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✽ The Master Paul Thomas Anderson’s lauded story of Lancaster Dodd, the
leader of The Cause, inspired by Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard. Brilliant performances by Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix. See review, page 64. General release from Fri 16 Nov.
✽ French Film Festival Back for another year and celebrating its 20th birthday.
Take your pick from not-yet-released dramas, inspiring animation for adults and children alike, charming rom coms and classic horror. See preview, left. Various venues, until Sun 2 Dec.
✽ CineMechanique The ever-inventive folk from KinoKlub put on a night of
expanded cinema in the futuristic environs of Edinburgh’s InSpace. Projections of 1920s experimental film will be followed by a visual dance party. See preview, page 65. Inspace, Edinburgh, Wed 28 Nov.
✽ Seven Psychopaths Martin McConagh’s much-anticipated follow- up to In Bruges. Riotously funny saga of a screenwriter looking for inspiration for a new script. See feature, page 61 and review, page 63. General release from Wed 5 Dec.
✽ Amour Another powerful, bleak film from Austrian director Michael Haneke (The
White Ribbon, Hidden) about an elderly couple and how their lives change after one of them suffers a stroke. See review, page 64. Selected release from Fri 16 Nov.
✽ Monster Day at Bo’Ness Hippodrome Monster-themed fun at the
beautiful Hippodrome as part of its centenary celebrations. King Kong is showing with a free banana giveaway and a Fay Wray scream competition, plus a special preview of Irish creature feature Grabbers. See preview page 70. Hippodrome, Bo’ness, Sat 17 Nov.
✽ Valtari Film Experiment Icelandic musicians Sigur Ros asked 12 filmmakers
to create work inspired by the band’s latest album, Valtari. This is the result, screened across the world on one weekend, including in Antarctica. GFT, Glasgow, Sun 9 Dec.
VIVE LA FRANCE! The French Film Festival celebrates 20 years
A dd some joie de vivre to your life by heading along to this year’s French Film Festival, which each year brings more Gallic cinema to the screens than you can shake a stick at. The 2012 pro- gramme includes a preview screening of You Will Be My Son, the tale of an ageing vine- yard owner; The Suicide Shop, a dark animat- ed musical; Renoir, the story of the famous painter and his son and their attraction to a young woman; delicate children’s animation Ernest and Celestine and Paris Manhattan, about Woody Allen-obsessed pharmacist Al- ice.
Fans of early cinema shouldn’t miss a spe- cial event dedicated to one of the very i rst
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i lmmakers, Georges Méliès, where his 1902 i lm A Trip to the Moon will be shown along- side a new documentary about the i lm’s re- cent restoration. And there’s also a retrospective dedicated to the uncompromising work of Chantal Aker- man (see 5 reasons, page 70). This is a rare opportunity to encounter the inl uential artist who’ll be appearing in person for a Q&A af- ter the screening of her latest i lm Almayer’s Folly, an adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s i rst novel. (Gail Tolley)
French Film Festival, Filmhouse, Edinburgh and GFT, Glasgow, until Sun 2 Dec.