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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 Gail Tolley and Laura Ennor. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry Act of Valour (12A) ●●●●● (Mike McCoy/Scott Waugh, US, 2012) Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano. 101min. Based on real events, a team of US Navy SEALs embark on a mission to rescue a CIA agent in this action-packed study of the front line. See review at list.co.uk. General release. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (15) ●●●●● (Stephan Elliott, Australia, 1994) Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce. 104min. Two transvestites and a transsexual team up for a trip across the Australian outback for a drag show in Alice Springs in this outrageous camp classic. Lock Up Your Daughters screening, introduced by Menergy’s Lady Guillotina Munter. Glasgow Film Theatre. The Adventures of Robin Hood (U) (Michael Curtiz, William Keighley, US, 1938) Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, Basil Rathbone. 102min. Sparkling, Oscar- winning excitement as Flynn and his merry men fight the evil prince and the wicked Rathbone to help the poor and capture the hand of the fair De Havilland. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. Agent Vinod (12A) (Sriram Raghavan, India, 2012) Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Malika Haydon. Bollywood Bond as Agent Vinod (Khan) travels the world on the trail of his colleague’s murderers. Odeon at the Quay, Glasgow; Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh; Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow. Aliens (18) ●●●●● (James Cameron, US, 1986) Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn. 137min. Revived from a 57-year snooze in deep space, Warrant Officer Weaver is cajoled into joining a marine rescue mission to the planet that is home for the original alien beastie. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. All About My Mother (15) ●●●●● (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain, 1999) Cecilia Roth, Penelope Cruz, Antonia San Juan. 101min. When Madrid hospital worker Manuela’s son is killed in a car accident the grief-stricken woman sets out to fulfil her son’s last wish to know his father, and goes to Barcelona to find the transvestite she ran away from 18 years earlier. Glasgow Film Theatre. All Divided Selves (15) (Luke Fowler, UK, 2011) 93min. Arthouse documentary about the life and work of Glasgow counter- culture psychiatrist RD Laing. Part of Glasgow International. Glasgow Film Theatre. The Artist (PG) ●●●●● (Michel Hazanavicius, France, 2011) Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman. 100min. A joyous, impeccably crafted crowdpleaser about the advent of the talkies. Vue Omni, Edinburgh. Babycall (15) ●●●●● (Pål Sletaune, Norway, 2011) Noomi Rapace, Kristoffer Joner, Henrik Rafaelsen. 96min. See review, page 67. DCA screening is part of Dundead. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee; Glasgow Film Theatre. The Bad and the Beautiful (PG) (Vincente Minnelli, US, 1952) Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon. 118min. Reissue of the Turner and Douglas-starring drama telling the story of an unpopular film producer. Selected release from Fri 20 Apr. Battleship (12A) (Peter Berg, US, 2012) Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Liam Neeson. Hasbro’s latest toy-to-film conversion adds sci-fi action to the familiar tactical sea battle scenario. General release from Wed 11 Apr. Beauty (Skoonheid) (18) (Oliver Hermanus, South Africa, 2011) Deon Lotz, Charlie Keegan, Michelle Scott. 99min. South African drama about a man’s detachment and self-disgust with his own
sexuality. Selected release from Fri 20 Apr. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (12) ●●●●● (John Madden, UK, 2011) Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson. 118min. Despite an irresistible army of pension-age talent, this story about a group of unconnected British retirees who come to the titular hotel in Jaipur feels too calculated to offer anything more than disposable entertainment at best, and cheaply manipulative emotional kicks at worst. General release. Beyond Time: William Turnbull (E) (Pete Stern, Alex Turnbull, UK, 2010) William Turnbull, Voice of Jude Law, Anthony Gormley. 65min. Acclaimed documentary film on the celebrated Dundee modernist, written and co-directed by his son Alex who appears for a Q&A after the screening. Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh. Big Miracle (PG) (Ken Kwapis, US, 2012) Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, Kristen Bell. 107min. Romantic drama ‘inspired by the incredible true story’ of a new reporter (John Krasinski) and his efforts to save a family of whales in Alaska. macrobert, Stirling; The Hippodrome, Bo’ness. Bill Cunningham New York (12A) ●●●●● (Richard Press, USA, 2010) 84min. Press’s feature debut is an exuberant and occasionally poignant portrait of a New York photographer specialising in street fashion and society events. Glasgow Film Theatre. Blackthorn (15) (Mateo Gil, Spain/US/Bolivia/France, 2011) Sam Shepard, Eduardo Noriega, Stephen Rea. 102min. The Butch Cassidy story is continued, with Shepard taking on the role of the old outlaw living in Bolivia. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre.
✽✽ Blood Feast (18) (Herschell Gordon Lewis, US, 1963) William
Kerwin, Mal Arnold, Connie Mason. 67min. A caterer hired for a young woman’s birthday party turns out to have rather unorthodox methods of sourcing his meat. Screening with David McGillivray’s vintage horror short The Errand. Part of Dundead. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. Blow Up (15) ●●●●● (Michelangelo Antonioni, UK/Italy, 1966) David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Jane Birkin. 111min. Fashion photographer Thomas (Hemmings) takes clandestine photographs of the meeting between two strangers in a park – a woman (Redgrave) and an older man. Thomas initially thinks he has merely snapped evidence of an embarrassing affair. But, as he is tracked down for the photographs, he realises that he could possess proof of murder. Seminal Antonioni. Part of the Antonioni & Bergman season.. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Bombay Beach (E) ●●●●● (Alma Har’el, US, 2011) 80min. Documentary about Bombay Beach in southern California, once a vacation spot for the rich but now occupied by the poor. Director Har’el seeks to empathise with her subjects, happily fictionalising and fantasising in this dream-like film. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness. Bonsai (15) (Cristián Jiménez, Chile/Argentina/Portugal/France ) Gabriela Arancibia, Cristóbal Briceño, Julio Carrasco. 95min. Hispanic romantic drama with a literary flavour. Glasgow Film Theatre. Breathing (Atmen) (15) (Karl Markovics, Austria, 2011) Thomas Schubert, Karin Lischka, Gerhard Liebmann. 93min. Dramatic directorial debut from Austrian actor Markovics (The Counterfeiters). Selected release from Fri 20 Apr. The Bride of Glomdal (Glomdalsbruden) (12A) (Carl Theodor Dreyer, Norway/Sweden, 1926) Einar Sissener, Tove Tellback, Stub Wiberg. 115min. Dreyer’s romantic drama follows a young woman who goes against the wishes of her father when she falls in love with a poor farmer’s son. Part of the Carl Dreyer season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh.
✽✽ The Cabin in the Woods (15) ●●●●● (Drew Goddard, US, 2012)
Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford. 105min. See review, page 67. Part of Dundead. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. Casablanca (PG) ●●●●● (Michael Curtiz, US, 1942) Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Dooley Wilson. 102min. Bogey and Bergman star in the WWII classic. A wonderful hill of beans. Glasgow Film Theatre. A Cat in Paris (PG) (Jean-Loup Felicioli/Alain Gagnol, France/Netherlands, 2010) Voices of Dominique Blanc, Bruno Salomone, Jean Benguigui. 70min. Intriguing animation about the wanderings of a cat who is, by day, a friend to a little girl, but by night accompanies a big-hearted burglar around Paris. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (PG) ●●●●● (Richard Brooks, US, 1958) Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives. 108min. Inevitably bowdlerised but suitably sweaty version of Tennessee Williams’ loquacious play. Even in diluted form this still packs a punch and the Taylor-Newman teaming is irresistible. Scotsman Screening Room, Edinburgh.
✽✽ Cat People (PG) ●●●●● (Jacques Tourneur, US, 1943) Simone Simon,
Kent Smith, Tom Conway. 71min. Writer/producer Val Lewton showed that horror was a matter of the mind. The 1943 film sees Simon haunted by legends of her homeland, leading her to believe that she is about to metamorphose into a panther. For all the melodrama and shaky dialogue, there is a dark intelligence and restraint which marks this (and its sequel) out as superior B-movie nonsense. Part of Dundead. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. Chronicle (12A) ●●●●● (Josh Trank, US, 2012) Michael B Jordan, Michael Kelly, Alex Russell. 83min. Andrew (DeHaan) decides to make a video document of his difficult life at home and school, but then he, cousin Matt (Russell) and friend Steve (Jordan) are granted telekinetic powers by an otherworldly
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meteorite. The found-footage format helps to get the audience onside, and despite some contrivances Chronicle is dark, well- executed and sometimes exhilarating. macrobert, Stirling. The Cold Light of Day (12A) (Mabrouk El Mechri, 2012) Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis, Sigourney Weaver. 93min. Man of the moment Cavill (soon to be Superman) joins Willis in this espionage/kidnap thriller. General release from Fri 6 Apr. Contraband (15) ●●●●● (Baltasar Kormakur, US, 2012) Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Giovanni Ribisi. 109min. This terse US remake of 2008 Icelandic thriller Reykjavik-Rotterdam, about a smuggler roped into one last job, is bland, low-key, but ultimately solid and watchable entertainment. General release. Corpo Celeste (12) ●●●●● (Alice Rohrwacher, Italy/Switzerland/France, 2011) Yle Vianello. 100min. See review, page 67. Glasgow Film Theatre. Cross of Love (Rakkauden Risti) (15) (Teuvo Tulio, Finland, 1946) Regina Linnanheimo, Oscar Tengström, Ville Salminen. 99min. One of Tulio’s best known films follows a girl who is seduced and ultimately abandoned by her community. After escaping to the city she is forced to confront her past when it catches up with her. Part of the Teuvo Tulio season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Danger Diabolik (12) (Mario Bava, Italy/France, 1968) John Philip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli. 105min. Tongue-in- cheek action movie inspired an Italian comic book character, the daring Diabolik, who mounts ever more elaborate and dangerous heists. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Day of Wrath (PG) (Carl Theodor Dreyer, Denmark, 1948) Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Seigrid Neiiendam. 110min. Rare outing for Dreyer’s stark masterpiece of love and witchcraft in the 17th century. Part of the Carl Dreyer season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh.
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