Selected screenings on Thu 22 Mar. Safe House (15) (Daniel Espinosa, US/South Africa, 2012) Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Patrick,. 115min. Reynolds plays a young CIA agent charged with looking after a safe house after notorious criminal (Washington) turns himself in. However their location is compromised and they must join forces and go on the run, but who sold them out?. General release.
✽✽ Safety Last! (U) ●●●●● (Sam Taylor/Fred C Newmeyer, US, 1923)
Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strothers. 73min. Thrill comedy featuring Lloyd’s famous stunt work. DCA screening as part of the Discovery Family Film Club. Hippodrome screening features live piano accompaniment by Neil Brand as part of the Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee; The Hippodrome, Bo’ness. Scott of the Antarctic (U) (Charles Frend, UK, 1948) John Mills, Derek Bond, Diana Churchill. 111min. Early dramatisation of the doomed voyage of Robert Falcon Scott and his crew to reach the South Pole in 1912. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. A Screaming Man (Un Homme qui Crie) (PG) ●●●●● (Mahamat Saleh Haroun, France/Belgium/Chad, 2010) Youssouf Djaoro. Former swimming champion Adam (Djaoro) works as a pool attendant in a luxury hotel. When he’s demoted, his son Abdel (Koma) gets his former job and Adam becomes racked with bitterness. A sobering reminder of how far- reaching the effects of war are. Double bill with The First Grader. Cameo, Edinburgh. The Secret of Nimh (U) ●●●●● (Don Bluth, US, 1982) Elizabeth Hartman, Dom DeLuise, Arthur Malet, Derek Jacobi. 82min. A mouse (and single mother to boot), who is forced to flee her cosy field, seeks the help of the mysterious rats of Nimh. Animated cartoon feature by a group of ex-Disney artists who believed their erstwhile employers were letting standards slip. Glasgow Film Theatre.
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