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GLASGOW CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street. 0141 352 4900. cca- glasgow.com. Prices vary (£5–£5.60).
Cineworld Parkhead Forge Shopping Centre, 1221 Gallowgate. 0871 200 2000. cineworld.co.uk £6.40–£7 (£4.80–£5.20; family ticket £20.40); 3D supplement £2.10 (£1.50); glasses 80p per pair. Off peak prices Mon–Thu before 5pm.
Cineworld Renfrew Street 7 Renfrew Street. 0871 200 2000. cineworld.co.uk £6.90–£8.30 (£5.70; family ticket £22–£23.40); 3D supplement £2.10 (£1.50); glasses 80p per pair. Off peak prices Mon–Thu before 5pm and Fri–Sun before noon. Empire Clydebank Regional Centre, 23 Britannia Way. 0871 471 4714. empirecinemas.co.uk £5.45–£6.95 (£5–£5.25; family ticket £20–£21); 3D supplement £1.50. Off peak prices Mon–Thu before 5pm; SaverDay Tuesday £2.95.
Glasgow Film Theatre 12 Rose Street. 0141 332 6535. glasgowfilm.org/ theatre £7 (£5.50). Glasgow Sculpture Studios The Whisky Bond Dawson Street. 07582 698832. Free, see clippertonproject. com
Glue Factory 22 Farnell Street Garscube Industrial Estate Maryhill. £6 (£4), part of Take One Action, booking via zerosilence-glasgow. eventbrite.com
GMAC (Glasgow Media Access Centre) Fifth Floor Trongate 103. 0141 553 5400. g-mac. co.uk. £5 as part of Take One Action, see takeoneaction. org.uk Grosvenor Ashton Lane, Hillhead. 0845 166 6002. grosvenorcafe.co.uk/ cinema.php £5–£7.75 (£4–£6; sofa seats £15–£30). Various peak and off peak prices throughout the week.
High Street Gallery 40a High Street. 0141 552 4100. highstreetgalleryglasgow. co.uk. £17 in advance, £20 on the door. Withnail & I Appreciation Society screening booking via 07710 809452 Kinning Park Complex Cornwall Street. 0141 419 0329. kinningparkcomplex. org. Free, see mhfestival.com
Odeon at the Quay Springfield Quay, Paisley Road. 0871 22 44 007. odeon.co.uk
£7.30–£8.60 (£5.05–£6.45; family ticket £20.20–£23.80); 3D supplement £2 (£1.60); glasses £1 per pair. Off peak prices Mon–Thu before 5pm. Odeon Braehead X-scape, Kings Inch Road. 0871 2244 007. odeon. co.uk £7.30–£8.60 (£5.40–£7; family ticket £21.60–£25.60); 3D supplement £2 (£1.60); glasses £1 per pair. Off peak prices Mon–Thu before 5pm.
The Old Hairdressers Opposite Stereo, Renfield Lane. 0141 222 2254. stereocafebar.com Free. Paisley Arts Centre New Street. 0141 887 1010. renfrewshire.gov.uk Prices vary (free–£5).
Platform The Bridge 1000, Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse. 0141 276 9696. platform-online. co.uk Free screening as part of Take One Action, booking via takeoneaction.eventbrite.com
Showcase Cinema Barrbridge Leisure Centre, Coatbridge. 0871 220 1000. showcasecinemas. co.uk £6.40–£7.70 (£5.55); 3D supplement £2; glasses £1 per pair. Off peak prices before noon.
Showcase Cinema Griffin Avenue, Phoenix Business Park, Paisley. 0871 220 1000. showcasecinemas.co.uk £6.30–£7.70 (£5.65); 3D supplement £2; glasses £1 per pair. Off peak prices Mon–Fri before 6pm; Sat & Sun before noon. Sloans 62 Argyll Arcade City Centre. 0141 221 8866. sloansglasgow.com Free.
EDINBURGH Cameo 38 Home Street. 0871 902 5723. picturehouses.co.uk £5.30–£7.30 (£2–£5.80). Sunday double bills £7.30 (concessions £5.80; members free).Off peak price Tue–Fri before 5pm, all late shows and all day Mon; Wed first screening £2 for concessions. Cineworld Fountainpark Fountain Park, 130/3 Dundee Street. 0871 200 2000. cineworld.co.uk £7.10–£8.30 (£5.40; family ticket £22.60); 3D supplement £2.10 (£1.50); glasses 80p per pair. Off peak prices Mon–Fri before 5pm.
Dominion 18 Newbattle Terrace. 0131 447 4771. dominioncinemas.net £6–£10.90 (£4.60–£7.90; seniors discount Sun–Thu only). Off peak prices before 6pm.
Filmhouse 88 Lothian Road. 0131 228 2688. filmhousecinema. com £5.60–£7.50 (£2.60–£5.50). Off peak prices Mon–Fri
before 5pm (extra discount on Fri). Inspace 1 Crichton Street. 0131 650 2750. inspace. mediascot.org £6 (£4), part of Take One Action, booking via zerosilence-edinburgh. eventbrite.com
Odeon 118 Lothian Road. 0871 22 44 007. odeon.co.uk £7.50–£8.85 (£5.65–£6.90; family ticket £22–£26); 3D supplement £2 (£1.60); glasses £1 per pair. Off peak prices Mon–Thu before 5pm. Odeon Wester Hailes 120 Wester Hailes Road, Westside Plaza. 0871 22 44 007. odeon.co.uk £6.60–£7.85 (£4.75–£6; family ticket £19.80–£23.40); premier seat upgrade £1.10 (family £4.40); 3D supplement £2 (£1.60); glasses £1 per pair. Off peak prices Mon–Thu before 5pm.
Out of the Blue Drill Hall 30–36 Dalmeny Street Leith. 0131 555 7101. outoftheblue.org.uk. Prices vary (free–£7), see takeoneaction.org.uk
Royal Botanic Garden Arboretum Place. 0131 248 2909. rbge.org.uk. £6 (£4). Bike-powered screenings, see takeoneaction.org.uk
Vue Ocean Ocean Terminal, Ocean Drive, Victoria Dock, Leith. 0871 224 0240. myvue. com £5.95–£8.40 (£4.50–£6.25; family ticket £18–£25); 3D supplement £2.60 (£1.95). Off peak prices all day Mon–Thu and Fri before 5pm (extra discounts Mon–Thu before 5pm). Vue Omni Omni, Greenside. 0871 224 0240. myvue.com £5.95–£8ww.40 (£4.50– £6.25; family ticket £18–£25); 3D supplement £2.60 (£1.95). Off peak prices all day Mon– Thu and Fri before 5pm (extra discounts Mon–Thu before 5pm).
OTHER INDEPENDENTS The Hippodrome 10 Hope Street, Bo’ness. 01324 506850. falkirk.gov. uk/hippodrome £5.55 (£4.25; family ticket £15.20). Certain Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema screenings £8 (£6).
Macrobert University of Stirling, Stirling. 01786 466666. macrobert.org £4.75–£5.75 (£4.25–£5.25). Off peak prices before 4pm. Dundee Contemporary Arts Nethergate, Dundee. 01382 909900. dca.org.uk £5–£6.50 (£4). Off peak prices before 5pm (extra discounts Mon–Thu).
66 THE LIST 15 Nov–13 Dec 2012 66 THE LIST 15 Nov–13 Dec 2012
The Man with the Iron Fists (18) (RZA, US/Hong Kong, 2012) Russell Crowe, Cung Le, Lucy Liu. 95min. Rapper RZA helms this action film about a hunt for a fabled treasure. Release from Fri 7 Dec.
✽ The Master (15) ●●●●● (Paul Thomas Anderson, US, 2012) Philip
Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams. 137min. See feature, page 18, and review, page 64. General release from Fri 16 Nov. Mental (15) (P.J. Hogan, US/Australia, 2012) Toni Collette, Liev Schreiber, Anthony LaPaglia. 116min. Muriel’s Wedding director Hogan helms this comedy about a hotheaded nanny who transforms a family’s life. Release from Fri 16 Nov. Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! (U) (Debbie Isit, UK, 2012) David Tennant, Thomas Ainge, Adrianna Bertola. 105min Tennant takes over starring duties from Martin Freeman in this sequel to the 2009 British festive hit. See review at list.co.uk. General release from Fri 23 Nov. The Oranges (15) (Julian Farino, US, 2011) Leighton Meester, Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener. 90min. A family friendship is tested when a young woman enters an affair with the head of the another family. Release from Fri 7 Dec. Periferic (tbc) (Bogdan George Apetri, Romania) Ana Ularu, Mimi Branescu, Andi Vasluianu. 87min. Troubled inmate Matilda plots how she can turn a 24 hour release from prison to her advantage and escape jail, but finds that her biggest obstacle is her past. Release from Sun 25 Nov. Principles of Life (tbc) (Constantin Popescu, 2010) Gabriel Huian, Vlad Ivanov, Rodica Lazar. 97min. Happily married Velicanu is a successful businessman and has just become a father again. But a crisis at the end of the day leaves him questioning just how happy and fulfilled he really is. Release from Fri 23 Nov. Rise of the Guardians (PG) (Peter Ramsay, US, 2012) Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher, Jude Law. 97min. A set of childhood heroes (including Jack Frost, Easter Bunny and Santa Claus) unite to combat Pitch the Bogeyman in this adaptation of William Joyce’s novel The Guardians of Childhood. General release from Fri 30 Nov.
✽ Seven Psychopaths (15) ●●●●● (Martin McDonagh, UK, 2012) Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Abbie Cornish, Olga Kurylenko, Tom Waits. 110min. See review, page 63. Release from Fri 7 Dec. Sightseers (15) ●●●●● (Ben Wheatley, UK, 2012) Sara Stewart, Alice Lowe, Seamus O’Neill. 88min. See Apocalypse Archives, page 63, and review, page 64. Release from Fri 30 Nov, incl Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow; Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. Silver Linings Playbook (15) ●●●●● (David O. Russell, US, 2012) Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro. 122min. See review, page 63. General release from Wed 21 Nov. So Undercover (12A) (Tom Vaughan, US, 2012) Miley Cyrus, Alexis Knapp, Joshua Bowman. 94min. Cyrus stars in this film about a tough private eye hired to go undercover in a college. Release from Fri 7 Dec. Trouble with the Curve (12A) (Robert Lorenz, US, 2012) Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, John Goodman. 111min. After retiring from acting, Eastwood returns to star in this drama about an ailing baseball scout taking his daughter along on a final recruiting trip. Release from Fri 30 Nov. Tu seras mon fils (You Will Be My Son) (tbc) (Gilles Legrand, France, 2011) Niels Arestrup, Lorànt Deutsch. 102min. A winery owner chooses another man’s son as his successor over his own flesh and blood in this story of complex familial relationships. Release from Fri 7 Dec. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (12A) (Bill Condon, US, 2012) Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner. 115min. The tween vampire romance comes to its conclusion. See review at list.co.uk. General release from Fri 16 Nov.
Up There (15+) (Zam Salim, Scotland, 2011) Burn Gorman, Kate O’Flynn, Aymen Hamdouchi. 82min. See review at list.co.uk. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 16– Mon 19 Nov.
STILL SHOWING Anna Karenina (12A) ●●●●● (Joe Wright, UK/France, 2012) Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Johnson. 130min. Adaptation of Tolstoy’s classic novel, in which the title character (Knightley) has an affair with an army officer (Taylor- Johnson). Despite lush photography and a charismatic (if low-key) performance by Knightley, the clever design and theatrical presentation make the characters seem spoiled and shallow, and rob the story of impact. Odeon Lothian Road, Edinburgh, Thu 15 Nov; Dominion, Edinburgh, Thu 15 Nov. Argo (15) ●●●●● (Ben Affleck, US, 2012) Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman. 120min. When Islamist militants take the US Embassy staff hostage in 1979, six escape to the Canadian Embassy, where the CIA plans an extremely odd rescue. General release. Beasts of the Southern Wild (12A) ●●●●● (Benh Zeitlin, US, 2012) Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly. 91min. Six-year-old Hushpuppy (Wallis) and her ailing father (Henry) live in the Louisiana backwaters until a violent storm throws their lives into turmoil. Henry and Wallis are non-professional actors who inhabit their roles with astonishing ease and conviction, and the film is bracingly original and beguiling. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness, Sun 2–Thu 6 Dec; Dominion, Edinburgh, Thu 15 Nov. Frankenweenie (PG) ●●●●● (Tim Burton, US, 2012) Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short. 87min. Burton brings his 1984 short to the big screen, reuniting him with Ryder and O’Hara. He was fired by Disney for his original efforts. Here’s hoping for a touch more success. Cineworld Parkhead, Glasgow, Thu 15 Nov; Showcase Cinema Glasgow, Glasgow, Thu 15 Nov; Showcase Cinema Paisley, Paisley, Thu 15 Nov. Fun Size (12A) ●●●●● ( Josh Schwartz, US, 2012) Victoria Justice, Jane Levy, Thomas McDonell, Chelsea Handler. 90min. A teenage girl loses her little brother while trick-or-treating at Hallowe’en. Selected release. Holy Motors (18) ●●●●● (Leos Carax, France, 2012) Denis Lavant, Édith Scob, Eva Mendes. 115min. First film in over a decade from Carax, starring Lavant as a man who travels between multiple parallel lives. macrobert, Stirling, Thu 15 Nov. Hotel Transylvania (U) ●●●●● (Genndy Tartakovsky, US, 2012) Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Andy Samberg. 91min. Dracula (Sandler) has created a hotel offering holidays to eldritch abominations, but when human slacker Jonathan (Samberg) checks in and fancies Dracula’s daughter (Gomez), the count is not happy. General release. Looper (15) ●●●●● (Rian Johnson, US, 2012) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Jeff Daniels. 118min. Time-travel thriller. A hitman for the mob recognises a target as himself from the future. Odeon Lothian Road, Edinburgh, Thu 15 Nov. Love Bite (15) (Andy De Emmony, UK, 2012) Ed Speleers, Jessica Szohr, Timothy Spall, Luke Pasqualino, Kierston Wareing. 87min. Selected release. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (PG) ●●●●● (Eric Darnell, US, 2012) Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen. 93min. Our heroes are pining for New York so they escape across Europe, only to find animal-hating Captain DuBois (McDormand) on their tails. General release. My Brother the Devil (15) ●●●●● (Sally El Hosaini, UK, 2012) James Floyd, Fady Elsayed, Saïd Taghmaoui. 111min. Rashid (Floyd) is a gang member growing