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Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
10 Feb 2012
By-the-numbers old age comedy drama
Early in this by-the-numbers comedy drama, a young salesperson eagerly enthuses to retiring couple Douglas (Bill Nighy) and Jean (Penelope Wilton) that 'the grey pound is very strong at the moment'. We’re quite clearly supposed to see this…
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
23 Jan 2012
This Tom Hanks-starring adaptation of the 9/11-themed bestseller lacks poignancy
(12A) 129mins Are the memories of the 9/11 attacks now distant enough to justify their use at the heart of a personal tale of loss and grief? Stephen Daldry’s beautifully crafted adaptation of the Jonathan Safran Foer bestseller leaves the question…
GFF 2012 - Day planner
6 Feb 2012
Our highlights for each day of the Glasgow Film Festival
It can be difficult, when any festival rolls around, to decide which events to skip in favour of others. Searching rigorously through the programme, referring back to the calendar, trying to fit in as much as possible - it's a painstaking piece of work…
The Adopted
24 Jan 2012
Quirky, saccharine directorial debut from French actress Melanie Laurent
(15) 100 mins Still only 28-years-old, French actress and musician Melanie Laurent makes her directorial debut with this offbeat family tale, which owes more to her recent performances in US indie Beginners and the sentimental melodrama The Concert…
GFF 2012 - Opening Gala: Your Sister's Sister
17 Feb 2012
Mumblecore director Lynn Shelton introduces her latest film at the opening of the Glasgow Film Fest
Director Lynn Shelton was at the Glasgow Film Theatre last night to introduce her opening gala feature, Your Sister's Sister. She seemed ecstatically happy to be there, hugging co-director Allison Gardner ahead of the screening. Then, after the usual…
Revisiting: Twin Peaks - Fire Walk With Me
17 Feb 2012
David Lynch and his troubled relationship with television
In May 1990, David Lynch controversially stormed the Cannes Film Festival with his adaptation of Barry Gifford’s Wild at Heart, picking up the prestigious Palme d’Or. Two years later, when he premiered Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me – the feature length…
Chronicle
16 Feb 2012
Suspenseful non-horror addition to the found footage canon
(12A) 84min The found footage genre is beloved by horror filmmakers (Blair Witch, [REC], Paranormal Activity). With its panicked shakiness and POV perspective, it’s a neat shortcut to instilling a sense of panic. Godzilla clone Cloverfield attempted…
GFF 2012 - Director Lynn Shelton on Your Sister’s Sister
10 Feb 2012
Mumblecore icon on her film which opens 2012 Glasgow Film Festival
Seattle-based filmmaker Lynn Shelton has specialised in revelling in the foibles of her characters across each of her four movies, so it’s no surprise to hear her say, 'People are flawed, that’s what I love about them... I want people to like characters…
Interview: Zach Braff, writer, director and star of All New People
2 Feb 2012
The Scrubs and Garden State star discusses his new theatre production
‘I’m still Jenny from the block,’ says Zach Braff after a moment’s reflection. ‘Even now I feel a bit underground in the acting world.’ For those who enjoyed Braff (and 20 million viewers around the world did) as the lovable JD in US comedy drama…
Young Adult
2 Feb 2012
A fiercely dark comedy from Juno writer-director team Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman
(15) 94min This reteaming of Juno director (Jason Reitman) and writer (Diablo Cody) is a fiercely dark character comedy that once again demonstrates the pair’s refusal to be limited by genre conventions, no matter how sacred. The set-up is…
Interview: John C Reilly on Carnage and Terri
1 Feb 2012
The actor discusses his prolific rate of appearances in both higher and lower profile movies
‘I have been a busy boy, haven’t I?’ grins John C Reilly. And it’s true. Last seen as the luckless father in We Need To Talk About Kevin, the Chicago-born actor now stars in Roman Polanski’s Carnage and US indie Terri. Factor in two major upcoming…
Best Laid Plans
1 Feb 2012
Predictable grim Northern tale that fails despite Stephen Graham's great central performance
(15) 108min Positive arguments for the public financing of UK films will not be encouraged by the release of Best Laid Plans, a dreary miserablist fable haplessly reconfiguring John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men into the world of Northern…
A Dangerous Method
27 Jan 2012
Cronenberg's cerebral study of psychoanalysis, starring Viggo Mortensen and Michael Fassbender
(15) 99min David Cronenberg’s new film is a change of pace for the seldom gore-shy director of The Fly and A History of Violence, being a talky period drama about the birth of psychoanalysis in the early 20th century. But while the body-horror…
Hadewijch
24 Jan 2012
Provocative religious drama from French director Bruno Dumont
(cert tbc)105mins Don’t be put off the fact that it’s taken a couple of years for this provocative examination of contemporary religious martyrdom to gain a cinematic release in the United Kingdom. The film, which explores how extreme faith can…
Rampart
24 Jan 2012
A compelling performance from Woody Harrelson can't quite support the weight of this cop drama
(15) 108mins At this rate, Woody Harrelson should keep Oren Moverman on a retainer. The director guided Harrelson to an Oscar nomination in 2009’s The Messenger. And their latest collaboration Rampart sees the actor on similarly searing form. Set in…
Like Crazy
24 Jan 2012
Sundance-wowing romance starring Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones
(12A) 89mins Winner of 2011’s Sundance Grand Jury prize, Like Crazy is a long-distance love story mired in the complications of modern-day living. Anna (Felicity Jones) is a British student living in Los Angeles who spends the perfect summer with…
The Woman In The Fifth
23 Jan 2012
Elegant but baffling Paris-set drama starring Ethan Hawke and Kristin Scott Thomas
(15) 85mins Hollywood studios are often derided for making simplistic dramas that feel obliged to spell everything out. The Woman In The Fifth errs in the opposite direction, leaving bewildered viewers scratching their heads and trying to figure out…
