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I Cameo, Edinburgh, Sun 6 May.
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(Daniele Thompson. France. 200(3) (‘ecile De France. Valerie Lemercier. Albert Dupontel. 105mm. A trio of intersecting storylines. about characters at crossroads in their lives. entwine to become a predictable slice of middlebrow entertainment resembling a Gallic Lave Actually. ('ameo. Edinburgh.
:33 The Painted Veil (12A) oooo (John Curran. China/US. 2007) Naomi Watts. Edward Norton. Liev Schreiber. 125mm. See review. page 39. Selected release.
Pandora’s Box ( PG ) oooo (0W Pabst. Germany. 1929) Louise Brooks. Fritz. Kortner. Franz. Lederer. GUstav Diessi. l32min. Jolly Teutonic silent film. in which a woman kills her boyfriend and goes on the game. only to run into an unfortunate scrape with Jack the Ripper. Surprisingly enjoyable piece. with a terrific performance from Ms Brooks. Accompanying this newly restored print will be Forrester Pyke on piano. film/muse. Edinburgh.
Paris Je t’aime ( 12A) (Various. France. 2006) Steve Buscemi. Gena Rowlands. Nick Nolte. l lomin. Comprising a series of shorts by some great directorial names (Joel and Ethan Coen. Gerard [)epardieu. Gus Van Sant. Sylvain (‘homet and more) each focussing on a district of Paris. Part of French Film Festival. Film/muse. Edinburgh. Pathfinder ( 15) 00 (Marcus Nispel. US. 2007) Karl L'rban. Russell Means. Jay Tavare. (‘lancy Brown. 99min. A remake of the excellent I987 Norwegian adventure about marauding killers in fro/en Lapland I000 years ago. Relocated to pre- (‘olumbus America. L'rban and Brown do wonders with the exciting if ridiculoUs concept. but confusing fight sequences and lapses in pacing and tone ensure that the film fails to live up to its potential. General release.
Perfect Stranger ( 15) ooo (James Foley. US. 2007) Bruce Willis. Halle Berry. Giovanni Ribisi. l08min. Investigative reporter Rowena Price (Berry) thinks her friend‘s tnurder might be connected to
powerful executive llarrison Hill (Willis). She goes undercover with Miles Hailey (Ribisi) to find out. but things take a murderous turn. Flawed. cliche ridden but very watchable twisty turny thriller from the always interesting Foley. (iener‘al release. Poland Through Animation: Programme 1 (12A) oooo (Various. Poland. Various) 88min. A full programme of Polish animation which includes films by Jan l.enica. \‘v'alerian Borowczyk and Tomek's Baginski's ('alhedr'al. Film/muse. Edinburgh.
Le Pont des Arts ( 15) (litigene Green. France. 2001) Adrien .‘ylichaux. Natacha Regnier. Alexis Loret. llomin. Music. literature. philosophy and aesthetics are literally matters of life and death to the literate. discontented young characters adrift in the Paris of Green's latest. era/.ily high- falutin‘ work. at once a llippant. complex comedy of manners and an inquiry into the place of high art in today's chaotic culture. Part of French Film Festival. I'i/mltuus't’. Edinburgh.
Premonition ( 12A) 0. (.‘ylennan Yapo. CS. 2007) Sandra Bullock. Julian McMahon. Nia Long. ()(imin. llappy Linda ilanson (Bullock) receives news that her husband Jim (McMahon) has died in a car accident. then wakes up the following morning to find that her hnsband is very much alive. A blatant but uncredited remake of Norio 'I‘surntu‘s 2004 Humor. Watchable nonsense. Shun-ease (inertia. Paisley. Paisley; Vue Edinburgh ()eean. It'dinlrur'gh. The Pursuit of Happyness ( 12A) .0 (Gabriele Muccino. IS. 2006) Will Smith. Thandie Newton. Jaden Smith.
1 17min. (‘hris Gardner (Smithfs survival skills are put to the test when his girlfriend Linda (Newton) leaves him. With a son to look after (Smith‘s real life offspring. Jaden) and an unpaid internship for income. Gardner's pursuit of the American Dream (dubbed ‘happy'ness‘) looks doomed. Smith Senior is up to the dramatic challenge but his verve cannot compensate for the glib monotony of the story. (‘irteit‘arld Park/read. Glasgow.
The seemingly bizarre double bill pairing of Richard Bracewell’s small, intimate and interesting character drama about a small group of older women and the gigolos they use, starring the great Anna Massey and Susannah York, and Paul Andrew Williams’ visceral, compelling gangland thriller (pictured) actually makes more sense than you might at first think. Both are Britflick debuts from two very promising filmmakers. The Gigolos will be shown on the Cameo’s new digital film set up and both films are also showing separately as late shows on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 May respectively.
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