list.co.uk/fi lm Films screening in the next four weeks are listed below with certificate, star rating, credits, brief review and venue details. See list.co.uk. for the most up-to-date screening times. Submit details of special screenings at least 10 days before publication by using our ‘Add an Event’ service at list.co.uk Film index is compiled by Murray Robertson. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
NEW RELEASES
’71 (15) ●●●●● (Yann Demange, UK, 2014) Jack O’Connell, Sam Reid, Sean Harris. 99min. See review, page 58. Selected Release from Fri 10 Oct.
✽ 20,000 Days on Earth (15) (Iain Forsyth/Jane Pollard, UK, 2014) Blixa Bargeld, Susie Bick, Arthur Cave. 97min. See review, page 59. Selected release from Fri 19 Sep. Annabelle (tbc) (John R Leonetti, US, 2014) Ward Horton, Annabelle Wallis, Alfre Woodard. Spin-off horror from 2013’s The Conjuring. General release from Fri 10 Oct. Bang Bang (tbc) (Siddharth Anand, India, 2014) Katrina Kaif, Hrithik Roshan, Ron Smoorenburg. A woman gets mixed up with a spy trying to clear her name. Selected release from Thu 2 Oct. Barbecue (15) (Eric Lavaine, France, 2014) Lambert Wilson, Franck Dubosc, Florence Foresti. 98min. A man who has kept an eye on his weight all his life decides to let loose after suffering a heart attack on his 50th birthday. Selected release from Fri 19 Sep. Dolphin Tale 2 (U) (Charles Martin Smith, US, 2014) Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble. 107min. The team who saved Winter’s life reassemble after her surrogate mother’s passing to find her a companion so she can remain at the Clearwater Marine Hospital. General release from Fri 3 Oct. Dracula Untold (tbc) (Gary Shore, US, 2014) Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Samantha Barks. The origin story of the man who becomes Dracula. General release from Fri 3 Oct. Effie Gray (tbc) (Richard Laxton, UK, 2014) Dakota Fanning, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters. Drama about the relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray. General release from Fri 10 Oct. The Equalizer (15) (Antoine Fuqua, US, 2014) Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz. 131min. McCall (Washington) comes out of retirement to rescue a young girl and gets caught up with Russian gangsters. Selected release from Fri 26 Sep. Filmed In Supermarionation (PG) (Stephen La Rivière, UK, 2014) Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson, Jamie Anderson. A documentary detailing how Gerry and Sylvia Anderson pioneered the iconic puppetry technique. Selected release from Fri 10 Oct. Giovanni’s Island (Giovanni no Shima) (tbc) (Mizuho Nishikubo, Japan, 2014) Voices of Masachika Ichimura, Polina Ilyushenko, Hiroshi Inuzuka. 102min. Two countries overcome language barriers in the face of disaster. Selected release from Fri 10 Oct. The Giver (12A) ●●●●● (Phillip Noyce, US, 2014) Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep. 97min. In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain or suffering, a boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the ‘real’ world. General release from Fri 19 Sep. Gone Girl (tbc) (David Fincher, US, 2014) Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike. 145min. A woman mysteriously disappears on the day of her wedding anniversary. General release from Fri 3 Oct. Grand Piano (15) ●●●●● (Eugenio Mira, Spain, 2013) Elijah Wood, John Cusack, Kerry Bishé. 90min. A concert
ALL NIGHT HORROR MADNESS Now in its ninth year, the epic horror binge has a range of gory offerings and 80s black-comedic brilliance to satisfy all horror enthusiasts. This edition’s line-up includes Night of the Creeps, Tourist Trap, David Cronenberg’s The Brood and Flesh for Frankenstein, a warped take on Shelley’s classic. Above all, it’s worth catching the gore of Street Trash (pictured), making its first 35mm screening in the UK. (Laura Cain) ■ Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sat 11 Oct; Grosvenor Cinema, Glasgow, Sat 18 Oct.
pianist finds a deadly note written on his sheet music moments ahead of his comeback performance. Selected release from Fri 19 Sep. Honeymoon (15) ●●●●● (Leigh Janiak, US, 2014) Rose Leslie, Harry Treadaway, Ben Huber. 87min. See review, page 59. Selected release from Fri 26 Sep. Human Capital (tbc) (Paolo Virzì, Italy/France, 2013) Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Matilde Gioli, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi. 109min. Things change for two families on the night before Christmas Eve, after a jeep hits a cyclist. Selected release from Fri 26 Sep. I Origins (15) (Mike Cahill, US, 2014) Michael Pitt, Steven Yeun, Astrid Bergès- Frisbey. 106min. A molecular biologist uncovers evidence that may change society as we know it. Selected release from Fri 26 Sep. Ida (12A) ●●●●● (Pawel Pawlikowski, Poland/Denmark, 2013) Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Joanna Kulig. 80min. See review, page 58. Selected release from Fri 26 Sep, incl Glasgow Film Theatre; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Last Impresario (15) (Gracie Otto, Australia/UK/US/France, 2013) Michael White, Gracie Otto, Naomi Watts. 82min. Intimate portrait of Glasgow-born theatre and film producer Michael White, who impacted upon countless iconic figures over his 60-year career. Selected release from Fri 26 Sep.
✽ Life After Beth (15) ●●●●● (Jeff Baena, US, 2014) Aubrey Plaza, Dane
DeHaan, John C Reilly. 91min. See review, page 59, and profile, right. General release from Fri 3 Oct. Magic in the Moonlight (12A) ●●●●● (Woody Allen, US, 2014) Emma Stone, Colin Firth, Hamish Linklater. 97min. See review, page 58. General release from Fri 19 Sep. Maps to the Stars (18) (David Cronenberg, Canada/US/Germany/France, 2014) Julianne Moore, Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska. 111min. See review, page 60. General release from Fri 26 Sep. The Maze Runner (tbc) ●●●●● (Wes Ball, US, 2014) Dylan O’Brien, Kaya
Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster. 125min. See review, page 59. General release from Fri 10 Oct. Night Will Fall (15) ●●●●● (Andre Singer, UK, 2014) 75min. A film depicting the horrors of German concentration camps in WWII. Selected release from Fri 19 Sep. Project Almanac (tbc) (Dean Israelite, US, 2014) Amy Landecker, Sofia Black- D’Elia, Ginny Gardner. A group of teenagers construct a time machine after discovering secret plans. Selected release from Fri 3 Oct.
✽ The Riot Club (15) ●●●●● (Lone Scherfig, UK, 2014) Jessica Brown Findlay, Natalie Dormer, Sam Claflin. 107min. See review, page 60. General release from Fri 19 Sep. Salome and Wilde Salome (15) (Al Pacino, US, 2011/2013) Jessica Chastain, Al Pacino, Kevin Anderson. Back to back screenings of Al Pacino’s films based on Oscar Wilde’s controversial play. Selected release from Sun 21 Sep. Soul Boys of the Western World (12A) (George Hencken, UK, 2014) Tony Hadley, John Keeble, Gary Kemp. 102min. The rise and fall of Spandau Ballet. Selected release from Tue 30 Sep. Think Like a Man Too (12A) ●●●●● (Tim Story, US, 2014) Kevin Hart, Gabrielle Union, Wendi McLendon- Covey. 106min. The couples are back for a wedding in Las Vegas. Selected release from Fri 19 Sep. A Walk Among the Tombstones (15) ●●●●● (Scott Frank, US, 2014) Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, David Harbour. 113min. See review, page 58. General release from Fri 19 Sep, incl Showcase Cinema Glasgow; Showcase Cinema Paisley.
✽ What We Did on Our Holiday (12A) ●●●●● (Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkin, UK, 2014) Rosamund Pike, David Tennant, Billy Connolly. 95min. See review, page 58. Selected release from Fri 26 Sep. Wish I Was Here (15) ●●●●● (Zach Braff, US, 2014) Zach Braff, Joey King, Pierce Gagnon. 106min. See review, page
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PROFILE JEFF BAENA Born Miami, Florida, June 1977 Background Baena’s had a slow-burning career in Hollywood – his sole credit pre-2014 is a scripting job on David O Russell’s (admittedly fantastically scripted) I Heart Huckabees in 2004. What’s next? He’s written and directed romzomcom Life After Beth, in which suburban moper Zach (Dane DeHaan) gets a chance to reunite with recently deceased girlfriend Beth (Parks and Recreation’s Aubrey Plaza). On zombification as metaphor ‘I think if you look at all the zombies in the film, they all are physically intact. I guess my idea would be it’s a slow deterioration, and that the ultimate violence that can be perpetrated on anyone is emotional and spiritual violence. Physical violence you can heal from, but a lot of the time you can’t heal from emotional violence.’ On the film’s smooth jazz soundtrack ‘I read an article about how when you’re in a waiting room in a hospital or a doctor’s office, they play smooth jazz because they’ve done studies and for whatever reason, it’s good for your immune system, and it works on a really basic subliminal level. My logic was, since it works on such a basic human level, and zombies work on such a basic human level, that it would naturally be their favourite kind of music. It would soothe them, calm them down. I just thought it would be funny.’ Interesting fact Plaza is Baena’s real-life girlfriend; they both say that him directing her on-screen kisses with DeHaan wasn’t that awkward, because ‘the movie is just more important than our relationship’. (Niki Boyle) ■ Life After Beth is on general release from Fri 3 Oct. For a longer version of this interview, see list.co.uk.
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