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Wild Bill Actor Dexter Fletcher moves to the other side of the camera for this surprisingly fresh and funny East London drama starring Charlie Creed-Miles and Will Poulter. Typical grim gangster film this is not. See review, page 68. On general release now.
The Cabin in the Woods From Joss Whedon (Buffy) and Drew Goddard (Cloverfield) comes one of the most original horrors of the year. See review, page 67. General release from Fri 13 Apr.
Le Havre Heart-warming drama from Finnish director Aki Kaurismki in this story of a man who helps a young immigrant trying to make his way to England. See review, page 70. Selected release from Fri 6 Apr. Into the Abyss Inimitable German documentarian Werner Herzog retruns, this time exploring the issue of death row. A probing look at crime and punishment. See review, page 67. Selected release from Fri 30 Mar.
This Must Be the Place Ambitious road movie from Paulo Sorrentino, starring Sean Penn as an ageing rock star who sets out to find the concentration camp guard who tormented his father. See feature, page 66. Selected release from Fri 6 Apr. Headhunters Adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s novel about a headhunter and art thief who steals a painting from the wrong man. Dark humour abounds in this outrageously entertaining romp. See review, page 68. General release from Fri 6 Apr.
Italian Film Festival Italiophiles rejoice, the Italian Film Festival returns to Scotland with a heady selection of award- winning new cinema. See preview, page 72. Venues across Scotland, Fri 13–Thu 26 Apr.
Dundead The second year of Dundee’s horror film festival includes preview screenings of Norwegian thriller Babycall and Indonesian martial art feast The Raid. See preview page 75. DCA, Dundee, Thu 5–Sun 8 Apr.
Sculpture on Film Co-curated by artist Karla Black and part of this year’s GI Festival is a programme of films by artists who have, in recent years, broadened the definition of sculpture. GFT, Glasgow, Sun 22–Tue 24 Apr.
The Story of Film Mark Cousins presents highlights from The Story of Film, his impressive, wide-reaching 15-hour history of cinema, released on DVD this month. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Mon 23 Apr; GFT, Glasgow, Tue 24 Apr.
Profile AKSEL HENNIE
Born 29 October, 1975, Oslo Background Aksel is a popular Norwegian actor, writer and director who was once arrested and sentenced for tagging during his late teens. The experience helped to inform one of his films, Uno, which he wrote, directed and starred in, and which won him Norway’s Amanda Award for best direction. Although predominantly based in Norway, he has found international success with roles in Max Manus: Man of War and Age of Heroes (alongside Sean Bean). He can currently be seen as Roger Brown, the put-upon anti-hero in the film adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s Headhunters.
On getting to grips with his character ‘After four or five pages [of the script] I hated him! I really hated his guts. He steals and cheats but after six pages, when he starts to have problems, he starts to get human and I began to like him and then I loved him and rooted for him. And then I wanted to be like him when the movie was done. And that’s how a good protagonist should be.’ On being submerged in ‘excrement’ for the film’s memorable toilet scene ‘Everybody was waiting for that scene. On one of the days we shot it – and we shot it numerous times from all kinds of angles – we had all the press you could imagine from Norway there. But it was fun. It’s just a mix of granola, olive oil, breadcrumbs, chocolate mousse, chocolate soufflé, chocolate, chocolate, chocolate and then a lot of coffee, which led to my girlfriend not drinking coffee for one year afterwards because I came to bed each night smelling of it!’
Interesting fact Aksel did all of his own stunts in the film and almost broke his collar bone during a fight scene with Julie Olgaard. (Rob Carnevale) ■ Headhunters is on general release from Fri 6 Apr.
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