list.co.uk/film Calendar Girls dramatising the true story of the industrial dispute between the female work force and the management of the Ford’s motor plant that took place in suburban Essex in 1968. Starring Sally Hawkins. Paisley Arts Centre, Paisley. Mammuth (PG) ●●●●● (Gustave de Kervern, Benoît Delépine, France, 2010) Gérard Depardieu, Yolande Moreau, Isabelle Adjani. 92min. See review, page 84. Glasgow Film Theatre. Mars Needs Moms 2D (PG) ●●●●● (Simon Wells, US, 2011) Voices of Seth Green, Dan Fogler, Joan Cusack. 87min. Animated comedy in which a boy gains a greater appreciation of his ol’ mum after aliens abduct her. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness. ✽✽ Mother’s Day (18) ●●●●● (Darren Lynn Bousman, US, 2010) Deborah Ann Woll, Shawn Ashmore and Lisa Marcos. 112min. See review, page 85. General release. My Afternoons with Margueritte (15) ●●●●● (Jean Becker, France, 2010) Gerard Depardieu, Gisele Casadesus. 82min. An elderly woman (Casadesus) bonds with an illiterate man (Depardieu) over their love of pigeons and decides to tutor him by reading aloud extracts from her novels. Sweet and moving French drama from veteran filmmaker Becker (Conversations with My Gardener, One Deadly Summer). Macrobert, Stirling. My Dog Tulip (12A) ●●●●● (Paul Fierlinger, Sandra Fierlinger, US, 2009) Voices of Christopher Plummer, Lynn Redgrave, Isabella Rossellini. 81min. This animated feature is witty, wistful, honest and insightful in its warts-and-all appraisal of the relationship between one man (writer and editor JR Ackerley) and his dog. The lovely looking 2D animation (which looks more like Sylvain Chomet than Walt Disney) makes for an inspired visual representation of Ackerley’s (Plummer) concise commentary. Macrobert, Stirling. Neukölln Unlimited (15) (Agostino Imondi, Dietmar Ratsch, Germany, 2010) 96min. Documentary about three Lebanese teenagers living in the Berlin district of Neukölln and facing deportation. Paisley Arts Centre, Paisley. Never Let Me Go (12A) ●●●●● (Mark Romanek, UK, 2010) Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield. 103min. Writer Alex Garland and One Hour Photo director Romanek’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s bleak, existential novel is a triumph of casting, featuring deeply felt performances from Mulligan and Garfield as students of the mysterious Hailsham boarding school. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Nightmare Houses & Flesh Eating Beats: A Horror All Dayer (18) (Various, 1964-2006) All day horror madness from the Edinburgh Zombie Club featuring screenings of The Flesh Eaters, House of Whipcord (and a Q&A with writer David McGillivray), shorts In the Place of the Dead and Mrs Daveport’s Throat, rare classic TV show Beasts: The Dummy, The Beast Must Die and finally Nightmares in a Damaged Brain. All for a fiver. The Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh. No One Knows About Persian Cats (12A) ●●●●● (Bahman Ghobadi, Iran, 2009) Negar Shaghaghi, Ashkan Koshanejad, Hamed Behdad. 106min. Freewheeling mockumentary about the underground Iranian music scene in Tehran featuring real musicians from the director A Time For Drunken Horses and Turtles Can Fly. Moving, funny and worrying – this unique little film deserves to find an audience, plus the soundtrack is a killer. Paisley Arts Centre, Paisley. Oranges and Sunshine (15) ●●●●● (Jim Loach, UK/Australia, 2010) Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham. 105min. Set in 1986, Humphreys (Watson) uncovers a dirty secret from our wartime past as children in care were shipped off to Australia. The ever-dependable Watson is a rock here, and the best scenes come between her and the two male leads. Like his father Ken, Jim Loach directs simply and without fuss. Dominion, Edinburgh; Macrobert, Stirling.
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) (15) ●●●●● (Rachid Bouchareb, France/Algeria/Belgium, 2010) Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila. 138min. Franco-Algerian writer-director Bouchareb follows his hard-hitting Palme d’Or nominated WWII adventure Days of Glory with this similarly forceful thriller about Algerian freedom fighters in the 1950s. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee; Glasgow Film Theatre. La Peau Douce (Silken Skin) (PG) ●●●●● (Francois Truffaut, France/Portugal, 1964) Jean Desailly, Francoise Dorlean, Nelly Benedetti. 117min. Truffaut’s effortless 1964 petit bourgeois romantic drama restored and reissued as a disillusioned middle-aged intellectual attempts to turn a casual affair with an air hostess into the love of his life. Failure consequently leads to a crime of passion, in this wry study of the disruptions of modern urban living. Macrobert, Stirling. Persepolis (12A) ●●●●● (Vincent Paronnaud/Marjane Satrapi, France/US, 2007) Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux. 96min. This adaptation of Satrapi’s autobiographical coming-of-age graphic novel is an exceptionally moving piece of animated filmmaking. Chronicling the liberal outlook of young Iranian Marji, Satrapi refreshingly manages to portray a love of Iran without being revisionist or disguising any harsh truths about the regime. CCA, Glasgow. ✽✽ The Pipe (E) ●●●●● (Risteard O’Domhnaill, Ireland, 2010) 80min. See review, page 83. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre; DCA, Dundee. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 2D (12A) ●●●●● (Rob Marshall, US, 2011) Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ian McShane. 141min. Depp revives the dashing Captain Sparrow for a fourth time as he embarks upon a quest for the elusive fountain of youth. Reviewed in full at list.co.uk. General release. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 3D (12A) ●●●●● (Rob Marshall, US, 2011) Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ian McShane. 141min. See above. General release. ✽✽ Point Blank (A Bout Portant) (15) ●●●●● (Fred Cavayé, France, 2010) Gilles Lellouche, Roschdy Zem, Elene Anaya. 84min. See review, page 85. Glasgow Film Theatre; DCA, Dundee. ✽✽ Potiche (15) ●●●●● (François Ozon, France, 2010) Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini. 103min. See review, page 85. Glasgow Film Theatre. Prom (U) ●●●●● (Joe Nussbaum, US, 2011) Aimee Teegarden, Thomas McDonell, DeVaughn Nixon. 104min. See review, page 83. General release. Pushing the Elephant (15) (Beth Davenport, Elizabeth Mandel, US, 2010) 91min. In 1998 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rose was separated from her five-year-old child. Twelve years later they are reunited in the United States and try to come to terms with the past and their uncertain future. Part of Journeys of Courage season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre. Le Quattro Volte (U) ●●●●● (Michelangelo Frammartino, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, 2010) Giuseppe Fuda, Bruno Timpano, Nazareno Timpano. 88min. Part human drama, part anthropological study, Le Quattro Volte explores the interconnectedness of life in a hilltop village in Calabria, Italy. Carefully paced and without dialogue, it relishes in the small details of rural life, encouraging audiences to immerse themselves in the rhythms and traditions of the community. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre; DCA, Dundee. Redline (12A) (Takeshi Koike, Japan, 2010) 101min. Japanese anime about an illegal car race. DCA, Dundee. Red Riding Hood (12A) ●●●●● (Catherine Hardwicke, US, 2011) Amanda Seyfried, Lukas Haas, Gary Oldman. 100min. Clichéd adaptation of classic fairy tale from the team behind Twilight. Macrobert, Stirling. Renaldo and Clara (15) ●●●●● (Bob Dylan, US, 1978) Bob Dylan, Sara Dylan, Joan Baez. 235min. Dylan’s rarely-seen second foray into film was shot during the Rolling Thunder Revue tour and interspersed with improvised scenes. Glasgow Film Theatre. Rio 2D (U) ●●●●● (Carlos Saldanha, Canada/US, 2011) Voices of Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Will I Am. 95min. The team behind Ice Age heats things up in more tropical climes, as a domesticated macaw from small-town America goes on a Brazilian adventure. Selected release. Rio Breaks (12A) ●●●●● (Justin Mitchell, UK/Brazil, 2009) 85min. Documentary about two adolescent friends who try to escape the Rio slums through their love of surfing. Selected release from Fri 3 Jun. Robinson in Ruins (U) ●●●●● (Patrick Keiller, UK, 2010) Voice of Vanessa Redgrave. 101min. Another avant garde filmic meandering on the investigations of Keiller’s mysterious ‘Robinson’. This time he explores politics, the economy, and warfare in the contemporary world. Glasgow Film Theatre. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (15) ●●●●● (Jim Sharman, UK, 1975) Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Meat Loaf. 100min. The cult film to end all others, this rock spoof on old horror movies has created a breed of Rocky Horror crazies, and packs them in at late shows everywhere. The film has its moments, and Curry is splendidly camp as the bisexual Frank N Furter. This is an outdoor screening organised by Grosvenor Cinema and the West End Festival. Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow. The Roommate (15) ●●●●● (Christian E Christiansen, US, 2011) Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, Cam Gigandet. 91min. Disappointing psychological thriller about a freshman student and her violently obsessive roommate. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness. 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 is a 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. Macrobert, Stirling. Santa Sangre (18) ●●●●● (Alexandro Jodorowsky, Italy/Mexico, 1989) Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell. 118min. Against the backdrop of a circus, young Fenix witnesses horrifying events when his strongman father commits suicide after dismembering the boy’s mother. Committed for 20 years, he eventually escapes, only to find the maternal bonds still strong, driving him to kill any woman he finds attractive. Jodorowsky’s film is deliberately disturbing and provocative, but its visual imagination makes it a landmark in cinematic surrealism. DCA, Dundee. Sawdust and Tinsel (15) ●●●●● (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1953) Åke
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Grönberg, Harriet Andersson, Hasse Ekman. 93min. In a metaphor for the conflicting desires of marriage, an ageing circus owner and his young mistress attempt to escape the limitations of their mutual involvement. Part of Bergman season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Scream 4 (15) ●●●●● (Wes Craven, US, 2011) Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette. 111min. Craven is back in Woodsboro with a new chapter in the post- modern slasher series as Ghostface returns for some fresh meat. Showcase Cinema, Glasgow; Vue Omni, Edinburgh. A Screaming Man (Un Homme qui Crie) (PG) ●●●●● (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, France/Belgium/Chad, 2010) Youssouf Djaoro, Dioucounda Koma, Emile Abossolo M’bo. 92min. Former swimming champion Adam (Djaoro) works as a pool attendant in a luxury hotel. When he’s demoted, his son Abdel (Koma) gets his former job and Adam becomes racked with bitterness. This is a sobering reminder of how far-reaching the effects of war are. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre; DCA, Dundee. Screwed (18) (Reg Traviss, UK, 2011) James D’Arcy, Noel Clarke. 109min. Drama based on prison guard Ronnie Thompson’s book about working in some of the UK’s worst prisons. Selected release from Fri 3 Jun. Senna (12A) (Asif Kapadia, UK/France/US, 2010) 106min. See Also Released, page 86. Glasgow Film Theatre; DCA, Dundee. The Shawshank Redemption (15) ●●●●● (Frank Darabont, US, 1994) Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton. 143min. Banged up for a crime he didn’t commit, quiet man Robbins plans a slow but effective revenge on the unnecessarily harsh prison regime. Freeman excels as the fellow con with an uncanny knack for procuring desired items. The film is certainly overlong, but the apocryphal feel to the storytelling and the period detail are well handled in what is, ultimately, a very fine movie indeed. Scotsman Screening Room, Edinburgh. A Ship to India (15) ●●●●● (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1947) 96min. A powerful love triangle featuring a hunchback sailor, his drunk father and a chorus girl. Part of Bergman season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Silent House (15) ●●●●● (Gustavo Hernández, Uruguay, 2010) Florencia Colucci, Abel Tripaldi, Gustavo Alonso. 86min. Scary thriller about a young woman and her father who move into a seemingly perfect, off-the-beaten-track house, only to start hearing some unnerving bumps in the night. DCA, Dundee. Simon Rattle & the Berlin Philharmonic: A Musical Journey (U) (, UK, 2011) 105min. A recording of the Berlin Philharmonic made at Singapore’s Esplanade Concert Hall, with brilliant conductor Simon Rattle at the helm as they perform Mahler’s Symphony No 1 in D Major and Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances. DCA, Dundee.
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