FILM | Highlights
COUPLE IN A HOLE Selected release from Fri 8 Apr. A wonderfully wonky look at marriage and trauma, with superb performances from Paul Higgins and the ever- excellent Kate Dickie. See interview, page 44, and review, page 70.
DHEEPAN Glasgow Film Theatre &
Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 8–Thu 21 Apr. A Palm D'Or winner for Jacques Audiard in 2015. Dheepan is a former Tamil Tiger who starts a new life in a Parisian housing project with two strangers posing as his wife and daughter. Then his past starts to catch up. See review, page 68.
H I T L I S T
Not one, not two, but three Captain America films: Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War.
CAPTAIN AMERICA FOLK FILM GATHERING
TRIPLE BILL Selected release including The Grosvenor Cinema, Glasgow, Thu 28 Apr.
Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Thu 28 Apr–Thu 12 May, folkfilmgathering.com. Folk film festival which this year focuses on animals
and their connections with communities.
EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!
Selected release from Fri 13 May A group of college baseball players navigate their way through unsupervised adulthood, directed by Richard Linklater (Boyhood). See review, page 71.
FILM HIGHLIGHTS
Events are listed by city, then date. Submit listings for your event at list.co.uk/add dose of evil, the Spawn of Dawn mini- fest runs throughout the Saturday night.
Mustang
VICTORIA Glasgow Film Theatre & Filmhouse, Edinburgh, from Thu 7 Apr. Sensational thriller shot entirely in one take, with the technique perfectly in tune with the adrenalised story. See review, page 69.
SON OF SAUL Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sun 24 Apr; Glasgow Film Theatre, Sun 10 Apr–Mon 2 May; Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Thu 7 Apr–Thu 5 May. Auschwitz, 1944: prisoner Saul is a member of the Sonderkommando, tasked with disposing of corpses after mass executions. Sensitive and non-judgemental but also intense and challenging, it won the Grand Prix at Cannes and this year's Best Foreign Film Oscar. See review, page 68.
SPY WEEK: PARANOID STATE Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Sun 10–Thu 14 Apr. A season of films exploring the mental condition of spies and voyeurs. Featuring Bridge of Spies, The Conversation and Bad Timing.
EYE IN THE SKY Selected release from Fri 15 Apr. Colonel Katherine Powell (Helen Mirren) sees her operation in Kenya trigger an international debate about modern warfare when a girl enters the kill zone. See review, page 68.
THE JUNGLE BOOK General release from Fri 15 Apr. Live-action retelling of Rudyard Kipling’s tale.
DEAD BY DAWN Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Thu 21– Sun 24 Apr. Celebrating 23 years of cinematic scares, the Filmhouse’s horror fest ups the gore ante with a selection of blood-curdling genre premières, classic features, short films and special guests. For a concentrated
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FESTIVAL Dundee Contemporary Arts, Thu 28 Apr–Sun 1 May. For the fifth year running. Dundee indulges its more bloodthirsty side with a bank holiday weekend of cinematic thrills and scares. This year's highlights include a screening of Green Room (see review, page 70) and a Wes Craven retrospective.
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR General release from Fri 29 Apr Captain America returns for another round of action. With politicians pushing for superheroes to be held accountable for the collateral damage they cause, tensions grow between members of the Avengers team.
RADICAL FILM FESTIVAL Various venues, Glasgow, Fri 29 Apr–Mon 2 May, rfnscotland.org
WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT General release from Fri 22 Apr. Comedy drama written by Robert Carlock (30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), in which journalist (Tina Fey) recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan.
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: HANGMEN General release from Tue 26 Apr. Martin McDonagh's new comic play is about the reaction of England’s second-best hangman to the news that hanging has been abolished.
LOST TREASURE Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Thu 28 Apr. Documentary by the Dawn Cine Group telling the story of the Scottish Highlands and its people. Started in 1956, the film was never completed and has now been restored, with music by Drew Wright (Wounded Knee) and Hamish Brown (Swimmer One). This screening opens the Folk Film Gathering.
Twenty Glasgow-based companies convene to explore alternative film cultures and modern political cinema. Turkish director Deniz Gamze Ergüven that was nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar this year.
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: A SING STREET
DUNDEAD HORROR FILM VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
General release from Thu 12 May. Arthur Miller confronts the American dream in this dark tale set in Brooklyn. Directed by Ivo van Hove and performed at The Young Vic in London’s West End. Selected release from Fri 20 May. Fifteen-year-old Dubliner Cosmo moves from a posh school to a terrifying inner-city institution, where in order to deter bullies and attract aspiring model Raphina, he starts a band. See review, page 71.
GREEN ROOM ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING
Selected release from Fri 13 May. When an earnest punk band plays a backwoods venue and witnesses the aftermath of a murder, they are menaced (and worse) by neo-Nazis led by the smart and respectable-seeming Darcy (Patrick Stewart). See review, page 70.
MUSTANG Selected release from Fri 13 May. Five orphan girls are seen innocently playing with boys on a beach, which scandalizes their conservative guardians. A stunning debut from
GLASS General release Fri 27 May. Sequel to the film that had Johnny Depp futterwackening.
LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP Selected release from Fri 27 May. Lady Susan Vernon takes up temporary residence at her in-laws’ estate and, while there, is determined to be a matchmaker for her daughter Frederica – and herself too, naturally. Unlikely and hilarious Jane Austen adaptation from cult favourite Whit Stillman. See review, page 70.