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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
NEW RELEASES
All is by My Side (tbc) (John Ridley, UK/Ireland, 2013) André 3000, Hayley Atwell, Burn Gorman. 116min. Biopic of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix, focusing on the period 1966-67, around the time of his breakthrough. Selected release from Fri 8 Aug. All This Mayhem (tbc) (Eddie Martin, UK/Australia, 2014) Tas Pappas, Ben Pappas, Tommy Caudill. 96min. A look at the dark underbelly of extreme sports, this documentary explores the lives of two skateboarding brothers as their lives spiralled out of control in the late 1980s. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 15–Thu 21 Aug.
✽Begin Again (R) ●●●●● (John Carney, US, 2013) Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Adam Levine. 104min. See review, page 75. Genera; release from Fri 11 Jul. Blood Ties (15) (Guillaume Canet, France/US, 2013) Clive Owen, Marion Cotillard, Billy Crudup. 127min. Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s. Selected release from Fri 15 Aug.
✽Boyhood (R) ●●●●● (Richard Linklater, US, 2014) Patricia
Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke. 163min. See review, page 74. Selected release from Fri 11 Jul, incl Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow. The Congress (tbc) ●●●●● (Ari Folman, Israel/Germany/Poland/Luxembourg/ France/Belgium, 2013) Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Jon Hamm. 122min. See review, page 74. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 15–Thu 21 Aug. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (12A) (Matt Reeves, US, 2014) Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Andy Serkis. 130min. Earth’s dominant species – man and ape – battle for ultimate supremacy. General release from Thu 17 Jul. Earth to Echo (PG) (Dave Green, US, 2014) Teo Halm, Astro, Reese Hartwig. 89min. After receiving a bizarre series of encrypted messages, a group of kids embark on an adventure with an alien who needs their help. Selected release from Fri 25 Jul. The Expendables 3 (tbc) (Patrick Hughes, US, 2014) Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li. The Expendables return for a third throwback-style action thriller. General release from Thu 14 Aug.
✽Finding Vivian Maier (PG) ●●●●● (John Maloof/Charlie
Siskel, US, 2013) Vivian Maier, John Maloof, Mary Ellen Mark. 84min. See review, page 76. Selected release from Fri 8 Aug, incl Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow. From Scotland with Love (tbc) (Virginia Heath, UK, 2014) A film journey into Scotland’s past exploring love, loss, resistance, migration, work and play. Selected release from Sat 19 Jul.
✽Grand Central (15) ●●●●● (Rebecca Zlotowski, France/Austria,
2013) Tahar Rahim, Léa Seydoux, Olivier Gourmet. 94min. See review, page 76. Selected release from Fri 18 Jul. Guardians of the Galaxy (tbc) (James Gunn, US, 2014) Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista. 122min.
An American pilot forms an alliance with a group of alien oddballs, first for protection and then to prevent a villain from seizing a powerful orb. General release from Thu 31 Jul. Hector and the Search for Happiness (15) (Peter Chelsom, Germany/Canada, 2014) Rosamund Pike, Simon Pegg, Toni Collette. 120min. A psychiatrist searches the globe to find the secret of happiness. Selected release from Fri 15 Aug. Hemalkasa (tbc) (Samruddhi Porey, India, 2014) Nana Patekar, Sonali Kulkarni, Mohan Agashe. A doctor couple devote themselves to the development of tribal people of Maharashtra, India. Selected release from Thu 17 Jul. Hercules (tbc) (Brett Ratner, US, 2014) Dwayne Johnson, John Hurt, Ian McShane. Following his 12 labours, Hercules becomes a sword-for-hire for the King of Thrace, who needs him to defeat a warlord. General release from Fri 25 Jul. The House of Magic (U) ●●●●● (Jeremy Degruson/Ben Stassen, Belgium, 2013) Cinda Adams, Edward Asner, Emily Blunt. 85min. Thunder, an abandoned young cat seeking shelter from a storm, stumbles into the strangest house imaginable, owned by an old magician and inhabited by a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos. Selected release from Fri 25 Jul. I Am Divine (tbc) (Jeffrey Schwarz, US, 2013) 90min. A filmic portrait of John Waters’ muse, Divine. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 25–Sun 27 Jul. The Inbetweeners 2 (15) (Damon Beesley, Iain Morris, UK, 2014) Simon Bird, James Buckley, Joe Thomas, Blake Harrison. The second movie spin-off from the popular TV series sees the four teenage boys go on holiday to Australia. See feature, page 47. General release from Wed 6 Aug.
✽Joe (15) ●●●●● (David Gordon Green, US, 2013) Nicolas Cage, Tye
Sheridan, Gary Poulter. 117min. See review, page 75. General release from Fri 25 Jul. Love Me Till Monday (15) (Justin Hardy, UK, 2013) Sarah Barratt, Sarah Jayne Butler, Charlotte Gallagher. 93min. A young woman who has recently finished university is working a dead-end office job whilst looking for ‘the one’. Why can’t she find the man of her dreams? Selected release from Mon 11 Aug. Mood Indigo (L’écume des jours) (tbc) ●●●●● (Michel Gondry, France/ Belgium, 2013) Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh. 125min. See review, page 74. Selected release from Fri 1 Aug. Mr Morgan’s Last Love (12A) (Sandra Nettelbeck, Germany/Belgium/ USA/France, 2013) Michael Caine, Michelle Goddet, Jane Alexander. 116min. A look at the life-changing connection between a retired and widowed American philosophy professor and a young Parisian woman. General release from Fri 11 Jul. Norte, the End of History (Norte, hangganan ng kasaysayan) (tbc) (Lav Diaz, Philippines, 2013) Archie Alemania, Angeli Bayani, Soliman Cruz. 250min. Masterful four hour epic inspired by Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment. Selected release from Fri 15 Aug. Planes: Fire & Rescue (tbc) (Roberts Gannaway, US, 2014) Dane Cook, Ed Harris, Julie Bowen. Sequel to Disney’s poorly received Cars-with-wings film. General release from Fri 1 Aug. A Promise (12A) (Patrice Leconte, France/Belgium, 2013) Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman, Richard Madden. 98min. A romantic drama set in Germany just before WWI and centred on a married woman who falls in love with her husband’s protégé. General release from Fri 1 Aug. The Purge: Anarchy (15) (James
DeMonaco, US/France, 2014) Frank Grillo, Carmen Ejogo, Zach Gilford. 103min. A young couple work to survive on the streets after their car breaks down right as the annual purge commences. General release from Fri 25 Jul. Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (15) ●●●●● (Beth Aala/ Mike Myers, US, 2013) Shep Gordon, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Douglas. 85min. See review, page 75. Selected release from Fri 18 Jul. The Nut Job (PG) ●●●●● (Peter Lepeniotis, US, 2014) Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson. 100min. See review, page 75. General release from Fri 1 Aug. Transformers: Age of Extinction (12A) ●●●●● (Michael Bay, US, 2014) Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor. 165min. See review, page 76. General release from Thu 10 Jul. The Unbeatables (Metegol) (tbc) (Juan José Campanella, Argentina/ Spain/India/US, 2013) Rupert Grint, Anthony Head, Peter Serafinowicz. 97min. A young man named Amadeo sets off on an unexpected adventure with the players of his beloved Foosball game. Selected release from Fri 8 Aug. Welcome to New York (18) ●●●●● (Abel Ferrara, US, 2014) Jacqueline Bisset, Gérard Depardieu, Drena De Niro. 125min. See review, page 74. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 8–Thu 14 Aug. Who Is Dayani Cristal? (tbc) (Marc Silver, UK/Mexico, 2013) Gael García Bernal. 82min. An anonymous body in the Arizona desert sparks the beginning of a real-life human drama. The search for identity leads back across a continent to seek out the people left behind and the meaning of a mysterious tattoo. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 25–Tue 29 Jul. STILL SHOWING The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann) (15) ●●●●● (Felix Herngren, Sweden, 2013) Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander, David Wiberg. 114min. On his 100th birthday, former explosives expert Allan (Gustafsson) skips his old folks’ home and goes on an adventure, narrating his remarkable and ridiculous life in flashback. Selected release. 22 Jump Street (15) ●●●●● (Phil Lord, Chris Miller, US, 2014) 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, with inspired gags, pumped-up action and scene-stealing support from Ice Cube as the duo’s perpetually angry boss. 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 (DeHaan). Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Sat 9 Aug. 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 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Thu 10 Jul; Showcase Cinema Glasgow, Glasgow, Thu 10 Jul; Showcase Cinema Paisley, Paisley, Thu 10 Jul. 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). Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh, Thu 10 Jul; Cineworld Parkhead, Glasgow, Thu 10 Jul; Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Thu 10 Jul.
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Q&A FOUND FOOTAGE FESTIVAL
High school friends Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett have trawled the charity shops of America in search of dated and esoteric VHS videos, resulting in the critically acclaimed comedy show The Found Footage Festival. Nick Prueher tells us what we can expect. Is there one stand-out video that started the whole project?
What really got us looking was when I found an old McDonald’s training video in the break room of the restaurant I worked at in high school. Totally nonsensical and ridiculous in all the right ways. For those who don’t know about your show, what can they expect from your UK tour? We take audiences on a guided tour through our VHS collection, explaining where and how we found them and offering commen- tary while they play. We also try to track down the people in the videos, and in this tenth-anniver- sary show we found two people from an early home shopping video we discovered in the mid- 90s and reunited them! As the VHS is used so little today, do you ever worry about running out of mate- rial?
So much material was commit- ted to VHS in the 80s and 90s that we’ll have enough to last us at least another ten years. That said, several thrift store employ- ees have told us they’re not even accepting VHS donations any more. That scared us to death because second-hand VHS is our livelihood! Would you ever open up the show to digital footage?
We’ve started looking at the occasional DVD at charity shops and I have to say, we’re not proud. When you’re in Memphis, Tennessee, and you see an instructional video for Elvis impersonators on DVD, how can you say no? The formats may change but the bad ideas are here to stay, and that’s really encourag- ing. (Maud Sampson) ■ The Found Footage Festival is at Grosvenor Cinema, Glasgow, Tue 22 Jul and the Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Wed 23 Jul.
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