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Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh, Thu 20 Sep. A Night To Remember (PG) (Roy Ward Baker, UK, 1958)
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Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres. 123min. Before James Cameron’s Titanic, there was this British version of the sinking. It’s more obviously studio- bound than Hollywood’s effects-laden spectacular, but has plenty of excitement in a stiff-upper-lip sort of way. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness, Sun 2 & Mon 3 Sep. NT Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (tbc) (Marianne Elliott, UK, 2012) Luke Treadaway, Nicola Walker, Una Stubbs. The National Theatre’s adaptation of Mark Haddoe’s best-selling book. Special screenings on Thu 6 Sep. Oh, Mr Porter! (U) (Marcel Varnel, UK, 1937) Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt. 85min. A hapless railway employee is made stationmaster of Buggleskelly. Screening with short Elizabethan Express. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness, Sun 9 Sep. Planet of Snail (8+) (Seung-Jun Yi, South Korea, 2011) 87min. Documentary about the life of a Korean man who has been blind and deaf since birth and his severely disabled wife. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Mon 27–Thu 30 Aug. Practical Electronica (8+) (Ian Helliwell, UK, 2010) 61min. Experimental documentary inspired by the innovative work of Fred Judd, sound designer and composer of TV and radio tunes in the 1950s and 60s, whose work has been largely forgotten. Both screenings feature an introduction and Q&A with the director. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Sun 26 Aug; Summerhall, Edinburgh, Fri 24 Aug. Prometheus (15) ● Scott, US, 2012) Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, Charlize Theron. 123min. Another chance to catch the definitely-not-a-prequel-to-Alien. Despite a largely effective cast and stratospheric technical values the plot is murky and the tone inconsistent. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Mon 27–Wed 29 Aug. (Chris Puss in Boots (U) ● Miller, US, 2011) Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis. 90min. Given the slackening quality of the Shrek franchise, the surprise is that this imaginative romp was one of the 2011’s best family animations. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness, Sat 25 Aug. Queen – Live in Budapest (Varázslat – Queen Budapesten) (12A) (János Zsombolyai, Hungary, Canada, US, 1987) 118min. Vintage concert film from Freddie Mercury and co’s 1986 outing in the Hungarian capital. Selected screenings from Thu 20 Sep, incl Showcase Cinemas. The Red Desert (Il Deserto Rosso) (12A) ● Antonioni, Italy, 1964) Monica Vitti, Richard Harris, Carlo Chionetti. 116min. A mentally unstable woman begins an affair with a friend of her husband. Antonioni uses muted colours and an industrial landscape to magnificent effect, as Vitti’s fraught heroine becomes dislocated and menaced by her surroundings. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 7–Sun 9 Sep. (Tim Restrepo (15) ● Hetherington, Sebastian Junger, US, 2010) 93min. A gripping and unflinching insight into the experiences of a front-line US platoon stationed in Afghanistan’s lethal Korengal Valley. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Thu 23 Aug. (Carlos Saldanha, Rio (U) ● Canada/US, 2011) Voices of Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Will I Am. 96min. The team behind Ice Age heats things up in more tropical climes, to limp effect. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness, Sat 1 Sep. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (12A) ● UK, 2011) Ewan Mcgregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas. 111min. (Lasse Halström,
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LCD Soundsystem: Shut Up and Play the Hits Following its Sundance premiere Dylan Southern and William Lovelace’s LCD Soundsystem documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits i nally reaches the UK and will be screened for one night only in cinemas across the country. It follows frontman James Murphy for 48 hours during and after the group’s last ever gig in Madison Square Garden and looks at the impact on Murphy of his decision to call time on the group. The screening also includes a live satellite link-up with Murphy himself, who’ll take part in a post-screening Q&A. ■ LCD Soundsystem: Shut Up and Play the Hits, Cameo, Edinburgh, GFT, Glasgow, Grosvenor, Glasgow, Tue 4 Sep.
This highly stylised film ricochets between different time periods of French singer Edith Piaf’s (Cottilard) turbulent
(15) A fisheries expert (McGregor) and a sophisticated legal aide (Blunt) are recruited by an angling-obsessed sheik (Waked) to realize the vision of the title. What worked on the page is an insubstantial muddle on film. Brunton Theatre, Edinburgh, Tue 18 Sep. Shut Up and Play the Hits (tbc) (Will Lovelace/Dylan Southern, UK, 2012) Documentary following the last days of James Murphy’s electro outfit, LCD Soundsystem. Special screenings on Tue 4 Sep with satellite Q&A with James Murphy, incl Cameo, Edinburgh. The Space Between ● (Tim Barrow, UK, 2010) Vivien Reid, Tim Barrow, David Whitney. 85min. Film made by and starring Barrow (The Inheritance) on a mini-budget in Edinburgh and London, about two lonely people who find hope in one another. Followed by a Q&A with director Tim Barrow. Cameo, Edinburgh, Wed 19 Sep. Summer of Love The GFT rounds off two months of loved-up viewing with French new wave classic Jules et Jim and Baz Luhrmann’s sexy, action-packed adaptation, Romeo + Juliet. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Thu 23 & Thu 30 Aug. Take One Action Film Festival A politically-charged film festival, founded on the belief that ‘cinematic experiences can inspire lasting change.’ Expect screenings plus talks, workshops and more. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow and various other venues, Thu 20 Sep–Sat 6 Oct. To Kill A Mockingbird (PG)
(Robert Mulligan, US, 1962) Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Philip Alford, Brock Peters. 129min. Sturdy film adaptation of the classic Harper Lee novel. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 24–Thu 30 Aug. Twigson (U) (Åsleik Engmark, Norway, 2009) Adrian Grønnevik Smith, Åsleik Engmark, Pernille Sørensen. 74min. A young boy befriends a talking twig. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Sat 25 Aug. La Vie En Rose (La Môme) (12A)
(Olivier Dahan, France/UK/ Czech Republic, 2007) Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory. 140min.
life. Special Club Noir film night screening, with the film itself followed by Christine Bovill’s acclaimed Piaf tribute show, ‘frivolous’ French-style burlesque acts and French music from DJ Loveless. Grosvenor Cinema, Glasgow, Fri 31 Aug. Whatever Gets You Through the Night (tbc) (Various, UK, 2012) Premiere of a film documenting the making of the multimedia project of the same name, created by Cora Bissett with Swimmer One and David Greig. With live music. Summerhall, Edinburgh, Thu 23 Aug. The World of Burton Ahead of the release of his new comedy-horror animation Frankenweenie on Wed 17 Oct, the Cameo presents twice- or thrice-weekly doses of Tim Burton in all his idiosyncracy, starting this issue with Beetlejuice, 1989’s Batman, Edward Scissorhands and Pee-wee’s Big Adventure. Cameo, Edinburgh, Fri 7 Sep–Thu 18 Oct. Young Adam (18) ● Mackenzie, UK, 2003) Ewan McGregor, Emily Mortimer, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan. 93min. Mackenzie remains loyal to the dark, existentialist spirit of Alexander Trocchi’s 1954 novel about Joe, a nihilistic drifter who seems only to find connection with the world through sleazy sexual encounters. A coherent adaptation of a dark and disturbing tale and a work of haunting beauty. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Tue 28 Aug. Zombie Flesh Eaters (18) ● (Lucio Fulci, Italy, 1979) Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson. 91min. Fulci’s shameless rip-off of Romero’s ‘living dead’ series is done with full-on spaghetti abandon, touching also on the notorious Italian cannibal sub-genre and a bit of voodoo for good measure. Lashings of gore. Followed by a Q&A with composer Fabio Frizzi. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Sun 26 Aug. (David
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