A Touch of Sin (15)
A Touch of Sin (15)
Dir: Zhang-Ke Jia
With: Vivien Li, Wu Jiang
Runtime: 127 minutes
A FRESH take on modern China
that is as far away from panda exports as it is possible to journey. Through four stories, Cannes prize-winning director Zhang-Ke Jia gives voice to some of those left behind in the superpower's quick march towards capitalism. The stories are not all as strong as each other, with the Western-style tale of a worker taking on his bosses the standout, and the violence is hard going, but a compelling watch.
Cameo, Edinburgh, July 22
Some Like it Hot R/I (U)
Dir: Billy Wilder
With: Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon
Runtime: 118 minutes
IT has been on television almost as often as the news, ,but the joy to be had from Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy classic, here restored by Glasgow's Park Circus, never diminishes. Marilyn Monroe shimmers and sings as Sugar Kane Kowalczyk while Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon show what great pins they have on them as newbie girl band members Josephine and Daphne. Criminally, the only Oscar the film won was for costume design.
Glasgow Film Theatre, July 18-21; Filmhouse, Edinburgh, July 18-24; Cameo, Edinburgh, July 20; DCA, Dundee, August 2; Belmont, Aberdeen, August 4.
Finding Vivian Maier (12A)
Dirs: John Maloof, Charlie Siskel
Runtime: 84 minutes
A CHANCE find in a flea market lead director John Maloof to the discovery of a new talent in photography, and documentary gold. Finding Vivian Maier, co-directed by Charlie Siskel (Bowling for Columbine) follows the trail of the nanny as she lived a quiet American life, taking photographs all the while. As interviews with her charges and acquaintances reveal, Miss Maier wanted to stay out of focus. The question is: why? Riveting.
Filmhouse, Edinburgh, July 18-24; Glasgow Film Theatre, July 20-22
Grand Central (15)
Dir: Rebecca Zlotowski
With: Tahar Rahim, Lea Seydoux
Runtime: 95 minutes
TWO of the most blistering new talents of French cinema, Tahar Rahim (A Prophet) and Lea Seydoux (Blue is the Warmest Colour) burn up the screen again in this tale of low paid workers in high risk jobs. Gary (Rahim) works in the nuclear industry, doing jobs others would not touch. In Karole (Seydoux) he finds a friend and something more. While Rebecca Zlotowski's drama is moody for the most part, the spark between Seydoux and Rahim makes up for any longeurs.
Glasgow Film Theatre, July 18-24
Norte, The End of History
Dir: Lav Diaz
With: Sid Lucero, Angeli Bayani
Runtime: 250 minutes
NOMINATED for Un Certain Regard award at Cannes 2013 is Lav Diaz's epic. And at more than four hours long, we do mean epic. Sid Lucero takes the lead as Fabian in a reworking of Crime and Punishment set in the Philippines of today. As with the original Mr Raskolnikov, there is a lot of sitting around and chewing the fat about morality, but it works as a precursor of the horrors to come as Fabian comes to realise there is such a thing as a rulebook in society.
Glasgow Film Theatre, July 19-21
Pudsey The Dog: The Movie (U)
Dir: Nick Moore
With: David Walliams, Olivia Colman
Runtime: 87 minutes
NOT content with an album or a few shopping mall appearances like the rest of the Britain's Got Talent winners, Pudsey the pooch gets his own movie. Voiced by David Walliams, the Border Collie cross saves the day when a broken little family moves to the countryside. Corny, creaky, but dog-crazy kids at the Glasgow premiere loved it. Pudsey made a personal appearance before the film. No, he didn't sign autographs.
The Ghosts in Our Machine
Dir: Liz Marshall
Runtime: 91 minutes
JO-Anne McArthur is a photographer with a difference. It's her job, make that mission, to visit factory farms, abattoirs, anywhere where animals suffer for human gain. Her pictures are outstanding, but as we see from Liz Marshall's fine documentary, she struggles to get her work published because people don't want to see such suffering. A heart-rending watch, but a necessary one.
6pm on July 19 at Stereo Cafe, 22-28 Renfield Lane, Glasgow, G2 5AR
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