Film LISTINGS
film to end all others, this rock spoof on old horror movies has created a breed of Rocky Horror crazies, and packs them in at late shows everywhere. The film has its moments, and Curry is splendidly camp as the bisexual Frank N Furter. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, Edinburgh, Wed 31 Oct. Royal Opera House: Swan Lake (UK, 2012) The all-time epic Romantic ballet, with Tchaikovsky’s iconic score, is presented on stage at the Royal Opera House. Selected release. Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge (tbc) (Fritz Genschow, Germany, 1962) Inge Kanzler, Kurt Mühlhardt, Gisela Reißmann. Genschow’s adaptation of the Brothers’ Grimm classic. Part of Scottish International Storytelling Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Sun 28 Oct. Part of Scottish International Storytelling Festival. Scottish Ensemble: Faust Murnau’s 1926 classic is accompanied by Scottish Ensemble and DJ Alex Smoke performing Smoke’s original score for strings and electronics. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Thu 18 Oct. Shakespeare’s Globe on Screen: Doctor Faustus (Matthew Dunster, UK, 2012) Paul Hilton, Arthur Darvill. 147min. The Globe Theatre’s first production of Christopher Marlowe’s version of the tale of a man’s pact with the devil, brought live to the big screen. Cameo, Edinburgh, Wed 24 Oct. Shine (12) (Scott Hicks, Australia, 1996) Geoffrey Rush, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Justin Braine. 105min. A short film about a teenage boy with musical ability who wants to enter a talent competition his teacher has suggested to him, but his mother isn’t interested and he faces numerous problems at school. Artspace, Edinburgh, Thu 18 Oct. Part of Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival. French Film Festival
✽ The Shining (18) ●●●●● (Stanley Kubrick, US, 1980) Jack Nicholson,
Shelly Duvall, Philip Stone. 146min. Kubrick’s overwrought, overlong horror film dispenses with much of the psychic apparatus of Stephen King’s novel to concentrate on the deeper horror of a family turning in on itself. Nicholson, with all the stops out, is bug-eyed and demonic as the writer cracking up violently in an isolated hotel, and the final scenes are, literally, chilling. Selected release. Shorts for Middle Ones (8+) 45min. A selection of short films for ages 8+. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Sun 21 Oct–Sun 4 Nov; The Hippodrome, Bo’ness, Sat 3 Nov. Part of the Discovery Film Festival Shorts for Wee Ones (tbc) (Various, Various) 45min. A collection of short films for young children ages 3+. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Sun 21 Oct– Sun 4 Nov; The Hippodrome, Bo’ness, Sat 10 Nov. Surprise Film (tbc) A surprise film. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Fri 26 Oct. Part of Dundead Show Me Love (15) (Lukus Moodysson, Sweden, 1998) Rebecca Liljeberg, Alexandra Dahlström. 89min. A slight tale of two teenage girls falling in love in the small Swedish town of Åmål, Moodysson’s film combines a cinema verite eye with some stock situations and characters. Creating tension and turmoil out of the rite of passage movie gets harder and harder, but Moodysson manages a modicum of freshness, and there are enough variables at work to keep the film going for an engaging hour and a half. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Thu 18 Oct. Part of Glasgay! Sing-Along-A Wickerman! (tbc) The first ever Edinburgh outing of David Bramwell and Eliza Skelton’s interactive homage to The Wickerman. A goody bag of ‘dark secrets’ will be doled out to each
attendee for use during the film, plus a pagan hymn book with all the lyrics to the songs. Come dressed as your favourite animal, and you might just trouser a prize. Ages 16+. Entrance at Doorway 3. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Tue 30 Oct. The Singing Ringing Tree (U) (Francesco Stefani, East Germany, 1957) Christel Bodenstein, Charles Hans Vogt, Eckart Dux. 74min. Supported by the Goethe Institut. Ages 8+. Part of Scottish International Storytelling Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Sun 21 Oct. Bolshoi Ballet: Swan Lake (E) (Russia, 2011) A version of perhaps the greatest ballet of all time, recorded at the Bolshoi Theatre, with choreography by Yury Grigorovich. Cameo, Edinburgh, Sun 28 Oct. Tangled (PG) ●●●●● (Nathan Greno, Byron Howard, US, 2010) Voices of Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy. 100min. Disney/Pixar funk-up of the classic tale of Rapunzel that is nonetheless traditional to the core, blessed with catchy musical numbers and a plethora of scenes ripped off directly from the studio’s own back catalogue (see Aladdin, Little Mermaid et al). Funny and impressive, but lacking charm. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness, Sat 27 Oct. To Kill a Kelpie (tbc) (Sandy Thomson) The Kelpie is a mythical creature lurking in Highland lochs. Does it exist beyond the imagination of scared children? Based on the 2008 play by Matthew McVarish. CCA, Glasgow, Mon 29 Oct. Part of Glasgay! Twigson Ties the Knot (Knerten gifter seg) (5+) (Martin Lund, Norway, 2010) Adrian Grønnevik Smith, Åsleik Engmark, Pernille Sørensen. 78min. Lillebror teams up with Twigson to track down the person responsible for his mother’s biking accident. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Sat 3 Nov. Part of the Discovery Film Festival. Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods (tbc) (Christian Ditter, GER, 2011) Jonas Hämmerle, Waldemar Kobus, Valeria Eisenbart. 96min. Another family film about the adventurous young Viking girl. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Sun 4 Nov. Part of the Discovery Film Festival. Waxie Moon in Fallen Jewel (tbc) (Wes Hurley, US, 2011) Marc Kenison, Sarah Rudinoff, Marya Sea Kaminski. 88min. Waxie Moon, Seattle’s genre-bending celebrity, attempts to find love in the Emerald City. On her journey she learns the value of friendship, family and fashion. CCA, Glasgow, Thu 1 Nov. Part of Glasgay! Wintertochter (11+) (Johannes Schmid, Germany/Poland, 2011) Nina Monka, Ursula Werner, Leon Seidel. 90min. A young Polish girl searches for her Russian sailor father. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Sat 3 Nov. Part of the Discovery Film Festival. You’ve Gotta Laugh: Comedy Sketch Screening (tbc) A screening of comedy sketches from the Time Out film group interpreting the theme ‘Walk in My Shoes’ premièred alongside Comedy Bytes from the Seniors Club. Pearce Institute, Glasgow, Tue 23 Oct. Part of Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival. The Young Girls of Rochefort (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort) (PG) ●●●●● (Jacques Demy, France, 1967) Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Gene Kelly, Jacques Perrin. 125min. Sisters Delphine (Deneuve) and Solange (Dorléac) have dreams far beyond their small hometown of Rochefort, primarily the dream of finding true love. Little do they know that their perfect matches are wandering the streets of their own town. This is a film about being so overcome with emotion that you burst into song in the street – a sort of musical love song to the idea of musicals. Institut Français d’Ecosse, Edinburgh, Tue 6–Wed 7 Nov. Showing as part of The Universe of Jacques Demy Retrospective.
The 20th French Film Festival kicks off on Mon 8 Nov and runs until Sun 2 Dec, screening classic movies, animated features, documentaries and some as-yet-unreleased French films in cinemas around the UK. Among the films screening north of the border in its first week (more coverage to follow next issue) are Tim Burton-esque animated black comedy The Suicide Shop; gritty Matthieu Kassovitz-directed thriller Rebellion; globe- spanning Raymond Depardon doc Journal de France; much revered Georges Franju thriller Eyes Without a Face; and thrilling drama Headwinds, starring Benoît Magimel and Audrey Tautou. ■ Various venues nationwide, Mon 8 Nov–Sun 2 Dec. See film.list.co.uk for full listings. 78 THE LIST 18 Oct–15 Nov 2012