Film INDEX
One Man Up (L’Uomo in Piu) (15) ●●●●● (Paolo Sorrentino, Italy, 2001) Toni Servillo, Andrea Renzi, Nello Mascia, Antonino Bruschetta. 103min. Two brothers, one successful, the other not quite so, have their situations reversed. Early feature from the director of The Consequences of Love, which was never released in this country. Part of Italian Film Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre.
✽✽ Oranges and Sunshine (15) ●●●●● (Jim Loach, UK/Australia,
2010) Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham. 105min. See review, page 64. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre.
✽✽ Passenger Side (15) ●●●●● (Matt Bissonnette, Canada, 2009) Adam
Scott, Joel Bissonnette, Richard Medina. 85min. See review, page 64 and profile, page 62. Grosvenor, Glasgow. The Passing of the Third Floor Back (PG) (Berthold Viertel, UK, 1935) Conrad Veidt, René Ray, Frank Cellier. 90min. A mysterious stranger pacifies a boarding house full of arguing lodgers in this expressionistic drama. Part of Projecting the Archive. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Passion Play (La Passione) (12A) (Carlo Mazzacurati, Italy, 2010) Silvio Orlando, Stefania Sandrelli, Cristiana Capotondi. 106min. When faulty plumbing destroys an historic fresco in his local church, filmmaker Gianni is forced to direct an amateur production of The Passion of Christ. Part of Italian Film Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre. Passione (PG) (John Turturro, Italy/US, 2010) 90min. Actor and director John Turturro explores the musical culture of Naples, walking the cobbled streets and chatting to the locals. Part of Italian Film Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre. Patagonia (15) ●●●●● (Marc Evans, UK, 2010) Matthew Rhys, Duffy, Nia Roberts. 118min. Evans’ intriguing but not entirely satisfying tale is best when concentrating on its two female protagonists. Set in a little known Welsh community, it’s finely acted and shot, but hampered by leisurely pacing and a few too many contrivances late on. Glasgow Film Theatre; Cameo, Edinburgh. Paul (15) ●●●●● (Greg Mottola, Spain/France/UK/US, 2011) Seth Rogen, Simon Pegg, Jane Lynch. 103min. Efficient if unadventurous comedy about two English sci-fi nerds who encounter a real-life alien while on a road-trip through America’s UFO hotspots. The fantastically realised CG alien (Rogen) gets the best lines and makes the film worthwhile. General release. La Peau Douce (Silken Skin) (PG) ●●●●● (Francois Truffaut, France/Portugal, 1964) Jean Desailly, Francoise Dorlean, Nelly Benedetti. 117min. See Also Released, page 66. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre.
✽✽ Pina (U) ●●●●● (Wim Wenders, Germany/UK/France, 2011) 103min.
See review, page 65. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre. The Pipe (E) (Risteard O’Domhnaill, Ireland, 2010) 80min. Documentary about the clash between a group of farmers and fishermen from the west of Ireland and the multinational oil company that wants to build a pipeline through their land. CCA, Glasgow. Playtime (U) ●●●●● (Jacques Tati, France, 1967) Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Jacqueline Lecomte. 124min. Monsieur Hulot, tussling with the modern world as usual, follows a group of American tourists around a garish and hi-tech Paris of concrete and glass. Undervalued later Tati, with the actor Tati’s slapstick of old overshadowed by Tati the director’s masterly control of the widescreen frame. Glasgow Film Theatre.
✽✽ The Portuguese Nun (tbc) ●●●●● (Eugène Green,
Portugal/France, 2009) Leonor Baldaque, Ana Moreira, Adrien Michaux. 127min. See Also Released, page 66. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Pretty in Pink (15) ●●●●● (John Hughes, US, 1986) Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Cryer. 97min. Better-than- average teen movie from the doyen of that
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genre. Ms Ringwald is pretty in pink for the high school prom, but not before she has undergone the prejudice of the kids from the rich side of town. Sloans, Glasgow. The Prodigy: World’s on Fire (15) (Paul Dugdale, UK, 2010) 84min. Live recording of the original fire starters made at their own Warrior Dance Festival at the Milton Keynes Bowl in 2010. Selected release. Protector (Protektor) (15) (Marek Najbrt, Czech Republic/Germany, 2009) Jana Plodková, Marek Daniel, Klára Melísková. 98min. A Prague-set love story set around the Nazi occupation and the hard choices it forces on radio journalist Emil. Part of New Europe Film Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Puskás Hungary (PG) (Tamás Almási, Hungary, 2009) 116min. The rise of footballer Ferenc Puskás from the slums of Budapest to Real Madrid, after a physical and mental breakdown. Part of New Europe Film Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. A Quiet Life (Una Vita Tranquilla) (15) (Claudio Cupellini, Italy/France/Germany, 2010) Toni Servillo, Marco D’Amore, Francesco Di Leva. 105min. An Italian hotelier is confronted by the ghosts of his past when two Neapolitan men check in. Part of Italian Film Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre. Rango (PG) ●●●●● (Gore Verbinski, US, 2011) Voices of Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin. 107min. Depp voices a wannabe swashbuckler chameleon in this animated action comedy. General release. Red Riding Hood (12A) ●●●●● (Catherine Hardwicke, US, 2011) Amanda Seyfried, Lukas Haas, Gary Oldman. 100min. See Also Released, page 66. General release. The Resident (15) ●●●●● (Antti Jokinen, UK/US, 2011) Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Christopher Lee. 91min. Swank finds a suspiciously empty gothic apartment in Brooklyn but her seemingly jovial landlord (Morgan) is soon recast as an obsessive psycho voyeur. Swank and Morgan are both solid and the final act is stupidly entertaining. Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow. Rio (U) (Carlos Saldanha, Canada/US, 2011) Voices of Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Will I Am. 95min. See Also Released, page 66. General release. The Rite (15) ●●●●● (Mikael Håfström, US, 2011) Anthony Hopkins, Colin O’Donoghue, Alice Braga. 113min. Doubtful US priest Michael Kovak (O’Donoghue) is recruited to travel to Rome to join the Pope’s secret army of exorcists. After some old fashioned frights it quickly becomes boring as the script bogs down in theological discussions. Despite a strong cast and expensive production it’s still just a hoary variation on The Exorcist. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness. The Roommate (15) ●●●●● (Christian E Christiansen, US, 2011) Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, Cam Gigandet. 91min. See Also Released, page 66. General release. Route Irish (15) ●●●●● (Ken Loach, UK/France/Italy/Belgium/Spain, 2010) Mark Womack, Andrea Lowe, John Bishop. 108min. Dark tale of a British soldier’s descent into brutality after his tour of duty in Iraq. Womack’s portrayal of a broken man simmering with pain, rage and combat stress, hellbent on finding the truth no matter what, devastating one but he is let down slightly by some less than compelling performances around him. By asking some tough questions about morality during wartime and with their hearts and minds solidly in place, it’s hard not to back Loach and (writer) Paul Laverty to the hilt. DCA, Dundee; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Scream 4 (tbc) (Was Craven, US, 2011) Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette. See Also Released, page 66. General release. Sesame Street at 40: Milestones on the Street (U) (Various) 81min. A compilation featuring dozens of classic moments celebrating 40 years of the educational Muppets. Part of Muppets, Music & Magic: Jim Henson's Legacy. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Sicilian Girl (La Siciliana Ribelle) (18) (Marco Amenta, Italy/France, 2009) Veronica D’Agostino, Gérard Jugnot, Giulia Andò. 115min. Inspired by the true story of a young girl who testified against the mafia to avenge her father and brother’s death. Part of Italian Film Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre. The Silent House (La Casa Muda) (15) (Gustavo Hernández, Uruguay, 2010) Florencia Colucci, Abel Tripaldi, Gustavo Alonso. 86min. See Also Released, page 66. Selected release. Sing: The Music of Sesame Street (U) (Various) 82min. A collection of Sesame Street music from the last 40 years. Part of
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Muppets, Music & Magic: Jim Henson's Legacy. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. A Small Act (12) ●●●●● (Jennifer Arnold, US, 2010) 88min. See Also Released, page 66. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Somewhere in Europe (Valahol Európában)(Géza von Radványi, Hungary, 1948) Artúr Somlay, Miklós Gábor, Zsuzsa Bánki. 104min. Capturing the plight of Hungary’s war orphans, this postwar film follows a group of young street scavengers living in an abandoned castle. Part of Hungarian Film Festival. Glasgow Film Theatre. The Sound of Music (U) ●●●●● (Robert Wise, US, 1965) Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn, Eleanor Parker, Peggy Wood. 173min. In the late 1930s, vivacious nun Maria (Andrews) introduces the Von Trapp children to the joys of music, and their widowed father (Plummer) to the joys of love as Nazism begins to sweep Austria. One of the great screen musicals, completely uncynical, and boasting a host of memorable songs and charm-sodden moments. And it’s all based on a true story. Scotsman Screening Room, Edinburgh. Source Code (12A) ●●●●● (Duncan Jones, US/France, 2011) Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga. 93min. See review, page 64. General release. Stella Dallas (U) ●●●●● (King Vidor, US, 1937) Barbara Stanwick, John Boles, Ann Shirley. 106min. Soap opera, Hollywood-style, as Stanwick sacrifices herself for her daughter by entering a loveless marriage. But her commonness makes her husband leave her for another woman. Stanwick breathes life into an extraordinary role, receiving her first of four Oscar nominations. Glasgow Film Theatre. The Street (Die Strasse) (12A) (Karl Grune, Germany, 1923) Anton Edthofer, Aud Egede Nissen, Leonhard Haskel. 74min. A man leaves his home comforts for a Parisian night of adventure with a prostitute. Part of Realism in Weimar Cinema season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. A Streetcar Named Desire (15) ●●●●● (Elia Kazan, US, 1951) Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter. 125min. Brando takes the acting honours and, with this film, sets the style for method acting for years to come. Tennessee Williams’ steamy sex romp seems a little tame by today’s standards, but the realism of the drama
Due to technical difficulties at this year’s Glasgow Film Festival, this extended director’s cut of Volker Schlondorff’s Cannes Palme D’Or winning 1979 adaptation of Gunther Grass’ seminal allegorical novel, had to be pulled. To make up for this, the Glasgow Film Theatre, home of the festival, will be showing it for five whole days. Do not miss. ■ GFT, Glasgow from Mon 4-Sat 9 Apr.