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The Bad and the Beautiful
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(5 stars) Jonathan Shields (Douglas) is an obscenely talented film producer whose story is told from the perspectives of his ex-friends: a recovering alcoholic star (Turner), a celebrated director (Sullivan) and a bitter writer (Powell). Minelli's 1952 melodrama is bewitching, the screenplay is packed with zingers and it finely balances razzle-dazzle, heartbreak and insight.
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9 Jun12 Jun Mon 6pm; Tue 12.45pm; Sat 3.45pm; Sun 7.30pm Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow
Casablanca
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(5 stars) You must remember this … Bogart being impossibly noble, Bergman torn between two lovers, Claude Rains playing both ends against the middle, devious Nazis, a fogbound airport, a piano-player tinkling that tune. A wonderful hill of beans.
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1 Jun7 Jun Mon 3.50pm; Tue 4.10pm; Wed 3.50pm; Thu 3.45pm; Fri–Sun 3.50pm Cameo, Edinburgh
Jaws
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(5 stars) Cracking shark adventure from the days when Spielberg movies were scary. See the citizens of Amity scream! Watch the bodycount pile up! Hear the authorities declare the water perfectly safe!
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15 Jun20 Jun Mon 2.30pm, 5.40pm & 8.20pm; Tue 3.15pm & 8.45pm; Wed, Fri & Sat 3.15pm, 6pm & 8.40pm; Sun 2.30pm, 5.15pm & 8pm Filmhouse, Edinburgh
15 Jun21 Jun Mon 8.15pm; Tue 12.45pm; Wed 5.30pm; Thu 12.30pm; Fri 11pm; Sat 1.10pm; Sun 4.40pm Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
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(5 stars) In Powell & Pressburger's poignant masterpiece, Clive Candy (Livesey, superb) starts out as a hotheaded Boer War hero and ages 40 years into a portly Home Guard general who keeps falling for the same kind of girl (Kerr, luminous). Spry and delightful after nearly 70 years, it's presented here in a crisp digital restoration.
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25 May31 May Fri 11.30am & 5.30pm; Sat 1.10pm; Sun 3.15pm; Mon 11.30am & 5.30pm; Tue 3pm; Wed 11.30am & 5.30pm; Thu 8.30pm The Belmont, Aberdeen
10 Jun 3.15pm Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
22 Jun24 Jun Fri 5pm; Sat 2.30pm; Sun 4pm Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow
Wings of Desire
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(5 stars) Restless angel Damiel (Ganz) is on duty over Berlin when he takes a tip from American movie star and former angel Falk on the possibilities of crossing over, and follows his mentor's path to consummate his relationship with beautiful circus acrobat Dommartin. Gorgeous black-and-white photography and a sensitive feel for the people and places of Berlin grace, this thematically rich and uncharacteristically optimistic slice of Wenders enchantment is highly recommended.
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21 Jun 9pm
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Atmosphere Programme.
Inspace, Edinburgh
The Artist
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(4 stars) This joyous, impeccably crafted crowdpleaser about the advent of the talkies melds the tried and tested plot of A Star Is Born to the comic exuberance of Singin' In The Rain, with the result that it is almost impossible not to fall for its charms.
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30 May31 May Wed & Thu 4.20pm
1 Jun7 Jun Fri–Thu 6pm
Odeon Panton St, London SW1Y
31 May 1.45pm Trinity Centre, Haddington
Blue Black Permanent
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(4 stars) Poetic, obscure portrait of three generations of women, drawn together over the decades by love and death. Tait's feature debut, with its beautiful opaque images based around water, sea and rain, more than fulfils the promise of her remarkable short films.
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28 Jun 4.05pm
Glasgow Women's Library offers a very rare opportunity to see Margaret Tait's debut feature, 20 years after…
Filmhouse, Edinburgh
Crimes and Misdemeanours
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(4 stars) Accomplished Allen offering which effortlessly blends the Big Questions side of his art with the one-line wit we've taken for granted from him. Optician Martin Landau has a hit man bump off his unsettled mistress, while worthy documentary filmmaker Allen clashes with smug media tycoon Alda.
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1 Aug2 Aug Wed 3.45pm & 8.40pm; Thu 6.15pm Filmhouse, Edinburgh
A Dangerous Method
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(4 stars) Cronenberg’s investigation of psychoanalysis, seen through the relationship between the two main proponents, Freud (Mortensen) and Jung (Fassbender) makes for a fascinating insight into a moment in history when the world of thought, and the way that we think about ourselves, was being fundamentally reshaped.
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31 May 7.45pm Odeon Chatham, Chatham
The Descendants
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(4 stars) When his wife is seriously injured during a boating trip with her lover, a Hawaiian land baron takes his daughters on a trip to confront her beau.
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4 Jun 7.30pm Brunton Theatre, Edinburgh
The Devil Wears Prada
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(4 stars) Nice, twee wannabee journalist Andy (Hathaway) finds herself employed as one of two personal secretaries to the formidable Miranda Priestly (Streep), an Anna Wintour style fashion editor. With killer one lines, really well rounded characterisation and excellent performances, it's difficult not to fall for its myriad charms. Though formulaic, in terms of decent mainstream US films this year, this enjoyably innocuous, bitchy romp, may be as good as it gets.
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13 Aug 7.45pm Mugdock Country Park, Milngavie
Grease (Sing-Along)
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(4 stars) Thirty years on, Grease is still the word. Join in the fun and sing along.
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20 Jul21 Jul Fri 8.40pm; Sat 3.20pm Filmhouse, Edinburgh
The Hunger Games
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(4 stars) An adaptation of Suzanne Collins' dystopian thriller of a novel that successfully transcends its teen-fiction origins, with excellent cast and direction.
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Ill Manors
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(4 stars) Six interweaved storylines about violence, prostitution and drugs, all set around London's Forest Gate. The directorial debut of Ben Drew (aka hip-hop artist Plan B) is raw, uncompromising and ambitious; Drew elicits great performances and takes trouble to understand his wayward characters. A kind of hoodie Magnolia.
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The King's Speech
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(4 stars) As war approaches, King George VI (Firth) is suddenly placed in a position of power, so hires a speech therapist to cure his speech impediment. Firth's affable persona lends an edge to the sheer frustration with which the King stumbles his way through public performances and contributes largely to the film's feel-good twist.
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2 Jun5 Jun Mon 2.55pm; Tue 10am; Sat 3.25pm; Sun 10.20am Vue Hartlepool, Hartlepool
4 Jun 1pm Moray Playhouse, Elgin
4 Jun7 Jun Mon–Thu 7.30pm Discovery Theatre, Rothesay
6 Jun 11am Odeon Chelmsford, Chelmsford
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
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(4 stars) Anderson's fourth film is part high seas adventure, part film industry satire, part existential meditation on the meaning of relationships. It is consistently clever and hilarious, shifting from the light-hearted to the surreal, to scenes of real depth with the kind of ease we've come to expect from the Texan director. Bill Murray heads an eccentric, often brilliant cast, as ageing oceanographer and filmmaker Steve Zissou. No one likes his films any more and his life is falling apart around…
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31 May 9pm Cameo, Edinburgh
Monsieur Lazhar
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(4 stars) When a popular teacher in a Montreal school commits suicide, Algerian immigrant Bachir Lazhar (Fellag) replaces her, but the grieving pupils don't suspect his own struggles with family tragedy and imminent deportation. Director Falardeau's sensitive approach, and beguiling performances from Fellag and the children, have earned an Oscar nomination. An unexpected charmer.
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30 May31 May Wed & Thu 4.10pm, 6.30pm & 8.50pm Odeon Panton St, London SW1Y
1 Jun7 Jun Fri–Thu 4.05pm, 6.25pm & 8.45pm Odeon Panton St, London SW1Y
5 Jun 1.30pm Cameo, Edinburgh
24 Jun25 Jun Mon 11am; Sun 7.30pm The Hippodrome, Bo'ness
Le Quai des Brumes (Port of Shadows)
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(4 stars) In pre-WWII Le Havre, army deserter Jean (Gabin) tries to protect beautiful Nelly (Morgan) from a gang of small-time hoods. The great collaboration between director Carné and poet/screenwriter Prévert begins here; it's dark, bitter, fatalistic and wonderful, and has been given a meticulous and well-deserved digital restoration.
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28 May31 May Mon 8.35pm; Tue 3.15pm & 9pm; Wed 3.15pm & 8.35pm; Thu 8.35pm Filmhouse, Edinburgh
The Queen
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(4 stars) A behind the scenes glimpse into the relationship between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, after the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy and the public's demand for an overt display of mourning. Beautifully written and performed by all, this is the second part of director Frears' Blair trilogy.
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She Monkeys
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(4 stars) Emma (Paradeiser) is an ambitious 14-year-old who secures a place on an equestrian vaulting team, where she attracts the attention of confident Cassandra (Molin); meanwhile, Emma's six-year-old sister Sara (Lindquist) struggles with her own anxieties. Courageous, talented, thought-provoking debut with remarkable performances and a frank approach to adolescent sexuality.
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30 May31 May
(Subtitled) Wed & Thu 2.15pm
Odeon Panton St, London SW1Y
This Must be the Place
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(4 stars) Reclusive rock star Cheyenne (Penn) goes in search of the SS officer who humiliated his father at Auschwitz. A weird and sometimes wonderful mixture of road movie and revenge drama from the director of Il Divo, with a fearlessly idiosyncratic but endearing performance from Penn, superb visuals and a great score.
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25 May31 May Mon 8.15pm; Tue 11.30am; Wed 7.15pm; Thu 6pm; Fri 8.30pm; Sat 5pm; Sun 5.15pm Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
29 May31 May Tue–Thu 7.30pm macrobert, Stirling
The Turin Horse
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(4 stars) A father and daughter scrabble for a living in a remote farm, but their livelihood is threatened when their ageing horse starts to sicken. Maybe not a first-date movie but a compellingly vivid one, in which workaday tasks are endowed with mythic grandeur and ordinary people with mysterious dignity.
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15 Jun20 Jun Mon 2.20pm & 8pm; Tue 2.20pm & 5.35pm; Wed 2.20pm, 5.35pm & 8pm; Fri–Sun 1.10pm & 8pm Filmhouse, Edinburgh
War Horse
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(4 stars) Alcoholic farmer Ted (Mullen) buys a spirited horse, Joey, in an England unwittingly on the brink of World War I; his teenage son (Irvine) tames Joey, but war soon separates them. Spielberg promises and delivers large-canvas, unashamedly romanticised, old-fashioned storytelling. In an excellent cast, Hiddleston, Watson and Arestrup are standouts.
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1 Jun 7.30pm Brunton Theatre, Edinburgh
Winter's Bone
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(4 stars) Adapted from Daniel Woodrell's novel, the film follows Ree whose drug-addicted father has used their house as bail bond and subsequently done a runner. Striving to find him within a week brings secrets, lies and a grisly closure to this unsettling and memorable affair.
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12 Nov 7.45pm Mugdock Country Park, Milngavie
Albert Nobbs
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(3 stars) In 1890s Dublin, Albert (Close) is a hardworking waiter in a hotel who has concealed for years the fact that he's really a woman – only to be found out by fellow employee Hubert (McTeer), who is also one. A sad, strange and touching tale, which however never really pays off.
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30 May31 May Wed & Thu 7pm The Cinema, Newton Stewart
1 Jun7 Jun Fri 8.45pm; Sat 5.45pm; Sun 7.15pm; Mon 6.15pm; Wed 11.30am; Thu 8.45pm Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
7 Jun 11am Cineworld Cardiff, Cardiff
8 Jun11 Jun Mon 11am; Fri 8pm; Sat 7.30pm The Hippodrome, Bo'ness

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