Pick of the week
Bring Her Back<\/p>\n
Danny and Michael Philippou\u2019s grisly follow-up<\/a> to their hit horror debut Talk to Me<\/a> features a performance of malign nervous energy from Sally Hawkins that will give you the heebie-jeebies. Not to mention a scene involving teeth that may have you hiding behind your hands. Hawkins plays Laura, a foster parent \u2013 and grieving mother \u2013 who takes in Billy Barrett\u2019s 17-year-old Andy and his partially sighted younger stepsister Piper (Sora Wong). She\u2019s already taking care of Oliver (an uncanny Jonah Wren Phillips) who doesn\u2019t speak and is clearly disturbed. What is the far-from-parental Laura up to\u00a0(there\u2019s a clue in the title) and why is she particularly interested in Piper? A Clockwork OrangeViddy well! \u2026 Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange. Photograph: Marka\/Alamy<\/p>\n From Anthony Burgess\u2019s sharp dystopian novel, Stanley Kubrick crafted a bleakly comic film<\/a> that is simultaneously prescient and dated. It\u2019s centred on Alex (a career-defining role for Malcolm McDowell), a young gang leader who loves \u201cultraviolence\u201d and Beethoven. The state attempts to rehabilitate him with experimental psychological conditioning \u2013 but you can\u2019t keep a good droog down \u2026 The film\u2019s sexual politics leave a lot to be desired but the 60s stab at futuristic design still has its charms. Viddy well! Fire Will ComeHypnotic and soothing \u2026 Fire Will Come. Photograph: New Wave<\/p>\n With his excellent new film Sir\u00e2t<\/a> now in cinemas, here\u2019s a chance to catch \u00d3liver Laxe\u2019s previous work. Set in the mountains of Galicia, Spain, it\u2019s a low-key drama<\/a> that follows Amador (Amador Arias Mon), freed from prison after an arson conviction, who returns to his home, mother Benedicta (Benedicta S\u00e1nchez) and three cows. As a study of the seasonal rhythms of rural life it\u2019s hypnotic and soothing, with the taciturn Amador tending the cattle and interacting awkwardly with other locals. That is until a forest fire breaks out. Was he responsible? Enduring LoveAbsorbing \u2026 Daniel Craig, Samantha Morton and Rhys Ifans in Enduring Love. Photograph: Photo Credit: Nicola Dove\/Pathe<\/p>\n Science academic Joe (Daniel Craig) and his partner Claire (Samantha Morton), a sculptor, are having a picnic in a field when a balloon crash-lands. The subsequent fatal incident leads to Joe\u2019s life falling apart \u2013 due to trauma and guilt but also because Jed (Rhys Ifans), another witness to the event, has become fixated on him. Roger Michell\u2019s absorbing take on the Ian McEwan novel adds thriller<\/a> elements to a debate about the nature of love, from the selfish gene version to which Joe subscribes, to the inexplicable, intuitive version seen at its most extreme in Jed. Mars Attacks!Joyful \u2026 Tom Jones and Annette Bening in Mars Attacks! Photograph: Warner Bros\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve ever wanted to see Tom Jones with an eagle on his arm, this is the movie for you. Tim Burton\u2019s 1996 film \u2013 based on a 1962 trading card series \u2013 is a joyful, deeply silly homage to those shonky old sci-fi films that always seemed to feature flying saucers held up by string. When an armada of spaceships arrive from Mars, the preening US president (Jack Nicholson) is keen to be the world\u2019s peacemaker \u2013 but the Martians seem keener on dissection than diplomacy. Molly vs the MachinesLove and loss \u2026 Ian Russell in Molly vs the Machines.<\/p>\n
Saturday, 10.20pm, Sky Cinema Premiere<\/p>\n
Saturday 28 February, 12.10am, Sky Cinema Greats<\/p>\n
Sunday 1 March, 2.10am, Film4<\/p>\n
Monday 2 March, 1.30am, Film4<\/p>\n
Wednesday 4 March, 8.40am, 4.10pm, Sky Cinema Greats<\/p>\n