FILM | Index
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. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
NEW RELEASES ✽ 20 Feet from Stardom ●●●●● (tbc) (Morgan Neville, US, 2013) 91min. See review, page 61. General release from Fri 28 Mar. A Story of Children and Film (PG) (Mark Cousins, UK, 2013) 106min. Cousins’ new film explores the way children are portrayed on film, as depicted by a selection of 53 films from around the world. See preview, page 57. Selected release from Fri 4 Apr. About Last Night (15) ●●●●● (Steve Pink, US, 2014) Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, Regina Hall. 100min. Follow two couples as they journey from the bar to the bedroom and are eventually put to the test in the real world. See review at list.co.uk. Selected release from Fri 21 Mar.
✽ Calvary (15) ●●●●● (John Michael McDonagh, Ireland, 2013) Brendan Gleeson, Chris O’Dowd, Kelly Reilly. 101min. See review, page 61. General release from Fri 11 Apr. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (tbc) (Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, US, 2014) Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan. 128min. The continuing adventures of Steve Rogers and his struggles to adapt to 21st century America. See review at list.co.uk. General release from Fri 28 Mar. Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus (tbc) (Madeleine Sackler, UK/US/ Belarus, 2014) 76min. Documentary about the Belarus Free Theatre resistance movement defying Europe’s last remaining dictatorship. Selected release from Fri 28 Mar. The Double (15) ●●●●● (Richard Ayoade, UK, 2013) Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn. 93min. See review, page 60. General release from Fri 4 Apr. The Fold (15) (John Jencks, UK, 2013) Catherine McCormack, Marina Stoimenova, Dakota Blue Richards. 89min. Struggling with her grief, Anglican priest Rebecca Ashton tries to replace her deceased daughter with another girl. Selected release from Fri 28 Mar. Half of a Yellow Sun (15) (Biyi Bandele, Nigeria/UK, 2013) Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Anika Noni Rose. 111min. Four people are brought together during the struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria. See review at list.co.uk. Selected release from Fri 11 Apr. Honour (15) (Shan Khan, UK, 2013) Aiysha Hart, Paddy Considine, Faraz Ayub. 104min. Drama/thriller about a a young woman targeted by her family for an ‘honour killing’. Selected release from Fri 4 Apr. Labor Day (12A) ●●●●● (Jason Reitman, US, 2013) Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith. 111min. Depressed single mum Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options diminish. See review at list.co.uk. General release from Fri 21 Mar. Last Days on Mars (tbc) (Ruairi Robinson, US/Ireland, 2013) Liev Schreiber, Romola Garai, Elias Koteas. 91min. A group of astronauts succumb one by one to a mysterious and terrifying force while collecting
62 THE LIST 20 Mar–17 Apr 2014
ART SCREEN A new film festival is coming to Glasgow this spring courtesy of BBC Arts. Art Screen is a four-day event featuring films, discussions and workshops focused exclusively on art documentaries. Kicking off proceedings is the world premiere of Rio, a new film from Julien Temple (known for his music documentaries The Filth and the Fury and Oil City Confidential) about the intoxicating Brazilian capital. There’s also a chance to see The Big Melt, a tribute to Britain’s steelworks from Martin Wallace and Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, and a rare screening of Italianamerican, a 1974 documentary by Martin Scorsese which gives an intimate insight into the legendary director’s upbringing. ■ GFT and CCA, Glasgow, Thu 10–Sun 13 Apr.
specimens on Mars. General release from Fri 11 Apr. The Legend of Hercules (12A) (Renny Harlin, US, 2014) Kellan Lutz, Gaia Weiss, Scott Adkins. 99min. Hunky Lutz plays hunky Hercules in this cinematic rehash of the Greek legend. General release from Fri 28 Mar. A Long Way Down (15) ●●●●● (Pascal Chaumeil, UK, 2014) Pierce Brosnan, Aaron Paul, Rosamund Pike. 96min. See review, page 59 and First & Last, page 112. General release from Fri 21 Mar. The Lunchbox (Dabba) (PG) ●●●●● (Ritesh Batra, India/France/ Germany/USA, 2013) Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui. 104min. See review, page 60. Selected release from Fri 11 Apr. The Machine (15) (Caradog W James, UK, 2013) Caity Lotz, Toby Stephens, Denis Lawson. 91min. The creators of the first piece of self-aware AI fall in love, but things go bad when their design is stolen for military purposes. Selected release from Fri 21 Mar. Muppets Most Wanted (U) ●●●●● (James Bobin, US, 2014) Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell, Tina Fey. 112min. See review, page 61. General release from Fri 28 Mar. Noah (tbc) (Darren Aronofsky, US, 2014) Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Douglas Booth. Visionary director Darren Aronofsky imagines Noah in the guise of Russell Crowe in this big screen treatment of the great flood. See panel, page 66 and review at list.co.uk. General release from Fri 4 Apr.
✽ The Past (tbc) ●●●●● (Asghar Farhadi, France, 2013) Bérénice
Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa. 130min. See review, page 60. Selected release from Fri 28 Mar.
Peter Gabriel: Back to Front (tbc) (2014) Concert footage from the musician’s 2013 tour. Selected release from Thu 20 Mar. Pioneer (tbc) (Erik Skjoldbjærg, Norway/Germany/Sweden/France/ Finland, 2013) Wes Bentley, Stephen Lang, Aksel Hennie. 106min. Conspiracy thriller based on true events from the 1980s. The exploitation of oil and gas reserves tests the physical limits of divers who must descend 500 meters to install a vital pipeline. Selected release from Fri 11 Apr. The Raid 2 (tbc) (Gareth Evans, Indonesia, 2014) Iko Uwais, Arifin Putra, Alex Abbad. 148min. Rama goes undercover to ferret out the corruption in his police force. General release from Fri 11 Apr. Rio 2 (U) (Carlos Saldanha, US, 2014) Voices of Anne Hathaway, Kristin Chenoweth, Jamie Foxx. 101min. Our intrepid macaw friends Blu (Eisenberg) and Jewel (Hathaway) have now settled down to family life in Brazil, and have three chicks of their own. Time to teach them to fly – amidst the madness of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. General release from Fri 4 Apr. The Robber (Der Rauber) (15) ●●●●● (Benjamin Heisenberg, Austria/Germany, 2010) Andreas Lust, Franziska Weisz, Markus Schleinzer. 97min. See review, page 59. Selected release from Fri 21 Mar. Salvo (tbc) ●●●●● (Fabio Grassadonia/Antonio Piazza, Italy/ France, 2013) Saleh Bakri, Luigi Lo Cascio, Sara Serraiocco. 104min. See review, page 59. Selected release from Fri 21 Mar.
✽ Starred Up (18) ●●●●● (David Mackenzie, UK, 2013) Jack
O’Connell, Ben Mendelsohn, Rupert Friend. 106min. See review, page 59 and interview, page 63. General release from Fri 21 Mar.
The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears (18) ●●●●● (Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, Belguim, 2013) Klaus Tange, Ursula Bedena, Joe Koener. 102min. Dan (Tange) comes home from a business trip to find his apartment locked from the inside and his wife missing. Maximalist, bewildering horror film full of sex, death, doppelgangers, déjà vu, Freudian trauma and multiply-nested dreams, which nevertheless manages to achieve some kind of narrative resolution. See review at list.co.uk. Selected release from Fri 11 Apr. Svengali (15) ●●●●● (John Hardwick, UK, 2013) Martin Freeman, Vicky McClure, Michael Socha. 93min. A couple head for London where one of them dreams of managing a rock band. Based on a cult YouTube series. See review at list.co.uk. General release from Fri 21 Mar. Tavarataivas (12A) (Petri Luukkainen, Finland, 2013) Petri Luukkainen. 80min. A documentarian locks away all his possessions and then retrieves them one by one, a day at a time. Selected release from Fri 28 Mar. Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme) (tbc) (Xavier Dolan, Canada/ France, 2013) Xavier Dolan, Pierre- Yves Cardinal, Lise Roy. 105min. A grieving man meets his lover’s family, who were not aware of their son’s sexual orientation. Selected release from Fri 4 Apr. The Unknown Known (tbc) ●●●●● (Errol Morris, US, 2013). 96min. See review, page 61. Selected release from Fri 21 Mar.
✽ Yves Saint Laurent (15) ●●●●● (Jalil Lespert, France,
2014) Pierre Niney, Guillaume Gallienne, Charlotte Le Bon. 101min. See review, page 60. Selected release from Fri 21 Mar.