list.co.uk/fi lm 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 Admission (12A) (Paul Weitz, US, 2013) Tina Fey, Gloria Reuben, Paul Rudd. 107min. Romcom about a university admissions officer who is introduced to a gifted student she may have put up for adoption years earlier. See review at list.co.uk. General release from Fri 14 Jun.
✽Before Midnight (15) ●●●●● (Richard Linklater, US, 2013) Ethan
Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey- Fitzpatrick. 108min. The third part of Linklater’s long-running saga examines the couple’s feelings as they face early middle age. See review, page 64. General release from Fri 21 Jun. Behind the Candelabra (15) ●●●●● (Steven Soderbergh, US, 2013) Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Rob Lowe. 118min. Soderbergh goes for his sabbatical on a high, with this sparkling account of the relationship between flamboyant pianist Liberace (Douglas) and his much younger lover Scott Thorson (Damon). See review at list. co.uk. Selected release from Fri 14 Jun. The Bling Ring (15) ●●●●● (Sofia Coppola, US, 2013) Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson. 90min. Coppola’s caper, based on a true story, follows a group of high school friends who burgle the homes of the rich and famous, spurred on by their obsession with celebrity. See feature, page 24 and review, page 63. Limited release from Fri 5 Jul. Bula Quo! (PG) (Stuart St Paul, US/ Fiji, 2013) Jon Lovitz, Craig Fairbrass, Laura Aikman. In their first feature film, ageing rockers Status Quo witness a murder while in Fiji for a gig. They flee with the evidence (naturally), and find time to provide a double-album soundtrack in the process. See review at list.co.uk Selected release from Fri 5 Jul. The Call (tbc) (Brad Anderson, US, 2013) Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut. 94min. An emergency call centre operator takes a call from a teenage girl who’s been abducted. Having been burned by a bad decision in the past she resolves to help save the girl. See review at list.co.uk. General release from Fri 5 Jul. Chasing Mavericks (tbc) ●●●●● (Michael Apted/Curtis Hanson, US, 2012) Gerard Butler, Jonny Weston, Elisabeth Shue. 116min. The true story of surfer Jay Moriarity (Weston) who enlisted the help of veteran surfer Frosty Hesson (Butler) to help him train for the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on earth. See review, page 63. General release from Fri 5 Jul. Despicable Me 2 (U) (Pierre Coffin/ Chris Renaud, US, 2013) Al Pacino, Steve Carell, Miranda Cosgrove. This sequel to the 2010 film sees Al Pacino and Steve Coogan joining the cast. See review at list.co.uk. General release from Fri 28 Jun. The East (15) ●●●●● (Zal Batmanglij, US, 2013) Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, Ellen Page. 116min. A spy is sent in to infiltrate a group of eco-terrorists. However, when she falls for the group’s charismatic leader her loyalties are put to the test. See review, page 64. Showing at Edinburgh International Film Festival, Cineworld, Thu 20, Sun 23 Jun. Limited release from Fri 28 Jun. A Field in England (15) (Ben Wheatley, UK, 2013) Julian Barratt,
WHOSE STORY? Featuring contributions from photographer and filmmaker Chris Leslie, Whose Story? sees filmmakers, community workers and participants come together to explore the struggles of those forced to leave their homes. It also takes selections from Media Co-op and Refugee Survival Trust’s Making it Home project which developed films from poetry by writers including Jackie Kay, Ruth Padel and Edwin Morgan. (Nina Glencross) ■ GFT, Glasgow, Tue 18 Jun.
Michael Smiley, Reece Shearsmith. 90min. A historical horror following a group of deserters fleeing the 17th century English Civil War. See review at list.co.uk. Selected release from Fri 5 Jul. Fire in the Night (tbc) (Anthony Wonke, UK, 2013) 93min. Documentary about the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster, combining archive footage and interviews. Limited release from Fri 21 Jun, incl Cineworld, Edinburgh; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Ghanchakkar (tbc) (Raj Kumar Gupta, India, 2013) Sanjay Dutt, Vidya Balan, Emraan Hashmi. Bollywood comedy thriller about a retired safecracker lured back into taking on one last heist. Selected release from Fri 28 Jun. A Haunted House (15) (Michael Tiddes, US, 2013) Marlon Wayans, Marlene Forte, Essence Atkins. 86min. A couple move into a new home only to discover it’s haunted not only by a ghost but by Marlon Wayans’ sex jokes. See review at list.co.uk. General release from Fri 21 Jun. Hummingbird (15) ●●●●● (Steven Knight, US, 2013) Jason Statham, Lee Asquith-Coe, Vicky McClure. 100min. Statham attempts to show off his acting chops in this London-set thriller from the writer of Eastern Promises. See review, page 63. General release from Fri 28 Jun.
✽I am Breathing (tbc) ●●●●● (Emma Davie/Morag McKinnon, UK, 2013) Remarkable documentary about a man facing the onset of Motor Neurone Disease. See review, page 62. Showing at Edinburgh International Film Festival, Filmhouse, Thu 20 Jun. Limited release from Fri 21 Jun. The Internship (12A) (Shawn Levy, US, 2013) Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Rose Byrne. 119min. Two friends in their forties become interns for an internet company where their managers are half their age. See review at list. co.uk. General release from Wed 3 Jul.
✽Man of Steel (12A) (Zack Snyder, US/Canada, 2013) Henry Cavill,
Russell Crowe, Amy Adams. 143min. Snyder brings Superman back to life in this reboot written by Batman beginner David S Goyer. See review at list.co.uk. General release from Fri 14 Jun.
✽Much Ado About Nothing (12A) ●●●●● (Joss Whedon, US, 2012)
Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Fran Kranz. 107min. Shakespeare’s spiky, witty, problematic play is the grandparent of
the modern romcom, and Whedon’s version is no stunt: he’s been conducting private readings of it for years. See interview, page 61 and review, page 62. Selected release from Fri 14 Jun. Now You See Me (12A) ●●●●● (Louis Leterrier, US, 2013) Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Caine. 115min. Louis Leterrier’s star-studded thriller follows a group of FBI agents tracking down a team of illusionists who raid banks during their performances. See review, page 64. General release from Wed 3 Jul. Paradise: Love (Paradies: Liebe) (18) (Ulrich Seidl, Austria/Germany/ France, 2012) Margarete Tiesel, Peter Kazungu, Inge Maux. 120min. Drama about ‘Sugar Mamas’, European women seeking love from African boys. See review at list.co.uk. Selected release from Fri 14 Jun. The Seasoning House (18) (Paul Hyett, UK, 2012) Sean Cronin, Rosie Day, Sean Pertwee. 90min. Orphaned deaf mute Angel (Day) is charged with looking after young girls kidnapped in the Balkan war and taken to The Seasoning House where they are prostituted to the military and civilians. When her friend is killed by one of the soldiers, Angel sets out to get revenge. Selected release from Fri 21 Jun. Snitch (12A) (Ric Roman Waugh, US/ UAE, 2013) Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Jon Bernthal. 112min. After his son goes down in a drug deal set-up, John Matthews (Johnson) agrees to go undercover for the DEA in a bid to clear his offspring’s permanent record. General release from Fri 21 Jun. Spike Island (15) (Mat Whitecross, UK, 2012) Elliott Tittensor, Nico Mirallegro, Jordan Murphy. 105min. A young indie band travel to see the Stone Roses perform at their legendary 1990 Spike Island gig. See review at list.co.uk. General release from Fri 21 Jun. Stand Up Guys (R) ●●●●● (Fisher Stevens, US, 2012) Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin. 95min. Val (Pacino) is an ex-con who meets up with old friends Doc (Walken) and Hirsch (Arkin) for one last job: but Doc has reluctantly agreed to kill him. See review, page 62. General release from Fri 28 Jun.
✽Stories We Tell (12A) ●●●●● (Sarah Polley, US, 2013) 108min.
Polley’s first documentary looks inwardly at her family life, particularly her mother who died when she was aged
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5 REASONS TO GO TO... RICHARD FLEISCHER RETROSPECTIVE 1 Not considered an auteur, like, say, Alfred Hitchcock, this great American director has been undervalued by critics and film historians. Fleischer was a versatile craftsman who was able to turn his eye to many kinds of films. As a result, he enjoyed a long career spanning six decades during which he consistently combined action and spectacle with storytelling complexity, and mainstream appeal with controversial subject matter. 2 Fleischer directed Disney’s best-ever live action film, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (the Jules Verne fantasy starring Kirk Douglas and James Mason), after which he became known for making what would become known as blockbusters, among them The Vikings, Fantastic Voyage and Tora! Tora! Tora! 3 In between making these big budget epics, Fleischer completed a trilogy of serial killer thrillers now considered to be classics of the genre: Compulsion starring Orson Welles, The Boston Strangler with Tony Curtis and 10 Rillington Place featuring Richard Attenborough. 4 While the now better-known Hollywood mavericks (Scorsese, Friedkin etc) were busy establishing their reputations, Fleischer made what has been described as the only ever Hollywood studio-funded exploitation film, Mandingo. This ultra-violent southern states-set slavery drama inspired Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained. 5 Having cut his teeth directing cartoons produced by his father Max Fleischer (Betty Boop, Popeye, Superman), Fleischer Jnr moved into live action films. Five years later he won an Academy Award for producing the 1947 documentary Design for Death, a look at Japan’s imperial expansion during World War II. 1947 was the year EIFF was launched as a documentary film festival: kismet! (Miles Fielder) ■ Fantastic Voyages: The Films of Richard Fleischer is part of Edinburgh International Film Festival, various venues, Sat 22– Sun 30 Jun. The retrospective then continues at Filmhouse, Edinburgh, until Sun 7 Jul.
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