Hitlist - The best film & DVD releases

Source: The List (Issue 575)
Date: 7 May 2007

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Hitlist

The best film & dvd releases

Bamako Mauritanian filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako takes the World Bank and the IMF in this clever and entertaining thriller produced by Danny Glover. See review. Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Fri 11 May-Thu 17 May.

Zodiac See review. General release from Fri 18 May.

Scott Walker: 30th Century Man Shock! Horror! Scott Walker speaks! Comprehensive, long overdue documentary about the great musical innovator. See review. GFT, Glasgow from Fri 18-Thu 24 May.

28 Weeks Later . . . Better than you might expect sequel to Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s 2002 zombie flick. Stars Robert Carlyle and Rose Byrne. See review. General release from Fri 11 Mar.

This Is England Shane Meadows’ excellent new film about love, hate and loss at a time of war. Selected release.

Away From Her Beautifully acted low-key Canadian film about the effect of Alzheimer’s on a good marriage. GFT, Glasgow from Fri 18 May.

Battle of Algiers Learn how to run your own terrorist cell from this classic reissue of Gillo Pontecorvo’s seminal French Algerian political thriller. Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Fri 18 May.

The Jodorowsky Collection Psychedelic masterworks El Topo, The Holy Mountain and Fando and Lis together for the first time ever. Enough Jodorowsky already! See review. Out Mon 14 May (Tartan).

More: 28 Weeks Later…, Away From Her, Bamako, Battle of Algiers, Scott Walker: 30th Century Man, The Jodorowsky Collection, This is England, Zodiac, Hitlist (Film)

Last updated: 23 Jul 2007 16:55 BST