Film LISTINGS Films screening in the next week are listed below with certificate, star rating, credits, brief review and venue details. See list.co.uk for the most up-to-date list of films screening. Film index is compiled by Gail Tolley and Laura Ennor. ✽Indicates Hitlist entry
The Amazing Spider-Man (12A) ●●●●● (Marc Webb, US, 2012) Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans. 136min. The story of Peter Parker’s early life breathes new life into a Marvel favourite. General release. The Angels’ Share (15) ●●●●● (Ken Loach, UK/France, 2012) Roger Allam, John Henshaw, Daniel Portman. 101min. Condescending and try-hard wish-fulfillment fancy about an ex-con who discovers a talent for whisky tasting. General release. Angèle and Tony (Angèle et Tony) (15) ●●●●● (Alix Delaporte, France, 2010) Clotilde Hesme, Grégory Gadebois, Evelyne Didi. 88min. Beguiling and slow-moving love story set in a remote fishing village. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Annie Hall (15) (Woody Allen, US, 1977) Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts. 93min. Allen lays bare the mores of modern urban romance to devastating effect. Part of Summer of Love season. GFT, Glasgow. The Apartment (PG) ●●●●● (Billy Wilder, US, 1960) Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray. 125min. A man sublets his bachelor pad to his philandering boss and lives to regret it: a breezy, sardonic approach to infidelity makes for bright comedy. Part of Summer of Love season. GFT, Glasgow. Blue Black Permanent (PG) ●●●●● (Margaret Tait, Scotland, 1992) Gerda Stevenson, Celia Imrie, Jack Shepherd. 86min. Poetic, obscure portrait of three generations of women. The CCA is also screening a new documentary about Tait made at Glasgow Women’s Library. CCA, Glasgow.
✽Brave (PG) ●●●●● (Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, US,
2012) Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson. 100min. See review, page 113. General release. Crimes and Misdemeanours (15) ●●●●● (Woody Allen, US, 1989) Martin Landau, Anjelica Huston, Woody Allen, Alan Alda. 104min. Accomplished Allen offering, effortlessly blending the Big Questions with one-line wit. Part of Woody’s Goodies season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Dark Knight Rises (12A) ●●●●● (Christopher Nolan, US, 2012) Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway. 164min. Batman comes out of hiding to save Gotham once again. Emotional, epic and set to be the blockbuster of the year. General release. David Holzman’s Diary (15)●●●●● (Jim McBride, UK, 1967) L M Kit Carson, Eileen Dietz, Lorenzo Mans. 73min. Groundbreaking 1967 pseudo- documentary film about a young man obsessed with film. Double bill with Man with a Movie Camera. Summerhall, Edinburgh. Despair (15) (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Germany/France, 1978) Dirk Bogarde, Andréa Ferréol, Klaus Löwitsch. 119min. Tom Stoppard’s adaptation of Nabokov’s novel featuring Bogarde as a Russian chocolate magnate who loses his mind. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (U) (David Bowers, US/Canada, 2012) Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Devon Bostick. 93min. Third instalment in the kids’ comedy series. General release from Fri 3 Aug. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (15) ●●●●● (Luis
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Buñuel, France, 1972) Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Stephane Audran. 102min. A dinner party is interrupted by some bizarre events: not as savage a satire as Buñuel’s earlier work, but more assured. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Don’t Look Now (18)●●●●● (Nicolas Roeg, UK, 1973) Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie. 103min. Splendid supernatural suspense movie, brilliantly edited and rather a good yarn. GFT, Glasgow. Dr Seuss’ The Lorax (U) ●●●●● (Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda, US, 2012) Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Danny DeVito. 86min. Beautiful animation and uniquely odd Seussian characters are undermined here by a sentimental script. General release. Electrick Children (15) ●●●●● (Rebecca Thomas, US, 2012) Julia Garner, Rory Culkin, Liam Aiken. 95min. A decent coming-of-age yarn about a Mormon teenager who claims to have had an immaculate conception. GFT, Glasgow. The Five-Year Engagement (15) ●●●●● (Nicholas Stoller, US, 2012) Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt. 124min. Charming leads, but given that it’s a rom-com the dramatic weight and pathos aren’t balanced with enough laughs. Odeon Wester Hailes, Edinburgh; Grosvenor Cinema, Glasgow. Giants (Les géants) (12A) ●●●●● (Bouli Lanners, Belgium, 2011) Paul Bartel, Zacharie Chasseriaud, Marthe Keller. 84min. Teenage adventures at a remote house in the country; occasionally puerile but beautifully shot with credible performances. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. God Bless America (15) ●●●●● (Bobcat Goldthwait, US, 2011) Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr, Mackenzie Brooke Smith, Melinda Page Hamilton. 104min. A man with a terminal brain tumour decides to rid the world of rude and annoying people. Dark and satirical, but disappointingly unoriginal. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (PG) (Garth Jennings, US/ UK, 2005) Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Sam Rockwell, Bill Nighy. 110min. Adaptation of Douglas Adams’ classic. Screening with short documentary Into Deep Space and Q&A with astrobiologist Professor Charles Cockell. Filmhouse, Edinburgh.
✽I Was Born, But . . . (PG) ●●●●● (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan,
1932) Tatsuo Saito, Tomio Aoki, Mitsuko Yoshikawa. 89min. Slow- paced silent film chronicling a family’s move into a new home. With live piano accompaniment by Forrester Pyke. Summerhall, Edinburgh. Ice Age: Continental Drift (U) ●●●●● (Steve Martino, Mike Thurmeier, US, 2012) Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo. 92min. Fourth instalment from the franchise: polished animation but an unoriginal script and banal characterisation. General release. Katy Perry: Part of Me (PG) (Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, US, 2012) Katy Perry. 97min. Pop starlet reveals what goes on behind the scenes. Odeon Wester Hailes & Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh; Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow. King of Devil’s Island (12A) ●●●●● (Marius Holst, Norway, 2010) Stellan Skarsgård, Kristoffer Joner, Benjamin Helstad. 116min. A slow burning but satisfying drama about an uprising at a reform school. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; GFT, Glasgow. Kya Super Kool Hain Hum (tbc) (Sachin Yardi, India, 2012) Anupam Kher, Ritesh Deshmukh, Neha Sharma. tbc min. Hindi comedy. Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow. Little Black Riding Hood & other surreal stories (tbc) (Various, Poland, Various) 81min. Subversive animated shorts. Summerhall, Edinburgh.
Little Nicholas (Le petit Nicolas) (PG) ●●●●● (Laurent Tirard, France/ Belgium, 2009) Maxime Godart, Valerie Lemercier, Kad Merad. 91min. Light and sentimental film about a boy’s worries that his parents are about to replace him with a younger model. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; GFT, Glasgow. London 2012 Olympics (E) (Various, UK, 2012) Coverage of the day’s sporting events. Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh; Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow. Lying and Liars on Film (12A) (Various, Various) 70min. Experimental shorts examining the inadequacies of language, tying in with the current exhibition at Collective Gallery. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Magic Mike (15) ●●●●● (Steven Soderbergh, US, 2012) Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Olivia Munn. 110min. A young stripper is shown the ropes by a more experienced colleague in this smart exploration of male friendship. General release. The Man Inside (15) ●●●●● (Dan Turner, UK, 2012) Ashley Thomas, Michelle Ryan, Peter Mullan. 99min. Disappointingly self-important indie crime thriller set in Newcastle. Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow. The Man with the Movie Camera (15) ●●●●● (Dziga Vertov, Soviet Union, 1929) 68min. Charming documentary portrait of Muscovite life. Double bill with David Holzman’s Diary. Summerhall, Edinburgh.
✽Margaret Tait: Film Poet A documentary made by Glasgow
Women’s Library and filmmakers Marissa Keating and Michael Jones celebrating the Orcadian poet, artist and filmmaker Margaret Tait. CCA, Glasgow, Sat 4 Aug Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present (15) ●●●●● (Matthew Akers, US, 2012) 105min. Accessible documentary about the Serbian performance artist. GFT, Glasgow. Men in Black III (PG) ●●●●● (Barry Sonnenfeld, US, 2012) Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin. 105min. Smith returns with a Back to the Future- style escapade. Showcase, Glasgow; Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh. Monkey Business (PG) ●●●●● (Howard Hawks, US, 1952) Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn. 92min. Classic comedy with Grant as an absent- minded professor whose elixir of youth finds its way into the water cooler. Part of Our Week With Marilyn season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Moonrise Kingdom (12A) ●●●●● (Wes Anderson, US, 2012) Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Bill Murray. 94min. Quirky pre-teen romance that will delight Anderson’s fans but is rather long and emotionally lightweight. Cameo, Edinburgh. Morvern Callar (15) (Lynne Ramsay, UK/Canada, 2002) Samantha Morton, Kathleen McDermott. 97min. Brave, cerebral film about small-town hedonist Callar (Morton), who awakes one morning to find her boyfriend has committed suicide and left behind an unpublished manuscript. Double bill with Vagabond. Summerhall, Edinburgh. The Muppets (U) ●●●●● (James Bobin, US, 2011) Amy Adams, Jason Segel, Chris Cooper. 103min. The plot could be fresher, but well-chosen guests, self-referential humour and old-school bonhomie raise a smile. GFT, Glasgow. Nostalgia for the Light (12A) ●●●●● (Patricio Guzman, France/ Germany/Chile, 2010) 90min. Sensitive docu-drama depicting the lives of astronomers and relatives of political prisoners killed in concentration camps in Chile’s Atacama Desert. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Offender (15) ●●●●● (Ron Scalpello, UK, 2012) Joe Cole, English Frank, Kimberley Nixon. 101min. See review, page 112. General release from Wed 8 Aug.
✽Our Week With Marilyn The Filmhouse marks 50 years since the death of Marilyn Monroe with a retrospective featuring some of the iconic star’s finest moments including The Asphalt Jungle, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. The Misfits and Niagara. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Sun 5–Sat 11 Aug The Princess and the Frog (U) ●●●●● (Ron Clements, John Musker, US, 2010) Voices of Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Keith David. 97min. Beautiful, old-fashioined treat of a Disney animation set in 1920s Louisiana. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Prometheus (15) ●●●●● (Ridley Scott, US, 2012) Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba. 123min. Alien-prequel with an effective cast and stratospheric technical values, but a murky plot and inconsistent tone. Showcase, Glasgow & Paisley. Screen Bandita: Reels From Life Two or How We Learned To Love Postmodernism (tbc) (Various, Various) 90min. Found Super-8 footage, accompanied by ‘suitably antiquated’ gramophones. Summerhall, Edinburgh. Searching for Sugar Man (12A) ●●●●● (Malik Bendjelloul, Sweden/ UK, 2012) 86min. Heartwarming documentary about 1970s South African music star Rodriguez. Cameo, Edinburgh; DCA, Dundee; Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow. 7 Days in Havana (7 días en La Habana) (15) ●●●●● (Various, France/Spain, 2012) Josh Hutcherson, Daniel Brühl, Emir Kusturica. 128min. Seven tragicomic short films by seven directors sketching contemporary Cuban life. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; GFT, Glasgow. Shpion (Spy) (15) (Aleksei Andrianov, Russia, 2012) Danila Kozlovskiy, Fedor Bondarchuk, Vladimir Epifantsev. 99min. Moscow-set WWII thriller. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Stalker (PG) ●●●●● (Andrei Tarkovsky, USSR, 1979) Alexander Kaidanovsky, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Nikolai Grinko. 161min. Visually splendid and provocative adaptation of Strugatsky’s novel about the aftermath of an alien visitation. Part of Words & Pictures. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (15) (Nicholas Meyer, US, 1982) William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley. 113min. Arguably the best Star Trek film, introduced here by Mark Millar. GFT, Glasgow. Superman (PG) ●●●●● (Richard Donner, UK, 1978) Marlon Brando, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman. 143min. Enjoyable but now dated superhero fun. Cameo, Edinburgh. Ted (15) ●●●●● (Seth MacFarlane, US, 2012) Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane. 106min. Filthy but loveable bromance about a grown man living with a potty-mouthed teddy bear. General release.
✽Undefeated (12A) ●●●●● (Daniel Lindsay, TJ Martin, US,
2011) Bill Courtney, OC Brown, Montrail ‘Money’ Brown. 113min. See review, page 112. Selected release from Fri 3 Aug. Vagabond (15) ●●●●● (Agnès Varda, France, 1985) Sandrine Bonnaire, Setti Ramdane, Francis Balchere. 106min. Powerful portrait based on real life, re-constructing the last weeks of a rebellious vagrant. Double bill with Morvern Callar. Summerhall, Edinburgh. Where Do We Go Now? (Et maintenant, on va où?) (12+) ●●●●● (Nadine Labaki, France/ Lebanon/Italy/Egypt, 2011) Claude Baz Moussawbaa, Leyla Hakim, Nadine Labaki. 100min. Drama and comedy mingle in a tale of Lebanese village life. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Woody Allen: A Documentary (15) ●●●●● (Robert B Weide, US, 2012) 113min. See review, page 113. GFT, Glasgow.