May, New Titles, 'Glenn Gould', 'The Tourist', 'Love And Other Drugs'

GENIUS WITHIN: The Inner Life Of Glenn Gould

It's an inescapable fact that Gould's singular musical insights – the way he brought out in Bach a mesmeric unity of sound – could only have arisen from a singular personality. An enigmatic musical poet — and the most documented classical musician of the last century — world-renowned pianist Glenn Gould continues to captivate international audiences twenty-six years after his untimely death. Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould humanizes the legend, weaving together an unprecedented array of unseen footage, private home recordings and diaries, as well as compelling interviews with Gould’s most intimate friends and lovers — all exploring the incongruities between Gould’s private reality and his wider image.

THE TOURIST

This is a remarkable film. Take the Oscar-winning director of the universally acclaimed ‘The Lives of Others’, and add not one, but two Oscar-winning screenwriters – Julian Fellowes (‘Gosford Park’) and Chris McQuarrie (‘The Usual Suspects’). Throw in Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, attractive locations in wintry Paris and Venice. Sounds like it can hardly miss, right? Well, ‘The Tourist’ is remarkable because its not inconsiderable talent pool has delivered a would-be ‘light-hearted international crime caper’ which runs the gamut from idiocy to tedium and back again, all the while exuding a smug sense of self-satisfaction which is frankly inexplicable. Long for the days of red London buses, Shirley MacLaine in oriental eye make-up, swishy dissolves and cocktail-hour music? Well, stick with the ’60s celluloid fluff of your choice because it certainly doesn’t get any better here.
(Time Out Film)

YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER
Woody Allen's latest continues his bumpy ride along the bottom. A shoddy, shallow, unfunny, medium-weight London ensemble drama upscaled to the big screen without a trace of Woody on it, save for the jaunty jazz soundtrack. Almost everyone is mis-cast. File alongside Stephen Frears' upcoming 'Tamara Drewe' for disappointing fare from formerly brilliant director now in the doldrums.

Oh, the story? Alfie leaves Helena to pursue his lost youth and a free-spirited call girl named Charmaine (Punch), Helena abandons rationality and surrenders her life to the loopy advice of a charlatan fortune teller. Unhappy in her marriage, Sally develops a crush on her handsome art gallery owner boss, Greg (Banderas), while Roy, a novelist nervously awaiting the response to his latest manuscript, becomes moonstruck over Dia. Zzzzz.


INSPECTOR BELLAMY (2008)
SOMEWHERE (2010)
BEHIND THE BURLY Q (2010)
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS (2010)
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS (2010) BLU-RAY
TANGLED (2010)
RUBBER (2010)
WAR YOU DON'T SEE, THE (2010)
I, DON GIOVANNI (2009)
LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS (2010)
LITTLE FOCKERS (2011)
LAST EXORCISM, THE (2010)
JACKBOOTS ON WHITEHALL (2010)
RED HILL (2009)
DILEMMA, THE (2010)
MORNING GLORY (2011)

May, New Titles, 'King's Speech'


Buttoned-down British royal suffers speech impediment and hires unconventional Aussie quack to conquer his fear of public oratory. So it’s thanks to the best efforts of writer David Seidler, director Tom Hooper and, especially, leads Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush that ‘The King’s Speech’ isn’t just an enlightening period drama, but a very entertaining, heartfelt and surprisingly funny crowd-pleaser with a glint of Oscar gold in its eye.



Other new stuff in May

BIGGER THAN LIFE (Criterion)
WHO IS HARRY NILSSON?
HIDEAWAY
CANNESMAN
THE DILEMMA
DILLINGER IS DEAD
MACGRUBER
GENIUS WITHIN: Glenn Gould
KES
FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN
SOMEWHERE
BEHIND THE BURLY Q
BROADCAST NEWS
INSPECTOR BELLAMY
YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER
A WOMAN, A GUN, AND A NOODLE SHOP