White Heat James Cagney is unforgettable as vicious, unpredictable psychopath Arthur Cody Jarrett in one of the finest gangster films ever made. A ruthless killer with an unhealthy devotion to his mother, Jarrett becomes public enemy number one for cop Hank Fallon (Edmond O’Brien) who risks his life to go undercover and infiltrate Jarrett’s gang. A scorching companion piece to The Public Enemy, White Heat features one of Cagney’s most psychologically detailed and forceful performances. A chilling portrait of a killer in a tense thriller with a blazing finale that has become part of movie history.
Why Can’t Women Make Feature Films? Two filmmakers, a critic and a programmer look at the gender gap, roll up their sleeves and get myth-busting on common misconceptions about female filmmakers and the struggles they face in making the transition from short films to features. Noé Mendelle (Scottish Documentary Institute), Hannah McGill (Sight & Sound, The List) Kate Taylor (Independent Cinema Office) and Tom Kalin (Columbia University) will take a series of familiar complaints, rip them to shreds, and then read the shreds like tea leaves, looking forward to a time when the question ‘How does it feel to be a woman filmmaker?’ is never asked again.
Why We Fight: Scottish Competition 4 Five of the twenty-four films competing for the Scottish Short Film Award. A relationship implodes in Ruth Paxton’s visceral Nevada, while two friends turn against one another in Neil Hartop’s Rabbit Punch. A rivalry is played out more sportingly in Pouters by Paul Fegan, while Sara Ishaq’s Karama Has No Walls explores bravery and tragedy during the Yemeni revolution. Stuart Elliott’s three minute quickie Ollie – his second film in competition this year – completes the programme. Full details are provided in the Glasgow Short Film Festival brochure.
Wickie and the Treasure of the Gods 3D Wickie auf großer Fahrt When will little Wickie finally become a real Viking? This question is giving his gruff father Halvar sleepless nights. To prove himself, Wickie sets off over raging oceans, tropical beaches and dangerous icy wastelands in pursuit of the legendary treasure of the Gods. Also searching for the treasure is equally determined Sven the Terrible – but Wickie wouldn’t be a true Viking if he didn’t have a few tricks up his sleeve to prevent Sven getting there first! Wickie and the Treasure of the Gods in eye-popping 3D is sure to delight the little heroes and heroines in your family.
Wolf Children
James Cagney: Top of the World, Ma! GFT Tuesday 19 February (11.00) Director Raoul Walsh Cast James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O’Brien USA 1949, 1h54m, 15 Thanks to Park Circus
Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Saturday 9 February (15.30) 3h, N/C 15+ Thanks to Underwire Film Festival and London Short Film Festival
Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Sunday 10 February (15.00) 1h30m, N/C 15+
Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Saturday 9 February (13.30) Director Christian Ditter Cast Jonas Hämmerle, Waldemar Kobus Germany 2011, 1h36m, German with subtitles, N/C 8+ Thanks to Ratpack Produktion and Renate Zylla
Glasgow Youth Film Festival
Okami kodomo no ame to yuki
GFT Sunday 10 February (12.45)
College student Hana falls in love with a fellow classmate, only for him to reveal a dark secret: he’s a wolf man. Unafraid, Hana stays with him and eventually they have two children, Ame and Yuki. To conceal Ame and Yuki’s wolf blood, the family live discreetly in a quiet corner of the city. Life is simple but happy until the children’s father dies and their whole world changes. Hana decides to retreat to the countryside where the children can choose: do they want to grow up to be humans or wolves? From Mamoru Hosoda, the director of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars.
Director Mamoru Hosoda Cast Kumiko Asô, Megumi Hayashibara
Women’s Day Dzien kobiet
Maria Sadowska emerges as a talent to watch with her smart, involving feature debut Women’s Day. Katarzyna’s Kwiatkowska’s single mother Halina becomes a latterday mixture of Norma Rae and Erin Brockovich as she takes up the cudgels against injustice and corporate greed. A single mother, hopeful for a better life, Halina is only too happy to accept a promotion at her local supermarket until she discovers being a manager involves ruthless cost cutting and a callous disregard for workers’ basic rights. Pushed to the limit, she eventually decides to wage a David and Goliath legal battle against the mercenary company.
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Japan 2012, 1h57m, Japanese with subtitles, N/C 8+ Thanks to Scotland Loves Anime and Manga UK
Eurovisions GFT Thursday 21 February (18.00) Cineworld Friday 22 February (14.15) Directors Maria Sadowska Cast Katarzyna Kwiatkowska, Eryk Lubos Poland 2012, 1h30m, Polish with subtitles, N/C 12+ Thanks to Polish Filmmakers Association
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