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87min. Classic disaster movie spoof. Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Tue 1 Apr. Arrietty (U) ●●●●● (Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Japan, 2010) Mirai Shida, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Shinobu Otake. 94min. Beautifully realised small-scale animated drama. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Sun 30 Mar.
✽Art Screen Brand new documentary festival featuring
some of the best arts documentaries from around the world, plus rare gems from the BBC archive. Highlights include Facing Up to Mackintosh and Our Glasgow. See preview, page 62. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Thu 10–Sun 13 Apr; CCA, Glasgow, Thu 10–Sun 13 Apr. Assault on Precinct 13 (18) (John Carpenter, US, 1976) Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer. 91min. Carpenter’s breakthrough film as an abandoned police station is attacked by a seemingly endless wave of gangland marauders. Screening as part of Edinburgh Zombie Club’s Remakes Must Die Night. The Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh, Wed 26 Mar. The Avengers and Captain America 2 double bill (tbc) (Various, US, 2012/2014) Chris Evans. The second instalment of the Captain America franchise and the Captain America-starring Avenger’s Assemble, back to back. Cineworld IMAX, Glasgow, Tue 25 Mar. BAFTA Shorts (15) (Various, UK, 2014) 124min. BAFTA nominated short
films and animations. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Sun 23 Mar. Beau Travail (15) ●●●●● (Claire Denis, France, 2000) Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Gregoire Colin. 90min. An imaginative reworking of Herman Melville’s novella ‘Billy Budd, Sailor’. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Wed 16 Apr. Beauty and the Beast (U) (Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, US, 1991) Voices of Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White. 84min. The first animated film ever to get an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sun 13 Apr. Best of Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2013 (tbc) A compilation of some of the year’s best shorts. Part of Hidden Door festival. See feature, page 18. East Market Street Vaults, Edinburgh, Fri 4 Apr. The Big Lebowski (18) ●●●●● (Joel Coen, US, 1997) Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi. 113min. Trademark oddball characters, surreal imagery and excellent performances grace this virtuoso comedy. Summerhall, Edinburgh, Fri 21 Mar. Blue Velvet (18) (David Lynch, US, 1986) Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Isabella Rossellini. 120min. David Lynch’s dark masterpiece peaks behind the façade of Middle America. The Glad Café, Glasgow, Tue 8 Apr. LIVE SCREENING Bolshoi Ballet Live: Marco Spada (tbc) Screening of a live performance of Pierre Lacotte’s Marco Spada. Selected
release. A Bout de Souffle (Breathless) (PG) ●●●●● (Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1959) Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger. 90min. Godard’s debut feature provoked quite a stir in its day but now stands as a casual love letter to the American B-movie crime picture. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Tue 25 Mar. Bridge On The River Kwai (PG) ●●●●● (David Lean, UK, 1957) Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, William Holden. 161min. Lean’s extravagant study of British wartime grit. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Wed 2 Apr. Broadway’s Romeo and Juliet (tbc) (David Leveaux, US, 2014) Orlando Bloom, Condola Rashad. Shakespeare’s enduring tale performed live on Broadway. Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh, Tue 1 Apr; Cineworld Parkhead, Glasgow, Tue 1 Apr; Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Tue 1 Apr. Captain America: The First Avenger (12A) ●●●●● (Joe Johnston, US, 2011) Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell. 124min. When Steve Rogers (Evans) volunteers to participate in an experimental programme, it turns him into super soldier Captain America. Odeon Wester Hailes, Edinburgh, Tue 25 Mar; Odeon at the Quay, Glasgow, Tue 25 Mar. Cinderella (U) (Clyde Geronimi/ Wilfred Jackson, US, 1950) Voices of Ilene Woods, James MacDonald, Eleanor Audley. 74min. The classic
Disney version of one of the world’s most popular fairy tales. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sun 30 Mar.
✽Cinema of Childhood Season of films curated by filmmaker and
critic Mark Cousins to coincide with his documentary A Story of Children and Film. See preview, page 57. Various venues, from Fri 11 Apr. Cult Movie Mondays (tbc) Weekly screenings of movies that people go mad for. Sofi’s, Edinburgh, Mon 24 Mar–Mon 14 Apr. Derek Jarman A season of films celebrating the British filmmaker and artist who died in 1994. Featuring Edward II, The Garden, Glitterbug, War Requiem and Wittgenstein. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, continues until 9 Apr. Dr Strangelove (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb) (PG) ●●●●● (Stanley Kubrick, UK, 1963) Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden. 93min. Devastating black comedy on the lunacy of the nuclear age. Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Fri 21 Mar. Duma (U) ●●●●● (Carroll Ballard, US, 2005) Alex Michaeletos, Campbell Scott, Mary Makhatho. 100min. ‘Lassie’ recast as a South African cheetah speeding across the Veldt in this decent, occasionally thrilling family film. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Sat 22 Mar. Edinburgh Film Music Orchestra (tbc) The orchestra plays works by Toru
ALCHEMY FILM AND MOVING IMAGE FESTIVAL Head to Hawick for this special festival dedicated to artist film and moving image. It might be small but this four-day event boasts an excellent programme featuring internationally acclaimed artists and filmmakers. This year the theme is ‘Dreamland’ and includes Ben Rivers and Ben Russell’s A Spell to Ward Off Darkness (pictured), a new film from animation masters The Quay Brothers and Rachel Maclean’s Technicolour feast Over the Rainbow. ■ Various venues, Hawick, Thu 3–Sun 6 Apr.
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