list.co.uk/fi lm Films screening in the next six 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 Jaclyn Arndt and Gail Tolley. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
NEW RELEASES 2 Guns (R) (Baltasar Kormákur, UK, 2013) Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Denzel Washington. The guns belong to Washington and Wahlberg, a DEA agent and a Naval Intelligence Officer duped into investigating each other by the mob. See review at list.co.uk General release from Fri 16 Aug.
✽The Act of Killing (15) ●●●●● (Joshua Oppenheimer/Anonymous/
Christine Cynn, Denmark/Norway/ UK, 2012) 115min. See review, page 69. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Tue 16 & Wed 17 Jul.
✽Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (tbc) (Declan Lowney, UK, 2013)
Steve Coogan, Tim Key. The big-screen debut of Coogan’s most popular comic creation features a script co-written by Coogan, Armando Iannucci and brothers Neil and Rob Gibbons, co-writers of his ‘autobiography’. It would be amiss to end this without saying ‘Smell my cheese’. See feature, page 12 and review at list. co.uk General release from Wed 7 Aug. Bachelorette (15) (Leslye Headland, US, 2013) Rebel Wilson, Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan, Isla Fisher. 87min. Though they used to torture her in high school, three women (Dunst, Caplan and Fisher) are asked to be bridesmaids at Becky’s (Wilson) wedding. See review at list.co.uk General release from Fri 16 Aug. The Battle of the Sexes (PG) ●●●●● (James Erskine/Victoria Gregory, US/UK, 2013) 83min. Documentary on the lead-up to Billie Jean King’s 1973 tennis match against former men’s champion Bobby Riggs who, aged 55, declared he could beat any woman in the world. See review at list. co.uk Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Sat 13 & Sun 14 Jul. Blackfish (PG) ●●●●● (Gabriela Cowperthwaite, US, 2013) 90min. See review, page 69. Limited release from Fri 26 Jul, incl Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow.
✽Blancanieves (12A) ●●●●● (Pablo Berger, Spain, 2012) Maribel Verdú, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ángela Molina. 104min. See review, page 70. Limited release from Fri 12 Jul, incl Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow. Breathe In (15) ●●●●● (Drake Doremus, US, 2013) Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Amy Ryan. 98min. See review, page 70. General release from Fri 19 Jul. Call Girl (tbc) ●●●●● (Mikael Marcimain, Sweden/Norway/Finland/ Ireland, 2012) Ruth Vega Fernandez, Pernilla August, David Dencik. 140min. See review, page 68. Limited release from Fri 16 Aug. Chennai Express (tbc) (Rohit Shetty, India, 2013) Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Rani Mukerji. Hindi megastar King Khan pairs with model-turned- actress Padukone for this action-filled rom com. General release from Thu 8 Aug. The Conjuring (15) ●●●●● (James Wan, US, 2013) Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor. 112min. See review, page 69. General release from Fri 2 Aug. The Deep (tbc) ●●●●● (Baltasar Kormákur, Iceland, 2012) Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Jóhann G Jóhannsson, Þorbjörg Helga Þorgilsdóttir. 95min. See interview, right and review, page 67. Limited release from Fri 12 Jul, incl Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee;
Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow.
✽Frances Ha (15) ●●●●● (Noah Baumbach, US, 2012) Greta Gerwig,
Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver. 86min. See feature, page 66 and review, page 67. General release from Fri 26 Jul. From Up on Poppy Hill (Kokuriko- zaka kara) (U) (Goro Miyazaki, Japan, 2011) Masami Nagasawa, Junichi Okada, Keiko Takeshita. 91min. Scripted by Hayao Miyazaki and directed by his son, this tale is set just before the 1964 Olympics. See review at list.co.uk Limited release from Fri 2 Aug. The Frozen Ground (15) (Scott Walker, US, 2013) Vanessa Hudgens, Nicolas Cage, John Cusack. 105min. An Alaska State Trooper (Cage) tracks down a murderer (Cusack) with the help of one of his escaped victims (Hudgens). Based on the true story of 1980s serial killer Robert Hansen. See review at list.co.uk General release from Fri 19 Jul. Grown Ups 2 (12A) (Dennis Dugan, US, 2013) Adam Sandler, Taylor Lautner, Salma Hayek. 101min. Sandler and friends reunite for this sequel to the critically derided 2010 comedy. General release from Fri 9 Aug. The Heat (15) (Paul Feig, US, 2013) Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Demián Bichir. 117min. The classic tale of edgy city cop (McCarthy) meets up-tight federal agent (Bullock), ending happily ever after with the takedown of a drug lord, from the director of Bridesmaids. General release from Wed 31 Jul. Heaven’s Gate (15) (Michael Cimino, US, 1980) Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Isabelle Huppert. 219min. Extraordinary full-length re-release of Cimino’s notoriously expensive western. See preview, page 72. Limited release from Fri 2 Aug. I Am Nasrine (15) ●●●●● (Tina Gharavi, UK, 2012) Micsha Sadeghi, Shiraz Haq, Christian Coulson. 88min. Drama about a brother and sister from a comfortable Iranian home who are sent to live in the UK, just before the tragedy of 9/11 strikes. See review at list.co.uk Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 16–Sun 18 Aug. It’s a Lot (tbc) (Darwood Grace/Femi Oyeniran, UK, 2013) Femi Oyeniran, Red Madrell, Roxy Sternberg. New comedy from the directors and actors behind Kidulthood, Adulthood and Anuvahood. General release from Wed 21 Aug. Kick-Ass 2 (R) (Jeff Wadlow, US/ UK, 2013) Chloë Grace Moretz, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jim Carrey. 113min. Everyday superheroes Kick-Ass and Hit Girl find themselves joined by an entire crew of masked crusaders as they battle against the world’s first super villain, the Mother Fucker. See review at list.co.uk General release from Wed 14 Aug. The Lone Ranger (12A) (Gore Verbinski, US, 2013) Armie Hammer, Johnny Depp, Tom Wilkinson, Helena Bonham Carter. 149min. Remake of the 1940s TV and radio series, starring Depp as right-hand man Tonto and Bonham Carter as a peg-legged, revenge-seeking proprietor. See review at list.co.uk General release from Fri 9 Aug. Monsters University (U) ●●●●● (Dan Scanlon, US, 2013) Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Jennifer Tilly. 110min. See review, page 67. General release from Fri 12 Jul. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (tbc) (Harald Zwart, US/ Germany, 2013) Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, Lena Headey. After discovering she comes from a long line of Shadowhunters, Clary (Collins) must go on the offensive against demons, werewolves and other spooky things in order to rescue her disappeared mum (Headey). General release from Wed 21 Aug. Only God Forgives (18) ●●●●● (Nicolas Winding Refn, France/ Thailand/US/Sweden, 2013) Ryan
Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Yayaying Rhatha Phongam. 90min. See review, page 65. Limited release from Fri 2 Aug. Pacific Rim (12A) ●●●●● (Guillermo del Toro, US, 2013) Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Ron Perlman. See review, page 67. General release from Fri 12 Jul. Paradise: Hope (Paradies: Hoffnung) (tbc) (Ulrich Seidl, Austria/ France/Germany, 2013) Melanie Lenz, Verena Lehbauer, Joseph Lorenz. 100min. The third part of Seidl’s trilogy returns to Teresa from the first film as she sends her daughter Melanie off to a weight loss camp. There, Melanie meets Verena, a cabin mate with salacious tales. See feature, page 70. Limited release from Fri 2 Aug. Paris-Manhattan (12A) ●●●●● (Sophie Lellouche, France, 2012) Alice Taglioni, Patrick Bruel, Marine Delterme. 77min. See review, page 68. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Tue 23–Thu 25 Jul; Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 12–Thu 18 Jul; Dominion, Edinburgh, Thu 11 Jul. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) (Thor Freudenthal, US, 2013) Alexandra Daddario, Logan Lerman, Nathan Fillion. The latest instalment in the series sees Percy on a quest to find the Golden Fleece to help save Poseidon’s home. General release from Wed 7 Aug. Planes (tbc) (Klay Hall, US, 2013) Voices of Val Kilmer, Julia Louis- Dreyfus, Teri Hatcher, John Cleese. The cloud-chasing counterpart of Cars sees Dusty, a cropduster, try to overcome his fear of heights to enter an aerial race and make his dreams come true. General release from Fri 16 Aug. RED 2 (12A) (Dean Parisot, US, 2013) Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta- Jones, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren. Sequel to the 2010 film about out-of- commission spies that made an action star of Helen Mirren. General release from Fri 2 Aug. Shun Li and the Poet (Io sono Li) (15) ●●●●● (Andrea Segre, Italy/France, 2011) Tao Zhao, Rade Serbedzija, Marco Paolini. 100min. A Chinese immigrant in Italy befriends a widowed Slavic fisherman while tending a bar in a small coastal town. This debut fiction feature from documentary-maker Segre is a delicately observed exploration of themes of longing and economic change. See review at list.co.uk Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 26 & Sat 27 Jul. The Smurfs 2 (PG) (Raja Gosnell, US, 2013) Neil Patrick Harris, Hank Azaria, Christina Ricci. Sequel to the 2011 animated blue adventure. General release from Wed 31 Jul.
✽Wadjda (PG) ●●●●● (Haifaa Al-Mansour, Saudi Arabia, 2013) Reem Abdullah, Waad Mohammed, Abdullrahman Al Gohani. 98min. See review, page 68. Limited release from Fri 19 Jul, incl Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow.
✽We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (15) ●●●●● (Alex Gibney, US, 2013) 130min. See review, page 68. Limited release from Fri 12 Jul, incl Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Wall (Die Wand) (tbc) ●●●●● (Julian Pölsler, Austria/Germany, 2012) Wolfgang M Bauer, Ulrike Beimpold, Martina Gedeck. 108min. A feminist take on Robinson Crusoe in which a woman is cut off from the rest of the world when, inexplicably, an invisible wall appears. See review at list.co.uk Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 9– Sun 11 Aug. The Wolverine (tbc) (James Mangold, US, 2013) Hugh Jackman. This sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine sees the eponymous hero travel to Japan where he takes training from a samurai warrior. See review at list.co.uk. General release from Thu 25 Jul. The World’s End (R) (Edgar Wright, UK, 2013) Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Rosamund Pike. When five middle-aged
Index | FILM PROFILE
BALTASAR KORMÁKUR
Born: 1966, Reykjavik, Iceland Background: An established theatre director, Kormákur’s international reputation began with early film hits 101 Reykjavik and Jar City. He successfully remade Oskar Jónasson’s Reykjavik Rot- terdam as seafaring feature Con- traband starring Mark Wahlberg.
What’s he up to now?
Kormákur mixes success at home with big Hollywood mov- ies. A second collaboration with Wahlberg, 2 Guns, pits the actor alongside Denzel Washington with the pair playing bank robbers who each discover that their partner is an undercover cop. His latest homegrown film is The Deep, a true story of a man who survived a lifeboat disaster.
On making the leap from Iceland to Hollywood and back
‘I don’t want to tell stories which are so local they have no appeal or heart. A film like Fargo works because it’s specific, so my approach is to find what is real, authentic. I think The Deep’s story has real local but also universal appeal.’ On the casting for 2 Guns
‘2 Guns was developed for Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, and Mark Wahlberg brought it to me and I said he should play the other role, get Denzel in, and make him funny rather than cast a comedy actor; I wanted Butch and Sundance rather than Rush Hour or Bad Boys, two alpha males together.’
On the shift from studio- based filmmaking in Hollywood
‘To me, there is no Hollywood anymore; they are more like a big shop – if you can persuade them to sell your product, then you have a good relationship.’ On the links between Iceland and Scotland ‘Scots are like Icelanders, we are both underdogs. Iceland has had good success in film and music recently, we are not burdened by history; if someone wants to do something they should just go and do it.’ (Eddie Harrison) ■ The Deep is on release from Fri 12 Jul. See review, page 67. 2 Guns from Fri 16 Aug.
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