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 by using our ‘Add an Event’ service at list.co.uk Film index is compiled by Murray Robertson. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
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Disappeared (Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann) (15) ●●●●● (Felix Herngren, Sweden, 2013) Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander, David Wiberg. 114min. See review, page 57. Selected release from Fri 4 Jul. 3 Days to Kill (12A) (McG, US/ France/Greece/Russia, 2014) Kevin Costner, Hailee Steinfeld, Connie Nielsen. 117min. A dangerous international spy must juggle two of the most dangerous things in his life: hunting down the world’s most ruthless terrorist and looking after his teenage daughter by himself. General release from Fri 20 Jun. Arthur Newman (tbc) (Dante Ariola, US, 2012) Colin Firth, Emily Blunt, Anne Heche. 101min. The story of a man who fakes his own death and assumes a new identity in order to escape his life, who then moves in with a woman who is also trying to leave her past behind. General release from Fri 20 Jun. Bastards (18) ●●●●● (Claire Denis, France/Germany, 2013) Vincent Lindon, Chiara Mastroianni, Michel Sabor. 100min. Marco (Lindon) is a seaman who comes ashore to unravel his family’s messy involvement with a sexually depraved tycoon (Subor), only to embark on an affair with the man’s partner (Mastroianni). Selected release from Fri 27 Jun.
✽Belle (12A) ●●●●● (Amma Asante, UK, 2013) Gugu Mbatha- Raw, Matthew Goode, Emily Watson. 104min. See review, page 59. Selected release from Fri 13 Jun. Bicycling with Molière (Alceste à bicyclette) (tbc) (Philippe Le Guay, France, 2013) Fabrice Luchini, Lambert Wilson, Maya Sansa. 104min. Two actors, one play. Can the two egocentric men put aside their differences for the sake of friendship and theatre? Selected release from Fri 4 Jul. Bright Days Ahead (15) (Marion Vernoux, France, 2013) Fanny Ardant, Laurent Lafitte, Patrick Chesnais. 94min. Caroline discovers that retirement is a new beginning in itself and not just the beginning of the end when she joins her neighbourhood’s senior club. Selected release from Fri 20 Jun. Camille Claudel 1915 (tbc) ●●●●● (Bruno Dumont, France, 2013) Juliette Binoche, Jean-Luc Vincent, Emmanuel Kauffman. 95min. See review, page 57. Selected release from Fri 20 Jun. Boyhood (R) (Richard Linklater, US, 2014) Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke. 163min. Made over 12 summers, Linklater’s visionary Boyhood follows Mason (Coltrane) from age 5 to 18 as he grows up in real-time. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sun 6 Jul.
✽Chef (15) ●●●●● (Jon Favreau, US, 2014) Jon Favreau, Robert
Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson. 115min. See review, page 58. General release from Fri 27 Jun. Chinese Puzzle (Casse-tête chinois) (15) ●●●●● (Cédric Klapisch, France, 2013) Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Cécile De France.
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117min. See review, page 59. Selected release from Fri 20 Jun. Cold in July ●●●●● (15) (Jim Mickle, US/France, 2014) Michael C Hall, Sam Shepard, Don Johnson. 109min. See interview, page 12 and review, page 57. Cineworld, Edinburgh, Fri 20 Jun and Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Mon 23 Jun, as part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. General release from Fri 27 Jun. Devil’s Knot (15) (Atom Egoyan, US, 2013) Dane DeHaan, Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth. 114min. The savage murders of three young children spark a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a satanic ritual. General release from Fri 13 Jun. Escape from Tomorrow (tbc) (Randy Moore, US, 2013) Roy Abramsohn, Elena Schuber, Katelynn Rodriguez. 90min. Middle aged Jim discovers Disney World is far from the ‘happiest place on earth’. Selected release from Mon 30 Jun. The Fault in Our Stars (12A) ●●●●● (Josh Boone, US, 2014) Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff. 125min. See review, page 59. Selected release from Thu 19 Jun, The Golden Dream (La jaula de oro) (tbc) (Diego Quemada-Díez, Guatemala/Spain/Mexico, 2013) Brandon López, Rodolfo Domínguez, Karen Martínez. 102min. Two Guatemalan teenagers trek their way to the US. Selected release from Fri 27 Jun. Here and Now (tbc) (Lisle Turner, UK, 2014) Susan Lynch, Andy Rush, Lauren Johns. 82min. Two worlds collide when an inner city girl and a local boy fall in love. Selected release from Fri 4 Jul. The Hooligan Factory (15) (Nick Nevern, UK, 2014) Jason Maza, Nick Nevern, Tom Burke. 90min. Legendary football hooligan Dex is about to be released from jail, and Danny wants to rise to ‘top boy’. Selected release from Fri 13 Jun. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (PG) (Dean DeBlois, US, 2014) Gerard Butler, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig. 102min. Sequel to the 2010 hit film with the original cast returning. General release from Fri 4 Jul. Jersey Boys (15) (Clint Eastwood, US, 2014) Christopher Walken, Francesca Eastwood, Freya Tingley. 134min. Clint Eastwood directs a film version of the hit Broadway musical, which traces the career of the Four Seasons. General release from Fri 20 Jun. Keeping Rosy (15) (Steve Reeves, US/UK, 2014) Blake Harrison, Maxine Peake, Christine Bottomley. 93min. A woman is passed over for a promotion and proceeds to get her rage on. Selected release from Fri 27 Jun. Leave to Remain (15) (Bruce Goodison, UK, 2013) Jake Davies, Alex Harvey, Toby Jones. 89min. Drama about three teenagers battling the harsh reality of the British immigration system. Selected release from Fri 20 Jun. Miss Violence (18) (Alexandros Avranas, Greece, 2013) Kostas Antalopoulos, Constantinos Athanasiades, Chloe Bolota. 98min. An investigation examines an apparent suicide. Selected release from Fri 20 Jun. Cochrane, Karen Gillan. 104min. See review, page 59. General release from Fri 13 Jun. Of Horses and Men (15) ●●●●● (Benedikt Erlingsson, Iceland/ Germany, 2013) Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Charlotte Bøving, Helgi Björnsson. 81min. See review, page 57. Selected release from Fri 13 Jun. The Man Whose Mind Exploded (15) (Toby Amies, UK, 2012) 75min. Documentary about the world of Drako Zarharzar an outsider artist whose flat now maps out his memories. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Tue 1 Jul. A Perfect Plan (Un plan parfait) (15) (Pascal Chaumeil, France, 2012) Diane Kruger, Dany Boon, Alice Pol. 104min. A successful woman in love tries to break her family curse of divorce by dashing to the altar with a stranger before marrying her boyfriend. Selected release from Fri 13 Jun. Pulp: A Film about Life, Death and Supermarkets (tbc) (Florian Habicht, UK, 2014). 90min. The Britpop band’s story, told through live performance and staged tableaux. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Tue 17–Thu 19 Jun. Return to Homs (tbc) (Talal Derki, Syria/Germany, 2013) 87min. A portrait of a group of young revolutionaries in the city of Homs in western Syria filmed between August 2011 and August 2013. Selected release from Fri 27 Jun. Watch out Edinburgh, there’s a new kid on the east coast block. Rock and Roll’s Greatest Well, OK, chances are Dundee’s bookish extravaganza might never Failure: Otway the Movie (12A) quite reach the exalted status of the capital’s world-beating literary (Steve Barker, UK, 2013) 97min. A fiesta but it’s making a very strong case for itself with a series look at the career of rock’n’roll cult of events that includes the likes of Nick Cave, Jackie Kay, Alan figure John Otway – a man known best for his inability to find success in the Warner, John Carey and Iain Banks (pictured) plus an all-day comics music industry – funded entirely by his conference. fans. Selected release from Sun 29 Jun. ■ Various venues, Dundee, until Sun 27 Jun. Secret Sharer (tbc) (Peter Fudakowski, UK/Poland/China/ Thailand, 2014) Jack Laskey, Zhu Zhu, Ching-ting Hsia. 103min. A young Polish captain is left abandoned on his ship and while waiting for a search party, he finds a Chinese girl floating in the sea. When the rescue party arrives in the morning, they are not only looking for him but for a murderer. Selected release from Fri 27 Jun. Seve (tbc) (John-Paul Davidson, UK/ Spain, 2014) José Luis Gutiérrez, José Navar, Maria Molins. The story of Severiano Ballesteros, the son of a farmer, who became one of the most charismatic and successful golfers of all times. Selected release from Fri 27 Jun. The Anomaly (15) (Noel Clarke, UK, 2014) Noel Clarke, Ian Somerhalder, Brian Cox. 95min. A former soldier is taken captive and awakens in the back of a van where he learns that he only has a few moments to figure out how he got there. Cineworld, Edinburgh, Thu 19 & Fri 20 Jun, as part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. elected release from Fri 4 Jul. Transformers: Age of Extinction (tbc) (Michael Bay, US, 2014) Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor. 157min. More explosions and metal- on-metal battling from Michael Bay. General release from Thu 10 Jul. Walking on Sunshine (12A) (Max Giwa/Dania Pasquini, UK, 2014) Greg Wise, Leona Lewis, Adrian Palmer. 97min. Musical romance featuring 80s hits. Maddie is set to marry Italian Raf after a whirlwind romance until she discovers he was her sister’s holiday flame as well. General release from Fri 27 Jun. The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (tbc) ●●●●● (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, France/Canada, 2013) Helena Bonham Carter, Robert Maillet, Callum Keith Rennie. 105min. See review, page 58. General release from Fri 13 Jun.
75min. See review, page 58. Selected release from Fri 27 Jun, incl Vue Glasgow Fort, Glasgow; Vue Omni Centre, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow. Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie (tbc) (Ben Kellett, UK/Ireland, 2014) Brendan O’Carroll, Nick Nevern, Robert Bathurst. The popular TV family gets the big screen treatment. General release from Fri 27 Jun. Oculus (15) ●●●●● (Mike Flanagan, US, 2014) Katee Sackhoff, Rory
STILL SHOWING 22 Jump Street (15) ●●●●● (Phil Lord, Chris Miller, US, 2014)
✽Mistaken for Strangers (15) ●●●●● (Tom Berninger, US, 2013)
Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube. 112min. Hilarious sequel which manages to surpass the crowd-pleasing original by embracing its sequel-ness and going one better. General release. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (12A) ●●●●● (Marc Webb, US, 2014) Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx. 142min. Peter Parker (Garfield) goes up against new supervillains Electro (Foxx) and Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan). Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Thu 12 Jun. Bad Neighbours (15) ●●●●● (Nicholas Stoller, US, 2014) Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron. 96min. Kelly (Byrne) and Mac (Rogen) are adjusting to life with a baby when a college fraternity moves in next door, led by buff, glassy-eyed Teddy (Efron). General release. Benny & Jolene (15) (Jamie Adams, UK, 2014) Craig Roberts, Charlotte Ritchie, Rosamund Hanson. 88min. A musical duo clash with their management over concerns about their image. Beyond the Edge (PG) (Leanne Pooley, New Zealand, 2013) Chad Moffitt, Sonam Sherpa, John Wraight. 90min. Dramatised account of the historic first ascent of Mount Everest in 1953. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Tue 24–Wed 25 Jun. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Thu 12 Jun. Blended (12A) ●●●●● (Frank Coraci, US, 2014) Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Wendi McLendon- Covey. 117min. After a disastrous blind date, single parents Jim (Sandler) and Lauren (Barrymore) are displeased to re-encounter each other with their respective families on holiday; but soon they start to like each other. Selected release. Blue Ruin (15) ●●●●● (Jeremy Saulnier, US, 2013) Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves. 92min. A wandering vagrant returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Sun 15–Wed 18 Jun. Calvary (15) ●●●●● (John Michael McDonagh, Ireland, 2013) Brendan Gleeson, Chris O’Dowd, Kelly Reilly. 101min. McDonagh’s film features exceptional performances from a great cast, and a witty and powerful script. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Thu 12 Jun. Cheap Thrills (15) ●●●●● (E L Katz, US, 2013) Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, Sara Paxton. 88min. Two rich yuppies convince two down-and-out friends to battle each other for cash. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 13–Mon 16 Jun. The Dirties (15) ●●●●● (Matt Johnson , Canada, 2013) Matt Johnson, Owen Williams, Krista Madison. 80min. Two best friends film a comedy about getting revenge on the bullies at their high school. But one of them isn’t joking. Vue Omni Centre, Edinburgh, Thu 12 Jun. Divergent (12A) ●●●●● (Neil Burger, US, 2014) Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet. 139min. In a dystopian future where people are assigned to different factions of society based on their talents, Tris (Woodley) discovers that she’s dangerously multi- talented. Vue Glasgow Fort, Glasgow, Thu 12 Jun. The Double (15) ●●●●● (Richard Ayoade, UK, 2013) Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn. 93min. A comedy centred on a man who finds his doppelganger and is driven insane. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 13–Wed 18 Jun. Edge of Tomorrow (12A) ●●●●● (Doug Liman, US, 2014) Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton. 113min. With Earth under attack from aliens, cowardly soldier Cage (Cruise) is killed, only to wake up the day before, stuck in a time loop. General release. An Episode in the Life of an Iron