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garage sales across North America. Observations and commentaries are provided by the hosts, Joe Pickett (The Onion) and Nick Prueher (Late Show with David Letterman). Grosvenor Cinema, Glasgow, Thu 21 Mar; Cameo, Edinburgh, Wed 20 Mar. Freedom for Birth (tbc) (Toni Harman/Alex Wakeford, UK, 2012) Sheila Kitzinger, Ina May Gaskin, Michel Odent. 60min. Documentary focussing on the story of Hungarian midwife Agnes Gereb, who was imprisoned for helping women during homebirths. Followed by a Q&A with a panel of midwives, mothers and human rights representatives. Summerhall, Edinburgh, Fri 8 Mar. Ghostbusters (PG) ●●●●● (Ivan Reitman, US, 1984) Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, Dan Aykroyd. 105min. The three wacky, ghost- exterminating parapsychologists make for an enjoyably dated comedy. Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Sat 16 Mar.
✽ Glasgow Film Festival Scotland’s fastest growing film festival has
taken less than ten years to turn itself into a force to be reckoned with in the film festival world. This year’s stacked roster – GFF’s biggest ever – runs the gamut, from Chilean gore fest Bring Me The Head of the Machine Gun Woman to Joss Whedon’s modernised spin on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, which brings the fest to a close at the final Sunday night gala. Various venues, Glasgow, until Sun 24 Feb. Habibi Rasak Kharban (12A) (Susan Youssef, Netherlands/Palestine/ USA/UAE, 2011) Maisa Abd Elhadi, Kais Nashif, Yosef Abu Wardeh. 85min. Youseff’s debut feature adapts the ancient Sufi poem Majnun Layla (‘The Madman and Layla’) into an examination of contemporary
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66 THE LIST 21 Feb–21 Mar 2013
Palestinian life. Part of the Middle Eastern Film Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Thu 21 Feb.
✽ Hell Unltd A rare screening of this anti-war movie from 1936 made
by Glasgow artists Helen Biggar and Norman McLaren, with a specially commissioned score by Kim Moore and Gareth Griffiths. Part of International Women’s Day. See preview, below. GFT, Glasgow, Fri 8 Mar.
✽ Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema 2013 Scotland’s only
silent film festival expands to five days of screenings, events and workshops. The programme includes a mix of rare and classic films from the 1920s (along with a screening of 2011’s Oscar phenomenon The Artist). Expect a genuine silent cinema experience, with live accompaniment and even a Film Explainer. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness, Wed 13 Mar–Sun 17 Mar. In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John Fahey (E) (James Cullingham, Canada, 2012) 58min. Doc about the legendary American guitarist, composer and provocateur John Fahey. Summerhall, Edinburgh, Thu 21 Feb. Jackie Brown (15) (Quentin Tarantino, US, 1997) Pam Grier, Robert Forster, Samuel L Jackson. 154min. Tarantino’s stab at a more mature crime drama features stand-out performances from Grier, Jackson and DeNiro. Cameo, Edinburgh, Sat 9 Mar. Kill Bill Double Bill (18) (Quentin Tarantino, 2003/2004) Uma Thurman, David Carradine. Thurman goes on a vengeance-fuelled rampage in back-to- back showings of Tarantino’s bloody, violent, martial arts-inspired two-parter. Cameo, Edinburgh, Sat 16 Mar. The Lost Art of the Film Explainer (8) (Various) 75min. Storyteller Andy Cannon and cellist Wendy Weatherby revive this lost role of guide and entertainer during the silent era, accompanying some rare films from the Scottish Screen Archive. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Sun 24 Feb. The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (15) (Volker Schlöndorff/ Margarethe von Trotta, Germany, 1975) Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf,
Dieter Laser. 106min. A young woman discovers that her one night stand is a suspected terrorist; immediately her life is torn apart by the destructive forces of a right-wing police force and the gutter press. A disturbing, but highly recommended version of Heinrich Boll’s novel. Featuring an introduction. Part of Introduction to European Cinema. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Wed 27 Feb. McCullin (15) ●●●●● (David Morris/Jacqui Morris, UK, 2013) Don McCullin. 95min. Documentary focussing on the work of British photographer Don McCullin whose work in Vietnam, Cyprus and Lebanon has produced some of the defining images of war. Cameo, Edinburgh, Thu 21 Feb. Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (15) ●●●●● (Alex Gibney, US, 2012) Jamey Sheridan, John Slattery, Chris Cooper. 106min. Powerful and justifiably damning documentary from about the case of Father Lawrence Murphy, a Wisconsin priest who, between the 1950s and the 70s, abused hundreds of deaf boys in his care. Cameo, Edinburgh, Tue 5 Mar. LIVE SCREENING Metropolitan Opera: Francesca Da Rimini (tbc) (US, 2013) Eva-Maria Westbroek, Marcello Giordani, Robert Brubaker. 237min. Revival of Riccardo Zandonai’s 1914 opera. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Sat 16 Mar; Cameo, Edinburgh, Sat 16 Mar; Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Sat 16 Mar. LIVE SCREENING Metropolitan Opera: Parsifal (tbc) (François Girard, US, 2013) Katarina Dalayman, Jonas Kaufmann, Peter Mattei. 340min. A new take on Wagner’s opera by Francois Girard and the New York Metropolitan Opera. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Sat 2 Mar; Cameo, Edinburgh, Sat 2 Mar; Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Sat 2 Mar. Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (PG) ●●●●● (Jacques Tati, France, 1953) Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Michelle Rolla. 91min. Comic timing at its most irresistible, as Tati gets away with a number of memorable, slow-burning gags, all undercut by the stabbing notion that we all have an uncle exactly like
HELL UNLTD Hell Unltd is a silent anti-war protest film from 1936 made by Helen Biggar and Norman McLaren. While Norman McLaren is well known for his influential animated films (his centenary is set to be celebrated next year), Glasgow-born artist Helen Biggar has received far less attention. In this one-off event, the work of Biggar is brought to the fore to coincide with International Women’s Day. Musician Kim Moore (previously of Zoey Van Goey) and composer Gareth Griffiths will perform a specially commissioned score to the film, described as a tribute to artistic acts of protest by women. The performance will then be followed by Traces Left, a documentary made in 1983 that looks at Helen Biggar as a key figure in Glasgow’s fertile political scene during the 30s and 40s. ■ Hell Unltd, Fri 8 Mar, GFT, Glasgow.
Hulot. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Sat 23– Sun 24 Feb. LIVE SCREENING National Theatre Live: People (12A) (Nicholas Hytner, 2013) 180min. Live screening of Alan Bennett’s new play concerning an ageing aristocrat who is forced to sell the family home. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Thu 21 Mar; Cameo, Edinburgh, Thu 21 Mar. Nitro Circus: The Movie (15) (Gregg Godfrey, Jeremy Rawle, US, 2012) Travis Pastrana, Tommy Passemante, Jeremy Rawle, Jolene Van Vugt. 92min. A staggering number of idiotic stunts from Pastrana and crew, shown in glorious 3D to almost make up for those disappointing disclaimers about ‘not trying this at home’. Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh, Thu 28 Feb; Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Thu 28 Feb; Showcase Cinema Paisley, Paisley, Thu 28 Feb.
✽ Planet Bowie Co-inciding with his first album in ten years is this celebration of David Bowie on the big screen, including Nic Roeg’s The Man Who Fell to Earth, Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ and, of course, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, from Sun 10 Mar. Pulp Fiction (18) ●●●●● (Quentin Tarantino, US, 1994) John Travolta, Samuel Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis. 150min. Much more ambitious than Reservoir Dogs, the most awaited second feature of the 90s has many scenes that crackle with Tarantino wit, and a few others that fall flat as the writer-director bravely experiments. Cameo, Edinburgh, Sat 2 Mar. Queer and Trans* Deaf and Disabled Video Project (tbc) In celebration of LGBT History Month, the participants of Sandra Alland’s Queer & Trans Deaf and Disabled video mentorship project screen their newly finished short films. macrobert, Stirling, Thu 28 Feb. Reservoir Dogs (18) ●●●●● (Quentin Tarantino, US, 1992) Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen. 100min. The best debut in years from writer-director Tarantino, whose stylish violence seduces the audience into complicity. Brilliant in every sense of the word. Cameo, Edinburgh, Sat 23 Feb. Roman Polanski: Presented by Drambuie If ever you wanted to catch up on Polanski’s oeuvre, now’s the time. The look back at the controversial director’s work continues with Death and the Maiden (1994), The Ghost, (2010) Oliver Twist (2005) and The Pianist (2002). Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Thu 21 Feb–Wed 27 Feb. LIVE SCREENING Royal Opera House: Eugene Onegin (tbc) (UK, 2013) Big-screen projection of Tchaikovsky’s melancholic opera. Showcase Cinema Paisley, Paisley, Sun 24 Feb. The Seven Year Itch (PG) ●●●●● (Billy Wilder, US, 1955) Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keys, Sonny Tufts. 105min. Disappointingly flat version (by director Wilder’s standards) of George Axelrod’s farcical stage play about one man’s mid-life crisis. Still worth a look though for Monroe’s iconic moment over the grating. Scotsman Screening Room, Edinburgh, Sun 24 Feb. West of Memphis (15) ●●●●● (Amy Berg, New Zealand/USA, 2012) 147min. Documentary about three Arkansas teenagers convicted in 1993 of a horrendous child murder. Diligent, complex and justly indignant, but director Berg oddly fails to acknowledge previous documentaries which helped draw the case to public attention. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Thu 21 Feb. Whatever Gets You Through the Night (tbc) (Daniel Warren, UK, 2012) 54min. Screening of the film of the Cora Bissett, Swimmer One and David Greig multi-arts project followed by live performances by the participants. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Sun 10 Mar.