Film INDEX
✽✽ Our Life (La nostra vita) (15) (Daniele Luchetti, Italy/France, 2010)
Elio Germano, Raoul Bova. 98min. Emotive Italian drama about a young builder whose world is pulled apart by the death of his wife. Part of the Italian Film Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre. Pina (U) ●●●●● (Wim Wenders, Germany/UK/France, 2011) Wim Wenders’ documentary is rooted in newly filmed excerpts from four of Pina Bausch’s productions and interspersed with theatrical performance footage and interviews. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness. The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists (U) (Peter Lord/Jeff Newitt, UK/US, 2012) Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven. 88min. Brand new seafaring adventure from the claymation boffins at Aardman. General release. Prince Bayaya (Bajaja) (U) (Jirí Trnka, Czechoslovakia, 1950) 87min. Animation in which a young peasant must defeat evil spirits and wicked lords to win the hand of a princess. Glasgow Film Theatre. Profondo Rosso (18) (Dario Argento, Italy, 1975) David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi. 126min. A music teacher witnesses the gruesome murder of a famous psychic. Glasgow Film Theatre. The Raid (18) (Gareth Evans, Indonesia/USA, 2011) Iko Uwais, Doni Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhain. 100min. High- octane Indonesian crime thriller. Part of Dundead. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. The Raven (15) ●●●●● (James McTeigue, US, 2012) John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans. 111min. Slow pacing lets down this Poe-themed crime-thriller. macrobert, Stirling; The Hippodrome, Bo’ness. Re-Animator (18) (Stuart Gordon, US, 1985) Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton. 86min. A new medical student arrives on campus with some radical ideas about reanimating dead tissue. Glasgow Film Theatre. Rear Window (PG) (Alfred Hitchcock, US, 1954) James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Raymond Burr. 112min. Laid up with a broken leg, Stewart witnesses a possible murder. But is it really? Sloans, Glasgow.
✽✽ The Red Desert (Il Deserto Rosso) (15) ●●●●●
(Michaelangelo Antonioni, Italy, 1964) Monica Vitti, Richard Harris, Carlo Chionetti. 116min. A woman who has recently suffered a nervous breakdown begins a tentative affair with a friend of her husband. Part of the Italian Film Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee; Glasgow Film Theatre. Red Dog (PG) ●●●●● (Kriv Stenders, Australia, 2011) Rachael Taylor, Josh Lucas, Noah Taylor. 92min. Josh Lucas excels as a drifter who is chosen by a rebellious but loveable mutt to be his master. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness. Return (tbc) (Liza Johnson, US, 2011) Linda Cardellini, Michael Shannon, John Slattery. 97min. A returning US soldier struggles to re-adapt to her former life. Selected release from Fri 6 Apr. Road to Zanzibar (PG) (Victor Schertzinger, US, 1941) Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour. 87min. Burlesque jungle adventures with Bing and Bob. St Bride’s Centre, Edinburgh. Robocop (18) ●●●●● (Paul Verhoeven, US, 1987) Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox. 103min. Slick and stomach- churningly violent futuristic thriller about the resurrected half-cop, half-robot. Followed by a discussion on issues raised by the film. Part of Edinburgh International Science Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Safe House (15) ●●●●● (Daniel Espinosa, US/South Africa, 2012) Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Patrick,. 115min. Rookie CIA agent Weston (Reynolds) is caretaking a safe house in South Africa when spook-turned-fugitive Frost (Washington) turns up carrying dangerous secrets. Assassins and mayhem follow. macrobert, Stirling. 76 THE LIST 29 Mar–26 Apr 2012
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (12A) ●●●●● (Lasse Halström, UK, 2011) Ewan Mcgregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas. 111min. See review, page 70. General release from Fri 20 Apr. A Scanner Darkly (15) ●●●●● (Richard Linklater, US, 2006) Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr, Mitch Baker. 100min. The interpolated rotoscoping technique by which animation is superimposed over live action, is put to innovative use in this adaptation of dark anti-authority fantasy from sci-fi author Philip K Dick. Followed by a discussion on issues raised by the film. Part of Edinburgh International Science Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh.
✽✽ Sculpture on Film: Body & Environment (15) (Various) 70min.
Films by artists including Gordon Matta- Clark, Robert Smithson and Lawrence Weiner. Part of Glasgow International. Glasgow Film Theatre.
✽✽ Sculpture on Film: Object, Body, Action (15) (Various) 70min. Rare footage of artist Eva Hesse, and films by artists including Carolee Schneemann, Bruce Nauman and Fischli & Weiss. Introduced by Karla Black. Part of Glasgow International. Glasgow Film Theatre. Secrets of Women (Kvinnors Väntan) (Waiting Women) (12) (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1952) Anita Björk, Eva Dahlbec, Maj-Britt Nilsson. 107min. Bergman’s tale of three women friends discussing significant moments in their marriages even sees the director touch on a little comedy. Part of the Antonioni & Bergman season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. A Separation (PG) ●●●●● (Asghar Farhadi, Iran, 2011) Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat. 123min. A couple debate the ramifications of their impending divorce before a series of events unravel that will lead to a single tragic incident. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Silence (Tystnaden) (15) (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1963) Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom, Birger Malmsten. 96min. Part three of Bergman’s trilogy on humankind features two sisters, holed up and distracted in a Kafkaesque hotel. Part of the Antonioni & Bergman season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Silent Comedy Classics (U) (Various) Silent film comedy classics from the like of Laurel & Hardy and Harold Lloyd with live musical accompaniment and sound effects by Gladstone’s Bag. Part of Glasgow Comedy Festival. Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, Glasgow. Singin’ in the Rain (U) ●●●●● (Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen, US, 1950) Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Cyd Charisse. 102min. Absolutely wonderful musical set during the transition from silent films to talkies. macrobert, Stirling. The Space Between (15) ●●●●● (Tim Barrow, UK, 2010) Vivien Reid, Tim Barrow, David Whitney. Film made by (and starring) Tim Barrow (The Inheritance) on a mini-budget in Edinburgh and London, about two lonely people who find hope in one another. Featuring an introduction and Q&A with Barrow. Cameo, Edinburgh; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Spalicek (The Czech Year) (U) (Ji_í Trnka, Czechoslovakia, 1947) 75min. Early stop-motion animation depicting the rural traditions of the Czech village at six significant points throughout the year. Glasgow Film Theatre. Splice (15) ●●●●● (Vincenzo Natali, Canada/France/USA, 2009) Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chanéac. 104min. Themes including the God complex, empty womb syndrome and the sins of the parents play out in this genetic Frankenstein-y thriller. Followed by a discussion on issues raised by the film. Part of Edinburgh International Science Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Stalker (PG) ●●●●● (Andrei Tarkovsky, USSR, 1979) Alexander Kaidanovsky, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Nikolai Grinko. 161min. Tarkovsky’s striking and profound adaptation of the Strugatsky novel set in the aftermath of an alien visitation. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee.
✽✽ The Story of Film (E) (Mark Cousins, UK, 2011) Mark Cousins,
Norman Lloyd, Aleksandr Sokurov. 90min. Mark Cousins tours the world to discover the greatest films ever made in a previously un-aired episode of the Channel 4 series The Story of Film: An Odyssey. Featuring a Q&A with Mark Cousins. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre. StreetDance 2 (PG) (Max Giwa, Dania Pasquini, UK, 2012) Tom Conti, George Sampson, Falk Hentschel, Sofia Boutella. 85min. 3D sequel starring various booty- shakers you might recognise from Britain’s Got Talent. General release from Fri 30 Mar. Summer Games (Giochi d’Estate) (15) (Rolando Colla, Switzerland, 2011) Fiorella Campanella, Armando Condolucci, Alessia Barela. A group of youngsters find a common purpose while holidaying on the Tuscan coast. Part of the Italian Film Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre.
✽✽ Terraferma (12A) (Emanuele Crialese, Italy/France, 2011) Filippo
Pucillo, Donatella Finocchiaro, Beppe Fiorello. 88min. A fishing community is torn between traditional values and the changing world. Part of the Italian Film Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee; Glasgow Film Theatre. This Is Not a Film (In Film Nist) (12A) (Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi, Iran, 2010) 75min. Panahi appeals against his conviction for ‘propaganda against the system’ in this documentary about the defence of the artist. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee; Glasgow Film Theatre. This Means War (12A) ●●●●● (McG, US, 2012) Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy. Action comedy as two CIA agents (Pine and Hardy) realise they are dating the same woman (Witherspoon). Selected release.
✽✽ This Must be the Place (15) ●●●●● (Paolo Sorrentino, USA, 2011) Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch. 118min. See review, page 69. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee; Glasgow Film Theatre. Titanic 3D (12) ●●●●● (James Cameron, US, 1997) Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane. 194min. The story of the doomed ocean liner, rich girl Rose and frosty floater Jack, now in 3D. General release from Fri 6 Apr. Transfer (tbc) (Damir Lukacevic, Germany, 2010) BJ Britt, Regine Nehy, Ingrid Andree. 93min. Intriguing and unsettling German sci-fi about a world where wealthy customers can evade mortality by having their consciousness and memories implanted into the bodies of young, healthy volunteers. Followed by a discussion exploring the film’s take on the nature of consciousness and the feasibility of something like this actually happening. Part of Edinburgh International Science Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Trnka Shorts for Adults (15) (Jiri Trnka) 93min. A selection of five shorts from the Czech puppet animation pioneer. Part of the Jiri Trnka season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. 20 Cigarettes (tbc) (Alexander Gornovsky, Russia, 2008) Galina Tiunina, Ilya Lubimov, Anna Slynko. 90min. Gornovsky’s first successful feature follows powerful creative Audrey (Lubimov) through his day. Part of the Italian Film Festival. Glasgow Film Theatre. 21 Jump Street (15) ●●●●● (Phil Lord/Chris Miller, US, 2012) Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube. 109min. Revamp of 80s TV series: youthful cops (Tatum & Hill) go undercover at a high school in order to break up a drugs ring. Directors Lord and Miller tease genre conventions and Hill and Tatum form a strong comic partnership. General release. Uneasy Worlds (tbc) (Various) A programme of films exploring the tension between society and technology. Part of Edinburgh International Science Festival. Summerhall, Edinburgh. Vampyr (PG) (Carl Theodor Dreyer, Germany, 1932) Julian West, Henriette Gerard, Jan Hieronimko. 82min. Dreyer’s
version of Carmilla is one of the most poetic pieces of vampire cinema in film history. Beautifully photographed with a dream-like mood and logic, it uses the camera often from a subjective viewpoint, thereby becoming one of the first psychological horror films. Part of the Carl Dreyer season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh.
✽✽ Videodrome (18) (David Cronenberg, Canada, 1983) James
Woods, Debbie Harry. 87min. Woods is a programmer for a pirate cable station who becomes intrigued and then obsessed with an untraceable porn channel that triggers hallucinogenic fantasies. A nasty but intriguing and ultimately confusing masterpiece with eye-popping special effects. Part of Dundead. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. The Vow (12A) (Michael Sucsy, US/Brazil/France/Australia/UK/Germany , 2012) Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam Neill. 104min. Tatum tries to win back his wife’s (McAdams) heart after she wakes up after a car crash with severe amnesia. macrobert, Stirling. Wang’s Arrival (L’arrivo di Wang) (18) (Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti, Italy, 2011) Ennio Fantastichini, Francesca Cuttica, Li Yong. 82min. Award-winning sci-fi in which begins when an interpreter is called up by the Italian authorities with an urgent and confidential Chinese translation assignment. Part of the Italian Film Festival. Glasgow Film Theatre. We Believed (Noi Credevamo) (15) (Mario Martone, Italy, 2010) Luigi Lo Cascio, Valerio Binasco, Toni Servillo. 205min. This epic mix of history lesson and costume drama details the 19th-century reunification of Italy, and won seven David Di Donatello awards (Italian Oscars). Part of the Italian Film Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre. We Bought a Zoo (PG) ●●●●● (Cameron Crowe, USA, 2011) Matt Damon, Scarlet Johansson. 124min. The clue is in the title: recently widowed father- of-two Benjamin (Damon) quits his job and sets about saving a dilapidated zoo. Great actors are wasted in empty roles and the result is broad, sentimental and dishearteningly average. General release.
✽✽ Wild Bill (15) ●●●●● (Dexter Fletcher, UK, 2011) Charlie Creed-
Miles, Will Poulter, Liz White. 97min. See review, page 68. Selected release. Wise Blood (15) (John Huston, US/West Germany, 1979) Brad Dourif, John Huston, Dan Shor. 106min. Brilliant offbeat film in which a young man (Dourif) returns home to the Bible-belt South and starts a private war against evangelism. Monorail Film Club screening. Glasgow Film Theatre. The Witches (PG) ●●●●● (Nicolas Roeg, US, 1990) Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Rowan Atkinson. 92min. A pleasing adaption of Roald Dahl’s children’s story has director Roeg (in unusually straightforward manner) creating a superior kids’ movie that has you rooting for the mice all the way. Paisley Arts Centre, Paisley. The Woman in Black (12A) ●●●●● (James Watkins, UK/Canada/Sweden, 2012) Daniel Radcliffe, Ciaran Hinds, Janet McTeer. 95min. A young lawyer (Radcliffe) arrives at a remote English village to conclude the estate of a dead woman; cue lots of shoogly windows, creaky floorboards and slamming doors. Dull, old- fashioned and decidedly short on terror. Selected release. Wrath of the Titans (12A) (Jonathan Liebesman, US, 2012) Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Rosamund Pike. The world of Greek mythology is plundered once again in the sequel to 2010 3D dud Clash of the Titans. General release from Fri 30 Mar. YERT: Your Environmental Road Trip (E) (Mark Dixon, Ben Evans, US, 2009) Ben Evans, Julie Dingman Evans, Mark Dixon. 88min. Documentary celebrating human resolve and American go-getting spirit. This special bike-powered cinema screening is organised by Take One Action festival, and is preceded by a chance to view the Hard Rain: What Scotland is Doing photographic exhibition. Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.