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
NEW RELEASES
Black Sea (15) (Kevin Macdonald, UK, 2014) Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Karl Davies. 115min. In order to make good with his former employers, a submarine captain takes a job with a shadowy backer to search the depths of the Black Sea for a submarine rumoured to be loaded with gold. Release from Fri 5 Dec. Bonobo (18) (Mark Withers, UK, 2013) Caroline Langrishe, Christopher Hatherall, Freya Berry. 103min. A married couple’s relationship is tested to the limit when they are offered a financial proposition of a sexual nature to rid them of their spiralling debt. Release from Fri 5 Dec. Concerning Violence (15) ●●●●● (Göran Olsson, Sweden/Finland/ Denmark/US, 2014) Lauryn Hill, Kati Outinen, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. 89min. See review, page 60. Release from Fri 28 Nov. David Bowie is (PG) (Hamish Hamilton, UK, 2013) 99min. A cinematic tour around the V&A’s extraordinarily popular David Bowie Is exhibition. It examines his creative processes, ever changing style and collaborative work with designers. The documentary film includes commentary from legendary Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker and the exhibition curators. Needless to say the soundtrack is incredible. See caption, page 65. Selected release from Tue 18 Nov.
✽ The Drop (15) ●●●●● (Michaël R Roskam, US, 2014) Tom Hardy,
Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini. 105min. See review, page 60. Release from Fri 14 Nov. Eastern Boys (18) (Robin Campillo, France, 2014) Olivier Rabourdin, Kirill Emelyanov, Daniil Vorobyov. 128min. An older man tries to get to know one of a group of mysterious younger men, but soon falls into their trap. Release from Fri 5 Dec. Electricity (15) ●●●●● (Bryn Higgins, UK, 2014) Agyness Deyn, Lenora Crichlow, Christian Cooke. 90min. See review, page 59. Release from Fri 5 Dec. Get On Up (12A) (Tate Taylor, US, 2014) Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd. 139min. The extraordinary life and music of the Godfather of Soul himself, Mr James Brown. Release from Fri 21 Nov. Get Santa (U) (Christopher Smith, UK/US, 2014) Warwick Davis, Stephen Graham, Jim Broadbent. 102min. A father and son team up to save Christmas when they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage after crashing his sleigh and finding himself on the run from the police. Release from Fri 5 Dec. The Grandmaster (15) ●●●●● (Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong/China, 2013) Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen. 130min. See review, page 59. Release from Fri 5 Dec. Hello Carter (tbc) (Anthony Wilcox, UK, 2013) Annabelle Wallis, Charlie Cox, Antonia Thomas. Down-on- his-luck Carter has recently become homeless, single and unemployed. Desperate to win back his ex-girlfriend, he goes off on an adventure throughout London to find her, picking up some odd helpers along the way. Release from Fri 5 Dec.
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McCarthy, Naomi Watts. 102min. See review, page 61. Release from Fri 5 Dec.
✽ Stations of the Cross (Kreuzweg) (12) ●●●●● (Dietrich
Brüggemann, Germany, 2014) Lucie Aron, Anna Brüggemann, Michael Kamp. 107min. See review, page 61. Release from Fri 28 Nov. The Homesman (PG) ●●●●● (Tommy Lee Jones, US/France, 2014) Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Grace Gummer. 122min. See review, page 61. Release from Fri 21 Nov, including Glasgow Film Theatre; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Vatican Museums (tbc) (Antonio Paolucci, Italy, 2014) 70min. Director of the Vatican Museums, Professor Antonio Paolucci, leads audiences on a 3D tour of the great masterpieces of art history. This collection of artwork includes works by da Vinci, Caravaggio, Van Gogh, and Dalì. A production team of 40 professionals filmed the paintings, sculptures and frescos at night inside the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel with 3D film cameras and dimensionalisation techniques used by James Cameron and Tim Burton. Selected release from Tue 18 Nov. Vessel (tbc) (Diana Whitten, US/ Tanzania/Spain/Portugal/Poland/ Pakistan/Netherlands/Ireland/Indonesia/ Ecuador, 2014) 88min. Documentary following the project Women on Waves, which was started in 2001 by Dr Rebecca Gomperts as a mobile clinic- on-sea that would sail to countries where abortion was illegal. Release from Tue 18 Nov. What We Do in the Shadows (15) ●●●●● (Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, New Zealand, 2014) Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, Rhys Darby. 88min. See review, page 59. Release from Fri 21 Nov.
✽ Winter Sleep (15) ●●●●● (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey, 2014) Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Demet Akbag. 196min. See review, page 60. Release from Fri 21 Nov.
STILL SHOWING ’71 (15) ●●●●● (Yann Demange, UK, 2014) Jack O’Connell, Sam Reid, Sean Harris. 99min. Belfast, 1971: Gary (O’Connell) is a young British soldier who, on his first night patrol, gets separated from his unit and finds himself wandering the backstreets. O’Connell is marvellous as the luckless soldier but the complex power-play between the IRA, loyalist paramilitaries and the British Army make for more than just a thriller. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 14–Sun 16 Nov. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PG) ●●●●● (Miguel Arteta, US, 2014) Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner, Ed Oxenbould. 81min. Loosely based on a 1972 kids’ book, this highly entertaining and pleasingly edgy family comedy features witty performances from all but especially Oxenbould, and Garner as his overworked mum. Selected release. Annabelle (15) ●●●●● (John R Leonetti, US, 2014) Ward Horton, Annabelle Wallis, Alfre Woodard. 98min. This spin-off from 2013’s The Conjuring over-relies on the doll’s supposedly terrifying presence, but it’s better than it deserves to be, with some frightening set-pieces. Selected release. The Babadook (15) ●●●●● (Jennifer Kent, Australia, 2014) Essie Davis, Daniel Henshall, Tiffany Lyndall-Knight. 93min. Widowed single mother Amelia (Davis) struggles to discipline her son Samuel (Wiseman); when he becomes obsessed with a pop-up book character called The Babadook, things get nasty. Showcase Cinema Glasgow, Thu 13 Nov; Showcase Cinema, Paisley, Thu 13 Nov; Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Thu 13 Nov. Before I Go To Sleep (15) ●●●●● (Rowan
SPACE IS THE PLACE A landmark of 1970s blaxploitation, this sci-fi classic was written by avant-garde musician Sun Ra and directed by John Coney. A space- set exploration of African diaspora, it features music from Sun Ra and his Arkestra and arrives as part of Africa at the Door of the Cosmos, a strand of the BFI’s Days of Fear and Wonder programme. (Molly Reid) ■ Glasgow Film Theatre, Mon 24 Nov.
Hockney (15) (Randall Wright, UK, 2014) 112min. This documentary portrait of seminal artist David Hockney was created using his personal archive of photographs and film. Selected release from Fri 28 Nov. Horrible Bosses 2 (15) (Sean Anders, US, 2014) Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis. 108min. Three men attempt to kidnap an investor’s son in an effort to regain control of their latest business. Release from Fri 28 Nov. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (12A) (Francis Lawrence, US, 2014) Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth. 125min. In a by-now classic move, the final book of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games gets cleaved in two for the silver screen. Only 12 months to wait for the final instalment, kids. See Big Picture, page 11. Release from Thu 20 Nov.
✽ The Imitation Game (12A) ●●●●● (Morten Tyldum, UK/USA,
2014) Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode. 113min. See review, page 59. Release from Fri 14 Nov, including Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre. Life Itself (15) (Steve James, US, 2014) 120min. The life and career of Roger Ebert, the legendary social commentator and film critic. Release from Fri 14 Nov. Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy (tbc) (Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, Thailand, 2013) Chonnikan Netjui, Patcha Poonpiriya. 127min. This cross- platform film is based solely on the contents of 410 Twitter updates from a girl known as @marylony. Release from Fri 21 Nov. Men, Women & Children (15) ●●●●● (Jason Reitman, US, 2014) Jennifer Garner, Judy Greer, Adam Sandler. 116min. See review, page 61. Release from Fri 5 Dec. My Old Lady (12A) ●●●●● (Israel Horovitz, GB/US, 2014) Kevin Kline, Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott-Thomas. 104min. See review, page 60. Release from Fri 21 Nov, including Glasgow Film Theatre; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Nativity 3: Dude, Where’s My Donkey?! (U) (Debbie Isitt, UK,
2014) Adam Garcia, Catherine Tate, Celia Imrie. 109min. The third festive instalment of the Nativity series. This year the pupils of St Bernadette’s and their madcap teacher Mr Poppy must help new teacher Mr Shepherd recover his memory so he can marry his fiancée Sophie and locate lost Archie, the Christmas donkey. Release from Fri 14 Nov. No Good Deed (15) (Sam Miller, US, 2014) Taraji P Henson, Idris Elba, Leslie Bibb. 84min. An unstable escaped convict terrorises a woman who is alone with her two children. Release from Fri 21 Nov. Paddington (tbc) (Paul King, UK, 2014) Nicole Kidman, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins. Paddington Bear, the marmalade-loving immigrant from darkest Peru, arrives for his first big- screen adventure. Release from Fri 28 Nov. The Penguins of Madagascar (U) (Eric Darnell, Simon J. Smith, US, 2014) Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, John DiMaggio. A spin-off from the Madagascar franchise which sees the espionage-savvy penguins team up with a spy organisation to prevent an evil octopus from taking over the world. Based on a true story. It’s not. Release from Fri 5 Dec, including Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh; Cineworld Parkhead, Glasgow; Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow. The Pyramid (15) (Grégory Levasseur, US, 2014) Denis O’Hare, Ashley Hinshaw, James Buckley. 89min. Clearly never having seen countless horror films, a team of archaeologists explore beneath an ancient pyramid. After becoming trapped, they realise they’re also being hunted. Release from Fri 5 Dec. School of Babel (U) ( Julie Bertuccelli, France, 2014) 89min. The film follows a Parisian class of immigrant youths for a year, as they are placed in a ‘reception class’ and given intensive French lessons. Release from Fri 5 Dec. St Vincent (12A) ●●●●● (Theodore Melfi, US, 2014) Bill Murray, Melissa