FILM | Highlights
GOD’S OWN COUNTRY A young Yorkshireman living with his sour grandmother and disgruntled father has his life turned upside-down by the arrival of a Romanian migrant. This transformative romance from director Francis Lee opened this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival. See review, page 54. Out Fri 1 Sep.
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to Ridley Scott’s classic film of emotional androids, this time with added Ryan Gosling. Out Fri 6 Oct. CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Summer of 1983, Northern Italy. A 17-year-old American-Italian (Timothée Chalamet) is enamoured by an American student (Armie Hammer) who comes
to study and live with his family. Together they share an unforgettable summer full of music, food, and romance that will forever change them. See review, page 56. Out Fri 27 Oct. THOR: RAGNAROK Taika Waititi (Hunt for the Wilderpeople) gets his crack at the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Out Fri 27 Oct.
IT New Stephen King adaptation. When children disappear in Derry, Maine, the neighbourhood kids
unite against evil clown Pennywise. Out Fri 8 Sep. BLADE RUNNER 2049 The long-awaited sequel
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MOON DOGS Step brothers Michael and Thor are joined by Irish waitress Caitlin on a road trip from Shetland to Glasgow. Out Fri 1 Sep.
PATTI CAKE$ Big-hearted drama about New Jerseyite Patti (Danielle Macdonald), who dreams of rap stardom. See review, page 55. Out Fri 1 Sep. A TASTE OF SILENTS A new season of classic silent films from the team behind HippFest, with each screening featuring a live musical accompaniment. Hippodrome, Bo’Ness, Sat 2 Sep–Sat 11 Nov.
INSYRIATED A middle-class family is barricaded inside their flat in the middle of Damascus as war rages outside, in Philippe Van Leeuw’s cloistered drama. See review, page 55. Out Fri 8 Sep.
THE WORK This documentary follows three men who participate in a group therapy session in Folsom Prison. Winner of the Grand Jury Award at this year’s SXSW. See review, page 54. Out Fri 8 Sep. AMERICAN ASSASSIN Michael Cuesta’s thriller centres on counter-terrorism agent Mitch Rapp (Dylan O’Brien), with a cast that includes Michael Keaton, Taylor Kitsch and David Suchet. Out Thu 13 Sep.
DAVID GILMOUR: LIVE AT POMPEII An audio-visual spectacle, featuring lasers, pyrotechnics and a huge circular screen on which specially created films complement selected songs, but paramount above all is the music and performances from an all-star band. Out Wed 13 Sep. 58 THE LIST 1 Sep–31 Oct 2017
TAKE ONE ACTION! FILM FESTIVAL A film festival with a political slant, founded on the belief that ‘cinematic experiences can inspire lasting change’ and offering a series of talks and programmes showing how films can be used to empower communities on an international stage. This year’s highlights include Whose Streets?, a first-hand account of the Ferguson protests and an important insight into the Black Lives Matter movement; Stranger In Paradise, a provocative look at EU immigration policy; and An Insignificant Man, a documentary about the rise of ‘the Bernie Sanders of India’, Arvind Kejriwal. Various venues, Edinburgh & Glasgow, Wed 13–Sun 24 Sep, takeoneaction.org.uk/ festivals. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND – DIRECTOR’S CUT
(4K RESTORATION) Richard Dreyfuss plays a power company technician who investigates a mysterious blackout and finds himself facing an alien. A magnificent movie, and Steven Spielberg at his best. Out Fri 14 Sep. MOTHER! In Darren Aronofsky’s latest horror drama, a couple’s relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Domnhall Gleeson and Javier Bardem. Out Fri 15 Sep.
VICTORIA AND ABDUL An unlikely friendship between young Indian clerk Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal) and Queen Victoria (Judi Dench) is frowned upon by the Queen’s inner circle. But as their friendship develops, she begins to see a changing world through new eyes, in this new film
from Stephen Frears (Florence Foster Jenkins, Philomena) Out Fri 15 Sep. THE VILLAINESS (AK-NYEO) A trained assassin tries to put her former life behind her when she starts a new life as an actress. But her past soon returns to haunt her. Out Fri 15 Sep.
VHS TRASH FEST 2017 Film festival celebrating the worst of bad films. Opening with Brian Yuzna’s body horror yuck-fest Society, and featuring Clive Barker’s Nightbreed and Video Nasty slasher The Burning. Summerhall, Edinburgh, Fri 15 & Sat 16 Sep, facebook.com/vhstrashfest. BORG/MCENROE Danish director Janus Metz takes on the story of the 1980s tennis rivalry between the placid Björn Borg (Sverrir Gudnason) and the volatile John