Film and "Edinburgh"

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Akira
Date	Location
Based on the multi-volume graphic novel by Otomo, Akira is a mythical, futuristic tale of post-holocaust Tokyo, where pill-popping biker kids begin to unearth a government project designed to exploit the psychic and telekinetic powers of a group of laboratory-bound children. Superbly animated, with a fantastic visual and narrative imagination, but you'd be well advised to know something of the plot before you see it. View full details
1 Jun 11pm	Cameo, Edinburgh

Aliens
Date	Location
Revived from a 57-year snooze in deep space, Warrant Officer Weaver is cajoled into joining a marine rescue mission to the planet that is home for the original alien beastie. Unrelentingly paced with a terrifically gutsy performance from Weaver, this nerve-shredding sequel not only matches its predecessor but cannily surpasses it. An Oscar winner for special effects. View full details
15 Jul 8.20pm	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

The Apartment
Date	Location
Wilder's corrosive 1960 lampoon of corporate America tells the story of spineless insurance statistician CC Baxter (Lemmon). Having fallen into the practice of leasing his apartment to his superiors for illicit liaisons, Baxter is rewarded with high-speed promotion. All of which suits him fine until he realises that one of the ladies being taken back is the girl of his dreams. View full details
28 Jul–30 Jul Mon 6pm; Sat 8.30pm; Sun 1.30pm & 6.20pm 30 Jul (Parent & baby) 11am	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Casablanca
Date	Location
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. View full details
1 Jun–7 Jun Mon 3.50pm; Tue 4.10pm; Wed 3.50pm; Thu 3.45pm; Fri–Sun 3.50pm	Cameo, Edinburgh

Jaws
Date	Location
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! View full details
15 Jun–20 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

Manhattan
Date	Location
Woody wanders through the female jungle of New York in search of a perfect soulmate after the demise of his marriage. Sublime comic delight with a soulful Gershwin score. View full details
10 Jun To be confirmed	Cameo, Edinburgh

The Wicker Man
Date	Location
A devoutly celibate policeman (Woodward) arrives at a remote Scottish island to investigate a schoolgirl disappearance and becomes involved in local pagan rituals. A British horror classic, with some extremely scary and erotic moments. View full details
15 Jul 8pm	Scotsman Screening Room, Edinburgh

Wings of Desire
Date	Location
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. View full details
21 Jun 9pm Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Atmosphere Programme.	Inspace, Edinburgh

Avengers Assemble
Date	Location
Big blockbuster superhero action as Iron Man, Thor, The Hulk, Captain America, Black Widow and Hawkeye team up to save the world. View full details
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Blue Black Permanent
Date	Location
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. View full details and ticket info
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
Date	Location
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. View full details
1 Aug–2 Aug Wed 3.45pm & 8.40pm; Thu 6.15pm	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

The Darjeeling Limited
Date	Location
Three eccentric brothers (Wilson, Brody and Schwartzman) cross India by train in an attempt to deal with the recent death of their father. On this evidence writer/director Anderson is fast becoming the John Cheever of US cinema. This film is preceded by a short by Anderson called 'Hotel Chevalier'; it is imperative you see this film in order to understand what follows. A delight. View full details
7 Jun 9pm	Cameo, Edinburgh

Death Watch (La mort en direct)
Date	Location
Katherine (Schneider) is a novelist living in Glasgow who's been diagnosed with a terminal disease; Roddy (Keitel) befriends her, but unknown to her he works for a TV company with its own agenda. The basic idea is amazingly prescient but the plot is rather preposterous; Schneider's moving performance anchors it in emotional reality. View full details
1 Jun–7 Jun Fri 1.15pm & 8.15pm; Sat 1.20pm & 8.15pm; Sun 3.25pm & 8.15pm; Mon–Wed 3.15pm & 8.15pm; Thu 6pm	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Deep Rising
Date	Location
Cheesy but undeniably entertaining mix of action, adventures, comedy and horror as huge many tentacled leviathan attacks a luxury cruise liner. View full details
30 May 7.30pm Part of Edinburgh Zombie Club's Maritime Horror Double Bill.	The Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh

The Descendants
Date	Location
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. View full details
4 Jun 7.30pm	Brunton Theatre, Edinburgh

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Date	Location
A group of friends find their dinner gathering interrupted by a series of bizarre, mostly dreamt-up events. Not as savage a satire as Buñuel's earlier work, but he is certainly more assured as he fires at his constant targets - the church, the state and the army. View full details
27 Jul–2 Aug Fri 1.25pm & 8.30pm; Sat 1.25pm & 6pm; Sun 3.15pm & 9pm; Mon 8.45pm; Tue 3.45pm & 6.15pm; Wed 6.15pm; Thu 3.45pm & 8.40pm	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Fantastic Mr Fox
Date	Location
Anderson's inspired choice of stop-motion animation pays off in this beautiful and idiosyncratic adaptation of the well-loved children's tale. While kids may enjoy it, Anderson's typically arch humour is aimed more at their parents, who will also be impressed by the star-studded voice cast – Bill Murray as a badger lawyer anyone? View full details
14 Jun 9pm	Cameo, Edinburgh

Flash Gordon
Date	Location
A colourful, camp adventure starring Flash! (aaah, saviour of the universe, as the memorable Queen soundtrack has it). View full details
8 Jun 11pm	Cameo, Edinburgh

Grease (Sing-Along)
Date	Location
Thirty years on, Grease is still the word. Join in the fun and sing along. View full details
20 Jul–21 Jul Fri 8.40pm; Sat 3.20pm	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

The Hunger Games
Date	Location
An adaptation of Suzanne Collins' dystopian thriller of a novel that successfully transcends its teen-fiction origins, with excellent cast and direction. View full details
2 Jun 9.50am 3 Jun (Subtitled) 9.50am	Vue Ocean, Edinburgh
2 Jul–4 Jul Mon 8.20pm; Tue & Wed 2.30pm & 8.20pm	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Ill Manors
Date	Location
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. View full details
6 Jun–7 Jun Wed & Thu 8.15pm	Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh
6 Jun–7 Jun Wed & Thu 8.40pm	Vue Ocean, Edinburgh

The Illusionist
Date	Location
The product of five years' work in an animation studio that Chomet (Belleville Rendezvous) set up in Edinburgh when he fell in love with the capital after attending its International Film Festival, this is an uncannily accurate portrayal of Edinburgh and Scotland. The story is an unfilmed script from Jacques Tati and the main character, an ageing magician whose beloved act no longer interests the rock'n'rolling 1950s youth, is based somewhat on Tati himself and is carefully and emotively… View full details
26 Jun 8.30pm 'Scent Technician' Ericka Duffy explores the film 'from a sensory perspective'. Part of Edinburgh…	Inspace, Edinburgh

Jo Nesbo's Headhunters (Hodejegerne)
Date	Location
Roger (Hennie) is a successful headhunter living beyond his means, who supplements his income with a double life as a gentleman thief, until one of his victims (Coster-Waldau) fights back. Tyldum's adaptation of Jo Nesbo's novel is somewhere between a Road Runner cartoon and a Coen Brothers thriller: breathlessly, outrageously entertaining. View full details
8 Jun–14 Jun Fri 1.20pm & 6pm; Sat 1.20pm & 8.45pm; Sun 1.15pm & 8.45pm; Mon 3.30pm & 6.15pm; Tue 3.30pm & 8.45pm; Wed & Thu 8.45pm	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
Date	Location
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… View full details
31 May 9pm	Cameo, Edinburgh

The Man Who Fell to Earth
Date	Location
An alien searching for the water needed to save his own planet has his powers destroyed by the sinister machinations of a multinational business enterprise. A well cast Bowie gives perhaps his best performance in this dazzling, occasionally obtuse, piece of Roegian sci-fi. View full details
19 Jun To be confirmed	Cameo, Edinburgh

Monsieur Lazhar
Date	Location
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. View full details
5 Jun 1.30pm	Cameo, Edinburgh

Puss in Boots
Date	Location
Puss (Banderas) and Humpty Dumpty (Galifianakis) attempt to steal magic beans from Jack and Jill, with Hayek as feline accomplice Kitty Softpaws. Given the slackening quality of the Shrek franchise, the surprise is that this imaginative romp was one of the 2011's best animated family films. View full details
2 Jun 10.20am	Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh

Le Quai des Brumes (Port of Shadows)
Date	Location
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. View full details
28 May–31 May Mon 8.35pm; Tue 3.15pm & 9pm; Wed 3.15pm & 8.35pm; Thu 8.35pm	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

The Queen
Date	Location
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. View full details
2 Jun–4 Jun Mon 2pm; Sat 1pm	Odeon Lothian Road, Edinburgh

The Raid
Date	Location
An Indonesian SWAT team storms a Jakarta tower block intending to take down crime lord Tama (Sahetapy), but finds itself trapped. About as good a film as you can make about men repeatedly punching each other in the face; Evans' low-budget, high-impact approach has enormous gusto and ingenuity. View full details
30 May–31 May Wed 1.15pm & 6.40pm; Thu 1.15pm	Cameo, Edinburgh
1 Jun–6 Jun Wed, Fri & Sat 10.30pm	Vue Omni, Edinburgh
1 Jun–2 Jun Fri & Sat 10.50pm	Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh
1 Jun–6 Jun Mon, Wed & Fri–Sun 11pm	Vue Ocean, Edinburgh

Sing Your Song
Date	Location
Documentary about singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte. Despite occasional strays into hagiography, great use of archive footage emphasises Belafonte's charisma and allure as well as the seriousness of his political engagement. View full details
8 Jun–14 Jun Fri 1.15pm, 3.30pm & 5.45pm; Sat 1.15pm, 3.35pm & 8.30pm; Sun 3.50pm & 6.15pm; Mon 6pm & 8.45pm; Tue 6pm; Wed 3.30pm, 6.15pm & 8.50pm; Thu 3.30pm & 8.50pm	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Sleeper
Date	Location
Vintage early Allen, as our paranoiac hero finds himself 200 years in the future, challenging the evil machinations of a totalitarian regime in his accustomed manner. View full details
11 Jun To be confirmed	Cameo, Edinburgh
8 Jul–10 Jul Mon 8.30pm; Tue 2.30pm; Sun 6pm	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Stand By Me
Date	Location
Based on a Stephen King short story, this film recalls a childhood adventure for four small-town boys who discover the whereabouts of the corpse of a missing child, and decide to get there before the local toughs. A charming rite of passage movie which Reiner directs with a sure touch, carefully evading sentimentality. View full details
29 Jul 8pm	Scotsman Screening Room, Edinburgh

Superman
Date	Location
Enjoyable but now very dated first outing for Reeve as Superman. This franchise did get better before it got worse but this is still great fun. View full details
17 Jun 8pm	Scotsman Screening Room, Edinburgh

The Turin Horse
Date	Location
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. View full details
15 Jun–20 Jun Mon 2.20pm & 8pm; Tue 2.20pm & 5.35pm; Wed 2.20pm, 5.35pm & 8pm; Fri–Sun 1.10pm & 8pm	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Two Years at Sea
Date	Location
Documentary about Jake Williams, a man living an isolated existence in northern Scotland. Rivers' debut feature has no voiceover or dialogue – there are no interviews with Williams – but with breathtaking images and a bewitching soundtrack, it's a handsome and meditative film, ultimately honest and uplifting. View full details
1 Jun–5 Jun Mon & Tue 1.20pm, 6pm & 8.40pm; Fri 6pm & 8.40pm; Sat 6pm; Sun 1.10pm	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

War Horse
Date	Location
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. View full details
1 Jun 7.30pm	Brunton Theatre, Edinburgh

Winter's Bone
Date	Location
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. View full details
12 Nov 7.45pm	Mugdock Country Park, Milngavie

Young Frankenstein
Date	Location
A splendidly accurate James Whale pastiche choc-full of memorable one-liners and crazee situations. Brooks' most affectionate and consistently humorous film. View full details
22 Jun 8.30pm Screening with 1910 short adaptation Frankenstein (J Searle Dawley, US, 1910, 16min) and with an…	Inspace, Edinburgh

You've Been Trumped
Date	Location
Documentary charting one of the US's most famous hairpiece models, aka Donald Trump, as he moves to build an enormous golf and residential development on land in the north east of Scotland, much to the dismay of the local populace. View full details
13 Jul–19 Jul Fri 4pm, 6pm & 8.45pm; Sat 3.40pm, 5.50pm & 8.15pm; Sun 1pm & 8.45pm; Mon 3.15pm & 8.45pm; Tue 8.15pm; Wed 6.15pm & 8.30pm; Thu 3.15pm, 6.15pm & 8.30pm	Filmhouse, Edinburgh
17 Jul 5.45pm Followed by a discussion led by a representative of the Humanist Society of Scotland.	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

American Reunion
Date	Location
The American Pie gang have a 13-year reunion and contemplate some familiar problems about love, sex and intimacy. A fun nostalgia trip that rates the heart as important as the other bodily parts; the original cast are as likable (or not) as ever. Nothing very revelatory but plenty of laughs. View full details
30 May–31 May Wed 10am, 12.40pm, 3.30pm, 6.30pm & 9.30pm; Thu 11.30am, 2.30pm, 5.30pm & 8.30pm	Vue Ocean, Edinburgh
30 May–31 May Wed & Thu 10.50am & 4.05pm	Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh
30 May–31 May Wed & Thu 1.10pm, 3.50pm, 6.30pm & 9.15pm	Vue Omni, Edinburgh
1 Jun–7 Jun Fri–Thu 6.10pm & 8.50pm	Vue Ocean, Edinburgh

Angèle and Tony (Angèle et Tony)
Date	Location
Angèle (Hesme) starts a relationship with fisherman Tony (Gadebois) as a result of a personal ad; it seems doomed from the start, but a connection of sorts develops. Hesme and Gadebois are very good in Delaporte's debut feature, a beguiling and slow-moving story set in a remote Normandy fishing village. View full details
31 Jul–2 Aug Tue 3.15pm & 6.10pm; Wed 8.25pm; Thu 3.15pm & 8.25pm	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Date	Location
Documentary on Sesame Street's almost-too-adorable scarlet fuzzball Elmo, and the likable and driven puppeteer Kevin Clash who turned him from a minor character into a breakout phenomenon. Although not especially deep, it has great charm and some interesting insights into the extraordinary Henson universe. View full details
15 Jun–18 Jun Mon 6.10pm; Fri–Sun 1.30pm, 4.20pm & 6.10pm	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Beloved (Les bien-aimés)
Date	Location
Elegiac musical contrasting the lives of Madeleine (Sagnier and Deneuve as younger and older incarnations) and her daughter Vera (Mastroianni), who were young in the 60s and the early 21st century respectively. A sprawling, poignant, ambitious epic of unrequited love. View full details
8 Jun–14 Jun Mon & Tue 8.15pm; Wed & Thu 6pm; Fri 8pm; Sat 5.50pm; Sun 5.45pm	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Dark Shadows
Date	Location
18th century vampire Barnabas Collins (Depp) escapes from his coffin to find himself in Maine in 1972. It's fun, thanks to a smart script and plenty of surreal humour; Burton regulars Depp and Bonham-Carter are a hoot, but Moretz and Green could have used more restraint. View full details
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Desperately Seeking Susan
Date	Location
Fun and fizzy, role-swapping feminist fantasy comedy set in the Big Apple. View full details
20 Jul 8pm	Scotsman Screening Room, Edinburgh

The Dictator
Date	Location
Admiral General Aladeen (Cohen) is the titular dictator: a sexist, racist, fascist pig with a penchant for execution, who during a trip to the UN is betrayed by his right-hand man (Kingsley). The jokes come thick, fast and obvious but despite moments of solid satire it feels a bit stale. View full details
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Free Men (Les hommes libres)
Date	Location
Younes (Rahim) is a young Algerian working in WW II Paris when the Germans enter; the authorities give him the choice between prison, or spying on a mosque suspected of smuggling out Jews disguised as Muslims. Ferroukhi's film is worthy, but lacks dramatic tension and a properly fleshed-out protagonist. View full details
25 May–31 May Fri 1pm, 6.10pm & 8.30pm; Sat & Sun 1pm, 6pm & 8.45pm; Mon 2.30pm, 6.10pm & 8.30pm; Tue 2.30pm, 6.15pm & 8.30pm; Wed & Thu 2.30pm, 6pm & 8.45pm 1 Jun–7 Jun Fri 3.45pm & 6.15pm; Sat 3.45pm & 8.40pm; Sun 3.45pm & 6.15pm; Mon & Tue 3.30pm & 6.15pm; Wed 3.30pm & 8.45pm; Thu 3.15pm & 6.10pm 4 Jun (Parent & baby) 11am 8 Jun–14 Jun Mon–Thu 3.15pm; Fri 3.30pm; Sat 3.40pm	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

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