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1 Nov 2007

• Lions For Lambs When idealistic professor Dr Malley (Robert Redford) inspires two of his students to join the war in Afghanistan, he is unaware that, in Washington DC, presidential hopeful Senator Jasper Irving (Tom Cruise) is about to give a…

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18 Oct 2007

• The Witnesses André Téchiné’s masterful tale of life, love and friendship at the time of the first AIDS epidemic in Paris in 1984. GFT, Glasgow, Fri 19 Oct. • Eastern Promises David Cronenberg returns to London for the first time since 2002’s…

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4 Oct 2007

I would have thought up a dreadful pun for the headline, but Guillermo del Toro deserves some respect from hacks like me. The man who brought us the fabulous Pan’s Labyrinth has revealed his next project after Hellboy 2: The Golden Army will be an…

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20 Sep 2007

• The Yacoubian Building Good Egyptian films don’t come round that often so don’t miss this epic multi character drama. GFT, Glasgow from Fri 21-Sun 23 Sep. • A Mighty Heart Angelina Jolie stars in Michael Winterbottom’s moving adaptation of…

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6 Sep 2007

12:08 East of Bucharest Clever and funny satire of delusion in which a group of Romanian men try to remember the revolution of 1989 live on radio. GFT, Glasgow from Fri 7–Thu 13 Sep. Superbad Hugely enjoyable comedy about two teenagers search for…

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23 Aug 2007

Knocked Up Hilarious unwanted pregnancy comedy from the team who made The 40 Year Old Virgin. General release from 24 Aug. Lady Chatterley Intelligent and compelling adaptation of DH Lawrence’s once scandalous novel. GFT, Glasgow from Fri 24 Aug.

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16 Aug 2007

• The Bourne Ultimatum The final adaptation of Robert Ludlum’s Bourne trilogy brings things to an exhilarating close, with amnesiac Bourne (Matt Damon) putting together the final pieces of puzzle. Once again director Paul Greengrass reinterprets the…

Hitlist - the best Festival movies

16 Aug 2007

Control The Ian Curtis and Joy Division story gets the Anton Corbijn treatment. Cineworld, 623 8030, 17 Aug, 7pm & 19 Aug, 9.40pm, £7.95 (£5.50). Les Chansons d’Amour Bizarre ménage a trois musical. You’ll either love it or hate it. Filmhouse, 623…

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9 Aug 2007

• The Walker Writer/director Paul Schrader returns with another excellent existential character drama, a sequel of sorts to Taxi Driver and Light Sleeper. Woody Harrelson stars as an openly gay high society chaperone who becomes embroiled in a dirty…

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1 Aug 2007

Flanders, The Hoax, Brief Encounter, The Terence Davies Trilogy, Some Like it Hot.

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16 Jul 2007

• The Seventh Seal New print reissue of Ingmar Bergman’s iconic 1957 medieval road movie about one knight’s search for divine truth. See review . Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Fri 27 Jul. • Private Fears in Public Places Eighty-five-year-old French New…

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2 Jul 2007

• Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Since everything released this fortnight is a bit below par let’s kick things off with these one off screenings of Sam Peckinpah’s brilliant 1974 nihilistic road movie about one unlucky pianist’s odyssey to win a…

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21 May 2007

Lights in the Dusk Finland’s finest filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki rounds off his ‘Loser Trilogy’ with another brilliant piece of miserablist comic cinema. See review . Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Fri 1-Thu 7 Jun. Jindabyne Peerless Australian adaptation of…

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7 May 2007

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23 Apr 2007

This is England Shane Meadows’ new film about love, loss, hate and skinheads at the time of the Falklands War is a little gem. See review . Selected release from Fri 27 Apr.

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11 Apr 2007

The Lives of Others Before the fall of the Berlin wall the East German secret police persecute a radical playwright in this excellent Oscar-winning German thriller. See review . Selected release from Fri 13 Apr.

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13 Mar 2007

Old Joy Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Will Oldham, plays ageing stoner Kurt in this seamless, minimal Brokeback Mountain-ish tale. A tiny joy. See review . Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Fri 23-Thu 29 Mar only.

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27 Feb 2007

After the Wedding Danish duo Susanne Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen (Open Hearts, Brothers) serve up a full on tearjerker with this melodramatic tale of fathers, daughters and death. Take some tissue. See review, page 42. Cineworld Renfrew Street…

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12 Feb 2007

Science of Sleep Filmmaker Michel Gondry asserts himself as the natural heir to Jean Cocteau with this fantastical and surreal French comedy. Selected release from Fri 16 Feb.

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29 Jan 2007

Belle de Jour Spanish surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel’s brilliant 1964 satire of bourgeois sexual mores gets a brief outing in a new print. Witness the birth of arthouse porn. Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Fri 9 Feb-Wed 14 Feb only. Read review

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15 Jan 2007

Black Book The mighty Paul Basic Instinct Verhoeven returns to his homeland, Holland, and comes up with the best film he has made for years. This WWII thriller is a dirty, filthy rush from beginning to end. Selected release from Fri 19 Jan. Read review…

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3 Jan 2007

The Last King of Scotland Director Kevin Touching the Void MacDonald and Peter The Queen Morgan’s nuanced and clever adaptation of Giles Foden’s excellent novel. General release from Fri 12 Jan. Read review , profile of director Kevin Mcdonald or…

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11 Dec 2006

The Wizard of Oz Victor Fleming's evergreen 1939 adaptation of L Frank Baum's book gets a brand new print so it can be seen as was always intended. Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Fri 15 Dec. Read review

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27 Nov 2006

Hitlist Stranger Than Fiction Wonderfully postmodern comedy about a taxman who starts hearing a voice in his head. General release from Fri 1 Dec. Read review Manhattan Woody Allen 1979 masterpiece gets a new print makeover for Christmas. Joy…

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13 Nov 2006

Requiem Beautifully realised fictionalised account of the last years of Anneliese Michel, the young German who died in 1976 after undergoing several exorcisms (pictured). Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Fri 17 Nov. Read review

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30 Oct 2006

Man Push Cart Ramin Bahrani’s precious US indie about a Pakistani coffee vendor in post 9/11 New York finally gets a Scottish release. GFT, Glasgow from Fri 10-Mon 13 Nov only.

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17 Oct 2006

Red Road Andrea Arnold’s voyeuristic Glasgow-set thriller stalks it’s way into cinemas. One of the best films of the year without a shadow of a doubt. Selected release from Fri 27 Oct.

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2 Oct 2006

The Devil Wears Prada Slight but deliciously enjoyable adaptation of Lauren Weisberger’s bestselling novel set in the merciless world of fashion magazine publishing. General release from Thu 5 Oct.

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18 Sep 2006

Mountain Patrol Breathtaking blast of pure narrative cinema from China based on the true story of a group of volunteers charged with protecting antelope from poachers in Tibet. See review, page 45. Cineworld Renfrew Street from Fri 29 Sep.