Other films

Dir: Walter Summers

With: Roger Maxwell, Craighall Sherry

Runtime: 105 minutes

WALTER Summers' 1927 silent classic, newly restored by the BFI, is a dramatic reconstruction of a great naval defeat that was followed by a towering victory. As the First World War began, HMS Good Hope, Glasgow and Monmouth - all Clyde built - were engaged by the Germans at Coronel. Tragedy followed, and the British Navy vowed that the enemy's actions would not go unpunished. Complete with a new score by Simon Dobson, this is an unashamedly patriotic piece, which frame by frame contains more poignant and gripping scenes than many a modern action movie.

1pm, Glasgow Film Theatre, October 19

Citizen Four (15)

Dir: Laura Poitras

With: Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald

Runtime: 114 minutes

YOU know the story of how Edward Snowden came to global fame (and, by the by, the rectorship of Glasgow University) by leaking details of the mass surveillance programmes deployed by the US and Britain. But what was it like to be there, beside him, as the story broke? Filmmaker Laura Poitras, who had been contacted by Snowden using the titular alias, was there to find out, and the resulting documentary is a breathtaking watch. What is striking about Snowden is how composed and determined he was - and, at just 29, how young.

8pm, Cameo, Edinburgh, October 17, plus satellite Q&A

The Best of Me (12A)

Dir: Michael Hoffman

With: James Marsden, Michelle Monaghan

Runtime: 118 minutes

FANS of Nicholas Sparks - you soppy lot - will find themselves in soft focus, sun-dappled, heaven with this romantic drama about first love and second chances. James Marsden, saying ta-ta to the action movies and comedies for now, and Michelle Monaghan (Source Code) are the now middle aged pair meeting again after a friend's death. Once sworn to each other forever, what forced the two apart and what could bring them together again? It burbles along nicely until a certain point when - in common with many a Sparks' movie - it becomes forehead-slappingly daft.

Palo Alto (15)

Dir: Gia Coppola

With: James Franco, Emma Roberts

Runtime: 100 minutes

GIA Coppola - her grandfather is something in the movies, apparently - chronicles the lives of Californian teens in this far too cool for school drama, first seen at the Edinburgh International Film Festival earlier this year. Based on the short stories of James Franco, who also stars as a high school gym teacher, it is a whirl around the worlds of extremely bored teenagers, their parties, their problems, their obsessions, which left this viewer uttering a weary "whatever". Looks terrific - even a spilled milk shake is shot with all the care of a sunset - but as a dramatic piece it has all the narrative heft of a shampoo ad.

Northern Soul (15)

Dir: Elaine Constantine

With: Josh Whitehouse, Jack Gordon

Runtime: 102 minutes

WIND your watch back to 1974 and oop North. Not oor North, oop North, Lancashire to be precise. Life is grim for new friends John and Matt (Elliot James Langridge and Josh Whitehouse), with troubles at home and elsewhere to worry about. But they'll always have soul music from America to dance to and talk about. Elaine Constantine's coming of age drama has a starry supporting cast, including Steve Coogan as a sarky teacher and Lisa Stansfield as a mum, but it's the youngsters' heartfelt performances that are the real draws here.

Glasgow Film Theatre, October 22-23; Cameo, Edinburgh, October 17-23.

Advanced Style (PG)

Dir: Lina Plioplyte

Runtime: 72 minutes

PHOTOGRAPHER and blogger Ari Cohen likes to go up to well-dressed Manhattan ladies of a certain age, tell them how absolutely fabulous they look, and take their pictures. Director Lina Plioplyte charts the phenomenon Cohen's work has become, with fashion shoot casting directors following his lead and hiring older models, and the women themselves becoming minor celebrities along the way. They are indeed a great bunch of characters, some of whose lives could make a film in themselves.

Glasgow Film Theatre, October 21