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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 screening times. Submit details of special screenings at least 10 days before publication to events@list. co.uk. Film index is compiled by Murray Robertson and Gail Tolley. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
NEW RELEASES Alex Cross (15) (Rob Cohen, US, 2012) Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols. 101min. US box office behemoth Perry stars with Lost’s Fox in this drama about a detective pushed to the edge by a serial killer who specialises in torture and pain. See review at list.co.uk. General release from Fri 30 Nov. Alps (Alpeis) (15) (Giorgos Lanthimos, Greece, 2011) Stavros Psyllakis, Aris Servetalis, Johnny Vekris. 93min. A clique of hospital employees offers their services as temporary substitutes of deceased patients for the benefit of their grieving relatives. See review at list.co.uk. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Tue 20–Thu 22 Nov.
✽ Amour (12A) ●●●●● (Michael Haneke, France, Germany, Austria, 2012)
Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva. 127min. See review, page 64. Release from Fri 16 Nov, incl Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow; Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. Elena (12+) ●●●●● (Andrei Zvyagintsev, Russia, 2011) Nadezhda Markina, Andrei Smirnov. 109min. See review at list.co.uk. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 16–Tue 20 Nov. End of Watch (15) ●●●●● (David Ayer, US, 2012) Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena, Anna Kendrick. 109min. See review, page 62. Release from Fri 23 Nov. Gambit (12A) ●●●●● (Michael Hoffman, US, 2013) Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, Cameron
Diaz, Stanley Tucci. 89min. See review, page 62. Release from Wed 21 Nov. Great Expectations (12A) ●●●●● (Mike Newell, UK, 2012) Jeremy Irvine, Helena Bonham-Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Jason Flemyng. 128min. See review, page 62. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Fri 30 Nov–Thu 13 Dec; Showcase Cinema Glasgow, Glasgow, Sun 25 Nov–Thu 6 Dec; Showcase Cinema Paisley, Paisley, Fri 30 Nov–Thu 6 Dec. Happy, Happy (Sykt lykkelig) (15) (Anne Sewitsky, Norway, 2010) Agnes Kittelsen, Henrik Rafaelsen, Joachim Rafaelsen. 85min. Two couples, each experiencing relationship problems, hook up and play the Couples Board Game. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Tue 27–Thu 29 Nov. Here Comes the Boom (12A) ●●●●● (Frank Coraci, US, 2012) Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler. 105min. Scott Voss (James) is a high-school biology teacher who enters the world of mixed martial arts to raise funds for his school. See review at list. co.uk. General release. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (tbc) (Peter Jackson, US/ New Zealand, 2012) Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage. Long-awaited prequel to Jackson’s epic adaptations of Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. See review at list.co.uk. General release from Fri 13 Dec. Hendrix 70: Live at Woodstock (tbc) (Michael Wadleigh, 2012) 99min. Hendrix’s unforgettable August 1969 Woodstock concert. Release from Thu 29 Nov. The Hunt (Jagten) (15) ●●●●● (Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark, 2012) Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp. 115min. See review, page 64. Release from Fri 30 Nov, incl Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee; Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow. I, Anna (15) ●●●●● (Barnaby Southcombe, UK/Germany/France, 2012) Charlotte Rampling, Gabriel Byrne, Hayley Atwell. 93min. See review, page 62. Release from Fri 7 Dec.
CINEMECHANIQUE KinoKlub delve into the world of expanded cinema with this night of multiple projections, music and partying. Continuing the group’s run of site-specific events, they’ll be showing experimental 1920s short films with an original soundtrack by DJ Red Crayon Spiders in the futuristic setting of Edinburgh’s InSpace. Plus there’s a ‘visual dance party’ afterwards. Prepare to have your mind stretched in new ways. ■ Inspace, Edinburgh, Wed 28 Nov.
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