Back to the Future
For all those of you who grew up in the 19805, the treat of the fortnight has to be
this big screen showing of Robert Zemeckis’ much loved 1985 fantasy adventure about Marty McFly, his DeLorean car, a mad scientist and a whole lot of time travel. Although this is showing on the Cameo’s biggest screen, you need to book now to avoid disappointment as tickets are
selling fast. Call 0870 7551 231 or book online at picturehouses.co.uk.
I Cameo, Edinburgh (Thu 20 Apr at 6.30pm only).
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (PH) 0 (Andrew Adamxon. l'S. 2005i (ieorgie llcnley. William Moseley. Skandar Key ties. James McAvoy. Ray Winxtone. Dawn l-‘rench. Tilda Swinton. l25min. This. the first of seven proposed children fantasy blockbusters baxed on ('S Lewix' much loved allegorical no\ elx. is an absolute stinkcr. and one made all the more unpalatable by the fact tltat the very tinchi'ixtian greed of its producers is so utterly palpable oy er its seemingly endless running time. Proof that great books can make truly appalling filtiix. l'( 'I ('lvtleharil. (Ville/tank; ()tleori l‘url Kirmarrtl. I'.tllllltlll't'll.
A Clockwork Orange l 1m 0... (Stanley Kttbrick. l'K. l‘l7l l Malcolm McDow ell. Patrick Magec. Warren (‘larke. l37min. The itight of 'ultra-\ iolencc' committed by Ales lMcDow elll and his gang of 'droogs'. gase this film its notoriety. Btit ltix subsequent victimisation by the state still prov ides much food for tltotight. 'l‘ltts fable of law and disorder. crime and punishment migltt easily be recast in let century Britain, So. it's about time the llt‘ilisll public gut in see the late master's most infamous film. St'utmiart .S'ereeril'ng Room. l'ftli'rlliureh.
Cockles & Muscles (Crustaces & Coquillages) l l5) 0.. (Jacques Martineati/(lliv ier Ducaxtel. l-‘rance. 2005i Valeria Bruni 'l’edexchi. (iilbett Melki. Jean- Marc Barr. Romain Torres. liduord Collin. 03min. See review. page 4-1. (i/ttvemt' I'ilm I‘llt'tlll't'. (ilavunn.
Con Game (Doble Juego) t IS)
0.. (Alberto Durant. Pent. 2004i l’abri/io Aguilar. (‘arlox .-\|cantara. (iianfranco Brero. li‘l‘ttdlitltl ('ayo. 04min. Like a Peruvian version of Nine Queens. ('on (iante is set within the urban world of petty .xw indlerx at a time of great social and economic unrest. (‘ay'o plays a con man who brings a group of self-sery ing people
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together for a filial xtitig. Needless to say. thingx do not go to plaii. Fast paced and may engaging. Part of Vivth touring programme of highlightx from the Spanish and Latin American Film l-‘extival. (ilasgmr l'ilm Theatre. (i/aieoir: I-ilmhome. Ifrlinhitreh.
* c.n.A.z.Yt tsl oooo (Jean-Marc Vallee. Canada. 2005) Michel ('ote. Marc- Andre (irondiii. Danielle Protilx. limile \‘allee l37min. See interview and review. page 45. ('i'iieii'm'lrl Reri/r'eit' Street. (ilasguii; ('ineii-orlrl. Ifrllllltlll't’ll. Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of lstanbul ( DA) 0... (Faith Akin. (ieriiianyfl‘urkey. 2005i 90min. A giddying. life affirming documentary film about the Istanbul music scene. l'xing Alexander llacke. of (ierman avant-garde band liinxtilr/ende Neubauten. as a guide. Akin delves deep and wide iitto the Ottoman kingdom's indigenous arid not so indigenoitx sounds. (ilaigou' l-i'lm Theatre. (ilaxgmr. Dali DOCS (P(il 0.. (Various) l35min. Three documentaries featuring the great surrealist artist Salvador Dali as their subject. The second two. which are basically telev ixioii interviews led by Riixxel Marty and Malcolm Mtiggeridge. are particularly interesting. Part of Dali season. I-i’lmhouxe. lit/inlmrjeli.
The Dark l ISl D. (John l-‘awcett. (iermany /l'K. 2005i Sean Bean. Maria Bello. Richard lilf'yn. 93min. Wife (Bellol and husband (Bean) gries e for a lost child and in the process uncover a sinister religious ctilt in the rural wilds of Wales. The Dark also benefits from Christian Sebaldt‘x handsome location photography of the rugged. beautiful Welsh landscape. But murky plotting and uneven pacing mire (finger Snaps director Faw cett'x third feature. As a result. the film's themes. the corruption of the twin institutions motherhood and the church. aren't engaged with in any kind of xatixfying manner. General release.
Dead by Dawn «the: «Various. loos, Scotland's number one gorefest l‘our days ot the very best in new (and oldt horror from around the world l‘or more information visit w w w deadbydaw n co tik I‘ll/tillrlllu'. Izrlmhureh
* Demon Seed t 15t 000 (Donald ('ammell. l'S. I‘l"i Julie ('hrixtie. i‘l’ll/ Weaver. (ierrtt (iraham ‘Nmin Haw ed btit lasetttatlngly miscreant attempt to weave a thriller out of man tor in this case woman‘xi relationship with the computerised machine seyen years before James (‘ameron attempted to do the same with The li'l’mtllrtlrll'. Part of Donald ('amniell season l‘llltlllllltu’. lit/inlmreh.
Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance t l5» .0. (Key m Macdonald/('hris Rodley. l'K. l‘Wb'l “5min lntw erexting and informative dtwumcntary about the perv erxc. daring and unctititpromixing life and times of Scottish painter and filtnmaker ('ammell. Part ol Donald ('anitnell xcaxon. l‘llttlllrlltu'. lz'tllrilmreh.
Donnie Darko: The Director‘s Cut (IS) 0... (Richard Kelly. ('8. 2002i Jake (iylleiihaal. Drew Barrymore. Patrick
Sway Ie. l Hintn. Kelly 'x debut feature is a mesmerixing science fiction fable that pushes the concept of cinematic time travel into a whole new dimenxion. ltx somnambulant teenage protagonist seems to slip into a parallel universe. where a giant demonic rabbit called lirank proclaims that the world will end iii 28 dayx. (t hours. 42 mintttex and I] seconds. Set in l‘ltlt‘l. this genre- bending film is not only an intriguing meditation on time travel and a deeply disturbing horror moy ie. it ix also a Joltii Hughes-style coining-of-age movie and a black comic satire on Reaganite greed. individualism and ('hrixtian fundamentalixin. ('lllr'ii'ril'lrl Rr'ti/l't'ii‘ Street. (i/axcuii;
Dr Strangelove (l’( it com (Stanley Kubrick. l'S. WM) Peter Sellarx. (ieorge (' Scott. Sterling Hayden. 93min. Subtitled '()r. Him I Learned to Stop \Mirry ilig And Love the Bomb'. Kubrick and writer Terry Southern'x superb black comedy xatire shows us. xtep by careful xtep. just how easily fooliin politicians and military egox could start a nuclear war. (;I(I.\L'Ult' I-ilm 'I’healre. (ilaxgoii;
Duffy ( IBM 0... (Donald ('ammell. l'K/l’S. “)th Janiex (‘obtirn. James Mason. James Fox. Stixannah York. l0lmin. Star studded heist drama xet iii 'l'angiers with (‘oburn playing the eliptical criminal at the film's centre. Willi a script by Donald ('ammell arid a twisty. offbeat rhythym to the whole enterprise this is a seriottsl} eool gem front the cinematic vault. Part of Donald (‘animell season. Hint/louse. I‘ltlltlltlll't'll. Eight Below (PG) .0. (Frank Marshall. l'S. 3006) Paul Walker. Bruce Greenwood. Moon Bloodgood. Jason Higgx. llllmin. See Alxo Releaxed. page ~35. (ieneru/ release.
El Calentito l lxi 0000 ((‘hux (iiitierrel. Spain. 2005) Veronica Sanchel. Juan Saul. Macarena (ioiner. Jordi \"ilchex. 90min. Spanish lady writer/director (iutierrer' funny xeiiii-autobiographical film about her time with an all-girl punk band in the early Willis. a time vs hen Spain w as struggling to make the transition from oppresxive dictatorship to a democracy. Recommended. Part of Viva? touring programme of highliglitx from the Spanish and Latin American Film Festival. (ilawmt Film Theatre. (ilaveoit': I'ilnihome. Edinburgh.
Even Dwarfs Started Small lP(il ooooo (Werner Herzog. (iermany. I970) 96min. Weird but very watchable parable about a remote penal colony inhabited by dwarfs. who xtage a revolution in the prison warden'x absence. Pan of ('ultl (ilawmt l‘ilnt Theatre. Glasgow.
Failure to Launch ( IBM 00 (Tom Dey. l'S. 2006) Matthew McConaughey'. Sarah Jexxica Parker. Kathy Bates. 97min. Anody'ne and not-halflax-interesting-ax-it- sounds romantic comedy about a thirtysomething slacker who is set up by hix parents with various girls so he will vacate the family home. Directed by the man behind .S‘hanghai' Norm and Shim-time. need we go on'.’ General release.
Name Marie Gillain
Born 18 June 1975. Rocourt. neat Liege. Belgium
Background As a 16-year-old schoolgirl, Gillatn was plucked from ObSCurity and landed a maJOr film role as Gerard Depardieu's teenage daughter in My Father the Hero. She was later cast by Bertrand Tavernier in his Parisran crime drama The Bart. and collaborated with the same wnter~director on the latter's World War ll epic Lar‘ssez-Passer. Based in Parts for over a decade. Gillain IS one of the faces of cosmetics firm LancOme. What’s she up to now? She currently stars alongStde Emmanuelle Beart and Carole Bouquet in the anguished contemporary melodrama L'Enter (He/l). directed by Denis Tanovrc (No Man '8 Land) from an uncompleted script co-wrttten by the late Krzysztol Kieslowskt. Her character Anne is one of three adult sisters still traumatised by an appalling event they witnessed in their childhoods.
What she says about Kleslowski ‘My favourite film of his is the first one I saw. The Double Life of Veronique. He's a director who speaks of the soul, of intimacy and of a Spiritual dimension we don't normally see in the movies.‘
What she says about L'Enfer (Hell) ‘There was a sense of euphoria on the set, which was close to hysteria and which made it easier to explore the very dark feelings. My character Anne is like a soldier who needs to survive; she's never found her role in the family and has always felt abandoned}
interesting fact She withdrew from Tavernier's new film Holy Lola. when she discovered she was pregnant with her first Child.
I L'Enter (Hell) is on selected release from 21 April. See feature. page 15 and review. page 43.
Festival! l l5l 0... (Murray Lerner. L'S. 1967) Joan Bael. Theodore Bikel. Mike Bloomfield. ('hexter Burnett. 95min. This rarely screened concert liliit is essentially a cinematic record of xome now legendary xhowx from various mid-(>0x New pon Folk Festivals. Highlights include the infamon l965 performance by Dylan. Johnny ('axh. Joan Baez. the stunning ()detta. veteran bluesman Son Home and much more. If you really love niUxic this is unmissable. Part of Triptych. Glasgow I'ilm Theatre. Glasgow