Highlights | FILM
Various venues, Wed 15-Sun 26 Jun, edfilmfest.org.uk The oldest continually running film festival in the world, EIFF presents its 70th programme in 2016. See features, page 15.
FINDING DORY General release from Wed 29 Jun. In the sequel to the
much-loved Finding Nemo, annoyingly forgetful Dory goes on an adventure to find her family.
GHOSTBUSTERS General release from Mon 11 Jul. The long-delayed third instalment to the spooky comedy franchise materialises in the form of a female-led reboot. male-led reboot.
THE NICE GUYS General release from Fri 3 Jun. Los Angeles, 1977: gruff enforcer Jackson Healy (Russel Crowe) teams up with useless private eye Holland March (Ryan Gosling) to investigate the murder of a porn star. Obscenely entertaining comedy from director/co- writer Shane Black. See
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The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and two scientists who work together for 40 years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant. See review, page 73.
review, page 70. EMBRACE OF THE
SERPENT EDINBURGH
Selected release from Fri 10 Jun.
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ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE General release from Fri 15 Jul. Scrat is catapulted outside of Earth, where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that have the ability to change the planet forever.
THE BFG General release from Fri 22 Jul.Eight- year-old Sophie (Ruby Barnhill) looks out of her window one evening to discover something terrifying - the Big Friendly Giant (Mark Rylance), who unlike his giant brothers doesn’t actually want to eat her. Magical, funny and surprising stuff from Spielberg, lacking only some of the menace of Dahl’s original, but genuinely heartwarming. See review, page 71.
STAR TREK BEYOND General release from Fri 22 Jul. Third film in the rebooted sci-fi series, this time directed by the Fast and the Furious franchise’s Justin Lin after JJ Abrams’ departure to The Force Awakens.
JASON BOURNE General release from Thu 28 Jul. The fifth film in the Jason Bourne series, with Matt Damon returning as titular action hero.
SUICIDE SQUAD General release from Fri 5 Aug. A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency.
TARKOVSKY Filmhouse, Edinburgh, until Wed 15 Jun. Full feature-film retrospective of Andrei Tarkovsky, screening all seven of his films from new prints. Including Solaris, Stalker and The Sacrifice.
EDINBURGH ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 3–Sun 5 Jun. Inaugural festival featuring the best films from the London Asian Film Festival, including Among the Believers, Moor and Aligarh.
RACE Selected release from Fri 3 Jun. The story of black athlete Jesse Owens’ road to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin as part of the US team.
VERSUS: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF KEN LOACH
Glasgow Film Theatre, Mon 6 & Tue 7 Jun. Selected release from Fri 3 Jun. Documentary about the socially- conscious filmmaker.
ECA ANIMATION DEGREE SHOW Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Mon 6 Jun. An evening of shifting forms and techniques, showcasing the work of students from the animation department at Edinburgh College of Art.
WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE Glasgow Film Theatre, Fri 10-Tue 14 Jun. In the final film made by legendary Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli, a young girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and the girl who may or may not live there.
THE CONJURING 2 General release from Mon 13 Jun. Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to London to aid a single mother raising four children in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
BARBERSHOP: A FRESH CUT Selected release from Fri 17 Jun. As their surrounding community has taken a turn for the worse, the crew at Calvin’s Barbershop come together to bring some much needed change to their neighbourhood. See review, page 71.
WHERE YOU’RE MEANT TO BE Glasgow Film Theatre, Fri 17-Mon 20 Jun. A collaboration between lo-fi pop raconteur Aidan Moffat (Arab Strap) and filmmaker Paul Fegan as they tour Scotland documenting their journey. See review, page 69.
VISIBLE CINEMA: EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!
Glasgow Film Theatre, Tue 21 Jun. Special screening of Richard Linklater’s spiritual sequel to Dazed and Confused, suitable for viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing.
ADULT LIFE SKILLS Selected release from Fri 24 Jun. Comedy about a 30-year-old woman who lives in her Mum’s garden. See review, page 71.
named Duke. The pair must join forces against bunny rabbit Snowball, who is assembling an army of abandoned pets.
BRANAGH THEATRE LIVE: ROMEO
AND JULIET Glasgow Film Theatre, Thu 7 Jul. General release from Fri 1 Jul. Kenneth Branagh directs Richard Madden, Lily James and Sir Derek Jacobi in this new production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
THE COLONY General release from Fri 1 Jul. A young woman’s desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.
QUEEN OF EARTH Selected release from Fri 1 Jul. Elisabeth Moss plays Catherine: a young woman seeking peace after a series of tragic events. She goes to a lake house with her best friend, but their love-hate relationship is tested. See review, page 74.
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE
INDEPENDENCE DAY: MOVIE
PETE’S DRAGON
RESURGENCE General release from Fri 24 Jun. The first of two planned sequels to 1996’s sci-fi action blockbuster, Independence Day, starring Jeff Goldblum but no Will Smith.
THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS Selected release from Fri 24 Jun. Spoilt pet Max’s pleasant life is disrupted when his owners take in a mongrel
General release from Sat 2 Jul. Eddy (Jennifer Saunders) and Patsy (Joanna Lumley) are forced to go on the run after they accidentally kill Kate Moss. Well, you would.
SCOTTISH ENDARKENMENT Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Mon 11-Mon 15 Jul. Season exploring a wide range of disturbing and provocative topics. Featuring The Body Snatcher, Death
General release from Fri 12 Aug. Live-action retelling of Disney’s 1977 film about a boy and his dragon friend.
JULIETA Selected release from Fri 26 Aug. After a casual encounter, a brokenhearted woman decides to confront her life and the most important events about her stranded daughter. See review, page 74.
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