Black Coal, Thin Ice (15)
four stars
Dir: Diao Yi'nan
With: Liao Fan, Gwei Lun-Mei
A PERSONAL favourite from the Glasgow Film Festival, Diao Yi'nan's crime drama is a strange, thrilling, unforgettable piece. Set in northern China, it is the tale of a disgraced ex-detective (Liao Fan) being drawn into the life of an enigmatic widow (Gwei Lun-Mei) and back into a case he thought he had left behind long ago. Winner of the Golden Bear at Berlin last year, Black Coal makes Scandi noir look positively dull.
Glasgow Film Theatre, June 5-11
Listen Up Philip (15)
three stars
Dir: Alex Ross Perry
With: Jason Schwartzman, Elisabeth Moss
Runtime: 109 minutes
MEET Philip (Jason Schwartzman), New Yorker, writer, curmudgeon and all round pain in the novel. With his next book proving troublesome, can surly Philip heed the call to get his act together? Alex Ross Perry's comedy drama ultimately outstays its welcome, but Schwartzman is terrific as the insufferable Philip and the writing is razor sharp.
Glasgow Film Theatre and Cameo, Edinburgh, from tomorrow; DCA, June 12-18
The Goob (18)
three stars
Dir: Guy Myhill
With: Sean Harris, Sienna Guillory
Runtime: 85 minutes
GUY Myhill's British drama is set over a long, hot summer in Norfolk. Goob (Liam Walple) has just left school to no job and what seems like a bleak future with his mum's new fella (Sean Harris) determined to bully him into submission. Though desperate to get away, Goob fears leaving his mum behind. A debut feature by Myhill, this is low key but insightful British filmmaking at its best.
Cineworld Glasgow and Aberdeen; Vue Omni, Edinburgh; DCA, July 3-9
Moon (15)
four stars
Dir: Duncan Jones
With: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey
Runtime: 93 minutes
FIRST released in 2009, this science fiction mystery was the stellar debut of Duncan Jones, who went on to make the equally entertaining Source Code. Starring Sam Rockwell as an astronaut coming to the end of a long stint away, it is well worth another look, if only to catch what comes after the screening, namely a Q&A with clinical psychologist Prof Andrew Gumley and astronomers from the University of Glasgow.
Glasgow Film Theatre, 17.50, June 9
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