Film Hitlist
The best film & DVD releases
Mesrine
Mid-August Lunch
Gommorah writer Gianni Di Gregorio’s directorial debut is a gem about aging and the power of community. Filmhouse, Edinburgh and selected release from Fri 14 Aug.
Sin Nombre
Powerful Sundance Film Festival award-winning Mexican immigrant drama. Cameo, Edinburgh and selected release from Fri 14 Aug.
The Dollars Trilogy
Sergio Leone’s classic spaghetti westerns shown over three consecutive nights paves the way for the re-release of his seminal Once Upon A Time in The West. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Tue 18–Thu 20 Aug.
Le Mepris
Jean Luc Godard’s finest film screens as part of Truffaut/Godard season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Mon 18 Aug.
Mesrine: Killer Instinct
First of a two-part epic based on the real and made up life of French bank robber Jacques Mesrine. Vincent Cassell plays Mesrine like a man possessed while director Jean-Francois Richet re-shoots his favourite action scenes from 1970s thrillers. Out now on selected release.
AntiChrist
The Enchanted Forest, Lars Von Trier-style. Out now, selected release.
Coco Before Chanel
Amélie gets some new frocks. Out now on general release.
Bruno
‘So... if they are nice they are gay, right?’ Out now on general release.
Viva
Anne Biller’s brilliant Russ Meyer pastiche with added feminist semiotics. Needs to be seen to be believed. Out now (Nouveaux Pictures).
The Fireman’s Ball
Czech New Waver Milos Forman’s delightful, long banned in it’s homeland comedy gets a decent transfer onto DVD. Out Mon 17 Aug (Arrow).
Watcher in the Attic
Noboru Tanaka’s long unavailable Japanese psychological thriller from 1974 available on DVD for first time. Out now (HBF).
Antichrist
- 2009
- Denmark
- 108 min
- 18
- Directed by: Lars von Trier
- Written by: Lars von Trier
- Cast: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg
When middle class couple Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Defoe's son dies in a freak accident they retreat to their woodland cabin to heal. But soon guilt, confusion and some undefined eschatological force puts them in a very different place. A fine…
Brüno
- 2009
- US
- 82 min
- 18
- Directed by: Larry Charles
- Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten, Clifford Bañagale
Baron Cohen's much anticipated 19-year-old Austrian TV presenter has been 'schwarzlisted' following an unfortunate incident involving his all-Velcro suit at a Milan catwalk event. Leaving behind his pygmy Asian flight-attendant boyfriend, Diesel, Bruno…
Coco Before Chanel
- 2009
- France
- 110 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Anne Fontaine
- Written by: Edmonde Charles-Roux, Anne Fontaine, Camille Fontaine
- Cast: Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola
This sumptuously dressed biopic of the early years of Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel faithfully charts the rising hemlines and torn bustiers of a passionate woman repressed by society, with emotion-driven montages of dressmaking as Coco uses sewing machine…
A Fistful Of Dollars
- 1964
- Italy/Germany/Spain
- 100 min
- 18
- Directed by: Sergio Leone
- Written by: Story:, A Bonzzoni, Víctor Andrés Catena, Sergio Leone, Screenplay:, Victor Andrés Catena, Jamie Comas Gil, Sergio Leone
- Cast: Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, Gian Maria Volonté
Based on Kurosawa's samurai classic 'Yojimba', the spaghetti western that set the ball rolling has Clint squinting into the sun as The Man With No Name. An amoral figure, he profits from both sides as two duelling gangs fight it out in a small town.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
- 1968
- Italy
- 180 min
- 15
- Directed by: Sergio Leone
- Cast: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach
During the American Civil War, a trio of mean gringos squabble over hidden loot. Most people remember the Morricone score from this Leone extravaganza, but the degree of directorial stylisation (just count the number of times extreme close-ups fill the…
Le Mepris
- Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli.
Godard's comment on international filmmaking is re-released in a new print. A scriptwriter is increasingly despised by his wife as he tries to set up a film in Rome to be directed by Fritz Lang. The breakdown of a marriage contrasts with the chequebook…
Mid-August Lunch
- Directed by: Gianni di Gregorio
- Written by: Gianni di Gregorio and Simone Riccardini
- Cast: Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria de Franciscis, Marina Cacciotti, and Maria Cali, Nazan Kırılmış
Charming portrait of middle-aged, wine-loving Gianni di Gregorio who lives with his imperious 90-something mother Valeria (Franciscis), whom he patiently looks after. What's refreshing about this, and what gives it a political edge in the context of…
Sin Nombre
- 2008
- US/Mexico
- 96 min
- 15
- Directed by: Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Written by: Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Cast: Paulina Gaitán, Edgar Flores, Kristyan Ferrer, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Diana García, Héctor Jiménez, Gerardo Taracena, Luis Fernando Peña
Fantastic Mexican fusion of gangland thriller and road movie about the loves and tragedies of a group of US bound immigrants from Honduras and Mexico. Compellingly made with great performances, 'Sin Nombre' is really worth checking out.
Brüno (Snipped)
- 2009
- US
- 82 min
- 15
- Directed by: Larry Charles
- Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten
Baron Cohen's much anticipated 19-year-old Austrian TV presenter has been 'schwarzlisted' following an unfortunate incident involving his all-Velcro suit at a Milan catwalk event. Leaving behind his pygmy Asian flight-attendant boyfriend, Diesel, Bruno…
Film Hitlist 
Film Hitlist 
Jane Eyre
Sin Nombre 
Profile: Gianni Di Gregorio 
Mid-August Lunch
Viva
The Fireman's Ball
Watcher In The Attic
Title sequence - Sin Nombre 
Film: Also Released 
Antichrist - Lars Von Trier interview 
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