Listings: Before 9pm, Film

Monsters University

• 2013
• US
• 110 min
• U

• Directed by: Dan Scanlon
• Cast: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Jennifer Tilly
• UK release: 12 July 2013

This prequel to Monsters, Inc. explores the tumultuous relationship between Mike and Sulley when they met at the University of Fear.

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

• 2013
• US
• 130 min
• 15

• Directed by: Alex Gibney
• UK release: 12 July 2013

Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) examines the phenomenon of Wikileaks and its elusive figurehead Julian Assange.

I Am Breathing

• 2012
• Denmark/UK
• 72 min

• Directed by: Emma Davie/Morag McKinnon
• UK release: 21 June 2013

Documentary about a man facing the onset of Motor Neurone Disease.

Paris Countdown (Le jour attendra)

• 2013
• France

• Directed by: Edgar Marie
• Cast: Olivier Marchal, Jacques Gamblin, Carlo Brandt

High-octane Parisian thriller.

Dummy Jim

• 2013
• UK
• 90 min

• Directed by: Matt Hulse
• Written by: Matt Hulse
• Cast: Marie Denarnaud, Samuel Dore, Nille Hannes

He cycled to the Arctic Circle. In May 1951, deaf James Duthie cycled alone from his Scottish fishing village to the Arctic Circle. He published his account of his three-month journey in the book I Cycled into the Arctic Circle, which became the inspiration for this totally unique mixture of documentary, fiction, and…

The Great Hip Hop Hoax

• 2013
• UK
• 93 min

• Directed by: Jeanie Finlay

Documentary about 'Californian rappers' Silibil 'n' Brains, actually two Scottish students with fake accents and false identities.

Constructors (Stroiteli)

• 2012
• Kazakhstan
• 67 min

• Directed by: Adilkhan Yerzhanov
• Written by: Adilkhan Yerzhanov
• Cast: Rauf Khabibulin, Yerbolat Yerzhanov, Aliya Zainalova

A family race to build a house before their land is confiscated. Deadpan humour overlies melancholy in this beautiful film from Kazakhstan. Losing their flat, a family of two brothers and a young sister camp out on their plot of land, only to be told they will lose it if a house isn’t immediately constructed on the…

Fire in the Night

• 2013
• UK
• 93 min

• Directed by: Anthony Wonke
• Written by: Stephen McGinty
• UK release: 21 June 2013

Documentary about the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster, combining archive footage and interviews.

Motorway (Che sau)

• 2012
• Hong Kong
• 90 min

• Directed by: Pou-Soi Cheang
• Cast: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Shawn Yue, Xiaodong Guo

‘Did you get this job so you could speed legally?’ Seasoned cop Lo (action film legend Anthony Wong) and his rookie partner Cheung (Shawn Yue) are members of an elite squad of Hong Kong police dedicated to high-speed pursuit of criminals. On the verge of retirement, Lo gets behind the wheel one last time to help Cheung…

Shooting Bigfoot

• 2013
• UK
• 90 min

• Directed by: Morgan Matthews

Bizarre documentary about a filmmaker who hooks up with various Bigfoot trackers in the US.

The Bling Ring

• 2013
• US
• 90 min
• 15

• Directed by: Sofia Coppola
• Cast: Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson
• UK release: 5 July 2013

Coppola's caper, based on a true story, follows a group of high school friends who burgle the homes of the rich and famous, spurred by their obsession with celebrity.

Viola

• 2012
• Argentina/US
• 65 min

• Directed by: Matías Piñeiro
• Cast: María Villar, Agustina Muñoz, Elisa Carricajo

The pleasures of Shakespeare’s poetry mix with those of modern romance. In Buenos Aires, a young woman who works as a bicycle courier for a DVD delivery rental service becomes involved with a group of actors who are rehearsing an experimental production of Twelfth Night. The characters’ roles shift magically, and the…

7 Boxes

• 2012
• Paraguay
• 100 min

• Directed by: Juan Carlos Maneglia/Tana Schembori
• Written by: Tito Chamorro, Juan Carlos Maneglia
• Cast: Celso Franco, Lali Gonzalez, Nico García

A thrilling chase through the markets of Paraguay. Víctor is a teenage boy who finds himself in a man’s game. What begins as a normal day at the market where he works, soon transforms into a Hollywood style chase scene through the maze of bustling markets in Asunción. In return for a $100 bill, Víctor agrees to…

Call Girl

• 2012
• Sweden/Norway/Finland/Ireland
• 140 min

• Directed by: Mikael Marcimain
• Written by: Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten
• Cast: Ruth Vega Fernandez, Pernilla August, David Dencik
• UK release: 16 August 2013

The true story of how a prostitution scandal threatened to bring down Sweden's Social Democratic government in the 1970s. A timely story of a political class convinced of its own power and self-interest.

Daïnah la métisse

• 1931
• France
• 51 min

• Directed by: Jean Grémillon
• Written by: Charles Spaak
• Cast: Laurence Clavius, Gabrielle Fontan, Maryanne

A beautiful mixed-race girl turns heads on an ocean liner and leads her magician lover to a deadly revenge. Exotic, ocean-going tragedy in one of the most mysterious, sultry and sombre tales ever made in France. The elegant art deco interiors, the menacing use of sound, the fascinating and enigmatic racial politics…

Days of Grace (Días de gracia)

• 2011
• Mexico
• 133 min

• Directed by: Everardo Valerio Gout
• Written by: Everardo Valerio Gout, David Rutsala
• Cast: Paulina Gaitan, Carlos Bardem, Miguel Rodarte
• UK release: 26 July 2013

A Mexican thriller set over three World Cup games in 2002, 2006, 2010 following three different stories in a film about survival.

The Deep (Djúpiđ)

• 2012
• Iceland
• 95 min

• Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur
• Cast: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Jóhann G Jóhannsson, Þorbjörg Helga Þorgilsdóttir
• UK release: 12 July 2013

True story about a fisherman who tries to stay alive after his boat capsizes in freezing Icelandic waters.

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

• 1955
• US
• 109 min
• PG

• Directed by: Richard Fleischer
• Cast: Ray Milland, Joan Collins, Farley Granger

A brilliant account of a case that rocked the United States in the early 20th century: the real-life triangle of famous architect Sanford White; his teenage mistress, Evelyn Nesbit; and her rich, unstable husband, Harry Klaw. One of Fleischer’s best.

Hawking

• 2013
• UK
• 86 min

• Directed by: Stephen Finnigan
• Written by: Ben Bowie, Stephen Finnigan
• Cast: Nathan Chapple, Martin King, Joe Lovell
• UK release: 11 March 2013

Documentary on the extraordinary life and times of Professor Stephen Hawking, told in his own words.

Stories We Tell

• 2012
• Canada
• 108 min
• 12A

• Directed by: Sarah Polley
• UK release: 28 June 2013

Polley's first documentary looks inwardly at her family life, particularly at her mother who died when she was aged 11.

The Battle of the Sexes

• 2013
• US/UK
• 83 min
• PG

• Directed by: James Erskine/Victoria Gregory
• UK release: 26 June 2013

Documentary on the lead-up to Billie Jean King's 1973 tennis match against former men's champion Bobby Riggs, who, aged 55, declared he could beat any woman in the world.

The Berlin File

• 2013
• South Korea
• 120 min

• Directed by: Seung-wan Ryoo
• Cast: Jung-woo Ha, Suk-kyu Han, Seung-beom Ryu

State-of-the-art thrills from a master action director. Ryoo Seung-wan, one of Asia’s top directors, spins a fast-paced and twisty yarn of international intrigue. After an arms deal in a Berlin hotel ends in chaotic violence, a North Korean spy who narrowly escapes comes to suspect that he’s been set up by a double…