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TAIWAN FILM FESTIVAL Showcasing the work of emerging filmmakers, the Taiwan Film Festival includes seven award-winning films, each displaying a different image of contemporary Taiwan. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? is a romantic comedy in which an introverted optometrist re-evaluates his marriage and goes on a quest for true romance. There’s also a chance to see Go Grandriders, an inspiring documentary that follows 17 senior citizens who, despite their various ailments, embark on a motorcycle tour around Taiwan. Several screenings also have audience Q&A sessions. (Shelley Queen) ■ Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Wed 27 Nov–Tue 3 Dec.
Cult Movie Mondays (tbc) Weekly screenings of movies that people go mad for. Sofi’s, Edinburgh, Mon 18 Nov–Mon 9 Dec. Daisies (Sedmikrasky) (15) ●●●●● (Vera Chytilová, Czech, 1966) Ivana Karbanová, Jitka Cerhová, Marie Cešková. 74min. A pair of bored girls decide to play a series of pranks. CCA, Glasgow, Thu 14 Nov. Cyborg Ethics Film Festival A festival exploring the future of cybernetics. Featuring documentary Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement, a Doctor Who Cybermen double bill, Repo Men, Tron and Videodrome. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 22–Sun 24 Nov. Dark Visions A season of films exploring representations of witchcraft and gothic horror. Featuring The Blood on Satan’s Claw, Herzog’s Nosferatu the Vampyre and classic Brit horror Witchfinder General. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Sat 16 Nov–Thu 5 Dec. The Day of the Crows (Le jour des corneilles) (Jean Christophe Dessaint, France/Belgium, 2012) Jean Reno, Lorànt Deutsch, Isabelle Carré. 96min. Fantasy about a boy leading a wild life in a forest. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Sun 24 Nov. Deep End (15) ●●●●● (Jerzy Skolimowski, Germany/UK, 1970) Jane Asher, John Moulder-Brown, Karl Michael Vogler. 92min. Cult sex comedy following a naive school-leaver employed at a run-down swimming baths. See Big Picture, page 13. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Sun 24 Nov. Elvis Presley Film Society A screening of a handful of the swivel-hipped one’s films. O’Neill’s, Glasgow, Sun 8 Dec. Ernest & Celestine (PG) (Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner, France, 2012) Pauline Brunner, Anne-Marie Loop, Dominique Maurin. 80min. Animated tale inspired by Gabrielle Vincent’s children’s books. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Sat 23 Nov. Finnish Blood Swedish Heart (Laulu koti-ikävästä) (tbc) (Mika Ronkainen, Finland/Sweden, 2012) Kai Latvalehto, Tauno Latvalehto, Oiva Latvalehto. 90min. A father and son go on a road trip that turns into a musical journey. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Tue 10 Dec.
✽French Film Festival UK Celebrating 21 years, this festival
features highlights of Gallic cinema. With a comprehensive programme including A
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Lady in Paris (Une Estonienne à Paris), Les Apaches, Love Is in the Air (Amour & turbulences), Tenderness (La tendresse) and Youth (Jeunesse) among many more. See preview, page 56. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow and various other venues, until Sun 24 Nov. frenchfilmfestival.org.uk. Gone With The Wind (PG) (Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood, US, 1939) Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland. 220min. This new print has restored the original colour to the classic tale. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Sun 1–Wed 4 Dec; Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Mon 9 Dec. Gremlins (15) ●●●●● (Joe Dante, US, 1984) Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates. 106min. Classic Christmas horror produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Dante. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 6 Dec. Honey (Miele) (tbc) (Valeria Golino, Italy/France, 2013) Jasmine Trinca, Carlo Cecchi, Libero De Rienzo. 96min. Irene, aka Honey, helps terminally ill people to end their lives. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Wed 11 Dec. How to Survive a Plague (tbc) ●●●●● (David France, US, 2012) Peter Staley, Larry Kramer, Iris Long. 120min. Powerful documentary about the early years of the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sun 1 Dec. Howl’s Moving Castle (PG) ●●●●● (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, 2005) Voices of Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Billy Crystal. 119min. Miyazaki returns with a version of Diana Wynne Jones’ children’s book. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sun 24 Nov. Hubble (U) (Toni Myers, Canada, 2010) Andrew J Feustel, Michael T Good, John M Grunsfeld. 44min. Leonardo DiCaprio narrates the latest 3D IMAX space adventure. Cineworld IMAX, Glasgow, Thu 14 Nov. Hunger Games Double Bill (12A) (2012/2013) Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson. Back-to-back screenings of the Jennifer Lawrence-starring films. Empire Clydebank, Clydebank, Wed 20 Nov. I Could Eat A Horse: Films about Food (tbc) Exploration into our relationship with foodstuff. CCA, Glasgow, Mon 18 Nov; Summerhall, Edinburgh, Fri 22 Nov. In Bruges (18) ●●●●● (Martin McDonagh, UK/Belgium, 2008) Ralph Fiennes, Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson.
107min. Two gobby Dublin criminals bide their time in Bruges. The Glad Café, Glasgow, Tue 3 Dec. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (PG) ●●●●● (Steven Spielberg, US, 1984) Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri. 118min. The darker, more intense and racially questionable Indy romp. Vue Glasgow Fort, Glasgow, Tue 19 Nov; Vue Omni Centre, Edinburgh, Tue 19 Nov. It’s A Wonderful Life (PG) ●●●●● (Frank Capra, US, 1946) James Stewart, Donna Reed, Henry Travers. 129min. Archetypal Capra sentimentality with a superbly detailed fantasy framework. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 6– Thu 12 Dec.
✽Jack Nicholson: Presented by Drambuie A season of films
celebrating the formidable work of the most Oscar-nominated actor ever. Featuring Chinatown, The Crossing Guard, Easy Rider and The Shining. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Mon 25 Nov–Fri 3 Jan. Little Lion (Comme un lion) (tbc) (Samuel Collardey, France, 2012) Mytri Attal, Marc Barbé, Jean-François Stévenin. 102min. A talented footballer dreams of leaving Senegal. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Sat 23 Nov. Missing Believed Wiped 1: Music, Comedy and Doctor Who (PG) 110min. Featuring some of the results of the BFI’s long-running initiative to track down and screen material long missing from official TV archives. Part one includes a believed-lost episode of Doctor Who. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Sun 1 Dec. Missing Believed Wiped 2: Sean Connery in Colombe (12A) 110min. Part two features a 1960 TV play featuring a young Sean Connery. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Sun 1 Dec. My Neighbour Totoro (U) ●●●●● (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, 1988) Chika Sakamoto, Noriko Hidaka, Hitoshi Takagi. 87min. Gentle fantasy exploring rural Japan. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sun 8 Dec. LIVE SCREENING National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (15) (Danny Boyle, UK, 2011) Benedict Cumberbatch, Jonny Lee Miller. Mary Shelley’s classic gothic tale. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Thu 14 Nov; Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Thu 21 Nov. LIVE SCREENING National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art (E) (Nicholas Hytner, UK, 2010) Danny Burns, Martin Chamberlain, Philip Childs. 170min. Alan Bennett’s play imagines a meeting between WH Auden and Benjamin Britten. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Mon 18 Nov. Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger (U) ●●●●● (Debbie Isitt, UK, 2012) David Tennant, Jessica Hynes, Marc Wootton. 105min. Sequel to the 2009 festive hit. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Sat 7 Dec. The Nightmare Before Christmas (PG) ●●●●● (Henry Selick, US, 1993) Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O’Hara. 76min. Stop motion adventure based on a story and characters by Tim Burton. Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Sun 8 Dec. No Place on Earth (tbc) (Janet Tobias, UK/Germany/US, 2012) Chris Nicola, Fruzsina Pelikán, Saul Stermer. 83min. The story of World War II survivors who once found shelter in a cave. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Thu 14 Nov. Pan’s Labyrinth (15) ●●●●● (Guillermo del Toro, Mexico/Spain/US, 2006) Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Sergi Lopez. 119min. Del Toro’s mesmerising wartime fantasy. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 22 Nov. Performance (18) (Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg, UK, 1970) James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg. 105min. Cult experimental film shot in two halves. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Tue 3 Dec. Previously . . . Scotland’s History Festival A festival of films with an historical bent, now in its third year.
Featuring The Cheviot, The Stag And The Black, Black Oil and documentaries From the Archive: Scotland at Work and The Spirit of ’45. See preview, page 36. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Sat 16–Tue 26 Nov. historyfest.co.uk. Princess Mononoke (PG) (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, 1997) Voices of Yoji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yuko Tanaka. 134min. A young warrior sets out on a hunt for the cure to his deadly malady. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sun 1 Dec. LIVE SCREENING Royal Opera House: The Nutcracker (E) (UK) Performance of the festive favourite. General release. LIVE SCREENING Royal Shakespeare Company: Richard II (tbc) Starring David Tennant as Richard II. Selected release. Ruins (tbc) (Zoe Mavroudi, Greece, 2013) Mariniki Alevizopoulou, Chrysa Botsi, Kostas Farmakidis. 57min. Documentary about the persecution of HIV-positive women in Greece. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 29 Nov–Thu 5 Dec. Shorts for Wee Ones 45min. A collection of short films for young children ages 3+. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Sat 30 Nov. Silent Film Evening: Charlie and Buster (U) Neil Brand provides a live piano accompaniment for two silent classics: The Immigrant and Steamboat Bill Jr. The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, Thu 14 Nov. Silent Film Family Matinee: Another Fine Mess (U) Neil Brand provides live piano accompaniment for a selection of early silent comedy shorts. The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, Sat 16 Nov. Spirited Away (PG) ●●●●● (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, 2001) Voices: Daveigh Chase, Rumi Hiragi, Sidonie von Krosigk. 125min. Chihiro travels through a tunnel into another world, where she happens upon a bathhouse for the spirits. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sun 17 Nov. Spotlight Taiwan Seven feature films by emerging Taiwanese filmmakers, plus Q&As, an Asian film workshop and more. Featuring Go Grandriders, A Rolling Stone (Zhu chao ren) and Together (Tian mi mi). See preview, page 63. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Wed 27 Nov–Tue 3 Dec.
✽The Stuart Hall Project (tbc) (John Akomfrah, UK, 2013) 103min. Documentary on cultural theorist Stuart Hall. See preview, above. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Sun 1 Dec. Teen Wolf (PG) (Rod Daniel, US, 1985) Michael J Fox, James Hampton, Susan Ursitti. 91min. A highschooler discovers he’s a werewolf. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Wed 20 Nov. The Terminator (18) ●●●●● (James Cameron, US, 1984) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton. 107min. Classic science fiction thriller. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sat 30 Nov. The Thing (18) ●●●●● (John Carpenter, US, 1982) Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, David Clennon. 108min. Carpenter’s excellent 1982 monster flick. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sat 23 Nov. To the Arctic (U) (Greg MacGillivray, US, 2012) Meryl Streep. 40min. A tale of survival at the top of the world. Cineworld IMAX, Glasgow, Thu 14 Nov. La Traversée de Paris (Pig Across Paris) (tbc) (Claude Autant-Lara, French/ Italy, 1956) Jean Gabin, Bourvil, Jeannette Batti. 80min. During WWII, two men must creep across Paris in the dead of night to deliver black-market meat. Institut Français d’Ecosse, Edinburgh, Thu 14 Nov. 2001: A Space Odyssey (U) ●●●●● (Stanley Kubrick, UK, 1968) Keir Dullea, Gary Lockward, Leonard Rossiter. 139min. Kubrick’s opaque masterpiece is a timeless classic. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sat 7 Dec. When Day Breaks (Kad svane dan) (tbc) (Goran Paskaljevic, Serbia, 2012) Mustafa Nadarevic. 78min. The story of a retired music professor who discovers his true origins. CCA, Glasgow, Sat 16 Nov.