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This UK-wide, eco-friendly film fest features environment-saving activities alongside a programme of globally conscious films. So, you can have a go on an eco-driving simulator, then watch fossil fuel doc Greedy Lying Bastards; have your bike MOT’d, then participate in a cycle-powered screening of Belleville Rendez-vous; or purchase some ethical fashion, food and homeware from local stallholders before enjoying Roman Polanski’s Chinatown (pictured). No, we couldn’t think of a link for that last one. ■ Glasgow Film Theatre, Sat 19 & Sun 20 May. ukgreenfilmfestival.org
Live from the Bolshoi: The Bright Stream (E) (Pavel Sorokin, 2012) Svetlana Lunkina, Mikhail Lobukhin, Maria Alexandrova. A live performance of this parody of Stalinist Russia which was closed down by Stalin’s regime. Selected screenings on Sun 29 Apr. Lockout (15) (James Mather/Stephen St Leger, France, 2012) Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Peter Stormare. 95min. Sci-fi actioner set in a space prison. General release. The Lucky One (12A) ●●●●● (Scott Hicks, US, 2012) Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, Blythe Danner. 101min. See review, page 66. General release from Wed 2 May. A Man’s Story (15) (Varon Bonicos, UK, 2010) 98min. Suitably stylish documentary about fashion designer Ozwald Boateng, following him through a 12-year period in which he goes through a messy divorce, is appointed Givenchy’s creative director, stars in his own American reality series and marries a Russian model. Cameo, Edinburgh. The Man with the Jazz Guitar (tbc) (Marc Mason, UK, 2012) 119min. Biographical documentary about largely forgotten Django-inspired guitarist Ken Sykora, who abandoned fame at the height of his success in the 1970s in order to run a hotel in a remote part of Scotland. Selected release from Tue 15 May. Marley (15) (Kevin Macdonald, US/UK, 2012) 144min. Documentary on the life of reggae legend Bob. Selected release. May the Fourth Be With You! (U) A night of unashamed geekery with costume competition, raffle, tombola and hot dogs, all culminating in a screening of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Money raised goes to Sense Scotland’s work with deafblind and disabled people in Scotland. TouchBase Business Centre, Glasgow. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Sen noci svatojánské) (12A) (Jirí Trnka, Czechoslovakia, 1959) Voices of Joss Ackland, Ann Bell, Richard Burton. 76min. Shakespeare’s verse is replaced by stylised dance moves in Trnka’s animated adaptation. Part of the Jiri Trnka season. Glasgow Film Theatre. Mirror Mirror (PG) ●●●●● (Tarsem Singh, US, 2012) Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer. 106min. Roberts stars as the narcissistic evil queen in this comic-fantasy twist on the Snow White story. Selected release. The Monk (Le Moine) (15●) ●●●●● (Dominik Moll, France, 2011) Vincent
Cassel, Sergi López, Geraldine Chaplin. 101min. See review, page 63. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre.
✽✽ Monsieur Lazhar (tbc) ●●●●● (Philippe Falardeau, Canada, 2011)
Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nelisse, Emilien Neron. 94min. See review, page 63. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Dundee Contemporary Arts; Glasgow Film Theatre. A Monster in Paris (U) (Bibo Bergeron, France, 2011) Mathieu Chedid, Vanessa Paradis, Gad Elmaleh. 90min. In 1910 Paris, a shy film projectionist and an inventor join forces with an eclectic band of misfits to embark on the hunt for a monster that is terrifying the locals. macrobert, Stirling. NKOTBSB (12A) (UK, 2012) Two of America’s biggest boy bands join together as New Kids on the Block and Back Street Boys share the stage for a gig at the O2 Arena, broadcast live to cinemas around the country. Selected screenings on Sun 29 Apr. NT Live: Frankenstein (Danny Boyle, UK, 2011) Benedict Cumberbatch, Jonny Lee Miller. Mary Shelley’s classic gothic tale, written by Nick Dear and realised by Danny Boyle in his return to theatre. Glasgow Film Theatre. NT Live: The Last of the Haussmans (Howard Davies, UK, 2012) Stephen Beresford’s new play examines the state of the revolutionary generation as a high society drop-out spends a few months recuperating with her family. Glasgow Film Theatre. NT Live: Timon of Athens (Nicholas Hytner, UK, 2012) Simon Russell Beale plays the titular bon viveur in Shakespeare’s tale of consumption, debt and ruin. Glasgow Film Theatre. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da) (15) ●●●●● (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011) Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan,Taner Birsel. 157min. A humane, beguiling and idiosyncratic shaggy dog story about a policeman, a doctor and a murder suspect searching for a body buried in the Turkish countryside. Like Fargo, it plays up the incessant bubbling of life and personality even as death lurks nearby, demanding and rewarding complete absorption. Glasgow Film Theatre. Only Angels Have Wings (PG) (Howard Hawks, US, 1939) Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Richard Barthelmess. 121min. Tough businessman Grant wins the heart of Arthur as he sends pilots on dangerous journeys carrying air freight across the Andes. Despite the fact that the action
plays out almost entirely indoors, the film has a terrific sense of adventure but succeeds best as a complex character study. Glasgow Film Theatre. Orphans (18) ●●●●● (Peter Mullan, UK, 1999) Douglas Henshall, Gary Lewis, Stephen McCole. 105min. Four orphans of varying ages attempt to come to terms with the death of their beloved mother during one dark, stormy night in Glasgow. Mullan’s feature directing debut mixes emotional frankness with humour verging on the surreal to great effect. While individual set pieces and performances impress, the whole thing comes together remarkably. Glasgow Film Theatre. Outside Bet (12A) ●●●●● (Sacha Bennett, UK, 2012) Jenny Agutter, Bob Hoskins, Vincent Regan. 101min. See review, page 64. Selected release from Fri 27 Apr. The Passenger (Professione: Reporter) (12A) ●●●●● (Michelangelo Antonioni, France/Italy/US/Spain, 1975) Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ian Hendry, Steven Berkoff. 126min. A magnificent piece of 70s cinema, re-issued in newly restored director’s cut. Nicholson is on impressive form as a burnt-out TV reporter, who exchanges identities in Chad with a gun- running dead acquaintance. But the film is much more than mere thriller, with magnificent cinematography and a virtuoso seven-minute single-take climax. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Piggy (18) (Kieron Hawkes, UK, 2012) Josh Herdman, Neil Maskell, Paul Anderson. 106min. A modern thriller that sees London teenager Joe taken under the wing of his murdered brother’s old friend, Piggy. However, as their relationship grows, Joe finds himself drawn deeper into a violent and vengeful world leading to a dramatic climax. Selected release from Fri 4 May. Piranha 3DD (15) (John Gulager, US, 2012) Danielle Panabaker, Ving Rhames, David Hasselhoff. Sequel to the events at Lake Victoria, in which the man-eating fish swarm into a water park full of wet ‘n’ wild (and buxom) young babes. General release from Fri 11 May. The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists (U) ●●●●● (Peter Lord/Jeff Newitt, UK/US, 2012) Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven, Imelda Staunton, David Tennant. 88min. An inept pirate captain (Grant) attempts to win Pirate of the Year
competition with the help of a young Charles Darwin (Tennant). Aardman’s humour sometimes seems dated but Grant is pleasing, the visuals are enchanting, Staunton’s Queen Victoria is a riot and there’s much for the whole family to treasure. General release. Port of Call (Hamnstad) (PG) (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1948) Nine- Christine Jönsson, Bengt Eklund, Mimi Nelson. 100min. A suicidal woman falls for a sailor on leave in Bergman’s sexually frank drama, unusually shot on location at a working shipyard. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Pretty in Pink (15) ●●●●● (John Hughes, US, 1986) Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Cryer. 97min. Better-than-average teen movie from the doyen of that genre. Ms Ringwald is pretty in pink for the high school prom, but not before she has undergone the prejudice of the kids from the rich side of town. Her poppa, you see, is so poor that she only has a car, a telephone and an answering machine to call her own. This, incidentally, was when it became clear that the Psychedelic Furs had Sold Out. Sloans, Glasgow. The Princess and the Pea (Printsessa na goroshine) (U) (Boris Rytsarev, Soviet Union, 1978) Irina Malysheva, Andrey Podoshian, Innokenti Smoktunovsky. 89min. This Soviet adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale follows a prince’s search for love. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Puss in Boots (U) ●●●●● (Chris Miller, US, 2011) Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis. 90min. Puss (Banderas) and Humpty Dumpty (Galifianakis) attempt to steal magic beans from Jack and Jill, with Hayek as feline accomplice Kitty Softpaws. Given the slackening quality of the Shrek franchise, the surprise is that this imaginative romp was one of the 2011’s best animated family films. macrobert, Stirling. Le Quai des Brumes (Port of Shadows) (PG) (Marcel Carné, France, 1938) Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michèle Morgan. 91min. Based on the novel by Pierre Mac Orlan, Carné’s romantic drama sees an army deserter fall for a teenager with a wicked godfather. Glasgow Film Theatre.
✽✽ The Raid (18) ●●●●● (Gareth Evans, Indonesia/USA, 2011) Iko Uwais, Doni Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhain. 100min. See review, page 64. General release from Fri 18 May.
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