School for Scoundrels ( 12A )
0 (Todd Phillips. US. 2006) Jon Iledcr. Billy Bob Thornton. Jacinda Barrett. l()lmin. Shoddy. incoherent and laugh-free remake of Robert llamer's entertaining I960 caddish comedy of one upmanship and manners. General release.
>l< The Science of Sleep ( 15) 0... (Michel Gondry. France. 2006) Gael Garcia Bernal. Charlotte Gainsbourg. Alain (‘habat. Miou Miou. 1051nin. Welcome to the mind-bemling world of Stephane Miroux (Bernal) who exists in a perpetual confusion between realities. Its quirkiness is likely to divide audiences. but offers an intensity. which carries a rare spark of inspiration and sincerity. Selected release.
Seven Samurai (PG) ooooo (Akira Kurosawa. Japan. 1954) Toshiro Mifune. Takahashi Simura. 200min. A group of timid villagers seek protection against the excesses of a brutal warlord by hiring seven heroic samurai. Seminal Japanese action picture. with a slow-building dignity matching the best of John Ford. and in its stylishly aesthetic handling of screen violence. a profound influence on everyone from Peckinpah to liastwood. Highly recommended. Scotsman Screening Room. Edinburgh.
Sexuality and Cinema Brian McNair gives a lecture on the history of sexual transgression in cinema. from Last Tango in Paris to Shortbus. Glasgow Eilm Theatre. Glasgow.
Shoot First ( 15) (Various. UK. 2006) 75111111. A special edition of Edinburgh‘s monthly short film slot hosting the Zero Tolerance Charitable Trust's short film competition. for which young filmmakers submitted shorts about violence in young relationships. Eilmhouse. Edinburgh. Shortbus ( 18) C... (John Cameron Mitchell. 17S. 2006) Raphael Barker. Lindsey Beatnish. Justin Bond. l()lmin. A love-letter to New York. this story of three relationships (one begins. one finishes and one is renewed) is brought to life by the eponymous Shortbus a salon of vivid. sensual exploration and joyous. freeform experimentation. Features explicit. unsimulated sex. Glasgow l-‘ilm Theatre. Glasgow:
Space Station 30 (U) (Toni Myers. Canada/IFS. 2003) 47111111. Narrated by Totn Cruise. this big screen IMAX presentation follows real astronauts into the big blue. Impressive. btit not as awesome as it should have been. IMAX Theatre. Glasgow:
>11 Spring in a Small Town (PG) 0.... (Fei Mu. China. 1948) Wei Wei. (‘ui (‘haoming. Li Wei. 85min. Voted the best (‘hinese Iilm ever. this 1940s classic is a delicate chamber drama about a marriage in decline. Pan of Cinema (‘hina festival. Glasgow I-‘ilm Theatre. Glasgow; Film/rouse. Edinburgh.
Stolen (PG) 0... (Rebecca Dreyfus. US. 2006) 85min. It sounds like the plot ()f a million Hollywood films but this art heist is true. In 1990 two thieves disguised as cops infiltrated the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Massachusetts and made off with 1 l masterpieces. which are as yet unrecovered. Dreyfus investigates conspiracy theories about the art‘s whereabouts as well as the history of the gallery. Fascinating whodunnit. There is a Q&A at 6.30pm. ('CA. Glasgow:
Sun Valley Serenade (U) coo (H Bruce Humberstone. US. 1941) Sonja lienie. John Payne. Glenn Miller. 86min. Glen Miller and his ()rchestra star in this family Iilm that mixes his music with some great ski chases in a story about a broke band who adopt a Norwegian refugee to gain attention from the press. St Bride 's
( 'entre. Edinburgh.
30 Mania (1}) (the. 17S. 2003) Stuart Pankin. lilvira.lMAX 31) animation hell. For masochists and computer render geeks only. Ill/TAX 'I'lteall'e. Glasgow:
>1< A Touch of Zen 1 1210... (King Ilu. 'l‘aiwan. 1969) llsu Feng. Shih Chun. Pai Ying. 200mm. lipic tale of a young couple on the run and their various ruses to keep the enemy at bay before a group of Zen Buddhist monks turn the situation into a Iinal. highly stylised conflict. Varioust
mystical. exciting and decorative costume saga. with breathtakingly choreographed mid-air fight sequences. Part of Cinema China festival. Eilrnhous'e. Edinburgh.
>1: No Stage Sisters (PG) coo
(Xie Jin. China. 1965) Xie Fang. Cao Yindi. Feng Ji. Shen Fengjuan. 1 14min. Made before the Cultural Revolution. Jin‘s film charts the relationship between two women working for a travelling musical theatre company whose friendship weakens as they become famous and take radically different directions in their political lives. Part of Cinema China festival. Glasgow Eilm Theatre. Glasgow; Eilmhouse. Edinburgh. >11 Uproar in Heaven (U) coo
(Wan Laiming. China. 1965) 1 14min. An animated fantasy that was China's first feature animation in colour. The tale of a group of monkeys who rebel against the Jade Emperor in heaven is a classic for Chinese children. Part of Cinema China festival. Eilmlzouse. Edinburgh.
Venus (15) .0. (Roger Michell. UK. 2006) Peter O‘Toole. Leslie Phillips. Jodie Whittaker. 94min. Maurice (O‘Toole) and Ian (Phillips) are a couple of veteran actors who spend their decrepitude drinking. bitching and visiting the theatre until Ian‘s troublesome niece Jessie (Whittaker) comes to stay. and Maurice finds himself falling for her brash northern charms. Withnail and I: The Pensioner Years when it's good; a real waste when it isn't. Glasgow Eilrn Theatre. Glasgow.
Video Killed the Painting Star ( 18) (Various. UK. 2006) 90min. The series showcasing free screenings of work by students frotn the Glasgow School of Art on the Masters of Fine Art course and work by artists from the UK and US continues with a programme entitled A Curious Discovery was Made. C(‘ri. Glasgow: Video Killed the Painting Star ( 18) (Various. UK. 2006) 90111111. A series of free screenings of work by students from the Glasgow School of Art on the Masters of Fine Art course. plus other work from the UK and US. (CA. Glasgow:
>1< Vive L’amour(15)eee (Ming- liang Tsai. Taiwan. 1994) Kang-sheng Lee. Kuei-Mei Yang. Chao-jung Chen. 1 18min. Three characters use the same apartment for different purposes in this understated and minimalist 111111. Part of Cinema China festival. Glasgow Eilrn Theatre. Glasgow. >33 The Wedding Banquet ( 15) 0... (Ang Lee. US/l‘aiwan. I993) Winston Chao. Mitchell Lichtenstein. May Chin. 107mm. A successful naturalised American lives happily with his gay lover in Manhattan until pressure from his parents in Taiwan forces him to marry a young Chinese artist in need of a green card. But when mum and dad jump on the next plane for the wedding celebrations. a farcical situation becomes emotionally tense. Funny and serious in perfectly balanced measure. Part of Cinema China season. Glasgow Eilm Theatre. Glasgow: Eilmhouse. Edinburgh.
A Woman in Winter ( 15) coo (Richard Jobson. UK. 2005) Brian Cox. Jason Fletnyng. Jamie Sives. Julie Gayet. 100min. Astronomer Michael (Sives) falls in love with photographer Caroline (Gayet) but time. space and quantum physics may be conspiring to keep them apart. Unusual. challenging and ultimately very moving romantic drama set in Edinburgh. Arguably Jobson‘s best film to date. Plus Q&A with Jobson. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow. >1< Yellow Earth (U) coco (Chen Kaige. China. 1984) Wang Xueyin. Xue Bai. Liu Quiang. 89min. Kaige‘s extraordinary debut feature centres on the clash between the traditional values and rituals of a remote mountain tribe and the modernist drive towards Communist indUstrialisation. Part ofCinema China season. l-‘ilrnhouse. Edinburgh.
Zathura (PG) 0. (Jon Favreau. US. 2006) Jonah Bobo. Josh Hutcherson. Tim Robbins. 1 13min. Two brothers embark on an adventure as their sci-Ii boardgame comes to life. Uninspired children‘s fantasy along the same lines of Jumanji. ()deon At The Quay. Glasgow; ()deort Wes'ter Ilailes & ()deort For! Kinaird. Edinburgh.
Films are listed by city, then alphabetically by cinema. Listings are compiled by Jules Graham.
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g TUESDAY 6 MAR Video Killed the Painting Star (18) 7.00.
TUESDAY 13 MAR Video Killed the Painting Star (18) 7.00.
WEDNESDAY 14 MAR Stolen (PG) 6.00.
Cineworld Parkhead
The Forge. Parkhead. ()871 200 2000. Adult £5.40 (£4.80 before 5pm Mon—Thu. Child: £3.80 (£3.50 Mon—Thu). Student: £3.70 (£3 Mon—Thu). ()AP/UB40: £3.70. Famin ticket £15. All tickets before noon: £3.40.
THURSDAY 1
Arthur and the lnvislbles (U) 1 1.50am. 2.00.
Babel(15) 8.30.
' BecauselSaldSoHZA) 4.15. 6.40.
Bobby (15) 8.40.
f Charlotte’s Web(U) 1.30. 3.45. 6.10.
Epic MOVIO(12A) 11.00am. 1.05. 3.20.
i theGoodShepherd115) 1.25. 4.45.
8.15.
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Hannibal Rising (18) 9.00.
llot Fuzz<15> 10.50am. 1.20. 4.00. 6.40. 9.20.
Music and LyricsHZA) 3.20. 6.00. 8.20.
Notes on a Scandal (15) 6.30.
The llumber 23(15) noon. 2.15. 4.35. 6.55. 9.15.
The lteet(U) 11.10am. 1.20.
FRIDAY 2—THURSDAY 8
Arthur and the Invisibles (U) Daily: 1 1.50am. 2.00.
Bamyard (PG)
Matinee Sat: 10.00am.
Because I Said So (12A)
Daily: 8.40.
Charlotte’s Web (U)
Daily: 11.00am. 1.10. 3.55. 6.10. Deck the Halls ( PG)
Matinee Sat: 10.00am.
Epic Movie ( 12A)
Daily: 11.40am. 1.55.
Ghost Rider ( 12A)
Daily: 1 1.10am. 1.40. 4.15. 6.45. 9.15.
The Good Shepherd ( 15)
Daily: 4.20. 8.00.
Hot Fuzz ( 15)
Daily: 10.50am (not Sat). 1.15. 3.50. 6.25. 9.05.
Little Children ( 15)
Mon: 6.25.
Material Girls (PG)
Daily: 11.05am. 1.20. 3.35. 6.55. 9.10.
Music and Lyrics ( 12A)
Daily: 3.55. 6.35 (not Mon). 9.15. Night at the Museum ( PG)
Matinee Sat: 1 1.30am.
the Number 23 (15)
Daily: 3.25. 6.20. 8.50.
Open Season (PG)
Matinee Sat: 10.00am.
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Daily: 1 1.00am (not Sat). 1.30.
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