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Starred Up (18) ●●●●● (David Mackenzie, UK, 2013) Jack O’Connell, Ben Mendelsohn, Rupert Friend. 106min. Gut-wrenching and insightful prison drama with excellent performances and an abrasive but sensitive script. Odeon Wester Hailes, Edinburgh, Thu 17 Apr. The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears (18) ●●●●● (Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, Belguim, 2013) Klaus Tange, Ursula Bedena, Joe Koener. 102min. Maximalist, bewildering horror which nevertheless manages to achieve some kind of narrative resolution. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Sun 27–Tue 29 Apr. Stranger by the Lake (18) ●●●●● (Alain Guiraudie, France, 2013) Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d’Assumçao. 100min. Thriller set around a lake in southern France that acts as a cruising spot for men. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 18–Sun 20 Apr. Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy (U) (Peggy Holmes, US, 2014) Voices of Tom Hiddleston, Christina Hendricks, Mae Whitman. 78min. The fifth of DisneyToon Studios’ Tinker Bell films, based on the J M Barrie character. Selected release. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 18–Mon 21 Apr; Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Tue 13 May. Under the Skin (15) ●●●●● (Jonathan Glazer, UK, 2013) Scarlett Johansson, Paul Brannigan, Robert J. Goodwin. 108min. An alien in human form picks up unwary travellers in Scotland. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Thu 17 Apr. Unforgiven (Yurusarezaru mono) (15) (Sang-il Lee, Japan, 2013) Ken Watanabe, Jun Kunimura, Shiori Kutsuna. 135min. Japanese remake of Clint’s Oscar-winning elegy for the western. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Thu 17–Sun 20 Apr. ONE-OFFS, SEASONS AND FESTIVALS
48 Hour Film Project (E) (Various, UK, 2011) Scotland’s most popular filmmaking event, having inspired the creation of over 200 new Scottish shorts in the past five years. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Tue 13–Thu 15 May.
✽Alec Guinness A season of films celebrating the centenary of the
legendary British actor. Featuring The Ladykillers, The Lavender Hill Mob, The Man in the White Suit and many more. See preview, above. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, continues until Wed 30 Apr, filmhousecinema.com/seasons/alec- guinness-presented-by-drambuie. Baraka (PG) (Ron Fricke, US, 1992) 96min. Environmentally aware eco-doc in the style of Koyaanisqatsi. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Thu 17 Apr. LIVE SCREENING Berlin Philharmonic: Easter Concert (tbc) (2014) Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Phil for this Easter Sunday concert. Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Sun 20 Apr; Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sun 20 Apr. The Best Offer (La migliore offerta) (tbc) (Giuseppe Tornatore, Italy, 2013) Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks. 131min. A master auctioneer becomes obsessed with an extremely reclusive heiress who collects fine art. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Thu 17 Apr. Bhoothnath Returns (tbc) (Nitesh Tiwari, India, 2014) Amitabh Bachchan, Parth Bhalerao, Kurush Deboo. 155min. Though he may have been bullied by kids in the first installment, Bhoothnath the ghost heads back to earth to scare a child or two to get his back. Odeon at the Quay, Glasgow, Thu 17 Apr. Bonjour Tristesse (PG) ●●●●● (Otto Preminger, US, 1957) David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Jean Seberg. 93min. A teenage girl attempts to break up the
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ALEC GUINNESS RETROSPECTIVE A chance to see highlights from the career of acclaimed British actor Alec Guinness. Films still to play in the season include: The Lavendar Hill Mob, one of Ealing Studio’s most successful films; the industrial satire The Man in the White Suit; the 1955 version of The Ladykillers (pictured); plus all 385 minutes of the 1979 TV adaptation of John Le Carré’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. ■ Filmhouse, Edinburgh, until Wed 30 Apr.
romance between her philandering widowed father and his mistress. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sun 4 May. Che strano chiamarsi Federico (How Strange to Be Named Federico: Scola Narrates Fellini) (tbc) (Ettore Scola, Italy, 2013) Tommaso Lazotti, Maurizio De Santis, Giacomo Lazotti. 90min. Portrait of the master filmmaker Federico Fellini, based on the memories of his great friend, director Ettore Scola. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Sat 19 Apr. The Cinema of Childhood A season showcasing rarely screened films about kids from all around the world. Featuring Bag of Rice (Kiseye Berendj), Willow and Wind (Beed-o baad) and more. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Sat 19– Tue 29 Apr, www.cinemaofchildhood. com. Classic Cinema: Films for Grown-ups (tbc) This month’s film is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, from director Ang Lee. Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Sun 20 Apr. Clerks (18) ●●●●● (Kevin Smith, US, 1994) Brian O’Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti. 92min. Kevin Smith’s hilariously foul dialogue peps up the exchanges on life, sex and everyday living between bored convenience store check-out assistant Dante and equally bored video store manager Randal. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 18 Apr. Cult Movie Mondays (tbc) Weekly screenings of movies that people go mad for. Tonight, Black Dynamite continues April’s blaxploitation theme. Sofi’s, Edinburgh, Mon 21 Apr–Mon 12 May.
✽Dead by Dawn (tbc) Celebrating 21 years of cinematic scares, the
Filmhouse’s horror fest ups the gore ante with blood-curdling genre premieres, classic features, short films and special guests. See preview, page 55. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Thu 24–Sun 27 Apr.
Disco Singh (tbc) (Anurag Singh, India, 2014) Diljit Dosanjh, Surveen Chawla. Punjabi dance film. Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Thu 17 Apr. Endless Love (12A) ●●●●● (Shana Feste, US, 2014) Alex Pettyfer, Gabriella Wilde, Bruce Greenwood. 103min. A privileged but emotionally damaged girl starts a relationship with a charismatic but angry young man, to the dismay of her disapproving father. Vue Glasgow Fort, Glasgow, Thu 17 Apr. Freeze Frame Film Club (tbc) A classic film club to satiate your desire for black and white cinematography. The menu at the OOTB cafe is inspired by the evening’s film. Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh, Fri 18 Apr. Fukushima, Hiroshima, Fukushima (tbc) Three documentaries created by Japan Desk Scotland exploring the Fukushima nuclear accident and the atomic bombing on Hiroshima. University of Strathclyde: Graham Hills Building, Glasgow, Wed 30 Apr–Fri 2 May. LIVE SCREENING Glyndebourne: Ravel Double Bill (tbc) (Laurent Pelly, UK, 2012) Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Elliot Madore. Two one-act operas by Ravel, performed at the Glyndebourne festival: L’enfant et les Sortilèges and L’heure Espagnole. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sat 26 Apr. Goldfinger (PG) (Guy Hamilton, UK, 1964) Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Gert Frobe. 112min. Much better on the big screen when it doesn’t have to be crammed into the TV frame. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Fri 18 Apr. Grizzly Man (15) ●●●●● (Werner Herzog, US, 2005) 103min. Herzog’s superb documentary about Timothy Treadwell, the troubled and eccentric environmentalist and former actor who sought redemption through dedicating himself to saving grizzly bears. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Wed 23 Apr.
Hubble (U) (Toni Myers, Canada, 2010) Andrew J. Feustel, Michael T. Good, John M. Grunsfeld. 44min. Leonardo Di Caprio narrates this 3D IMAX space adventure. Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh, Thu 17 Apr; Cineworld IMAX, Glasgow, Thu 17 Apr. Into the Wild (15) ●●●●● (Sean Penn, US, 2007) Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Emile Hirsch. 148min. The true story of a young American college graduate and society dropout who traded his privileged future for a life on the road. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Mon 21 Apr. James Dean A short season of the iconic star’s three major films: East of Eden, Giant and Rebel Without a Cause. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 18 Apr–Thu 1 May, filmhousecinema.com/seasons/ james-dean. Journeys with ME (tbc) Short film clips from Action for ME’s Digital Storytelling project. Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh, Mon 12 May. The King and the Mockingbird (Le Roi et l’oiseau) (U) (Paul Grimault, France, 1980) Voices of Jean Martin, Pascal Mazzotti, Raymond Bussières. 83min. A chimney sweep and a shepherdess seek to escape from the clutches of a tyrannical king. English version. Subtitled version. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 18–Mon 21 Apr; Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Sat 26–Tue 29 Apr. Koyaanisqatsi (U) ●●●●● (Godfrey Reggio, US, 1983) 87min. The first film of Reggio’s ‘qatsi’ trilogy. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Thu 24 Apr. Laura’s Star (Lauras Stern) (U) (Piet De Rycker, Thilo Rothkirch, Germany/Bulgaria, 2004) Céline Vogt, Sandro Iannotta, Maximilian Artajo. 80min. Animation about a seven-year- old girl who finds a lucky star which she must return to the sky before it dies. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Sun 20 Apr. 17 Apr–15 May 2014 THE LIST 63